You can now check out the 5,000-year-old interior of Queen Meresankh III’s tomb and it’s completely free. With travel abroad now practically impossibl… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336386/virtual-tour-offers-trip-inside-egyptian-tomb…
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How Leo the Lion lost his tail
And how we gained a new constellation. Read about the Lion and the Queen’s Hair, one of skylore’s most famous legends, here. Source: https://earthsky.org/constellations/skylore-leo-lion-lost-tail-hair-queen-coma-berenices…
Explore ancient Egyptian queen’s tomb and a Coptic monastery with this new 3D virtual tour
These virtual tours will entertain you while you’re stuck at home during the pandemic. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-virtual-tours.html
Ready, set, explore Earth from home
We’re at home. How about you? But we just discovered these virtual tours, galleries and live webcams from around the world, which we wanted to share. Stay home, and have some virtual fun … Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/ready-set-explore-earth-from-home…
April’s birthstone is the diamond
Happy birthday April babies! Your birthstone, the diamond, is the rich cousin of graphite. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/april-birthstone-diamond…
The Supreme Court Says States Cannot Be Sued For Copyright Infringement
sandbagger shares a report from PetaPixel: The Supreme Court of the United States dealt a major blow to photographers’ copyright protections when it declared that states cannot be sued for copyright infringement because they have “sovereign immunity.” The opinion came down as part of a writ of certiorari regarding the case of Allen v Cooper. A writ of certiorari is basically…
A tangle of stars in Berenices’ Hair
Berenice’s Hair – aka Coma Berenices – requires a dark sky to be seen. But it’s worth the effort, a wonderful star cluster! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/tangle-of-stars-in-berenices-hair…
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest ‘white road’ in the Yucatán
A ruthless Maya warrior queen may have ordered the building of an elaborate road more than 1,000 years ago to invade a distant city and to counter the rising power of another. Source: https://www.livescience.com/maya-warrior-queen-white-road-discovered.html
World Chess Champion Plays Recklessly Online Using a Pseudonym
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has been sneaking onto online chess sites using stupid pseudonyms and taunting his opponents by using pointless maneuvers with names like “the Bongcloud.” One YouTube commenter calls it “a revolution in the history of chess.” Slate documents the antics in an article titled “DrDrunkenstein’s Reign of Terror.” “DrDrunkenstein” is one of many aliases Magnus Carlsen has…
Pollux: The brighter twin star
Pollux, the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, blazes in a golden light next to its bluish-white heavenly twin, Castor, in the evening skies of the Northern Hemisphere’s spring. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/pollux-not-castor-is-geminis-brightest-star…