Eh, it's all there if you take the time to look for it. The Daily Star reveals
things that scholars have searched for through the ages.
Quote:Legendary Bible sites including Noah’s Ark FOUND on 1,000 year-old map.
An “unfathomable” map pinpointing the sites of several legendary Christian events has
finally been decoded –and is set to unlock many of the religion’s riddles.
'The Hereford Mappa Mundi’s intricate ink illustrations in black, gold, green and blue reflect a medieval European understanding of the known world at the time –and among the 500 ink drawings lies incredible evidence for the location of key Bible stories.
The 1.5 metre-square cartography classic remains one of the greatest surviving artworks of the Middle Ages. East, rather than North, is found at the top of the map, as this orientation represents the rising of the sun and the second coming of Christ, found sitting at the top.
And the world is laid out in a circle. Because of its Christian framework, Jerusalem sits at its centre, a common theme in medieval mapmaking. Noah’s Ark –clearly depicted as a boat filled with creatures with a bearded man at the helm –is found in the bottom-left of the ancient artefact, and locates it on the modern-day Iran-Armenia border.
According to Genesis, God told Noah to enter the ark with his household and animals before a devastating flood. The ship then floated for 150 days until coming to rest on Mount Ararat when the water finally began receding.
And incredibly, the medieval map tallies with the recent discovery of traces of the legendary vessel on Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey. Close to the centre of the map largest building on the map is the five-storey Tower of Babel.
The sheer size of the elaborate drawing, as well as the details of the text on the map, emphasise the arrogance and pride of the people who were said to build a tower so high that it might challenge God.
In the biblical legend, God’s punishment ultimately caused humanity to speak in different languages. It was widely considered that Shinar, where the Bible says the Babel event took place, was a territory in south Mesopotamia; and that Babel was located at Babylon. An analysis of the map, however, locates it in what is northeastern Syria today.
The earthly paradise, Eden, is represented by a circular island at the eastern extreme of the world (the top). The drawing on the map shows an Eden that is inaccessible to humanity. It is surrounded by a ring of fire, separated from the land masses by water, walled and battlemented, and its gates are firmly closed.
Within the wall, Eve holds out her hand to take the fruit of the tree of knowledge from a demon-headed serpent who lurks in the branches of the tree. To the right of the map’s centre snakes a long, curving line that cuts a path through a red-ink Red Sea, which marks the route of the children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt and towards the “Promised Land”.
Hereford Cathedral’s Commercial director Dominic Harbour said: “The map disarms anybody who stands in front of it. It’s really a cacophony of too much going on at the same time. “The map’s unfathomable, really. You have to immerse yourself into it.”
As well as plotting the position of legendary Bible stories in the known world, it also depicts monstrous and unnatural creatures in the unknown world. The legendary unicorn is depicted on the map, with a single, long horn.
Named Monoceros, the unicorn was often linked to Jesus. It was reputed to be strong enough to battle elephants, but could be tamed by innocent and virtuous young women. Various strange and wonderful people are also represented; among monstrous peoples are the Blemmye –a war-like race of people with no heads, and with facial features in their chests...'
A man sees a sign outside a house - 'Talking greyhound For Sale.'
He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden...
The man sees a very nice looking greyhound sitting there.
"Do you really talk?" he asks the greyhound.
"Yes," the greyhound replies.
After recovering from the shock of hearing the greyhound talk, the man asks, "So, tell me your story."
The greyhound looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the SAS.
"In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one imagined that a greyhound would be eavesdropping.
"I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years.
But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at Heathrow to do some undercover security work, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded several medals. I got married, had a few puppies, and now I've just retired."
The man is amazed. He goes back into the house and asks the owner how much he wants for the greyhound.
"Ten quid," the owner says.
"£10!!? But this greyhound is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?"
"Because he's a lying bastard. He's never been out of the garden!!.
Quote:Shooting at bank in Ohio kills four people, including gunman.
'Two others are in hospital after the shooting in Cincinnati -and police are saying that the gunman's motive is currently unclear...'
I don't mean to sound like an insensitive Sherlock Holmes here, but a gunman, a bank full of money...?
The words I'm looking for rhymes with 'Rank Bobbery'
Quote:'...A shooting at a bank in the US state of Ohio has left four people dead, including the gunman, police have said. The incident happened early on Thursday morning at the Fifth Third Bank building in Cincinnati city centre.
One of the victims died at the scene and three men and one woman were taken to hospital, where two died. The other two remain in hospital, one in a critical condition and the other in a serious condition.
It is understood that three or four officers responded almost immediately. One witness, who was in a nearby store at the time, told FOX19 she heard about 20 shots before the shop was put on lockdown. No police officers were hurt, ABC News affiliate WLOX reported.
Eliot Issac, the area's police chief, said the gunman initially opened fire at a loading bay just before 9.10am local time and then entered the bank's lobby where there was an exchange of gunfire.
Confirming the gunman died in the shootout, he added: "The shooter is deceased. We also have five additional victims that sustained injuries. Of those five, we have received word that three of those five are deceased. "It is a very horrific situation. We are in the very early stages and are beginning an investigative process." At this stage, the attacker's motive is unclear.
John Cranley, the mayor of Cincinnati, said the gunman had been "actively shooting innocent victims" -and described the scene as "horrific". A large part of downtown Cincinnati was cordoned off after the shooting. PG Sittenfeld, a councilman in the city, wrote on Twitter: "What a sick, tragic way for this day to begin. The scourge of gun violence leaves only loss."
Leonard Cain, one onlooker, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he was about to enter the bank when someone warned him about the shooting. He then saw a woman who was also walking into the bank. Although people tried to get her attention before she entered the building, she was wearing headphones and did not hear them. "She walked in the door and he shot her," Mr Cain added.
Michael Richardson, who was just outside the main doors of the bank when he heard gunshots, saw a police officer dragging a woman out of the bank lobby. He told the newspaper she was talking, but "her shirt was red" with blood.
The newspaper said at least one of the victims was shot at an ice cream shop at the corner of the bank's headquarters. The incident is the 15th mass shooting (with at least four victims) in the Cincinnati area since 2013...'
Quote:COPS are hunting eight men suspected of brutally gang-raping a pregnant goat to death.
The group allegedly dared the animal's owner to call the police after he caught them in the act.
The animal's horrified owner, named only as Aslup, said he rushed to help the goat when he heard her pained bleating.
He then discovered the mum-to-be had died after the depraved act, The Tribune reports.
Aslup told local law enforcement the men stole the goat and took her to a deserted house where they engaged in bestiality.
When he confronted the men, five fled but three stayed behind and dared him to report the incident to police.
Quote:A mysterious square aircraft hovering in night sky ‘scared me to death,’ NC man says,
'Another alleged UFO sighting near Charlotte has appeared on Facebook and in this case, it was posted by a husband and father who says he doesn’t necessarily believe in UFOs.
Javion Hill, 35, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, says he took several photos of the object during a storm on the night of Aug. 18, as he drove on U.S. 74 southwest of Charlotte.
The images feature something square hovering above the treeline, with its edges fringed in lights. Hill told the Charlotte Observer the craft frightened him to the point that he didn’t sleep that night. “I was on my way home with my wife on the speaker phone, and it looked like there was a tornado coming, so I was trying to take a picture of the clouds for my wife,” says Hill.
“But then I saw something that wasn’t normal and I was, like: ‘Oh my god, what is that?’ I started trying to take as many pictures of it as possible while I was driving.” Hill says he pulled over at the next exit to try and get video, but the aircraft had vanished. A heavy rain followed instantly, he said.
North Carolina is in the top 10 among the 50 states when it comes to alleged UFO sightings, according to the National UFO Reporting Center in Davenport in Washington state.
The state has had 7,570 reported UFO sightings since 1940, some of which have inspired conspiracy theories of ongoing secret military experiments, according to the odds makers at Casino.org. The site recently calculated the odds of seeing a UFO in NC as 1 in 135,500...'
(Lil' bit of free advertising there!)
Quote:'...Hill says it’s possible what he saw was a military craft. Conspiracy theorists maintain many UFO sightings in the region are actually an experimental military spacecraft known as the TR-3B, an anti-gravity craft that hovers. Some believe the craft is from one of the state’s military bases, which include Fort Bragg, Pope Field and Camp Lejeune. Military.com reports the TR-3B “doesn’t exist officially.”
Reaction to Hill’s photo has included mostly questions, but at least one person, Shelby native Eric White, said he also saw something in the same area that “vanished in thin air.” Hill says what he saw is actually bigger than what is seen in the photo.
“I was worried for my safety,” he said. “I didn’t believe in UFOs until that moment.”...'
Interesting video about holographic progress, mind control, voices in you head etc etc.. If just half is true we have some serious mind control technology..
