Incredible Ancient Body Artifacts
At the
time where there were no computers, television, phones and photos, before the
"civilized" man became civilized, the decoration of the body was the
ultimate material artifact.
There
are 5 basic techniques of decorating the human body: painting, tattooing,
scarification, inlay (incrustation) and cauterization.
1. Painting
The
most famous example of body painting is "war paint" in some Native
American tribes. Today it is something completely different - an artistic
expression, except for maybe in the military service. The function of the
"war paint" was to invoke major supernatural forces to protect and
help the warrior and also to scare sheet out of the enemies. See the picture below to get a clear picture of what we are talking about:
2. Scarification
Scarification
(cutting certain forms under the skin) and inlay (inserting different materials
under the skin) are sorts of decorating techniques uncharacteristic for
European culture. Scarification served for marking the social and cultural
status. The two pictures below:
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Astronomers Seek Birth Date of Oldest Star
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope say they've taken a step closer to finding the birth date of a
star that's been around for a very long time.
The aging star, cataloged as HD
140283, lies 190.1 light-years away from Earth.
"We have found that this
is the oldest known star with a well-determined age," said Howard Bond of
Pennsylvania State University and the Space Telescope Science Institute in
Baltimore.
The star could be as old as
14.5 billion years, astronomers said, which is a bit of a puzzle since the
calculated age of the universe is about 13.8 billion years.
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Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary!!!!!!!!!
You can imagine the strength of
their love…they are preparing for their 80th anniversary of their wedding and the advice they both have
for younger couples is to: “be humble and have patience”. They are North
Carolina couple, from the United State.
Robert Gerald, 97, and Virginia
Gerald, 95, of Goldsboro said they married when Robert was 17 and Virginia was
15 and they are now preparing for their 80th wedding anniversary April 12, The
Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Monday.
The couple, who the Observer
said may be the longest-married in the state, had their first child within a
year of being married and eventually had a total 11 children and Robert and
Virginia could not agree on whether they had 36 or 40 grandchildren.
The couple said they have advice
for couples seeking to reach the 80-year mark in their relationships.
"Love one another till
death do you part," he said. "Remember that God is in charge. Be
humble and have patience. Behind every cloud, the sun will rise again in your
life."
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2face Plans Mega Weddings Starting from March
The celeb couple
2face and Annie Idibia are planning one of the biggest weddings of 2013 after
secretly wedding in July 2012. The official invites were released recently and
have since gone rival.
The couple have announced the first step of the grand
wedding – a traditional wedding holding on Friday, March 8, 2013.
The wedding will hold in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa
Ibom State, Annie’s home town.
The white wedding will hold on March 23, 2013 in Dubai.
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