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News Briefs 26-11-2004

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  • Shugborough solution unveiled: “likely to stand for ‘Jesus (As Deity) Defy’, a message from a sect called the Priory of Sion.” Apparently. More details here.
  • The Holo-Dek in New Hampshire.
  • Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury says forget ET invasions – that’s our job.
  • Robert Bigelow’s inflatable space module gets the okay from the government. What would be real cool is if they made it look like a jumping castle.
  • What is slowing down the Pioneer space probes?
  • Test your space IQ with this Space.com pop quiz.
  • If you pass, you might want to add a few of these space geek gift suggestions by Alan Boyle to your Xmas list.
  • Article in Nature claims proof that homing pigeons use magnetic fields for navigation.

  • Forget gargling, if you want to get rid of that bad breath then go get yourself a laser.
  • Zahi announces that Tutankhamen isn’t going anywhere, and the announced tests will not be happening after all.
  • Stone Age relics found off coast of Isle of Wight.
  • Climate change, not human hunters, may have been the cause of the mass extinction of megafauna at the end of the last Ice Age. Who would have thought that an Ice Age could be so destructive…
  • We always think better of the dead. Damn dead people, think they’re so good in their polished coffins and best suit…
  • President Bush orders CIA to increase spy numbers by 50%. Why am I seeing Chevy Chase and Dan Ackroyd?
  • UFO researcher Stanton Friedman claims ‘we are not alone’.
  • Meanwhile, in Scotland they get very upset if you say there is no Loch Ness monster.
  • Flying triangles in India. Or Vimanas. Take your pick.
  • Channelling ET and the orb phenomenon.
  • Mysterious booms in Virginia solved, after authorities arrest 15-year-old for creating ‘pressure devices’. Damn, we used to call that having fun, now you get 10 years in jail for it?
  • Forget the grilled cheese sandwich, if you want to see the Son of God then you better get yourself a fishstick.
  • Dolphins shield swimmers from shark attack.

Thanks Cernig.



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  1. Zahis’s backflip
    “Othman said he doubted the real intentions behind wanting to further examine the mummy”

    I think there is something in that for all of us, don’t you Zahi???

    What are you hiding now Zahi???

    AAiek

    1. I daresay there will be a Fox
      I daresay there will be a Fox tv special with Zahi Hawass personally conducting tests on the mummy of Tutankhamen sometime next year. He’s not hiding anything, he just wants the glory for himself.

  2. what interesting news about Jesus defy
    Just exactly who cracked the Pouissin code that is in reverse? I wonder if this code breaking news has any connection to the Da Vinci code mania? There is a group in yahoo groups that studies all things about the priory of Sion. What exciting times these are. Respectfully Dennis.

  3. Don’t blame Hawass on this one
    As much as I am a full fledged member of the DG anti-Hawass brigade, sorry everybody, this is not about Hawass this time.

    I have had considerable experience with Egyptians, and a fair bit of experience in Luxor. This is not about hiding anything, this is about money, and the abject lack of trust Luxor has in the Cairo government. The Luxorians are afraid that somehow (Egyptians love conspiracy theory even more than Australians:), this is going to undermine their tourist industry. Many of these poor Egyptians are completely dependant upon tourism to feed their families, and they see no possible good in this research for their income, and a great deal of risk. In other words, “don’t fix it (the income machine) if it ain’t broke”.

    These people are uneducated, and unfamiliar with even the rudimentary basics of Egyptology well known to most DG readers. They have had to endure endless forms of governmental corruption and manipulation of their resources. They are superstitious and justifiably suspicious of authority. How are they to know the “examination” is not an attempt to prove this mummy is not Tut after all? Or that it will never be returned, and kept in the Egyptian museum with the other Kings in the mummy room there? Thus being a ploy to get tourists to stay longer in Cairo, and spend their money there? Trust me friends, these are the kinds of things they are arguing about right now in the hookah cafes of Luxor, comming up with endless conspiracy theories as to the “real” intentions of the team. Cairo already has enough problems with anti-government sentiment and fundamentalism. They cannot risk getting the Luxorians too pissed off.

    Dashour

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