Sentences with phrase «pieces of jade»

Another tomb, nicknamed «the green room», found within Structure A-1, contained approximately 300 pieces of jade and the remains of an ancient Maya codex (book).

But after two years of quiet negotiations, Chuimei Ho and Bennet Bronson, curators at the Field Museum in Chicago, persuaded Chinese authorities to display more than 400 artifacts, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, and pieces of jade in an exhibition opening this spring.

Helen Fong lives with her extended family in Chinatown, where her traditional parents insist that she guard her reputation like a piece of jade.

Among the discoveries is a large (almost 10 pounds, or 5 kilograms) piece of jade elaborately carved into an image of the head of the Maya sun god, Kinich Ahau.

Among the discoveries is a large (almost 10 pounds, or 5 kilograms) piece of jade elaborately carved into an image of the head of the Mayan sun god, Kinich Ahau.

Not exact matches

She didn't fare much better when Kimmel inquired about the $ 66 jade egg — literally an egg - shaped piece of stone that Goop says women should put in their vaginas to «increases chi, orgasms, vaginal muscle tone, hormonal balance, and feminine energy in general.»

Kim, who now splits her time between LA and Bali, ties a thin piece of string to a jade egg, which she then inserts into her vagina.

Anything from a ceramic soup spoon to a honed animal horn to a piece of polished jade will do the trick.

These graphic earrings feature asymmetric slices of pyrite, jade and fossilized ivory in a rare and precious piece.

I seriously love all the soft colors, feminine pieces, pale shades of jade (pink and ivory) as well as the color blocking coats.

Nine featurettes categorized under the umbrella «On the 6th Day» and totalling 48 minutes mainly take us inside the production's second unit; not sure whether years of sifting through supplementary material have made me jaded or savvy, but I found even a relatively novel piece on the creation and implementation of the creepy Cindy doll incredibly tedious.

The Temple of the Green Tomb was discovered in the 20 century filled with priceless jade pieces, the most significant of which was a sculpture of the sun god Kinich Ahua's head.

Five Mayan buildings have been found so far, one of which may be the true temple of the goddess Ixchel as well as more than 100 pieces of obsidian, jade, skeletons and human skulls.

In the mall next to the iconic Aloha Tower, this shop has hundreds of unique pieces of island jewelry in sterling silver and 14 - karat gold, Chinese jade... Read More

Tour Altun Ha, an ancient Maya City where the largest piece of carved jade in the Maya World was found.

This jade piece weighed over 9 pounds and the art on it was the likeness of the Sun god, Kinich Ahau (the Lord of the day).

This site boasts the find of the largest inscribed jade piece in the Maya world.

And while you're here be sure to bliss out at the onsite spa, and order the Big Sur Jade Stone Therapy, a treatment that utilizes warmed pieces of local jade collected from nearby beaches, as well as basalt river rocks and cooled marble.

Furthermore Kalimantan is popular for its array of jewellery made of precious and semi-precious stones — topaz, emerald, jade and turquoise pieces are well worth the price tags here.

La Luna Loca Gorgeous fabric and design from Bali, Mexico and Nepal, much of it designed by owner Kathy Kleczek, shows up in dresses, tops, pants, scarves galore, hand knit sweaters, boiled wool pieces, hand - tooled purses adorned with fire obsidian, jade and turquoise, and etched silver jewelry made by a Native American artist.

Also included are pieces that were used for ritual purposes — such as Chinese Bi disks, axes and congs — made of carefully polished, hand - worked jade.

Many of Mr. Crow's jade pieces will be displayed during Wild Flowering, in a special exhibition called Blossoming Stone: Qing Dynasty Jade, which is being curated by Mr. Yuan.

Hanging from the ceiling of the gallery like mobiles, these pieces — randomly strung together with chains and ropes — allude to the jaded and anarchic manner with which we digest photography in our daily lives.

With items like his piece on eBay's use of SquareTrade, «eBay - A model of dispute resolution for our jaded legal system,» what's not to like?