Posted by
Magic on Sep 8th, 2011 |
one response
Portugal’s national football team forward Cristiano Ronaldo speaks with a cellphone prior a training session at Praia Del Rey, near Obidos, on August 29, 2011. Portugal started today a training camp in preparation for the upcoming 2012 European championship’s qualifying match against Cyprus. AFP PHOTO/ BRUNO PIRES (Photo credit should read BRUNO PIRES/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted by
Mobd3 on Aug 29th, 2011 |
no responses
The use of tricks, whether it be mirrors or light or paintings to make a room look bigger is well known. But these wall paintings are pretty clever. My favourite is the one with the scroll and the chest.
Posted by
Mobd3 on Aug 29th, 2011 |
no responses
Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate of Science & Technology in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. Due to problems with distraction, the cat’s sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million.
The first cat mission was eavesdropping on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a...
Posted by
Mobd3 on Aug 29th, 2011 |
no responses
Pyramids
The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom.
Pyramids of Giza
There are about eighty pyramids known today from ancient Egypt. The three largest and best-preserved of these were built at Giza at the beginning of the Old Kingdom. The most well-known of these pyramids was built for the pharaoh Khufu. It is known as the ‘Great Pyramid’.