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Thursday, 26 May 2011
New images from Pyramid
The pyramid is thought to have been built as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu, and is the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing. It contains three main chambers: the Queen's Chamber, the Grand Gallery and the King's Chamber, which has two air shafts connecting it with the outside world. Strangely, though, there are two tunnels, about 20 centimetres by 20 centimetres, that extend from the north and south walls of the Queen's Chamber and stop at stone doors before they reach the outside of the pyramid (see diagram).
The function of these tunnels and doors is unknown, but some believe that one or both could lead to a secret chamber. Zahi Hawass, Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs, describes the doors as the last great mystery of the pyramid.
Several attempts have been made to explore the tunnels using robots. In 1993, a robot crawled some 63 metres up the tunnel in the south wall and discovered what appeared to be a small stone door set with metal pins. Metal is not part of any other known structure in the pyramid, and the discovery ignited speculation that the pins were door handles, keys or even parts of a power supply constructed by aliens.
Then in 2002 another robot drilled through the stone block and filmed a small chamber backed by a large blocking stone, but little else. Now a robot designed by engineer Rob Richardson from the University of Leeds, UK, and colleagues, and named Djedi after the magician that Khufu consulted when he planned his tomb, has crawled up the tunnel carrying a bendy "micro snake" camera that can see around corners.
Images sent back by the camera have revealed hieroglyphs written in red paint and lines in the stone that could be marks left by stone masons when the chamber was being carved (Annales Du Service des Antiquités De L'Égypte, vol 84, ISBN: 978-977-704-184-3). "If these hieroglyphs could be deciphered they could help Egyptologists work out why these mysterious shafts were built," says Richardson.
"Red-painted numbers and graffiti are very common around Giza," says Peter Der Manuelian, an Egyptologist at Harvard University and director of the Giza Archives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "They are often masons' or work-gangs' marks, denoting numbers, dates or even the names of the gangs."
As the camera can see around corners, the back of the stone door has been observed for the first time, scotching the more fanciful theories about the metal pins, says camera-designer Shaun Whitehead of the exploration company Scoutek, based in Melton Mowbray, UK. "Our new pictures from behind the pins show that they end in small, beautifully made loops, indicating that they were more likely ornamental rather than electrical connections."
Whitehead, who worked in collaboration with Dassault Systèmes in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, adds: "Also, the back of the 'door' is polished so it must have been important. It doesn't look like it was a rough piece of stone used to stop debris getting into the shaft."
Kate Spence, an Egyptologist at the University of Cambridge who was not involved in the study, suspects that since the narrow tunnels can serve no practical purpose, they are almost certainly symbolic. "The metal pins look like symbolic door handles, and the shafts from the Queen's Chamber are oriented north-south, not east-west, so I strongly suspect that their function is symbolic and relates to the stars, not the sun," she says.
While the King's Chamber originally contained Khufu's sarcophagus and possibly his mummy, the Queen's Chamber probably didn't contain the remains of a queen: Khufu's wives were interred in three smaller pyramids of their own. Instead, Spence speculates that the Queen's Chamber may have contained a "ka" statue of the pharaoh. In this interpretation the shafts were built to allow Khufu's ka, or spirit, to cross to the afterlife.
As for the second "door" at the rear of the chamber, which is rough and unfinished, Spence thinks it is simply the end of the shaft. "It's most likely to be a backing stone - there won't be another chamber behind it, it makes no sense," she says. "However, it's fascinating from a symbolic point of view, and this sort of work will allow us to get at the intention behind the construction of the pyramid."
Hawass, director of the Djedi project, says that no other pyramid is known to have a tunnel and doorway like this, which, he says, suggests there could be a hidden room. "The King's Chamber may have been a dummy room, since the most important thing in the mind of the ancient Egyptians was to hide the burial chamber," he says. "We have a story that the magician Djedi met Khufu, who was searching for the god Thoth so he could find the secret of hiding his pyramid. Based on that maybe there is something hidden in the pyramid."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028144.500-first-images-from-great-pyramids-chamber-of-secrets.html
Local Businesses Turn Weird
We decided to engage with local businesses and the following article was run for us by the local paper. If you are a small business and want to set-up at our market place, please get in touch or visit our market place page.
On 17th and 18th of September, Swindon is turning Weird. The international event of 2011 arrives in Swindon and wants to get local businesses involved!
Weird 11 is the UK's premier weekend event exploring unexplained mysteries, ancient myths, the paranormal and UFOs. Top speakers from around the world will be arriving to discuss these subjects. Weird 11 will also have a large market place, live music and a film screening.
The organisers of Weird are keen to get local businesses involved in the market place and known to the 500 expected attendees of the event, most of which are strangers to the town and will all be looking for places to eat, drink and relax over the weekend.
Weird is also looking for partners to team up to sell tickets.
Local businesses can get more information by calling 01793 484510 or by emailing contactus@weirdwiltshire.co.uk
Read the original article.
On 17th and 18th of September, Swindon is turning Weird. The international event of 2011 arrives in Swindon and wants to get local businesses involved!
Weird 11 is the UK's premier weekend event exploring unexplained mysteries, ancient myths, the paranormal and UFOs. Top speakers from around the world will be arriving to discuss these subjects. Weird 11 will also have a large market place, live music and a film screening.
The organisers of Weird are keen to get local businesses involved in the market place and known to the 500 expected attendees of the event, most of which are strangers to the town and will all be looking for places to eat, drink and relax over the weekend.
Weird is also looking for partners to team up to sell tickets.
Local businesses can get more information by calling 01793 484510 or by emailing contactus@weirdwiltshire.co.uk
Read the original article.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Dark Energy?
Dark energy is driving our universe apart at accelerating speeds, according to a five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time.
The study offers new support for the favoured theory of how dark energy works - as a constant force, uniformly affecting the universe and propelling its runaway expansion.
Its findings are based on results from Nasa's space-based Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope on Siding Spring Mountain in Australia.
View the full article
The study offers new support for the favoured theory of how dark energy works - as a constant force, uniformly affecting the universe and propelling its runaway expansion.
Its findings are based on results from Nasa's space-based Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope on Siding Spring Mountain in Australia.
View the full article
A Bit of David for a Sunday Morning
David Icke : Love him or Hate Him...
David has a new video out so we had to put it out there for you.
From David's Website:
David highlights the importance of Rome and London to the global conspiracy and their Satanic ritual connection when he visited Rome on the recent Beltane weekend in which the Royal Wedding in London on April 29th was followed two days later by a major ritual in St Peter's Square related to Pope John Paul II on the key Beltane date of May 1st.
A coincidence? Not a chance.
A 90-minute documentary shot in Rome by Neil Hague and produced by Jay4louise.
View the David Icke video
David has a new video out so we had to put it out there for you.
From David's Website:
David highlights the importance of Rome and London to the global conspiracy and their Satanic ritual connection when he visited Rome on the recent Beltane weekend in which the Royal Wedding in London on April 29th was followed two days later by a major ritual in St Peter's Square related to Pope John Paul II on the key Beltane date of May 1st.
A coincidence? Not a chance.
A 90-minute documentary shot in Rome by Neil Hague and produced by Jay4louise.
View the David Icke video
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Celia Gunn in Swindon
We met Celia on the weekend in Glastonbury and was interested to learn she was in Swindon on the 27th of May. More details can be found here, but her talk is at the Madison Hotel, Oxford Road, Swindon on the 27th of May from 7pm.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Weird Affiliates
We all want Weird to be a great weekend and to that end we have now set-up the Weird Ticket Sales & Gallery affiliates program. We pay 10% commission on any sales you put our way, which can quickly mount up if you sell a few tickets!
To sign up, use the following link and put the HTML code on your website. You also get tracking of sales you have generated and we pay on a monthly basis. With some of the artwork valued at £1000, that could be a LOT of commission!
Why not check out the Weird Affiliation Program?
To sign up, use the following link and put the HTML code on your website. You also get tracking of sales you have generated and we pay on a monthly basis. With some of the artwork valued at £1000, that could be a LOT of commission!
Why not check out the Weird Affiliation Program?
Monday, 9 May 2011
Videos
A few months back now I was having a telephone conversion about the video below. At the time it wasn't in the public domain and was being kept under wraps. Well its out there now, so I thought I would share it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwW-knpJ2g
I found two older but fantastic interviews Weird did in 2009. The first is with Dr. David Clarke and the second is with Steve Dewey. It was a great day in Avebury in the summer of '09, I remember the hay fever, I remember the attention we attracted from the tourists and I remember a fantastic lunch at the pub!
Here's the videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWgqPSXOYk4 (Steve Dewey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsgUnIrTfs (Dr. David Clarke)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwW-knpJ2g
I found two older but fantastic interviews Weird did in 2009. The first is with Dr. David Clarke and the second is with Steve Dewey. It was a great day in Avebury in the summer of '09, I remember the hay fever, I remember the attention we attracted from the tourists and I remember a fantastic lunch at the pub!
Here's the videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWgqPSXOYk4 (Steve Dewey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsgUnIrTfs (Dr. David Clarke)
Saturday, 7 May 2011
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April News Update
Weird News (Read the original Update here)
Welcome to the Weird April News update.
The first batch of tickets have been posted and should arrive within the next week! Our thanks to everyone who have already bought tickets to the event and we look forward to seeing you all in September. Tickets can be bought on-line via PayPal, by Cheque/Postal order or by credit/debit card over the phone. Full details of how to order your tickets can be found on our bookings page.
The speaker line-up is now complete and with eleven hours each day over we are all in for an action packed weekend. There will be refreshments available at the venue and there are a wealth of Hotels and B&B's close by to rest after wards. Swindon also has a host of restaurants available near the venue and in the Old Town area.
We also have secured a great rate with the Jury's Inn, a brand new hotel in Swindon and very close to the conference. More details on our hotels page including on-line booking with our special Weird username and password.
Issue 5 of UFO Matrix magazine is now out as well as the brand new Paranormal magazine. Our good friend Brian Allan is now editor of paranormal and we wish him good luck in his new role. Both magazines have raised the bar in terms of quality and articles and Weird highly recommends getting your hands on a copy of them. An extract from a recent review by BUFORA follows:
UFO Matrix ticks all the right boxes and the contributors and editors are highly experienced in their fields and specialisms. The magazine also promotes and profiles activity in the conference and courses in the U.K. and further afield, promoting conferences and event listings, so readers can get out there to meet the speakers and authors at various venues around the regions. There are links to books, radio shows and all manner of UFO related items.
The production quality of the magazine is extremely high and for £5.99, this magazine is worth every penny. It’s run by a group of researchers and investigators who have already achieved a long and experienced track record in books, special case studies, lectures and past magazine production.
The British UFO Research Association recommends you purchase the magazine at your local newsagent or buy on line. If you are interested in the subject, no matter what your views or perceptions of the UFO phenomenon, this magazine is the one for you.
Alien Museum
Weird have teamed up with artist Step Sherman and present Alien Museum, a unique collection of works based on his experiences. Step describes this as actual extra-terrestrial encounters over a period of recent years that has allowed access to distinct visions and images of a ‘place’. The ideas resonate from a higher dimension where patterns of humans, animals, plants, advanced machinery, insects and a vast array of mythical creatures have been stored in an out of this world akashic where all counterparts are mixed and configured for cosmic research, learning and entertainment – much the same as the earth mirror of zoos, circuses, experimental labs and museums.
His work will soon feature in a series of articles in a UK national magazine. Why not take a look at Step's artwork at the Alien Museum.
Weird Talking
We are recording a new series of talk shows with researchers and authors. The first of these shows will be a one-off special with short interviews with each of the speakers involved in the Weird 11 Event. The show is due out at the end of April and will be available from the main website. We plan to produce a series of monthly shows in 2011 which will also be available for download on iTunes and other streaming websites.
Focus on Speaker
Each month we focus on one of the speakers at the Weird 11 event and we start with Andy Thomas.
We were lucky to get Andy to speak at Weird this year as he has a very busy schedule. Watch out for the interview with him on the Weird Talking show.
Andy Thomas is a leading researcher into unexplained mysteries and author of many books, including the acclaimed ‘The Truth Agenda’ and ‘Vital Signs’, described by many as the definitive guide to the crop circle phenomenon. Andy widely writes and lectures and has made numerous radio and TV appearances.
In a thought-provoking presentation, Andy Thomas, author of the book The Truth Agenda, explores some of the most famous unexplained mysteries of recent history, finding unexpected linking threads between them. What is the truth about UFOs, pyramids, religious apparitions, psychic phenomena, visions of the future and ancient prophecies, and what is their connection to famous conspiracy theories concerning the Moon landings, 9/11 and claims that the world is secretly run by a powerful ruling elite?
And Finally.....
Let us know if you have any questions about the conference. You can call us on 01793 484510 (please leave a message) or by email via our contact page
Welcome to the Weird April News update.
The first batch of tickets have been posted and should arrive within the next week! Our thanks to everyone who have already bought tickets to the event and we look forward to seeing you all in September. Tickets can be bought on-line via PayPal, by Cheque/Postal order or by credit/debit card over the phone. Full details of how to order your tickets can be found on our bookings page.
The speaker line-up is now complete and with eleven hours each day over we are all in for an action packed weekend. There will be refreshments available at the venue and there are a wealth of Hotels and B&B's close by to rest after wards. Swindon also has a host of restaurants available near the venue and in the Old Town area.
We also have secured a great rate with the Jury's Inn, a brand new hotel in Swindon and very close to the conference. More details on our hotels page including on-line booking with our special Weird username and password.
Issue 5 of UFO Matrix magazine is now out as well as the brand new Paranormal magazine. Our good friend Brian Allan is now editor of paranormal and we wish him good luck in his new role. Both magazines have raised the bar in terms of quality and articles and Weird highly recommends getting your hands on a copy of them. An extract from a recent review by BUFORA follows:
UFO Matrix ticks all the right boxes and the contributors and editors are highly experienced in their fields and specialisms. The magazine also promotes and profiles activity in the conference and courses in the U.K. and further afield, promoting conferences and event listings, so readers can get out there to meet the speakers and authors at various venues around the regions. There are links to books, radio shows and all manner of UFO related items.
The production quality of the magazine is extremely high and for £5.99, this magazine is worth every penny. It’s run by a group of researchers and investigators who have already achieved a long and experienced track record in books, special case studies, lectures and past magazine production.
The British UFO Research Association recommends you purchase the magazine at your local newsagent or buy on line. If you are interested in the subject, no matter what your views or perceptions of the UFO phenomenon, this magazine is the one for you.
Alien Museum
Weird have teamed up with artist Step Sherman and present Alien Museum, a unique collection of works based on his experiences. Step describes this as actual extra-terrestrial encounters over a period of recent years that has allowed access to distinct visions and images of a ‘place’. The ideas resonate from a higher dimension where patterns of humans, animals, plants, advanced machinery, insects and a vast array of mythical creatures have been stored in an out of this world akashic where all counterparts are mixed and configured for cosmic research, learning and entertainment – much the same as the earth mirror of zoos, circuses, experimental labs and museums.
His work will soon feature in a series of articles in a UK national magazine. Why not take a look at Step's artwork at the Alien Museum.
Weird Talking
We are recording a new series of talk shows with researchers and authors. The first of these shows will be a one-off special with short interviews with each of the speakers involved in the Weird 11 Event. The show is due out at the end of April and will be available from the main website. We plan to produce a series of monthly shows in 2011 which will also be available for download on iTunes and other streaming websites.
Focus on Speaker
Each month we focus on one of the speakers at the Weird 11 event and we start with Andy Thomas.
We were lucky to get Andy to speak at Weird this year as he has a very busy schedule. Watch out for the interview with him on the Weird Talking show.
Andy Thomas is a leading researcher into unexplained mysteries and author of many books, including the acclaimed ‘The Truth Agenda’ and ‘Vital Signs’, described by many as the definitive guide to the crop circle phenomenon. Andy widely writes and lectures and has made numerous radio and TV appearances.
In a thought-provoking presentation, Andy Thomas, author of the book The Truth Agenda, explores some of the most famous unexplained mysteries of recent history, finding unexpected linking threads between them. What is the truth about UFOs, pyramids, religious apparitions, psychic phenomena, visions of the future and ancient prophecies, and what is their connection to famous conspiracy theories concerning the Moon landings, 9/11 and claims that the world is secretly run by a powerful ruling elite?
And Finally.....
Let us know if you have any questions about the conference. You can call us on 01793 484510 (please leave a message) or by email via our contact page
Alien Museum
He has worked with Mad Magazine & Spitting Image and has had numerous successful exhibitions in London during the nineties, including his sell out show, ‘Freaks no More'.
His works have graced the boardrooms of Live 8, Big Issue and the Lighthouse Camden. He has an ever growing international collector base. Portraits are owned by Pink Floyd, Richard Ashcroft, Underworld and Ian Brown amongst others.
Actual extra-terrestrial encounters over a period of recent years has allowed Step access to distinct visions and images of a ‘place'. The ideas resonate from a higher dimension where patterns of humans, animals, plants, advanced machinery, insects and a vast array of mythical creatures have been stored in an out of this world akashic where all counterparts are mixed and configurated for cosmic research, learning and entertainment – much the same as the earth mirror of zoos, circuses, experimental labs and museums.
Weird Shopping
We have opened a Weird Shop!
Currently on-sale are tickets for the Weird 11 conference and artwork by Step Sherman. We will add new products throughout the year, including t-shirts, mugs, prints and other products.
If you would prefer to order tickets for the Weird 11 event without using the new shop, please get in touch via our contact page or call 01793 484510.
Currently on-sale are tickets for the Weird 11 conference and artwork by Step Sherman. We will add new products throughout the year, including t-shirts, mugs, prints and other products.
If you would prefer to order tickets for the Weird 11 event without using the new shop, please get in touch via our contact page or call 01793 484510.
New Booking System
We have a new on-line booking system for Weird Tickets. If you wish to order on-line via paypal or send a cheque, please use the booking system and select appropriate payment method. (Cheque/Online via PayPal).
Please let us know on 01793 484510 if you have any queries when using the system.
Please let us know on 01793 484510 if you have any queries when using the system.
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