Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

British druid King Arthur Pendragon loses legal battle to stop researchers from examining human remains at Stongehenge
King Arthur Pendragon wanted the remains found in 2008 to be reburied immediately.  He was fighting a Ministry of Justice decision allowing scientists at Sheffield University to analyse the samples for five more years.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14630468


Overnight renovation workers at the National Archeological Museum in Naples, claims it might be haunted!
An Italian museum has called in ghost hunters after workers carrying out overnight renovations downed tools claiming the building was haunted.  Builders say they have heard chilling screams, felt temperatures suddenly plunge and even seen ghosts while working at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.
Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029264/Theres-strange-happens-night-Builders-halt-renovation-job-night-terrors-haunted-museum.html 

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Italian woman claims miraculous praying to Pope Pius XII  (Pope during WWII) cured her of cancer
Maria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at 42 kilos (92 pounds), she couldn't bear another dose of chemotherapy to fight the Stage IV Burkitt's lymphoma that had invaded her body while she was pregnant with her second child.  But as she and her family had done since she was diagnosed with the rare and aggressive form of cancer in July 2005, Esposito prayed to the man who had appeared to her husband in a dream as the only person who could save her: Pope Pius XII.
Full article: http://www.newser.com/article/d9o84dpo0/ap-exclusive-woman-claims-miracle-by-wwii-era-pope-backed-by-connected-nun-amid-doubts.html

Monday, January 17, 2011

Tomb of Caligula may have been discovered after Italian police arrest smuggler
The lost tomb of Caligula has been found, according to Italian police, after the arrest of a man trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the notorious Roman emperor recovered from the site.
Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue


Germany honors and display the ashes of Paul the Psychic Octopus
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said Monday. psychic  The tentacled tipster will on Thursday be honoured with a "Paul Corner" at his former home, containing his ashes and a "huge memorial," the centre in western Germany said.

Full article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFycRecQweZuZ7cnOD5J11EmXl9A?docId=CNG.999426eed38d24123132435f3d303867.871