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Well, Mom just called.
Feb. 4th, 2008 10:43 amShe was watching the press conference broadcast on lds.org, and she called to let me know. As expected, the LDS Church's new president is Thomas S. Monson. His first counselor is Henry B. Eyering, who was Gordon B. Hinckley's second counselor, and the new second counselor is Dieter F. Uchtdorf, who has been an apostle for about three years. ( A bit more Mormon stuff this way, if you're interested: )
Rather cool, in a tragic sort of way ...
Feb. 7th, 2007 12:45 pmTue Feb 6, 1:28 PM ET
ROME (Reuters) - Call it the eternal embrace.
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.
"It's an extraordinary case," said Elena Menotti, who led the team on their dig near the northern city of Mantova.
"There has not been a double burial found in the Neolithic period, much less two people hugging -- and they really are hugging."
Menotti said she believed the two, almost certainly a man and a woman although that needs to be confirmed, died young because their teeth were mostly intact and not worn down.
"I must say that when we discovered it, we all became very excited. I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites," she told Reuters.
"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special."
A laboratory will now try to determine the couple's age at the time of death and how long they had been buried.
Click on the link to see the photo: http://www.yahoo.com/s/501225
ROME (Reuters) - Call it the eternal embrace.
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.
"It's an extraordinary case," said Elena Menotti, who led the team on their dig near the northern city of Mantova.
"There has not been a double burial found in the Neolithic period, much less two people hugging -- and they really are hugging."
Menotti said she believed the two, almost certainly a man and a woman although that needs to be confirmed, died young because their teeth were mostly intact and not worn down.
"I must say that when we discovered it, we all became very excited. I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites," she told Reuters.
"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special."
A laboratory will now try to determine the couple's age at the time of death and how long they had been buried.
Click on the link to see the photo: http://www.yahoo.com/s/501225
