{"id":159,"date":"2011-10-10T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/?p=159"},"modified":"2013-06-26T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:27:21","slug":"dinosaur-skeleton-worth-2-million-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur skeleton worth $2 million up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"archaeology\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dinasor2011action1.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PARIS &#8211; A collection of rare dinosaur skeletons is close to the auction block in France.<\/p>\n<p>Three rare and exceptional dinosaur skeletons will be auctioned by Sotheby&#8217;s on Oct. 13, along with a number of other fossils and minerals.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the auction will be a prosaurolphus maximus dinosaur mummy found in Montana. It was found mummified with pieces of skin still visible and has an estimated value as high as $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaur fans will be able to check out the exhibit at Sotheby&#8217;s until Oct. 12. Then it&#8217;s time for the serious bidders to step forward for a piece of pre-history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"archaeology\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/dinasor2011action2.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" \/>Oct 9, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PARIS &#8211; A collection of rare dinosaur skeletons is close to the auction block in France. Three rare and exceptional dinosaur skeletons will be auctioned by Sotheby&#8217;s on Oct. 13, along with a number of other fossils and minerals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}