EditorialReed and Reed Italian marshy, Pipe, fol. 41v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialDrainage of Low Swampy Lands, Drainage of marshy soil, Fig. 41, Pl. XLI, to p. 332, R.W. Dickson: Practical agriculture, or, a complete system of modern husbandry: with the methods of planting, and the management of live stock. Bd. 1. London: printed f...
EditorialCentropus bengalensis, Print, The lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy ...
EditorialCentropus bengalensis, Print, The lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy ...
EditorialProcyon cancrivorus, Print, The crab-eating raccoon or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago). It is found from Costa Rica sout...
EditorialPoet strolling by a marshy bank, ?? ?? ????? ??, Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), early 13th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk, Image: 9 x 9 9/16 in. (22.9 x 24.3 cm), Paintings, Liang Kai (Chinese, active early 13th century),...
EditorialChalice fragment showing a file of nude females in a marshy landscape, inscribed, associated with , Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 945?712 BC, From Egypt, Faience, 9.9 ? 4.8 cm (3 7/8 ? 1 7/8 in.).
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas. Locusts in the narrow, marshy valley of Dashte Arjan, the tribal region of the Kash...
EditorialLocusts have invaded the narrow, marshy valley of Dashte Arjan,the tribal region of the Kashgais. In former years,the locusts would have spelled famine for the valley;this time the catastrophe was averted in just two days.Dashde Arjan,1952.
EditorialJadeite axe head, Neolithic, c4000-c2000 BC. This elegant axe has been polished all over and would have required many hours of careful labour. It is in pristine condition, and it is unlikely that it was ever intended for practical use. Its function was...
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