Article: The ancient allure of amber

Article: Amber dextrous
Natural History;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...The Amber Room in Russia's Tsarskoye-Selo Palace outside of Saint ... in 1716, the amber panels were installed ... the Tsarskoye-Selo Palace in 1755. Two ... as twenty-two amber objects from the Tsarskoye-Selo Palace, were made available ...

Article: Germany, Russia unveil two-year cultural program to bring old ...
AP Worldstream;  February 7, 2003 ;     565 words ... ... funded restoration of the famed 18th-century Amber Room. Still, officials said their main focus ... have no idea what is going on in Germany. The Amber Room at the Tsarskoe Selo palace was looted by German troops nearly six decades ...

Article: Ignorance at Harvard
The Boston Globe;  March 11, 1996 ;     513 words ... ... Some of these efforts, such as restoring the amber paneled room in the Tsarskoe Selo palace outside St. Petersburg, require intricate research ... not the Pantheon, nor is it on a par with the amber room in Tsarskoe Selo. But it is worth saving ...

Article: Yeltsin vows not to seek a third term
The Independent - London;  September 2, 1997 ;     520 words ... ... would seek to return stolen fragments of the Amber Room to Russia, Mr Herzog said. During the war Nazi forces dismantled a room in the Tsarskoe Selo palace near St Petersburg consisting of amber wall panels, a gift from King Friedrich Wilhelm ...

Article: Upstake: Ruhrgas Increases Its Stake In Gazprom.
NEFTE Compass;  May 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... St. Petersburg at the end of this month -- partly to inaugurate the restoration of the war-damaged Amber Room at the Tsarkoye Selo palace with cofunding by Ruhrgas -- but aren't expected to reach any breakthrough on this particular Ukrainian ...

Article: Amber
How Products Are Made;      700+ words ...Amber Background Although considered a gem, amber is a wholly-organic material derived from the resin of extinct ... sediment, and over millions of years the resin hardened into amber. Although many amber deposits remain in ocean residue, geological ...

Article: Amber and the Jurassic Park connection, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times (Malaysia);  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... I was almost totally disinterested in amber. It held no appeal, and to me was just ... book and watching the movie, transparent amber began to hold some fascination and so today we are on the amber discovery trail. The best amber site I ...