'Do not open until 2012': The secret of mysterious parcel wrapped in 1912 is unveiled in Norwegian town
A mysterious package dated 100 years ago will finally be opened after generations in a small Norwegian town heeded to the instructions written on the wrapping: ‘To be opened in 2012’.
The parcel was sealed in 1912 and left in the care of the council in Otta, a town 180 miles north of Oslo, with the instructions for it not to be touched for a century.
After surviving two world wars and years in bank vaults, archives and on display behind glass the contents will be revealed at a ceremony tomorrow night.
The parcel was left in the council’s care in 1920 by Johan Nygaard, a former chairman of Sel council in Otta, who had wrapped and sealed it eight years earlier on the anniversary of the legendary Battle of Kringen.
The battle stood in Otta in 1612 between local peasants and Scottish mercenary soldiers on their way through the Norwegian woods to enlist to fight in the Swedish army during Kalmar War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden.
Miraculously the Norwegian peasants won and it is believed that the contents of the package may have some connection to the battle 400 years ago.
The Mars landing as you've never seen it before
Spectacular new HD video shows ‘seven minutes of terror’ in just 50 seconds
You’ve seen the Mars landing before, but you haven’t seen it like this.
The Curiosity rover quickly beamed back a host of low-resolution images as it floated down to the surface of the Red Planet on August 5. Those grainy still shots were compiled into a video that wowed people around the world.
But, now the NASA vehicle has been on Mars for more than two weeks, it has had time to send full resolution, HD images it took of its own landing. A visual-effects editor compiled the new pictures, condensed them and edited them to produce a vivid new video.
‘Seven minutes of terror’ as Curiosity descended to Mars has been packed into just 50 seconds.
Visual-effects specialist Daniel Luke Fitch edited the footage using the new, high resolution frames that display an incredible amount of detail that was missing in the first images.
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Black magic of the Roman era: Ancient lead tablet found in UK contains a curse to bring bad luck to more than a dozen people
An ancient tablet unearthed in Kent has turned out to be inscribed with curses intended to bring bad luck to more than a dozen people.
The rolled up lead tablet found in East Farleigh, on the site of a Roman farmstead, was found in a 3rd to 4th Century building that may have been some kind of temple.
Inscribed on the lead in capital letters are the names of 14 people, which an Oxford University expert says were the intended victims of the curse.
It was discovered by the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group during excavations three years ago and has since undergone a series of detailed tests to determine its purpose.
The extremely fragile 6cm by 10cm tablet, which is just 1mm thick, is an example of a kind black magic popular in the Greek and Roman eras that called on the gods to torment specific victims.
Once inscribed, the tablets would be rolled up to conceal their inscriptions then either nailed to the wall of a temple or buried in places considered close to the underworld, such as graves, springs or wells.
The Kent scroll had likewise been carefully rolled up and buried. As it was unrolled, the inscribed letters became visible under a scanning election microscope.
Rome Burned, Will We?
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Infowars.com
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
As America’s engineered economic implosion accelerates, the parallels with how the Roman empire fell are staggering. It is now abundantly clear that the ruling class is preparing for a planned economic implosion after which they will declare themselves the saviors.
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