PC World has compiled what in considers the most unusual pics found on Google Earth. They range from crop circles to a jet fighter parked in a residential neighbourhood in Paris. Tis here if you’re interested.
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There’s a quirky little panel in the latest issue of Archaeology.
The magazine ran an online poll giving readers a chance to vote for their favourite Maya royal name — names made delightfully exotic by their translation into English.
Topping the poll with 24% of the vote was Smoking Squirrel, followed by 18 Rabbit (15%), Lady Six Sky (13%) and Moon Skull (12%). Others making up the top 10 were Smoke Monkey, Knot-eye Jaguar, Turtle Tooth and Curl Snout.
Translation can make anything funny. Take this ABC News report on how US presidential contenders fare in Chinese; the ballot in Massachusetts could well feature names such as Sticky Rice (Mitt Romney), Triumphant Wheat (John McCain), Tired Forest (Hilary Clinton) and Profound Horse (Barack Obama).
For those of you with a more spiritual yearning, this may be the site for you (courtesy of Digg).
Sacred-destinations.com is a guide to more than 1,300 sacred sites, holy places, religious buildings, religious artifacts, and pilgrimage destinations in 55 countries.
The site contains maps and travel guides, and is searchable by country or theme. It’s worth checking out even if you’re just interested in travel, architecture and humanity’s urge to discover or honour something beyond the physical realm.
This gentleman believes longer day would suit him best, and so he’s rewriting the laws of the planet to live a 30-hour day instead of the boring old 24 hours. He’s blogging about the experiment.
I can empathise… bad bouts of insomnia have left me in similar situations.
If only a map like this existed for Ireland.
Anthropolgy.net has a post up about how a British local authority is about to put a road through a Bronze Age site.
The 4,000-year-old find, which has been called unique in Europe, is to make way for better access to an industrial estate. And I thought Ireland was the only country with a screwed up attitude when it came to protecting its archaeological heritage!