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Kayakoy , one of those Greek villages abandoned in 1923 after the Turkish-Greek war. The churches look fantastic in their decay. And I know it's already been posted before in a general list of abandoned buildings, but I love these pictures of the Pacbell building in San Francisco. If it's not being...

Hashima Island in Japan.
I'd love to visit that place - it just looks like something that was used by a Bond villain and then left abandoned after Bond killed him.

small revive - the Helmet has been sold to a private buyer for £2 million: A bid by a Cumbrian museum to buy a rare Roman helmet has failed - after an anonymous phone bidder bought it for £2m. The helmet was unearthed by a metal detector enthusiast in Crosby Garrett, near Kirkby Stephen, in May. It ...

I just wish the beeb would make these series a bit longer. Three episodes is a bit short, even for them.

I have to admit that the first thing to come to mind was not, "yay, I can now uncomfortably stare at breasts everywhere without feeling guilty", but, "how the hell did they figure out that it extends your life?" I'm not sure if that's a good thing. sometimes the truth can be too ...

The infanticide article on the Wikipedia should give you some interesting leads to follow on cultures where twins weren't treated too nicely. I have never come across anything specific when reading about ancient Greece or Rome. Their feature in the mythology of course, but I don't recall reading any...

I'm actually surprised we haven't heard about the ideological shortcomings of the person who decided to do this: The criticism at the meeting was led by Ri Dong-Kyu, a commentator for state TV, which made the 7-0 drubbing at the hands of Portugal its first ever live sports broadcast . Although he'll...

[about the Veyron] It's something like 10dB louder inside than a Dodge Viper ACR. The transmission makes shitty clunking noises. The 20 odd fans in the car wheeze air like an emphysema patient. And the engine sounds like ass. It completely fails at being a luxury car. You've driven one? Serious que...

American McGee's Alice with guns, nazis, strippers, mechs, orcs, and dragons. This could be great.

Inglorious Basterds . That movie left me so confused. From the previews I expected it to be an action-filled gorefest where the Nazis get their shit ruined in the most horrible ways, and it so wasn't. Oh man, that was such an amazing movie. You'd think it was just some shitty mindless popcorn whate...

RE: Cruise and Cameron being hella-fast, remember that this is a new board with only a few people having gone round so far. It's not that hard to come out on top when your competition is a teenage wizard and a guy who's famous for being a businessman. That businessman was 9th on the Lancetti leader...

Of course, what I don't get... Why in the world didn't they start with a lorry with a sleeper cab and just... Extend it? We know they can drive them, and it can't possibly have been much worse than that Citroen housing block on wheels. the idea was to create a new camper van for the people. You nee...

Sunshine. For most of the film I wonder why so many people thought it was terrible, and then the last fifteen odd minutes happen. That was one massive WTF?! moment for me.

McClane has shown he's nearly immortal over the years, with an ability to soak up an incredible amount of damage, but I think my man Korben will given him a run for his money... over broken glass.

I'd be very curious to find out why that pot was buried there. The article mentioned the usual religious sacrificial option, but I think that's far too early to say. Indeed. May also very well be buried due to Raiders. that's what my first thought was, hide a big pot of cash under the ground for wh...

I can't talk for others, but first of all I don't like these alternate history scenarios in the History forum. Setting that aside it is a massively complex scenario and I think you focus too much on one person's role and ability control it. I can see plenty of ways where communism would have failed ...

I'd be very curious to find out why that pot was buried there. The article mentioned the usual religious sacrificial option, but I think that's far too early to say. Out of curiosity, what would happen with the coins minted by a deposed emperor / king? Would their successor go out of his way to take...

The only time I heard a reaction like that in the cinema was at the start of the Phantom Menace when the SW logo popped up on the screen. Half the audience spontaneously cheered. I guess waiting 16 years does that to people. That didn't happen again during any remaining part of the film though, most...

There won't be a welcome home celebration. Mabye at the airport or a short celebration, but no huge party. They lost, after all. you can still come third which is pretty respectable (and comes with a nifty paycheck as well). It's like earning a bronze medal in the Olympics. I know that half the Net...

Wow, that's like a scene from "Don't mess with the Zohan". I wonder if they also require you to use humous as hair gel.
My favourite is the second one from the top. I didn't know that Bollywood action hero was an acceptable Iranian hairstyle.

Can anyone recommend authors or books on the topic of ancient civilizations along the lines of Sumer and Akkad? English language only, unfortunately. Introduction level or more advanced? I can only give you a writer that's good for the first: Gwendolyn Leick. I have Mesopotamia and that will give y...

Excuse me while I go and finish my calamaris. Wow, I should start doing this prediction thing, that's exactly what I said to my colleagues what would happen to the poor Octopus. :mrgreen: I'm sorry to see the Germans go, they've been a very good team and I hope they get a warm welcome back home. Th...

The Octopus seems to agree with that assessment, Thanas: Oracle Octopus prediction worries Germany . Football-loving Germans have been shocked by the latest prediction of their so-called “oracle octopus” after it picked out Spain to win their World Cup semi-final clash. The tentacled tipster Paul ha...

Lief wrote:Netherlands vs Spain final
Netherlands will win.

Place your bets

I already did place a bet on that pairing at the very start with a score of 2-1 for the Netherlands. But it's not going to happen.

Lock the borders, deploy the police, it's the dreaded Germany vs the Netherlands finale!

They changed a lot, it is just that a lot of this change is not noticeable to the untrained eye and really easy to miss because we do not have a source which starts with "this is the Roman strategy against the Parthians following Carrhae". (cutting the rest to save on space) Thank you ver...