China's oldest and largest dinosaur fossils are to arrive at their new home in Beijing from southern Yunnan P
rovince Saturday, China Science and Technology Museum said Friday. The fragile bones, which were flown from Yunnan on Friday, would be transported in special anti-shock vehicles on Saturday in15 cushioned containers to the new site of China Science and Technology Museum in the center of Olympic Green, said Xin Bing, deputy curator of the museum. The skeletons of three prehistoric beasts are to meet the public at the opening ceremony of the new museum on Sept. 16 in Beijing, said Xin Bing, the museum's deputy head. The fossils would be protected by 50 guards day and night. They were donated by Yunnan provincial government to the museum to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and would be permanently displayed there, said a Yunnan government spokesman. The three skeletons were previously displayed in the Dinosaur Valley in Lufeng County, Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture of Yi Nationality, in Yunnan.
rovince Saturday, China Science and Technology Museum said Friday. The fragile bones, which were flown from Yunnan on Friday, would be transported in special anti-shock vehicles on Saturday in15 cushioned containers to the new site of China Science and Technology Museum in the center of Olympic Green, said Xin Bing, deputy curator of the museum. The skeletons of three prehistoric beasts are to meet the public at the opening ceremony of the new museum on Sept. 16 in Beijing, said Xin Bing, the museum's deputy head. The fossils would be protected by 50 guards day and night. They were donated by Yunnan provincial government to the museum to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and would be permanently displayed there, said a Yunnan government spokesman. The three skeletons were previously displayed in the Dinosaur Valley in Lufeng County, Chuxiong Autonomous Prefecture of Yi Nationality, in Yunnan.For further details visit as : http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/14/content_11882626.htm
