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Rome Seeks Sponsors To Repair Colosseum
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, needs urgent repairs to a cost of around $8 million, to prevent the collapse of its facade. Rome is seeking international sponsors to help fund the repairs. According to Francesco Giro, undersecretary for culture and heritage in Rome, pieces are...LADY DAI, World's Best Preserved Mummy
Who would have thought the world's best preserved mummy is not from Egypt or from the Aztecs BUT from China? Known as Lady Dai, this Western Han Dynasty's noblewomen was buried in style. She was buried in the innermost of four nested lacquer coffins with a vertitable wealth...Dynasty vs. Doormat in the Super Bowl
This should be a good game.I think the Arizona Cardinalswill win by a touchdown. q url="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28939571/#storyContinued"]TAMPA, Fla. - Dynasty vs. doormat. The Pittsburgh Steelers have...Caroline Kennedy to Seek Clinton’S Senate Seat
There have also been reports that formerpresident Bill Clinton could be appointedto fill his wife's seat. This could get interesting."The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political...Penguin receives knighthood, inspects the troops
I could think of a few generals he could replace. " Believe it or not, the Norwegian King's Guard has a penguin for a mascot and honorary colonel-in-chief. Fittingly, it's a king penguin. He resides at the...DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb
"Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday. The two tiny female fetuses, between...Rare & important Chinese Sui Dynasty stele to be sold at auction
"An important Chinese Sui Dynasty brown limestone triad stele with calligraphic inscription dated 613 A.D. to be sold at auction at Dallas Auction Gallery on June 18 - Mandarin speaking Asian arts expert on staff.- High resolution images of stele and documentation available...Stonehenge 'a long-term cemetery'
Stonehenge may have served as a burial ground for much longer that has been previously suggested, according to new research conducted by the University of Sheffield."The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years,...Nepal's royal flag removed
Nepal's royal flag has been removed from the palace of deposed King Gyanendra.On Thursday anti-monarchists were celebrating on the streets after an assembly vote to make the country a republic, abolishing the...George Romero breathes new life into 'Living Dead'
"George A. Romero sounds slightly chagrined. After all, when he made "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968, he didn't intend to create a zombie dynasty."Bhutto a victim of South Asia`s cursed dynasties
"It was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who founded Pakistan's troubled dynasty. He became the country's first popularly elected prime minister but was toppled by the army in 1977 and later hanged. Both his sons died in mysterious circumstances. His daughter Benazir, a former prime...
The World's Richest Royals
"Last year's movie sensation , The Queen, about Queen Elizabeth II, captured the monarch's lavish lifestyle with footage of her opulent castles and many servants. Not a bad life, but she comes in a mere 11th on... Bumper stickers for the American plutocracy
"I find the trend toward dynasty style presidential politics in America pretty disturbing..." Silent Warriors Guard a Secret Tomb
Indiana Jones and Lara Croft will have to be very, very careful if they wish to explore the chamber described below; the fragility of the find has dictated that, so far, only remote sensors have plumbed its... Old Nazi Flag Resurfaces in Hungary
"Amid street protests that turned violent around the 50th anniversary of Hungaryâs famous anti-Soviet uprising, one visual has struck Hungarian Jews: the growing ubiquity of the countryâs centuries-old...
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