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Los Angeles city firefighters stand in attention and salute the Cal-Fire funeral procession along the 101 freeway of fallen Cal Fire San Diego engineer Cory Iverson Sunday

Iverson, 32, was with a five-engine strike team from San Diego when he was killed attempting to quell the third largest blaze California has ever seen


The fire started nearly two weeks ago has burned more than 1,000 structures, including at least 750 homes.

Firefighters paid tribute to fallen firefighter Corey Iverson as his hearse made its way to his home in San Diego.








http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5189361/Funeral-procession-heroic-firefighter-held-CA.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

philfearon:
Maybe, but i don't see anyone excavating the tombs of past British Kings or any other European ones for that matter...

I think is because the ancient Egyptian believed in life after death, because of this they mummify their dead, place them in tombs with treasures, animals and slaves.


This practice left alot behind.


In Europe they bury their dead leaving nothing behind.
No tomb
Nothing to excavate.

A Mummy Might Have Sunk The "Titanic"





“The Unlucky Mummy” isn’t a mummy at all, but a “painted wooden mummy-board of an unidentified woman.”

This mummy-board is currently housed at the British Museum in London, but rumor had it, it got around in its day.

Apparently, during its early time at the museum, the staff would hear loud banging coming from the artifact.

One man took a photograph of the mummy-board and was horrified by the image that appeared once he developed the photograph.

The eerie events continued until a museum guard died of suspicious circumstances.

Believing the coffin was cursed, the museum wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so it was sold to an American archaeologist.

He took the mummy-board with him onto his America-bound ship, the Titanic.





Some people speculate that the presence of the cursed mummy-board caused its disastrous sinking.

It's a thrilling tale, but one without any evidence: in reality, the mummy-board resided at the British Museum the entire time.

2013, a Manchester museum was haunted with an Egyptian statue that rotated 180 degrees every three days seemingly on its own.

The statue was in a glass case and untouched from everyone except from the curator who kept turning it back.

The museums curator claimed the ancient Egyptians believed if the mummy was destroyed then the statuette could be used as an alternative vessel for the spirit.

A time lapse video has been sped up to clearly show the statue moving without being touched.

Scientists offered another explanation claiming the friction of two surfaces could be moving the statue but regardless it is still really creepy.

King Tut's Curse Strikes Again


In 1972, King Tut’s curse seemingly returned with a vengeance.

Some of the artifacts from King Tut’s tomb were sent to the British Museum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery.

Dr. Gamal Mehrez, the director of antiquities at the museum in Cairo, died the night after he handled the artifacts that were to be sent to England.

But the curse didn’t stop there.

Many of the airmen who were aboard the aircraft that was carrying the artifacts to England fell victim as well.

Three of the men on the aircraft suffered from heart attacks after coming into contact with the artifacts.

One of the men had a heart attack at the same time every year the same day he flew aboard the plane with King Tut’s relics until one of the attacks killed him.

A Stolen Relic Haunts Its Thief


In 2004, a man visiting Egypt reportedly stole a relic from The Valley of the Kings, the same region that houses King Tut's tomb.

When he returned home to Germany, he was overcome by a fever which progressed to paralysis. The man died shortly after.

His stepson was convinced that the artifact was cursed, and returned the relic to Egypt’s Supreme Council for Antiquities in the hopes that his father’s soul would rest in peace.

Some Egyptian writing wasn’t deciphered until the 19th century, so actual curses weren’t uncovered written inside tombs.

In 1699, there was one of the first written accounts of a Polish traveler who experienced terrifying visions of two specters while traveling with two mummy’s in the cargo.

The Polish man who had purchased two mummies from Alexandria, presumably to study them for medicinal purposes.

As he was sailing home across the Mediterranean Sea, he began to be haunted by two ghosts who suddenly appeared on the boat with a massive storm and the waters dangerously rough for days until the mummy’s were thrown overboard.

Bahariya Oasis


An archeologist was assisting with removing two mummy’s from the Bahariya Oasis tomb and he was haunted by dreams of children during the procedure.

The dreams only stopped after the mummy of the father was reunited with the children at the museum.

Many people involved with removing mummy’s or traveling with them in their possession have been haunted by strange dreams until the mummy’s were no longer in their possession.

Tomb of Senmut



The curse written on the wall at the tomb of Senmut translates to mean, ‘His lifetime shall not exist on earth.’


The tomb was made for Queen Hatshepsut of Senenmut’s (also known as Senmut) royal adviser.

He was a powerful man of his time and allowed to build his tomb close to the one built for the Queen pharaoh which was a rare privilege for anyone of non-royal blood.

After the Queen died he was forgotten and the tomb never completed.

The paintings and subscription’s inside are well preserved, including the ancient curse.

Its not yet open to the public but efforts are underway to make it accessible.

In 1971, during an excavation in Sakkara, Egyptologist Walter Brian Emery found a small statue of the Egyptian god of death, Osiris.

At the end of the day, he and his assistant returned to the dig site’s office in a nearby village.

Emery took the the statue of Osiris with him.

Once at the office, Emery went to the restroom.

After a few moments, his assistant began to hear Emery wailing.

He ran to the man and found him clutching the sink’s basin, clearly experiencing some kind of trauma.

His assistant said that Emery “stood there as if paralyzed.

I grabbed him by the shoulders and dragged him onto the couch.

Then I ran for the telephone."

Emery was diagnosed with paralysis of the right side of his body and was unable to speak.

He died the following day.

‘All people who enter this tomb, make evil against this tomb and destroy it may the crocodile be against them in water and snakes against them on land. May the hippopotamus be against them on water and the scorpion against them on land.’






A young archaeologist Zahi Hawass learned the dangers of excavating an Egyptian tomb after working on the Kom Abou-Billou site.

On the first anniversary of the excavation his cousin died, then his uncle on the second anniversary and his aunt on the third.

Years later, while working in the Pyramid of Giza, he uncovered the curse that means,


‘All people who enter this tomb, make evil against this tomb and destroy it may the crocodile be against them in water and snakes against them on land. May the hippopotamus be against them on water and the scorpion against them on land.’

Hawass came to the belief mummy’s shouldn’t be displayed to the public but it was better than allowing people to enter the tombs.

King Tut Warns Archaelogists That "Death Shall Come On Swift Wings"




When King Tutankhamen’s tomb was found, journalists reported that the following inscription was near the door:


"Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the King.”

In fact, there were several mysterious deaths surrounding the opening of Tut’s tomb.

The first and most publicized death was that of the Egyptologist Lord Carnarvon.

He and Howard Carter were the ones to open Tut’s tomb.

Carnarvon died a few months after the discovery from an infected mosquito bite on his cheek.

The death had an eerie tie to Tu, when an autopsy was performed on the pharaoh's body, a similar lesion was found on his cheek, when Carnarvon died, all of the lights in his house were rumored to have suddenly blacked out with no explanation.

Carnarvon wasn’t the only one to fall victim to Tut’s curse.

Howard Carter gave his friend Sir Bruce Ingham a paperweight made of a mummified hand, with a bracelet with the following inscription:


“Cursed be he who moves my body. To him shall come fire, water and pestilence."


After Ingham received this gift, his house burned down.

Once he had finally rebuilt it, it was hit by a flood.

George Jay Gould, Audrey Herbert, Hugh Evelyn-White, Aaron Ember, and Archibald Douglas Reed are also said to be victims of the curse.

Like Carnarvon, they all died mysteriously shortly after coming into contact with Tut’s mummy or artifacts within his tomb.









While working at the tomb Howard Carter, the lead of the project, sent a messenger to his house.

On arrival, he heard a faint cry and saw Carter’s canary being killed by a cobra, the sign of the Egyptian monarchy.

The incident was reported by the New York Times in December of 1922.

Out of the 26 people at the opening of the tomb six died from mysterious causes, although rumors greatly exaggerate this number.


Most of the Egyptian curses are metaphysical but in some cases booby traps and the use of poison did enforce the curse causing death or injury to those who entered.

In ancient Egypt, curses were placed on tombs, sacred objects and possessions to stop people from looting or disturbing them.

The curse is what will happen to anyone who doesn’t heed the warning.

The first people to fear mummy’s were Arabs who conquered Egypt in 641.

The Arab writer’s warned people never to tamper with the mummy’s or their tombs because they knew Egyptian’s practiced magic during the funeral ceremonies.

Inside of a sacred tomb contained ancient writings and paintings that showed mummy’s could return to the living and seek revenge.

The idea of curses being linked with mummy’s has intrigued people for centuries.

The first published book about an Egyptian curse was published in 1699 and hundreds more followed.

The most popular stories of a mummy’s curse was the real life opening of King Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1923 which captured the nation.



The curse doesn't care if you're a serious-minded archaeologist or an opportunistic thief and the spell is especially powerful if the mummy happens to be a pharaoh.

Over the years, there have been numerous reports of cursed archaeological sites, where excavators and tomb robbers began to experience strange sensations, sudden illnesses, and even death after coming in contact with a mummy or an ancient Egyptian artifact.

Curses were placed on tombs as safety measures.

If the body, possessions, or burial place of the deceased was disturbed, then they wouldn't be guaranteed a peaceful afterlife.

But those warnings didn't stop people from poking around in them.








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Lalasticlala, Mynd44

philfearon:
Sometimes, i just don't understand. Why wont they let dead people rest in peace? See how they are desecrating peoples burial sites all in the name of discovery or excavation or whatever...

I think is about knowing more about the past.

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anany makes a speech about the discovery of the two tombs.



Pictured: Tourists photograph an entrance of a newly discovered tomb on Luxor's West Bank.


An Egyptian guard stands next to a funeral mural inside the newly discovered tomb on Luxor's West Bank.


This ancient picture wall that belonged to 18th Dynasty pharaohs.

Egyptian excavation workers guard a wooden statue on display near the new opened tomb.


Egyptian excavation workers restore pottery near the tombs.


Painted wooden masks on display at the recently found tomb and re-discovery of older one

Ancient tablets and other artefacts were unearthed.


Egyptian excavation workers restores funeral furniture and sarcophagus found in a newly discovered tomb

Ancient wooden statues that were found in the tombs, which date back to the pharaohs who ruled from B.C. 1550-1292.

More Egyptian skulls and bones were unearthed in the tomb.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy in one of two previously unexplored tombs, the antiquities ministry said on Saturday.

The tombs were found across the Nile from the southern city of Luxor in the 1990s by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp.


Since Kampp's discovery, 'both tombs were left untouched' until an Egyptian archaeological mission started work.



'It's truly an exceptional day,' al-Anani said.

'The 18th dynasty private tombs were already known.

But it's the first time to enter inside the two tombs.'


However, she had only reached the entrance gate and 'never entered', the ministry said.

It said that both tombs, which were given numbers by Kampp, were likely to date back to dynasties of the New Kingdom, which lasted several centuries until about 3,000 years ago.


Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani was in Luxor to announce the discovery in Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the famed Valley of the Kings, where many pharaohs, including Tutankhamun, were buried.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5162337/Archaeologists-discover-2-ancient-tombs-Egypts-Luxor.html

This car comes with a host of security features, which justify its name.

The presidential limo has a five-inch military grade armour made of hardened steel aluminium, titanium and ceramic.

It has eight-inch thick steel doors, which are as heavy as the door of a Boeing 757.

The car has shred-resistant and puncture resistant Kevlar tyres.

The car can even run on its steel rim, if the tyres give out.

It also has security arsenal inside including shotguns and tear gas cannons.

One gun is present in the front grille of the car and can be used to fire at an attacker.

The car also has night vision cameras mounted on its grille.

The windows are made up of five layers of glass and can withstand armour piercing bullets.

They are also sealed shut and only the driver’s window can be opened, by just 3inches to pay tolls and communicate to agents.

The fuel tank too is armour plated and has a special foam cover, which will stop it from exploding, even if it is attacked directly.


The presidential seats inside have a slot for a satellite phone, which connects the president to the vice-president.

An oxygen system is also in place to protect the president in case of a chemical attack.

Some bags of president’s Rh negative bloodgroup have also been kept in the car for emergencies.

The president is driven around by a secret service agent, who needs to be an expert in driving in different conditions and performing a 180-degree J turn.

The car can accommodate seven passengers.

The current model of the car cost around $1,500,000 to make.


It has his own private military plane(C-17 Globemaster) that fly it wherever the president goes costing $50,000 - $100,000 dollard per trip.


In 2013, President Obama's armored limo broke down in Tel Aviv, Israel as it was headed to the airport after the driver mistakenly put gas in the tank instead of diesel


The car had to be picked up on a tow truck and it is unclear whether the problem was quickly fixed

Aston Martin airlifted 1,000ft on top of luxury Dubai hotel to celebrate the car-maker’s 100th anniversary.



The Aston Martin Vanquish was dropped onto a helipad on top of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.



It’s the first time a car has been placed onto the helipad, which sits 1,000ft above the ground at the top of the sail-shaped building.

The Arab playboys that fly their supercars into London on chartered cargo jets every year for the trifling sum of £20,000 per car.



In similar fashion, supercars ranging from Ferraris to Lamborghinis take to the skies each year as rich Arab playboys bring their vehicles from the Middle East to London, usually for just a few weeks over summer.

The car owners, many of them from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait, will happily pay a small fortune in excess of £20,000 for a return journey for their metal marvels to be flown around 3,000 miles, and often leave them parked up on the streets of Knightsbridge.

Qatar Airways is one such airline that ships the luxury cars from Doha to Heathrow.

Secured to the floor of one of their Airbus A330s, the precious cargo can either be accommodated in a single row or in a side-by-side configuration.

The 'spa' is run by a team of dedicated staff who have each received six months of training in how to pamper cars.

Among their tools are handheld microscopes to ensure that even dirt not visible by the naked eye is carefully removed.





Expensive leather upholstery is cleaned three times, left to breath for a day and gently rubbed down with natural oils afterwards.





The £10,000 wash is for customers who own their own custom built cars.

But a more modest £6,000 an 'average' customer who owns a high end BMW or Mercedes can have their car treated.

That pricetag includes a paint work correction, an exterior hologram free polish, ten glass polishes, interior detailing and protection, two headlight rejuvenations, 12 upholstery water-proofings, and four sanitary treatments of the car air-conditioning system.

A worker treats the engine of a Ferrari at Monza Ultimate Detailing and Protection in Dubai, which offers a 'car spa' that costs £10,000



The week-long treatment uses the latest in nano-technology with a 'no-touch' technique - where no bare human finger will be laid on the precious cars.

Instead the perfect and top secret combination of water treatment, temperature, pressure is used to ensure a perfect finish.

World's most expensive car wash.




The £10,000 and week-long super car wash 'spa' that leaves super-cars as good as new.



For most people washing your car involves a bucket of soapy water, a sponge and chamois leather.

But for some drivers with top of the range sports cars that simple method just doesn't cut it.

Now though, those owners can treat their Ferrari, Lamorghinis and Aston Martins to ultimate all-star treatment - a £10,000 'car spa' which is the world's most expensive car wash.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018268/Car-wash-costs-10-000-leaves-super-cars-good-new.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-mailonline

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2725175/First-cargo-watch-car-Arab-playboys-super-wheels-streets-London-never-mind-trifling-20-000-fly-vehicles-back.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Rolex67:
So that if I misyarn he will then push me into the ocean. No thanks .

Why will you mis yarn in the 1st place?

Ishilove:
That is not Jimmy Jatt. That's DJ Kabiru

Lol...hw u take no?

I can see the Groom sitting, the bride dancing with her friends, Dj and the guests.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

YoungDaNaval:
The depth and current

Attached images, shallow side of Maldives and Bora Bora.

Lakes too?