IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City

Future to the back; "3D" interactive virtual version of the Forbidden City now open, download it and "walk" around in it. "IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the...

Treasure Hunters Take to Sea to Start Salvage Season

" Today's the day," legendary treasure hunter Mel Fisher would say as he set out to sea each summer in search of the ocean's secrets. Before his death in 1998, he found more than $1 billion worth of treasure, including gold and silver bars, emeralds, coins and artifacts.As...

Islamic treasure fetches 1,000 times estimate in sale

" LONDON (Reuters) - A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds at auction, more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate, the Art Newspaper said on Monday. Experts believe the artefact's real...

Census throws up treasure trove for trivia buffs

"Census throws up treasure trove for trivia buffs Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, Migration Correspondent How many Presbyterian Pakistanis live in Ireland? Are there Chinese-born Travellers? Widowed teenagers? Most pressingly, how many Lithuanian immigrants live in semi-detached houses...

Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure

"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Captain Kidd's Ship

The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic, a research team claims. The underwater archaeology team, from Indiana University, says they have found the remains of Quedagh...

Lost Stanley Cup ring found in Gulf of Mexico

Man, all I ever find are bottle caps and bottles! "Lost Stanley Cup ring found in Gulf of MexicoA treasure hunter searching in Florida waters came across a true Canadian find - a Stanley Cup ring marking the last time Toronto's Maple Leafs were able to clinch the hockey...

Personal Cell Phone Numbers Are Only a Click Away

"Home phone numbers have been available to the public for a long time, so many Americans treasure the fact that their cell numbers can be kept private -- or so they think. Now, all it takes is a few bucks and Internet access to find tens of millions of personal cell phone...