Deir Mar Musa stone circles photo, Syrian Stonehenge pics

Photos: Stone circles and walls found in desert near monastery of Deir Mar Musa, or Saint Moses the Abyssinian in 2009.

According to archaeologists some underground tombs can be found beneath this "Syrian Stonehenge" dated to early Bronze Age.



Photos: Stone circles and walls found in desert near monastery of Deir Mar Musa

Bamburgh penny pics: William I short cross penny found in village

Bamburgh, UK: Almost a 1000-years-old William I short cross penny was found by village folks.

The coin dates back to 1083 and is the oldest finding in Bamburgh, but still is recognizable.

Photo: Bamburgh short cross penny, or William the Conqueror Penny of Bridport mint.


Photo: Bamburgh short cross penny, or William the Conqueror Penny of Bridport mint.

Balmoral ship pics: Titanic tribute cruise, Southampton, Apr 8, 2012

SOUTHAMPTON, UK: The MS Balmoral started her 12-night memorial cruise April 8, 2012.

The cruiser is following the route of legendary Titanic, which left from England 100 years ago, on April 10, 1912.

Among 1 309 people onboard the tribute vessel there are nearly 800 descendants of Titanic's passengers and crew.

10 passenger decks enable Balmoral to carry 1 778 passengers, the cruiser being operated by 471 crew team.

900-old heart photo, St Laurence O'Toole heart stolen, empty cage at Christ Church Cathedral, Mar 2012

Ireland, Dublin: the preserved 900-old heart of St. Laurence O'Toole was stolen from its metal cage at Christ Church Cathedral on March 4 2012.

Now, was the relic, kept in a wooden shell, taken for selling, or for burrying?

Peru Alien Skull 2011 pic Cusco Andahuaylillas Alien Skull, Renato Riquelme

PHOTO: "Peru Alien Skull" and parts of childish skeleton were found by Renato Riquelme at Andahuaylillas in south-eastern Peru.

The skull, which comprises teeth of an adult and soft tissue of a 1 yo child, is too big and the rib cage is too small.

Might this be just an anomaly in growth and development?
A midget skeleton or that of a freak mother killed with her unwanted baby?
A short native, who underwent targeted deformation in earlier childhood?

DNA test should give the answer. Meantime, 3 anthropologists from Russia and Spain, who arrived in Peru in later November, agreed that the remains were ‘not of a human being’.

The "Alien Skull" is kept at the Privado Ritos Andino museum in Cusco.

Ned Kelly bones photo: remains 2011-08 Pentridge grave skeleton DNA identified, no skull yet

Australia: Ned Kelly remains identified, DNA analysis proclaimed successful on 2011 09 01. Skull reportedly is under research yet.
Melbourne Pentridge prison grave pics: bones of crooked-cop-fighters exhumed in 2008.
Ned Kelly, was taken alive due to a shin wound, was hanged at 25. His armors weighing 40-50 kg exhibited in Melbourne

Lake Nacogdoches Columbia fuel ball photo pic, spaceship chunk found in Texas on 2011 08 02

Lake Nacogdoches Columbia fuel ball photo pic, spaceship chunk found in Texas on 2011 08 02

Amy Winehouse found dead 2011 07 23, photo, pics Amy Winehouse

27-old British singer Amy Winehouse (born in 1983) found dead at her London flat on 2011 07 23.

No more Grammies, no more hits. RIP

 

Rudolf Hess exhumed photo: tomb removed 2011 07 19, Wunsiedel, Bavaria

Nazi Rudolf Hess' remains exhumed, cremated and scattered at sea, the grave demolished in Bavarian town of Wunsiedel on 2011 07 19. The questions raised what happened to the bones of his adjoining family members.

The townsfolk cheer at the chance of stopping 7 000 neo-Nazis in their pilgrimages.

The inscription which used to run atop the gravestone translates as "I dared".

Sandor Kapiro in court, Budapest, Hungary, lack of evidence on 2011 07 18

Sandor Kapiro, 97, pleaded not guilty and was acquitted by Budapest court for lack of evidence on 2011 07 18. Hungarian was accused of murdering 36 Jews and Serbs during 1942 Novi Sad massacre.

UPDATE: Sandor Kapiro, or Sandor Kepiro, died in Budapest on 3 Sep. 2011(2011-09-03)

Marilyn Monroe Chicago statue photo 2011 07 17, pics: Marilyn Monroe's 8-meter statue unveiled on Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Marilyn Monroe's 8-meter statue unveiled on Chicago's Magnificent Mile.

Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin London statue photo 2011 07 14

The statue of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin unveiled at the British Council in London on 2011 07 14. The monument is a copy of the one in astronaut's hometown in Russia. The daughter, Elena Gagarina, was present at inauguration.






The statue of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin unveiled at the British Council in London on 2011 07 14. The monument is a copy of the one in astronaut's hometown in Russia. The daughter, Elena Gagarina, was present at inauguration.

Ironclad 2011 movie review: good & bad, photo Ironclad 2011 James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox

Ironclad 2011 movie review

Good camera work. Good costumes. Bad parts in screenplay. Some compare it to "300", no it 's less mythical and computerized. And down-to-earth humor makes it more realistic and real.

Paul Giamatti as the King had a good text and successfully stepped over the stereotype of the stupid self-centered bloody villain.
Brian Cox gave to the movie the feel of wise, kind, brave, manly and strong.
Jason Flemyng played anti-fairytale harshness in harsh times.
Kate Mara as Lady Isabella was given a demeanishing part of agressively offering her body and lifting the skirt (what the screenplay!)
James Purefoy was a silent, romanticized templer who got trapped in a pesting and pestering pull-and-drag intercourse despite starvation, blood loss and the presence of wife's husband.