Bill Dedman at MSNBC has discovered the true backstory for this fantastic photo:


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Just in case anyone missed this little slice of heaven f*ckery: it seems that certain Southern historical revisionists have decided to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Confederacy. You know, that little act of treason that left God knows how many hundreds of thousands dead and maimed? That little act of treason which enshrined in its founding ( Read more... )

Chasing Mummies is not real. It is, in fact, Zahi Hawass fanfic, written by Zahi Hawass, and the OC's suck. *g*

For relative values of "real," of course. I'm watching Dr. Zahi Hawass'("I am not an easy guy!") latest vanity project on the History channel, Chasing Mummies. He's guided three American archaeology students to the five chambers at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Where one of them tells him that the pyramid was built by aliens ("I show you ( Read more... )