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Unesco: Italy: Monte San Giorgio
The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245-230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon...
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Unesco: Senegal: Saloum Delta
Fishing and shellfish gathering have sustained human life in the 5,000 km2 property, which is formed by the arms of three rivers. The site comprises brackish channels encompassing over 200 islands and islets, mangrove forest, an Atlantic...
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Unesco: Brazil: Atlantic Islands: Fernando De Noronha & Atol Das Rocas Reserves
Peaks of the Southern Atlantic submarine ridge form the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll off the coast of Brazil. They represent a large proportion of the island surface of the South Atlantic and their rich waters are...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Jane Rathbun (1860 1943)
Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1943) worked for the United States Fish Commission and later at the United States National Museum in the Division of Marine Invertebrates
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Ida May Mellen (1877 1970)
Biologist and ichthyologist Ida May Mellen (1877-1970) was an expert on fish diseases and worked at the New York Aquarium, 1916-1929. She wrote numerous books and articles about marine biology
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Eternal Egypt: Large Jar With a Straight Brim
The large jar, used for storing food and liquids, has a straight rim and rests on a flat base. It is decorated with gilded fishes and other sea creatures and drawings of a saint inside circles.