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ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Zilch5 wrote: |
Thanks! I will put it on my Christmas wishlist - but I will doubt I will get it.  |
It went into paperback and should be relatively easy to get. Just noticed that my own copy seems to be missing. A visit to second-hand book shops is called for. |
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| Sergeant_Pluck Great Old One Joined: 10 Apr 2012 Total posts: 504 Location: The Hague, Netherlands. Age: 40 Gender: Male |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 07-12-2012 13:45 Post subject: |
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For a hardcover edition! |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21365 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 20-02-2013 10:03 Post subject: |
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Not far from here, as the seagull flies...
Cat mummy discovered in Cornish attic
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19 February 2013 Last updated at 19:27
A man from Cornwall who found a dusty stuffed cat in his attic has discovered it is a 2,000 year old mummy.
Peter Gray from Porthscatho, near St Mawes, had the cat stored away for about 50 years.
He said: "It's been languishing in the attic. My father always said to get it x-rayed. The vets have confirmed it is a mummified cat and not a fake."
Mr Gray's father did a lot of work for museums around the country. He was given the mummy as a thank you gift.
The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro has confirmed the mummy is 2,000 years old.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21512262 |
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| Ronson8 Things can only get better.
Great Old One Joined: 31 Jul 2001 Total posts: 6061 Location: MK Gender: Male |
| Posted: 20-02-2013 11:18 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: | | He was given the mummy as a thank you gift. |
I think I'd rather have had bottle of whiskey or a box of chocolates.  |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
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| Posted: 11-03-2013 02:27 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Study: Even ancient mummies had clogged arteries
LONDON (AP) -- Even without modern-day temptations like fast food or cigarettes, people had clogged arteries some 4,000 years ago, according to the biggest-ever study of mummies searching for the condition.
Researchers say that suggests heart disease may be more a natural part of human aging rather than being directly tied to contemporary risk factors like smoking, eating fatty foods and not exercising.
CT scans of 137 mummies showed evidence of atherosclerosis, or hardened arteries, in one third of those examined, including those from ancient people believed to have healthy lifestyles. Atherosclerosis causes heart attacks and strokes. More than half of the mummies were from Egypt while the rest were from Peru, southwest America and the Aleutian islands in Alaska. The mummies were from about 3800 B.C. to 1900 A.D. |
More at the link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_MUMMIES_HEART_DISEASE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-10-20-16-55 |
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| Ronson8 Things can only get better.
Great Old One Joined: 31 Jul 2001 Total posts: 6061 Location: MK Gender: Male |
| Posted: 11-03-2013 10:11 Post subject: |
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| 1900AD? quite recent then. |
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| krakenten Great Old One Joined: 03 Feb 2012 Total posts: 175 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 09-04-2013 16:38 Post subject: |
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The mummies from 1900AD-or CE for the picky-were probably from Alaska, things were pretty wild there, even then. For that matter, even now.
For a look at an Alaska that might have been, read "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" by Michael Chabon.
This examens what might have happened had a scheme to settle Jews displaced from Europe in Sitka,AK. come to pass. Great book!The Japanese invasion during WWII and the Cold War did wonders for Alaska, just imagine what a city full of educated and industrious people, suddenly appearing there might have done? |
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| Pietro_Mercurios Heuristically Challenged
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| Posted: 09-04-2013 16:48 Post subject: |
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| krakenten wrote: | ...
This examens what might have happened had a scheme to settle Jews displaced from Europe in Sitka,AK. come to pass. Great book!The Japanese invasion during WWII and the Cold War did wonders for Alaska, just imagine what a city full of educated and industrious people, suddenly appearing there might have done? |
Excellent book, but no mummies involved. |
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| krakenten Great Old One Joined: 03 Feb 2012 Total posts: 175 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 10-04-2013 03:01 Post subject: |
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Just an aside, there.
The Aleutians have yielded 'cold' mummies, freeze dried cadavers, in some numbers. Mummies from the Andes and our old pal, Otzi the Ice Man are of this sort.
I wonder what scientists of the future will think when they begin to dig up our cemeteries? If you ever read "The Motel of the Mysteries" you might get an idea! |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21365 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
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Egyptian mummified cat discovered in dusty Portscatho attic to go on show
1:00pm Saturday 22nd June 2013 in Truro
An Egyptian mummified cat discovered earlier this year in a dark, dusty attic at Portscatho is being given the opportunity to star in the limelight at the Royal Cornwall Museum.
The cat will be placed on loan by owner, Robert Gray, on Monday, June 24 and put on display near an Egyptian mummified ibis bird at the Museum.
Robert rediscovered the cat, named ‘Mao’ in the attic of his house in Portscatho and brought it in to the Royal Cornwall Museum for identification in February this year.
Jane Marley, Curator of Archaeology and World Cultures, identified the object as an Egyptian mummified cat. Due to the fine ‘diamond’ style of linen bandaging and the way the cat’s head is modelled in linen, this example can be dated to the Roman period in Egypt to the 2nd century AD.
At Jane Marley’s suggestion Robert took ‘Mao’ to be x-rayed at Clifton Villa Veterinary Surgery to find out more and the x-ray revealed that there was a small, complete cat or kitten within the bandages.
Robert was given the cat by his father Mr P Gray, an Egyptologist, who had acquired the cat in the 1960’s as a gift and believed that it had been in Britain since the 1850’s.
Mr Gray x-rayed over 200 mummies in Europe and became the established expert in the field. Robert has never forgotten his childhood experience with his father when he x-rayed Iset-tayef-nakht, the mummified priest and craftsman on display at Royal Cornwall Museum, on 6th January 1969 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske.
It is because of this long-standing relationship with the Museum that Robert is lending the cat for displa. He said: "I am thrilled to be following in my late father’s footsteps 50 years on and to be giving the mummified cat to the Royal Cornwall Museum for all to enjoy.’
Visitors interested in viewing the cat will find it on display in the new gallery: Unwrapping the Past, featuring the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Greece and Rome and Iset-tayef-nakht, the unwrapped mummy.
Museum director, Hilary Bracegirdle said: "I am so very pleased that Robert has decided to lend us Mao for display. Such an excellent example of a mummified cat makes a brilliant addition to the museum’s Unwrapping the Past Gallery."
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/truro/10497876.Egyptian_mummified_cat_discovered_in_dusty_Portscatho_attic_to_go_on_show/?ref=ec |
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