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First Ever Sentence Found in Canaanite Language is a Plea to Remove Hair Lice Discovered Etched on Ivory Comb
The first sentence ever discovered that was written in the Canaanite language turns out to be a plea to eradicate beard lice.
Unearthed in the...
One of the World’s Toughest Ivory Bans is Set to Be Approved With Overwhelming Support to Save Elephants
The United Kingdom has just announced that they are introducing one of the toughest bans on ivory sales in the world.
The only ivory products...
China Announces Ban on Ivory Trade by End of 2017
The nation's daring deadline to totally phase out the processing and sale of ivory has been called a landmark victory for wildlife conservation.
Ivory Prices Fall By 50%, as Chinese Demand Dries Up
The price of ivory in China has dropped by nearly 50% in the last 18 months, as public opinion shifts and the government ramps...
Historic US-China Ban to End Ivory Trade Ensures Elephant Survival
In a historic accord to save Africa’s elephants from poaching, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping agreed Friday to ban ivory sales in...
China to Phase out Domestic Ivory Market, Crack Down on Illegal Trade Online
The illegal ivory trade in China was delivered two major blows last month when the state government and the country’s largest social media platform...
Thai Prime Minister Announces End to Ivory Trade
With the threat of sanctions against her country looming, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a...
Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music’s Ivory Tower
Plenty of indie, hip hop, and pop artists have welcomed others to remix their songs online. Now classical music aficionados can get in on...
Ivory Coast Peace Hopes Rise (Video)
All parties have begun pulling back from front line positions they have held for more than four years under a peace deal signed in...
Ivory Cross-Border Trading Banned by eBay
eBay announced this week a ban on international trading of elephant ivory from all its sites worldwide after an animal welfare group found that...
Ex-Foes Patrol Together as Peace Advances in Ivory Coast
"Once sworn foes, government and rebel soldiers in Ivory Coast on Monday began their first joint patrols in a "battle for peace" aimed at...
Ivory Coast: New Peace Agreement
(IRIN) - President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces rebel leader Guillaume Soro have signed a peace agreement for Côte d'Ivoire aimed at ending a...
Soccer Team Helps Bring Peace to Ivory Coast
The first-ever World Cup match for the Ivory Coast was played by a team made up of players of various ethnic backgrounds from both...
Peace Plan Back on Track in Ivory Coast
The Independent Online in Cape Town, South Africa reports: The five main rival leaders in Ivory Coast have got their country's peace process back...
Good News in History, November 5
555 years ago, Guru Nanak, the spiritual teacher and founder of Sikhism, was born. A poet, mystic, philosopher, and singer, Guru Nanak’s philosophy centered on...
Since 1968 French Teachers Have Come to Louisiana Classrooms to Preserve French Language Through Immersion
A program that has seen French language teachers working in American immersion schools in the state of Louisiana has been extended another 4 years.
Organized...
Frozen in Time: 32,000-Year-old Woolly Rhino Found with Skin, Fur, and Organs Intact
Four years ago, someone came across an extraordinary find—a juvenile rhino from the Pleistocene 'mummified' in the Siberian permafrost.
Alerting the relevant authorities, the discovery...
What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Autumn?
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
Depending on where you live in the world, you...
How a Chatty Motorist Led to One of the Biggest Finds in Greek Archaeology–the Lost 2,800-year-old Temple of Artemis
From the magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America comes the story of an immense discovery 120 years in the making.
One of ancient Greece's...
Good News in History, September 7
Happy 94th Birthday to Walter Sonny Rollins was born. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, Rollins' seven-decade career...