Ming Dynasty encyclopedia sells for more than $9 million at auction – 1,000 times the expected price
Two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia sold for more than €8 million ($9 million) at auction Tuesday, more than 1,000 times the estimated price. The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle ...
Xue Ling / CC BY 4.0 Traces of a toxic plant compound found on surgical scissors and tweezers from China represent what ...
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Wolfsbane residue on Ming dynasty surgeon’s tools may be oldest evidence of anesthesia
Traces of one of nature’s most lethal plants have been found on surgical scissors ...
Microscopic analysis of residues on surgical scissors and tweezers from a 1348–1411 CE tomb in Jiangyin, China, finds the ...
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Ming dynasty-era surgical tools may have world's oldest chemical evidence of topical anesthetic
An analysis of residue on centuries-old surgical tools reveals the use of a toxic anesthetic in Ming dynasty-era Chinese ...
Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, ...
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