The bones of England’s King Richard III are the subject of a recreation by 3D printer, now shown in a display in the car park where they were found in 2012. The courts had determined that his actual remains should remain in Leicester and be reinterred in the cathedral there.
A visitor center has been built on the site of the original discovery, at a cost of $6.8 million, £4 million, and was opened by the mayor of Leicester in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Read more of the story here.
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
PortMoresby guides us to a community weekend market at a historic Northern California home (07/23/2014)
My discovery of the Kennet & Avon Canal was a revelation. I’d been confronted with a dilemma, the fact that
On a walk that had taken us past Assumption Cathedral, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy, into a Muslim
Imagine what they’ll be able to do with dinosaurs!!
Think Jurassic Park, except with only skeletons running around!
I was not thinking of theme parks. I was thinking of dinosaurs.
Theme parks are okay. Dinosaurs are AWEsome!
“Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall always be satisfied”.
– Mark Twain
P.S. Even the jaded would have to admit the following intact in situ T-rex skeleton is awesome!!
I give up. What will they be able to do with dinosaurs?
I guess this is where our interests diverge, DrF. I was thinking the article was awfully interesting as is, without theme park elements to heighten the impact. Silly me.
Sigh.
This must be a lesson in relinquishing expectations.
I think this kind of took a turn for me, with Jurassic Park on one side, along with displaying a replica of a king’s skeleton, and on the other side a technique for better producing museum exhibits that would otherwise be more difficult to create.
They must have used a cement mixer to keep the “Ink” flowing !
But it’s good to see the $25,000 the UK Government has ripped off my pension going to a more worthy cause .