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This anecdote is one of the more outrageous tales that British-born Archaeologist Brian Fagan records in this brisk and knowledgeable history of the plunder of Egypt. But it was only one of thousands of depredations, many carried out on a much grander scale. During the reign of Pasha Mohammed Ali (1805-1849), for example, one-quarter of the great Temple of Dendereh was quarried away by Egyptians to build a saltpeter factory. Ali also ordered the excavation of the exquisite Temple of Esneh because he wanted to use it as a secure munitions depot. Art collectors were scarcely better...
Died. Edna Best, 74, popular British-born stage, film and television actress perhaps best known for her deft portrayal of British comedic heroines, but equally at ease in dramatic roles; in Geneva, Switzerland...
Died. Patricia Cutts, 47, blonde, British-born actress who scored with U.S. audiences as a regular panelist on the 1950s TV quiz show Down You Go, and three months ago joined the cast of the long-run British soap opera Coronation Street; of barbiturate poisoning; in London...
Most "love-a-ly" of all to devotees and onlookers of the British-born pastime, the sixth annual Ivy League Rugby Tournament at Providence over the weekend found itself a fitting, overflowingly generous sponsor--Tuborg Breweries. There were good quantities of blood and sweat, but mostly there was beer...
Eric Cottell, a British-born inventor, does not change base metals into gold, but he does mix oil and water-and these days that may be the most welcome alchemy of all. Cottell claims that in a furnace a blend of three parts oil and one part water burns so much more cleanly and efficiently than ordinary oil that it can cut fuel consumption by at least 20% while producing almost no soot or ash. He also claims that road tests show that a car can run on 18% water and 82% gasoline, with such a low output of pollutants...