Archive for April, 2012

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ABC Brisbane reports that missing fragments of the Egyptian Book of the Dead have been discovered stored in a Queensland museum:

World-renowned Egyptologist Dr John Taylor was viewing the museum’s Egyptian collection when a name on a papyrus fragment caught his eye.
Dr Taylor is the curator of the British Museum’s mummy collection. [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 25th 2012

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2012

From the St Paul’s Cathedral website:

The present St Paul’s is the fifth cathedral to have stood on the site since 604, and was built between 1675 and 1710, after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. This was the first cathedral to be built after the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2012

Love is the greatest power on earth.  It conquers all things.
Peace Pilgrim

12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2012

Ever felt an angel’s breath in the gentle breeze? A tear-drop in the falling rain? Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? Or been kissed by a lone snowflake? Nature is an angel’s favourite hiding place.
Terri Guillemets
In the last dark hour
Of the night,
Angels come to love us
And awaken us.
Sri Chimnoy

12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2012

Yesterday I had a well earned day off work and spent the day in London.  The trains managed to behave themselves although the reserve booking of seats was all messed up which seems the case more often than not…
On arrival in London there was  a short detour to check out the Bank of England before [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2012

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.

16 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2012

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