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Imphal International Airport Bir Tikendrajit International Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM) is the second international airport built in the Northeastern region of India, after Guwahati, and the third busiest airport in the north east region after Guwahati and Agartala. It's named after king Tikendrajit. Located 8 km so...
Maryland Route 170 Maryland Route 170 (MD 170) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 12.98 mi from MD 175 in Odenton north to MD 2 in Brooklyn Park. MD 170 connects the western Anne Arundel County communities of Odenton and Severn and the North County communities of Linthicum, Pumphre...
Cap-Haïtien International Airport Cap-Haïtien International Airport (IATA: CAP, ICAO: MTCH) is an airport serving Cap-Haïtien, a city in Nord, Haiti. It is the second largest airport in Haiti. This airport connects Haiti to airports like Miami International Airport, Providenciales International Airport, Cibao Internati...
Anh Dao Traxel Anh Dao Traxel "(Vietnamese spelling: Anh Đào Traxel, born Dương Anh Đào)" (Born c. 1958 in South Vietnam) is the foster daughter of former French President Jacques Chirac. She was a boat-person refugee, and met Jacques Chirac at Roissy Airport in 1979. He told her "Don’t cry, ma chérie. You are coming h...
Roissy–Picardie Link The Roissy–Picardie Link is a planned railway line near Paris.
Mandalay International Airport Mandalay International Airport (Burmese: မန္တလေး အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ် ; (IATA: MDL, ICAO: VYMD) ), located 35 km south of Mandalay in Tada-U, is one of only three international airports in Myanmar. Completed in 1999, the airport was the largest and most modern airport in the country un...
A1 autoroute The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes. With a length of 211 km , it connects Paris with the northern city of Lille. It is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF). The autoroute serves the nor...
Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (French: "Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle" , IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG ), also known as Roissy Airport (name of the local district), is the largest international airport in France. It is named after Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), leader of the Free French Forces...
Roissy-en-France Roissy-en-France (] ; colloquially simply called Roissy) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France, in the Val d'Oise department. It is located 20.7 km from the center of Paris.
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV is a major passenger railway station in Tremblay-en-France, Paris, France. It is located directly beneath terminal two of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (between the C/D and E/F concourses) and is operated by the SNCF. The station was opened in 1994. It...
Freebooters F.C. Freebooters F.C was an association football club from Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland. Their highest achievement was reaching the Irish Cup final which was staged at the City and County Grounds, Jones Road, Dublin, now Croke Park. They lost to Cliftonville F.C., in the first Irish Cup final to be played ou...
North Circular Road, Dublin The North Circular Road (Irish: "An Cuarbhóthar Thuaidh" ) - designated as R101 regional road - is an important thoroughfare on the northside of Dublin, in Ireland. The regional road was long considered the northern boundary of the city and still separates the city centre from the inner subu...
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is a competition for inter-county teams in the women's field sport of game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie F...
Shane Dalton Shane Dalton is a member of St Vincents GAA Club in Marino Dublin. He originally started his playing career with St Monicas, Edenmore and joined St Vincents at the age of 16. He was a senior dual player for both his club St Vincents and his county Dublin. He played minor, Under 21 and senior in hurling and...
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1964 The 1964 inaugural All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Celtic, who defeated Deirdre in the final, played at Croke Park. The attendance at the final included Séamus Ó Braonáin, who had r...
Seattle Storm (soccer) Football Club Seattle Storm, also known as the F.C. Seattle Storm, was an American soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. F.C. Seattle was a "super club" created to provide Seattle players an opportunity to play at a higher level than the local recreational and semi-pro leagues. In addition to...
David Barden David Barden is a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He had been a member of the Longford intercounty team since 2002 until 2013. He won 2 O'Byrne Shield medals in 2006 and 2007. In 2011 he helped Longford overcome Roscommon in the National Football League Div 4 final in Croke Park. In 2012 L...
Hill 16 When Croke Park was first used for the Railway End of the park was little more than a mound of earth. Its name was originally called Hill 60. That original name came from a hill in Gallipoli on which the Connaught Rangers suffered heavy casualties in late August 1915. Contrary to common belief, the Royal Dublin...
Croke Park Croke Park (Irish: "Páirc an Chrócaigh" , ] ) is a GAA stadium located in Dublin, Ireland. Named in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is often called Croker by some GAA fans and locals. It serves both as the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
Paul Barden Paul Barden (born 1 July 1980) is a Gaelic footballer from County Longford, Ireland. He had been a member of the Longford intercounty team from Oct 1998 until Feb 2015 when he announced his retirement. He was the longest serving intercounty player in the country until his retirement. He won an O'Byrne Cup m...
Maianthemum Maianthemum (Latin "Māia " "May" and Greek "ánthemon " "flower"; including former "Smilacina") is a genus of rhizomatous, herbaceous, perennial flowering plants, native to the understory of woodlands. It is widespread across much of North America, Europe and Asia.
Chlidanthus Chlidanthus is a genus that consists of 10 species of tender bulbs from tropical South America, mostly natives to the Andes. The botanical name comes from the Greek, meaning "delicate flower". The plants have large spherical bulbs with gray-green, strap-shaped leaves 30cm long arising from the base. In late...
Manga Life Manga Life (まんがライフ , Manga Raifu ) is a manga magazine published monthly by Takeshobo in Japan since the November 1984 issue (published in October 1984). Its original title was Gag da (ギャグダ , Gyagu da ) , and the change to "Manga Life" was made to better compete with "Manga Time", a rival magazine published ...
Frank Legato Frank Legato is an American author born in 1956 in Pittsburgh, PA. He is best known for his book "How to Win Millions Playing Slot Machines...or Lose Trying". He is also well known for founding and editing "Casino Gaming" magazine and writing a monthly humorous column about slot machines for "Strictly Slot...
Dengeki G's Comic Dengeki G's Comic (電撃G'sコミック , Dengeki Jīzu Komikku ) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works. The magazine was first published digitally on August 9, 2012 with volume 0, and started monthly publication with the following issue released on October 15, 2012. From April 2013 t...
Life (magazine) Life was an American magazine that ran weekly from 1883 to 1936 as a humor magazine with limited circulation. "Time" owner Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936, solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name, and launched a major weekly news magazine with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. ...
Newport Life Magazine Newport Life Magazine is a lifestyles magazine based in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded in 1993, the magazine is published eight times annually and covers the events, people, history and places of Newport County. Newport Life Magazine is located at 101 Malbone Road in the Newport Daily News buildin...
Sylph (magazine) Sylph (シルフ , Shirufu ) is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and is sold monthly. The magazine was originally published on December 9, 2006 as a special edition version of MediaWorks' now-defunct "Dengeki Comic Gao!" under the title "Comic Sylph" (コミックシ...
Strictly Slots Strictly Slots is a monthly magazine aimed at slot machine and video poker players. The magazine was founded in 1998. Strictly Slots is published by the Casino Player Publishing, which also publishes "Casino Player" magazine. The magazine include articles about the following: history of slot machine, the...
The Leeds Guide The Leeds Guide was a monthly "What's on" magazine published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England from 1997 until 2012. It was the longest established 'What's on' magazine for Leeds. Originally a monthly A5 magazine printed in black and white, "The Leeds Guide" changed to an A4 fortnightly in 2003 and subs...
Sekai (magazine) Sekai (Japanese: 世界 "World") is a Japanese monthly political magazine published by Iwanami Shoten, which was founded in December 1945. The first issue was published in 1946. The magazine is published monthly. It has a left-wing or progressive political stance. The magazine's founding principles were "p...
Great Lakes Life Magazine Great Lakes Life Magazine was a regional magazine that was published in Westfield, New York. It was founded by editor-in-chief and publisher Rena Tran and began publication in February 2008 under the title Erie Life Magazine, but went out of production in 2011. The magazine was available in ov...
Pinocchio (1940 film) Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the Italian children's novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, made after the success of "Snow White and the Seven D...
Pinocchio (1957 TV-musical) Pinocchio, a 1957 television production of "Pinocchio", is a live (and live-action) musical version starring Mickey Rooney in the title role of the puppet who wishes to become a real boy. Based on the novel by Carlo Collodi which also inspired the classic Walt Disney animated film, this vers...
Fandub A fandub is a fan-made dub or redub of a live-action or animated production. Dubbing is the act of re-recording of a live-action or animated production, typically in a language other than the original. Most productions are translated from different languages, but fandubs do exist for productions that were produc...
Frankie Darro Frankie Darro (born Frank Johnson, Jr. December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a...
Hakuna Matata (song) "Hakuna Matata" is a song from Disney's 32nd animated feature "The Lion King". The song is based on Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase in the movie, "Hakuna matata", which is a Swahili phrase; it means 'no worries'. It is characterized by its simple 4/4 time, upbeat message and catchy lyrics.
Roadside Romeo Roadside Romeo is a 2008 3D Indian-American computer animated romantic musical comedy family film written and directed by Jugal Hansraj and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in United States, United Kingdom and India. It was...
Get a Horse! Get a Horse! is a 2013 American 3D animated slapstick comedy short film, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Combining black-and-white hand-drawn animation and color CGI animation, the short features the characters of the late 1920s "Mickey Mouse" cartoons, and features archival recordings of Walt D...
Simba Simba is a fictional character who appears in Disney's "The Lion King" franchise. Introduced in Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature film "The Lion King" (1994), the character subsequently appears in its sequels "" (1998) and "The Lion King 1½" (2004).
Rhabdodontidae Rhabdodontids were herbivorous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period. Rhabdodontids were similar to large, robust "hypsilophodonts", with deep skulls and jaws. The family was first proposed by David B. Weishampel and colleagues in 2002. The rhabdodontids were defined as "the most recent common ...
Paul Clyne Paul Clyne was the District Attorney of Albany County, New York from January 2001 through December 2004. A graduate of Albany Law School, he spent about 14 years as an assistant district attorney, before he was tapped by local politicians to replace the retiring District Attorney, Sol Greenberg. He was defea...
Turning Point (UK band) Turning Point were a late 1970s fusion band from the UK. The band was formed by Jeff Clyne (bass) and Brian Miller (keyboards), who had previously played together in Isotope, and Pepi Lemer (wordless vocals). Also in the band were David Tidball (saxes), Phil Todd (saxes) and Paul Robinson (drums...
Siloam tunnel The Siloam Tunnel (Hebrew: נקבת השילוח‎ ‎ , "Nikbat HaShiloah"), also known as Hezekiah's Tunnel, is a water tunnel that was carved underneath the City of David in Jerusalem in ancient times. Its popular name is due to the most common hypothesis of its origin, namely that it dates from the reign of Hezeki...
Common Hope Common Hope is a non-profit organization based out of St. Paul, Minnesota that works with people in Guatemala. Common Hope provides support for over 2,700 children to attend school each year in seventeen villages outside of Antigua and Guatemala City. Common Hope employs a comprehensive approach by focusing...
David Soares P. David Soares (born October 26, 1969, Brava, Cape Verde) is the Albany County, N.Y. District Attorney. He is a Democrat.
Irmãos Unidos Associação Desportiva, Recreativa e Voluntariado Irmãos Unidos de Vale de Paul, common short form: Irmãos Unidos, uncommon form: Irmãos Unidos da Juventude, Irmãos Unidos de Vale de Paul, abbreative form: ADRV Irmãos Unidos (da Juventude) de Vale de Paul, abbreviative form: ADRV-IUJ (Capeverdean Crioulo, ...
City of David The City of David (Hebrew: (Hebrew: עיר דוד‎ , "Ir David"; literal translation to Arabic: مدينة داوود‎ ‎ , "Madina Dawud", common Arabic name: وادي حلوه , "Wadi Hilweh") is an Israeli settlement and the archaeological site which is speculated to compose the original urban core of ancient Jerusalem. First ...
Bishopston, Swansea Bishopston (Welsh: Llandeilo Ferwallt ) is a hamlet and community situated on the Gower Peninsula, some 6 mi west south west of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. Forming part of the Bishopston ward of the City and County of Swansea, it is one of the largest villages on Gower. Bishopston has its ...
Monica Lynn Monica Lynn is an American composer who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Stefan Kostka, David Neumeyer and Forrest Pierce. She continued her education at the University of Missouri in K...
Black Book of the Admiralty The Black Book of the Admiralty is a compilation of English admiralty law created over the course of several English monarchs' reigns, including the most important decisions of the High Court of Admiralty. Its starting point is the Rolls of Oléron, which were promulgated in c. 1160 by Eleano...
Black Book (World War II) The Black Book: The Ruthless Murder of Jews by German-Fascist Invaders Throughout the Temporarily-Occupied Regions of the Soviet Union and in the German Nazi Death Camps established on occupied Polish soil during the War 1941–1945 alternatively The Black Book of the Holocaust, or simply The Bl...
Books of Clanranald The Books of Clanranald are two paper manuscripts that date to about the early 18th century. The books are written in Classical Gaelic, and are best known for their traditional account of the history of Clan Donald. The manuscripts are commonly referred to as the "Red Book" and the "Black Book". The...
Black Book (novel) Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek ) is a Dutch-language 2006 thriller novel by Laurens Abbink Spaink. It is the novelization of the Dutch film "Black Book" (2006). It tells the story of a young Jewish woman, Rachel Stein, and her struggle for survival during and after the Second World War. The book has a ...
Black Book (non-standard disc format) Black Book is an unofficial designation of optical disc (OD) formats that defy official standards for CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs. Most formats considered Black Book are formats used for video games or Digital Rights Management.
Le Livre noir du capitalisme Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme ("The Black Book of Capitalism") is a 1998 French book published in reaction to "The Black Book of Communism". Unlike the latter work, "Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme"'s primary goal is not to try to attribute a number of victims to the political system in questio...
Black Book (film) Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek ) is a 2006 Dutch thriller film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, and Halina Reijn. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who...
Yazidi Book of Revelation The Yazidi Book of Revelation ("Kitêba Cilwe" in Kurdish; also transliterated as "Kitab Al Jilwah") is one of two books on the Yazidi religion written in the style of a holy book in the Kurmanji dialect of the Northern Kurdish language, the other being the "Yazidi Black Book" ("Mishefa Reş" in...
Halina Reijn Halina Reijn (born 10 November 1975) is a Dutch actress and writer.
Neil Smith (writer) Neil Smith is a fiction writer who lives in Montreal, the city where he was born. His most recent book, a novel called "Boo", came out in May 2015 with Random House imprints in America, Britain, and Canada. The book is narrated by a young science geek named Oliver Dalrymple who finds himself in a he...
Benson (TV series) Benson is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986. The series is a spin-off of the soap opera parody "Soap" in which the character Benson, portrayed by Robert Guillaume, had first appeared as the wise-cracking yet level-headed African-American butler for the hi...
Extra Gear Top Gear: Extra Gear, known simply as Extra Gear, is a British online television series, broadcast by BBC Three, which is online only and is available on on-demand service BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom; the series serves as a spin-off show to "Top Gear". In the first series, the main presenters were "Top...
CLICK Barkada Hunt Click Barkada Hunt is a Filipino reality show which served as a pre-programming to its mother program, "Click" and formerly aired on GMA Network in 2002 or 2003. The show ran for less than a season which sought to introduce the newest batch of "Click" stars. The show is for the publicity purpose of t...
Phred on Your Head Show Phred on Your Head Show is an American children's television series starring Doug Preis. The series aired from July 26, 1999 to March 31, 2002 on Noggin (now Nick Jr.).
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List of Angel characters This article lists the major and recurring fictional characters created by Joss Whedon and the writers of Mutant Enemy for the cult hit television program, "Angel". For a more in-depth look at some of the minor characters on the show, please see the list of minor "Angel" characters. For the cha...
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Josh Earl Among Earl's many comedy performances have been "Josh Earl is a Librarian" which has been performed in Adelaide and Melbourne, and "Josh Earl vs. The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book", which toured Victoria and interstate venues.
Arcades (Milton) Arcades is a masque written by John Milton and performed on 4 May 1634. The piece was written to celebrate the character of Alice Spencer, the Countess Dowager of Darby, widow of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, during her 75th birthday. The masque distinguishes Spencer as having a greater far su...
Earl Sweatshirt Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), better known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper, record producer, and disc jockey from Los Angeles, California. He originally went by the moniker Sly Tendencies in 2008, but soon changed it when Tyler, The Creator invited him to joi...
Gerald David Lascelles Gerald David Lascelles (21 August 1924 – 27 February 1998) was the younger son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. He was the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was styled "The Honourable...
James Earl Ray James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was a convicted murderer who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was convicted on his 41st birthday after entering a guilty plea to forgo a jury trial. Had he been found guilty by jury trial, he would have been e...
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YelloWhite YelloWhite is the debut mixtape by Odd Future sub-group MellowHype. It was made available for free download on February 24, 2010, fellow Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt's 16th birthday.
Garden Party (film) Garden Party is a 2008 American drama film directed by Jason Freeland, starring Vinessa Shaw, Willa Holland and Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in her film debut. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California and was released on July 11, 2008 in the United States.
Elizabeth Shaw (confectionery company) Elizabeth Shaw is the trading name of a Bristol based company that markets chocolate-based confectionery, including the well-known brands Famous Names chocolate liqueurs and Elizabeth Shaw after dinner mints. The company has recently extended its range to include Flutes, and a Cri...
Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella "Traumnovelle" ("Dream Story"), the story is transferred from early 20th century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The film follows the sexually-charged adventures of D...
Rudolf Sieczyński Rudolf Sieczyński (1879, Vienna – 1952, Vienna) was an Austrian composer of Polish ancestry. His fame today rests almost exclusively on the nostalgic Viennese song "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" ("Vienna, City of My Dreams"), whose melody and lyrics he wrote in 1914. A well-known recording was made in...
Tom Cruise: Unauthorized Tom Cruise: Unauthorized is a non-fiction biographical book about Tom Cruise, written by Wensley Clarkson. The book was published by Hastings House in 1998. The book discusses Tom Cruise's early life, his rise as an actor, involvement with Scientology, and past relationships with Mimi Rogers an...
Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album) Forever Blue is the fifth album by American rock and roll musician Chris Isaak, released in 1995. The album included three singles: the Grammy-nominated "Somebody's Crying"; "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," which was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut"; and "Graduation...
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Adam Bond Adam Richardson Bond is a multi-ethnic, British-American actor and stage director. He began his career as a teenager as a film extra in Stanley Kubrick's final film, "Eyes Wide Shut". He has had minor roles in films such as "Green Zone", "Legally Blonde", "" and "Inkheart". His heritage can be traced back to ...
Vinessa Shaw Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. Shaw has starred in numerous motion pictures since the early 1990s and was a supporting cast member in the Showtime Drama "Ray Donovan". Her breakout role was in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy hit film "Hocus Pocus"....
Influence of Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick is regarded by film critics and historians as one of the most influential directors of all time. Leading directors, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ch...
Cretaceous Mongolia Cretaceous Mongolia is one of the strangest and best preserved of all Mesozoic ecosystems. The shifting sand of what was, even then, the Gobi Desert have ensured that fossils of the animals that lived there can be found in exactly the position in which they were buried, with most of the bones togeth...
The Great Psalms Scroll The Great Psalms Scroll, also referred to as 11Q5, is the most substantial and well preserved Dead Sea Scrolls Psalms manuscript of the thirty-seven discovered in the Qumran caves, six of which were discovered in Cave 11. It was discovered in February of the year 1956, ten years after the initia...
Shorwell helmet The Shorwell helmet is an Anglo-Saxon spangenhelm type helmet found near Shorwell on the Isle of Wight in 2006. Together with those from Benty Grange, Sutton Hoo, Coppergate, Wollaston, and Staffordshire, it is one of only six known Anglo-Saxon helmets.
Varugad The hill rises about 250 feet above the level of the plateau, which itself constitutes the summit of the Mahadev range at this point. The cone with the walls on it is seen from a great distance and appears very small indeed. But on near approach it is seen to be but the inner citadel of a place of considerable ...
Coppergate Helmet The Coppergate Helmet (also known as the York Helmet) is an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet found in York. It is remarkably well preserved and, together with the Benty Grange, Pioneer, Shorwell, Sutton Hoo, and Staffordshire helmets, is one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets discovered to date.
Pioneer Helmet The Pioneer Helmet (also known as Wollaston Helmet or Northamptonshire Helmet) is a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon boar-crested helm found by archaeologists from Northamptonshire Archaeology at a quarry site operated by Pioneer Aggregates. This helmet is very similar in its basic design to the Coppergate Helmet...
Joseph-Martin Cabirol Joseph-Martin Cabirol was a French man. In 1855 he patented a new model of standard diving dress in Paris, mainly from Augustus Siebe's designs, and afterwards he made them. The suit is made out of rubberized canvas. The helmet, for the first time, includes a hand-controlled tap that the diver use...
Sutton Hoo helmet The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered during the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial. It was buried around 625 and is widely believed to have been the helmet of King Rædwald of East Anglia, and its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin ...
Microleter Microleter is an extinct genus of parareptile which existed in Oklahoma during the Early Permian period. It was first named by paleontologists Linda A. Tsuji, Johannes Muller, and Robert R. Reisz in 2010. The type species is "Microleter mckinzieorum". A very well preserved skull and lower jaw is the only kno...
Staffordshire helmet The Staffordshire helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered in 2009 as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. It is part of the largest discovery of contemporary gold and silver metalwork in Britain, comprising nearly 4,000 pieces. Following those found at Benty Grange, Sutton Hoo, Coppergate, Wollaston...