You choose: The ruins of Atlantis found in Greece or the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai

1) The BBC challenges us with a quiz called “7 questions about British battles” – perhaps these were harder before Wikipedia… (Link)

2) Looking for clues and revelation, archaeologists have meticulously pulled a tooth from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian Mummy. DNA pulp is the sought treasure yet ghoulish nightmares may be the unforeseen consequence. (Link)

3) Atlantis found? – The underwater Bronze Age “city” of Pavlopetri off the coast of Greece continuously offers up priceless artefacts through painstaking excavation. No flying cars yet. (Link)

4) Following in the footsteps of both Egypt and Greece, China announces it will proactively study the British Museum for “stolen archaeological heritage”. It’s like they’re going grocery shopping. (Link)

5) “Wonders & Marvels” presents an article on the 1885 funeral of French writer Victor Hugo. “A superstar before the age of superstars” perhaps but we also remember him for his “adequate” translation of Shakespeare into French. (Link)

ON THIS DAY IN 1844: As parodied by the Simpsons, William Miller announced the End of the World in 1843. After it didn’t happen, he simply revised the date to 1844. When that was also a dud, it was immortalized in History as “The Great Disappointment”. (Link)

AND AS FOR THE LIGHTER SIDE: Cracked.com’s “Nuke the Moon: 5 Certifiably Insane Cold War projects” – An army of psychics couldn’t hurt, could it? (Link)

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