A Wooden Dinosaur

The Conservation of a Wooden

This paper describes the treatment and conservation of an Egyptian wooden coffin box dating back to ca. 1st century. The treatment procedures entailed cleaning, removal of dust and sand, securing severely damaged wooden fragments and damaged resin as well as the use of a suitable gap filler. Studies included wood and microbiological identification. TECHNICAL PAPER 1. Conservation Dept. Faculty ...

Dinosaur In a Haystack

DIH 1. Happy Thoughts on a Sunny Day in New York City ............................................. 1 DIH 2. Dousing Diminutive Dennis’s Debate (or DDDD = 2000) .................................... 2 DIH 3. The Celestial Mechanic and the Earthly Naturalist ................................................ 3 DIH 4. The Late Birth of a Flat Earth ......................................................

T-rex Not a Dinosaur!

Dinosaur lactation?

Lactation is a process associated with mammals, yet a number of birds feed their newly hatched young on secretions analogous to the milk of mammals. These secretions are produced from various sections (crop organ, oesophageal lining and proventriculus) of the upper digestive tract and possess similar levels of fat and protein, as well as added carotenoids, antibodies and, in the case of pigeons...

Intraorbital Wooden Foreign Body

DESCRIPTION A 39-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of increasing left eye swelling and erythema, after a palm tree branch struck his face.