Article: At UPenn museum, the glory of Ur unearthed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: MUSIC: Lapis Lazuli leaves us yearning for deeper ...
The Boston Herald;  January 15, 1998 ;     611 words ...Ray Anderson and the Lapis Lazuli Band at Scullers, Boston, last ... night during his blues set with the Lapis Lazuli band. In the company of four jazz ... which he dedicated to the blues. Lapis Lazuli is now a working entity and they ...

Article: ANDERSON'S LAPIS LAZULI LAYS DOWN A GROOVE
The Boston Globe;  January 16, 1998 ;     637 words ... ... man of many ensembles, and the new Lapis Lazuli Band is on the funk-and-fun side ... musical spectrum. "If you've seen lapis lazuli, you know how blue it is," he said ... Blues. Given the cast that comprises Lapis Lazuli, the good times roll with a rather ...

Article: Pakistani Taliban take over lapis lazuli mines in ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  March 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Pakistani Taliban take over lapis lazuli mines in Swat Islamabad, Mar ... control of mines producing precious lapis lazuli stones in the insurgency-hit ... work round the clock to excavate lapis lazuli stones as authorities in the area ...

Dictionary definition: lapis lazuli
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology;      307 words ...lapis lazuli [Ma]. A kind of semi-precious stone with ... traded extremely widely, especially to Egypt. Lapis lazuli was used as inlay in the manufacture of ornaments ... centres for the working and distribution of lapis lazuli.

Article: Lapis lazuli: Its royal blue color was a perfect ...
Jewelers Circular Keystone;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... used to create luxurious blue paints. Lapis lazuli, mineralogically named lazurite, is ... days, it is the home of the finest lapis lazuli on earth. Generally mined from the ... caution is advised. RELATED ARTICLE: Lapis lazuli, an ornamental gem material, is composed ...

Article: Badakhshan Lapis Lazuli good trading source, says ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan);  July 14, 2008 ;     479 words ...Byline: Jafar Tayyar Badakhshan Lapis Lazuli good trading source, says Hafizi Jafar ... said Badakhshans internationally known lapis lazuli was a good source for local traders ... that will mark their great success. Lapis Lazuli is one of Afghanistans best precious ...

Article: Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night": through ...
Papers on Language & Literature;  March 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... and goes on to say., citing "Lapis Lazuli," that "Yeats described the poet ... William York Tindall cites not only "Lapis Lazuli" but also Yeats's "The Choice ... his own phrasing echoes line 1 of "Lapis Lazuli"), seeing the "Grave men/blind ...