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...lost mural. I can't help thinking of Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, and, indeed, Seracini is the only real-life character mentioned in the book, as the man who "unveiled the unsettling truth" about Leonardo. Seracini has devoted 30 years to the task, interpreting ancient diaries and city records to try to locate the spot where the uncompleted masterpiece was painted. He has proof, he says, that Giorgio Vasari, the artist who renovated this hall in 1563 and painted the mural that covers it today, was an admirer of Leonardo's and had "saved" other works...
...more reasoning in the ancient Vedic philosophy of India that the creator and the created are one and the same. The world is self-designing, depending on the environment, and it's a trial-and-error process. As Dawkins asserted, there can be no miracles, since neither the creator nor the created can act against the laws of nature. Chepudira Poonacha Belliappa Coorg, India...
...company. Archaeologists have uncovered a large Neolithic settlement--possibly once home to hundreds of people--that dates from about 2,600 B.C. and shows, among other things, the outlines of beds and cupboards used by the potential builders of Stonehenge. Scientists have also unearthed an ancient stone road running from the settlement, which is enclosed by the lesser known Durrington Walls henge, to the nearby River Avon. A similar road connects the river to Stonehenge, which sits about two miles from the settlement and is theorized to have been a funeral site. "We knew these were from broadly the same...
...would be understandable if Bulgaria--ancient Roman annex, Ottoman Empire conquest, Soviet Union satellite--wasn't all that welcoming to foreigners. But there I was in Sofia, on my way to the public drinking fountains where locals fill up old Coke bottles with hot mineral water, when a lady pointed out that the bottle of wine I was carrying had broken through its plastic bag. I tucked the bottle back in as best I could and said thank you--good deed done, as far as I was concerned--but the woman kept cheerily talking in Bulgarian as she emptied...
With each team in the Ancient Eight having played at least two league games, things are shaping up, not surprisingly, as Penn and the Seven Dwarfs. The Quakers have the two best players in the league, and won their first pair of league road games by an average of 22 points...