A stunning raw uncut emerald was auctioned in Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Wednesday. The giant 152-pound ...

Since its discovery in 2001, the life of the Bahia Emerald has been nothing if not eventful. Excavated from a mine in the ...

Known for displaying all manner of wonders, curiosities, and oddities, museums can be found in every corner of the world. According to the latest estimates by UNESCO, there were nearly 104,000 ...

Luckily, this is New York City, which has just about everything, including museums that allow you to involve yourself with the displays. At some places, this means taking exhibitions augmented ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country and called his nation’s 7-year-old ban on metals mining “absurd.” SAN ...

In 1919, while at school in the Spanish city of Figueres, a 15-year-old Salvador Dalí volunteered ... Devotion,” an exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), which places Dalí ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has announced ambitious plans to boost the country's indebted economy. While hopes are high, so are concerns. https://p.dw.com/p ...

All public museums in Sharjah city, Kalba, and Khorfakkan will offer free entry on December 1 and 2 in celebration of the UAE’s 53rd National Day. The Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA) has also ...

For more than 15 years, one of the world's most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald — has been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, its ultimate fate ...

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Many have claimed to be the rightful owner of the 836-pound Bahia emerald ... emerald was a national treasure and belonged inside a museum. A Brazilian court issued a forfeiture order.