The super blood wolf moon moves through the skies above Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The moon is called super because it's the closest it gets to Earth; It's called wolf because it's the first full moon of the year, and it's a blood moon because it's eclipsed by Earth. The three lunar phenomena was the last lunar eclipse of the decade. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) … [Read more...] about Super Blood Moon at Garden of the Gods
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‘Skin dust and God knows what else’ found on Portsmouth train seat
0 Have your say A PASSENGER says he is disgusted by the state of seats on trains running to and from Portsmouth. Paul Garrod, 70, from Southsea, believes train companies need to do more to keep train seats clean. He says that while travelling up to London on Saturday, a simple flick of a seat caused a cloud of dust to float into the air.Mr Garrod explained: ‘I noticed that the train seats in particular are very dirty a few months back – but at the weekend I discovered the extent of it, practically by mistake.‘I went to brush some fluff off the seat and this great cloud of dust and dirt came up. I was practically covered in fluff – all from the flick of a finger.‘I don’t think South Western Railway actually hoovers the seats. The fabric must have years of people’s skin dust and God knows what else. ‘If they did that once a month or so, things might be a bit better.’Train prices went up by an … [Read more...] about ‘Skin dust and God knows what else’ found on Portsmouth train seat
Archaeologists find Mexico temple to god of skinning sacrifices
Viet Nam News MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists in Mexico have found the first temple to the pre-Hispanic deity Xipe Totec, a god of fertility and war who was worshipped by sacrificing and skinning captives. Evidence indicates that priests ritually sacrificed their victims on one of the temple’s two circular altars, then flayed them on the other and draped themselves in their skin, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement. Historians have long known that Xipe Totec ("the flayed god") was worshipped by numerous peoples across what is now central and western Mexico and the Gulf coast. But the discovery – made among the ruins of the Ndachjian-Tehuacan archeological site in the central state of Puebla – is the first time a temple dedicated to the god has been found, the institute said. The artefacts uncovered at the site include three stone sculptures of Xipe Totec: two skinned heads and a torso, whose back is covered in … [Read more...] about Archaeologists find Mexico temple to god of skinning sacrifices
Mexico finds Flayed god temple; priests wore skins of dead
Updated 7:34 pm CST, Wednesday, January 2, 2019 In this 2018 photo provided by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, a skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, are stored after being excavated from the Ndachjian–Tehuacan archaeological site in Tehuacan, Puebla state, where archaeologists have discovered the first temple dedicated to the deity. Although depictions of the god, Xipe Totec, had been found before in other cultures, a whole temple had never been discovered. (Meliton Tapia Davila/INAH via AP) less In this 2018 photo provided by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, a skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a ... more Photo: Meliton Tapia Davila, AP … [Read more...] about Mexico finds Flayed god temple; priests wore skins of dead
‘God bless all of you on the good Earth’: Remembering the daring Apollo 8 mission
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By David M. Shribman Globe Correspondent December 23, 2018 In a year of conflict and war, it was a moment of conciliation. In a year of death, it was a moment that affirmed life. In a year of disbelief, it was a moment remembered for its words of faith. In a year unlike any other, it was a moment like no other.There never has been a year quite like 1968, with war raging in Southeast Asia and in the streets of America; with assassinations depriving the nation of two inspiring leaders; with a presidential campaign catapulting to power a man who vowed to “bring us together’’ even as his election drove Americans apart; and, 50 years ago this week, with a tiny contrivance of humankind leaving the surly bonds of earth and permitting earthlings for the first time to transit the dark side of the moon.The 45 minutes of silence when the Apollo 8 spacecraft, … [Read more...] about ‘God bless all of you on the good Earth’: Remembering the daring Apollo 8 mission