Whoa…it’s like DaVinci Code!

FRANCE DA VINCI DISCOVERYAnd it’s not even a crappy movie!  And no Tom Hanks hair to worry about!

I know we don’t often talk about REAL things here on IoM, but this story is just too cool to pass up.

The photo you see at right is of a painting that experts believe to be a newly discovered Leonardo da Vinci. Peter Paul Biro, a Montreal-based forensic art expert, said Tuesday that a fingerprint on what was presumed to be a 19th-century German painting of a young woman has convinced art experts that it’s actually a da Vinci.

Purchased for $19k, and originally believed to be painted by a 19th-century German artist, the painting has a fingerprint and palm print that match a fingerprint found on Leonardo’s “St. Jerome” in the Vatican. Apparently, da Vinci often used his fingers in his paintings.  Pretty cool stuff.  Someone loan me $20k?

Check out all the info on the story here!

Written on October 15th, 2009 , Arts & Culture, The Rest
Holy crap! Real Dinosaurs!

Well, as real as you can be with human legs and a big stick coming out of your crotch. Either way, I’m uber-impressed with this video, showing some dinosaurs roaring on a stage in front of a live studio audience. I’m not sure, since it’s in German, but I think this is park of that Walking with Dinosaurs stage show that’s been touring the country.

Thanks to Geekologie.

Written on October 6th, 2009 , Arts & Culture, The Rest
Oooh….shiny.
The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull

The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull i

And I don’t mean “shiny” like Firefly “shiny” slang.  I mean shiny as in…shiny.  The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull, the object that inspired that fourth Indiana Jones film that no one wished existed, will be available for viewing THIS Saturday, April 4th, (7 till 9:30 pm) at the Community Church, 40 E. 35th St. between Madison & Park in New York City.

According to the ARE/NYC official site,

Its origins are mysterious. The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull is said to be an ancient Mayan ceremonial object – an Atlantean creation containing mysterious information – a 19th Century fabrication – an extraterrestrial artifact. Some called it the Skull of Doom.

Bill Homann, who inherited the skull from Mitchell-Hedges’ daughter, calls it the Skull of Love. Specialized cameras have captured emanations of a powerful energy from the skull.

F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, the man responsible for the skull becoming known, was a real-life Indiana Jones. And while last year’s hit movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was fun fiction, many plot elements were drawn from the story of the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

Join Bill Homann for a Powerpoint presentation on its history and the fascinating legends that surround it. All participants will have an opportunity to pass by the skull and feel its aura.

Want to see the mysterious object in person?  Buy tickets NOW at the official site!  Any friends of IoM in NYC?  Sure would be great to get a recap of the events!

Written on March 31st, 2009 , Arts & Culture, The Rest Tags:
Your Morning Head: King Tut is a Royal Disappointment

tut-death-maskWhen thinking about King Tut, the image to the left often comes to mind.  It is the death mask of 18th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.  It is the quintessential artifact of ancient Egypt.  It is the piece that captured the imagination of westerners when the exhibit first toured the US more than thirty years ago.  And you will not see it nor Tut’s sarcophagi in the exhibit currently touring the U.S. and on display at the Dallas Museum of Art.

An enthusiast of ancient history in general and ancient Egypt specifically, I was awfully excited about seeing this exhibit.  It featured numerous artifacts from Tut’s contemporaries and family members – all of which are quite simply stunning.  For instance, the funerary mask of Tut’s Gramma, Tjuya, was breath-taking and the head from the statue of Akhenaten was powerfully presented.  Problem is as cool as Tjuya and Akhenaten’s stuff was that ain’t who you went to see.  Comprising 130 items, the exhibit contains only 50 artifacts from Tut’s tomb.  Rather like going to see a concert where Van Halen opens the show and Golden Earring turns out to be the main act.

Seriously, it was just like that. Read the rest of this entry »

Written on March 27th, 2009 , Arts & Culture, Columns, Your Morning Head Tags:

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