8,000-yr-old pearl, the world’s oldest, found in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: An 8,000-yearold pearl that archaeologists say is the world’s oldest will be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said on Sunday it is proof the objects have been traded since Neolithic times. The natural pearl was found in the floor of a room discovered during excavations at Marawah Island, off the capital of the UAE, which revealed the earliest architecture found in the country.
London: Lucrative botticelle business goes on despite pledges by succession of mayors Italian leaders have been urged to stop “the unjustified exploitation of animals” after a horse collapsed as it pulled tourists through the narrow streets of Rome, the Guardian reported.
The horse fell on the Via dei Condotti, a busy shopping street in the city centre, on 17 October after slipping on a manhole cover. The driver of the carriage allegedly ignored pleas from onlookers to have the horse checked by a veterinarian, choosing instead to continue the tour towards the nearby Spanish Steps once the
● Tour operators charge as much as `27,780 for horses to cart four people around key monuments in the capital for 2 hours
animal was back on its feet. “Subjecting animals to inhumane labour in the name of an anachronistic tradition is animal abuse,” Rinaldo Sidoli, a spokesman for the animal and environmental activist group, Alleanza Popolare Ecologista, said. “Horses in Rome are forced, against their will, to tow extremely heavy loads (the carriage alone weighs 800kg) on slippery pavements and amid noisy traffic. We ask the mayor, Virginia Raggi, to stop this unjustified exploitation of animals.”
ENPA, the national agency for animal protection, said that other horses had fallen on the same manhole. “To make this story even more disturbing is the behaviour of the driver,” the agency added. “It was as if nothing had happened, and so the true health of the horse remains a mystery.”
Rome’s horse-drawn carriages is a lucrative business, with tour operators charging as much as `27,780.37 for horses to cart four people around key monuments for 2 hours.