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Gisant of Louis XII. Louis is shown in the interior as a gaunt, rotting and naked recumbent cadaver, his head resting on a stone pillow. [4] His death mask is a remarkably realistic depiction of the recently dead: his eyes are sunken into his skull, his skin is taut, his neck is especially emaciated, and his hair is very thin.
The Ménec alignments, the best-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones Stones in the Kerlescan alignments Megalithic alignments at Carnac Le Menec alignments. The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli ...
Gavrinis (Breton: Gavriniz) is a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France.It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a Neolithic passage tomb built around 4200–4000 BC, making it one of the world's oldest surviving buildings.
Brittany Murphy was raised by a single mom, Sharon Murphy, and the two remained incredibly close until Murphy's death on Dec. 20, 2009.. The Clueless star was born on Nov. 10, 1977, to Sharon and ...
An Iowa mother lost several limbs after she was visciously mauled by three pit bulls. Neighbours first alerted authorities to a home in the city of Fort Dodge at around 11.25am on Friday after ...
Stonewall Jackson Monument by Joseph Pollia, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, Virginia* Equestrian statue, 1927; Jackson also appears prominently in the enormous bas-relief carving on the face of Stone Mountain riding with Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. The carving depicts the three on horseback, appearing to ride in a group ...
Just five months after Murphy's death, Monjack was found dead in their home at age 40. The coroner's office reported that he died from the same causes as his late wife: Pneumonia was the primary ...
The monument has a striking façade made mostly of white quartz cobblestones, and it is ringed by engraved kerbstones. Many of the larger stones of Newgrange are covered in megalithic art. The mound is also ringed by a stone circle. Some of the material that makes up the monument came from as far as the Mournes and Wicklow Mountains. There is ...