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New Lara Croft announced

SharQ — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:14:07 -0800

Eidos announces a new Lara Croft (of Tomb Raider fame) to take over from Angelina Jolie. Her name is Karima Adebibe, and she is a completely unknown shop assistant from London. She has some big ... boots ... to fill.

Odysseus's tomb found?

cerebus19 — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:33:24 -0800

The tomb of Odysseus may have been found on the island of Kefalonia, near the island now known as Ithaca, which means that Poros may have been the Ithaca described in The Odyssey.

God Help us All

mwhybark — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:02:16 -0800

There lay Vera. Jacob Appelbaum posted about body recovery in New Orleans today, posting photos of what is apparently the destroyed remnants of the interim tomb of one Elvira "Vera" Smith at the "corner of Magazine Avenue and Jackson Street." Smith's daughter hopes her body will be brought to her former home of Victoria, Texas, for final burial. Smith's tomb was the single most indelible image of the New Orleans disaster, reprinted - and shot - countless times over the past two weeks.
Discuss. God help us all.

Thracian Gold

stbalbach — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:47:48 -0800

Fascinating video (wmv,08:45) about recent Thracian tomb excavations in Bulgaria. With over 15000 mounds unexplored in the region it is a race against the mafia to uncover the golden treasure.

Lenin's Tomb: What is to be done?

Ljubljana — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:30:48 -0800

Lenin's Tomb: Alternative Designs. (via The Argus)