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Winston Churchill lived in the house while serving as First Lord of the Admiralty for two terms, 1911-15 and 1939-40. It now contains government function rooms and three ministerial flats (See: [1]), in which reside John Prescott, Margaret Beckett and Geoff Hoon.
An infamous feature of Admiralty Arch is its "NOSE". On the inside wall of the northernmost arch there is a small protrusion the size and shape of a human nose. There is little or no public information as to why it is there. The nose is at a height of about SEVEN feet, and would sit at waist high for anyone riding through the arch on a horse. Tradition holds that it is Napoleon's nose. It was to be rubbed by anyone riding through the arch. Admiralty Arch is a Grade I listed building. In 2000, the Cabinet Office moved into offices in the building, while maintaining its headquarters on Whitehall. It is also home to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. (See: [1])
Originally posted by closettrekkieThe first thing that popped into my mind was the River Styx.
Originally posted by Sekhemet
Christ this thread gets creepier.
I totally missed the fact the exhibition is at the millenium dome in Greenwich so apologies Justyc. Maybe Greenwich is their solar center? Prime meridian after all.
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I dont know why he looks to the right I did wonder that, maybe its to do with the sun again? the left eye of RA relates to the moon and feminine and the right relates to the sun and masculine etc.. just a thought. And domes are feminine too.
[edit on 5-10-2007 by Sekhemet]
Originally posted by Sekhemet
Also Im noting 130 artifacts at the exhibition.. and as said before 130 years ago the ship carrying the obelisk capsized.
Now the interesting thing about the Isle of Dogs (that use to be known as north Greenwich) is that it can be considered as the spiritual centre of the British Empire - Greenwich being the centre of time and place for the world (Greenwich Mean Time and the Greenwich Meridian) Even more interesting, is that on the Isle of Dogs is a place called Mudchute, where there’s a park built like an ancient hill fort – here there is a staircase that leads to a cobbled circle, which is the exact centre of the aforementioned spiritual centre - where 2 of London’s most prominent ley lines intersect – It’s this centre that it's rumoured that Dee used to magically ferment the British Empire into being.
Yes, I didn't know about the ley lines intersection, nor about the connection with Hernethe Hunter. Reading Iain Sinclair's Lud Heat he locates Anubis there, the Isle of the Dead. Obviously, because of the 'doggie' connection. He also links four of Hawksmoor's churches (St Alefege, St Anne, St George in East and Christchurch) with the four Necropolis goddeses Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selkis. In fact the Romans and pre-Romans linked East of the city with the dead and there are several large burial grounds there. Just south of Greenwich is Blackheath named after the mass grave from the bubonic plague that struck England in the 14th C.
I visited IoD recently and have also done a photoshoot there. It is remarkable how the Isle is split in two now. The Financial Centre in the North with its obilisk Canary Wharf building and the South an enclave of working class residents from the days of the docks and before. On the main road delinating the south of the isle I came across a wall with a piece of graffitti which read: VENUS PASSES THE MOON. I immediatey thought of the old Huntress Diana - perhaps the connection with Herne still suffuses the soil?
1st october 1189 - - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar is killed in the Siege of Acre.
The Siege of Acre was the most important event of the Third Crusade, lasting from August 28, 1189 until July 12, 1191, and the first time in the history of the crusades that the king was compelled to personally see to the defense of the Holy Land. It was also the deadliest event of the whole period of the crusades, for the Christian ruling class of the east.
Battle of Acre
On October 4- 1189. Saladin moved to the east of the city to confront Guy’s camp. The crusader army (which consisted of 7,000 infantry and 400 cavalry) under Guy stood its ground in front of Saladin’s forces. The Christian army consisted of the feudal lords of the kingdom, many smaller contingents of European crusaders, and members of the military orders; the Muslim army consisted of troops from Egypt, Turkestan, Syria, and Mesopotamia.
The Owl Club is a remarkable remnant of the Victorian period of Cape Town, South Africa, being a gentleman’s dining club formed in 1894 to provide a social meeting-place for those with an interest in the liberal arts and science. The members are entertained and informed by a strong tradition of excellent speakers and a high standard of music.
Members are designated as “Brother Owl” or Owl so-and-so. The first formal meeting of the Owl Club took place on 1 October 1894.
When Christopher Wren rebuilt St Paul's (1675-1710) he aligned the new Cathedral not along the traditional East-West axis of the old cathedral, but 8 degrees off. The result was that St Paul's now 'points' directly to Temple church. Temple church was built in the 12th century by the Knights Templar. Suffice to say Christopher was a senior freemason and many freemasons claim their origins go back to the Knights Templar and beyond. Wren was also an astronomer and coded all sorts of astronomical data into the construction of St Paul's.
Flood was filmed on location in London and South Africa. It is notable for the use of intricate production design and special effects in depicting famous London landmarks such as the 02, London Underground, Houses of Parliament. The film depicts a devastating flood which strikes London when the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed by a huge surge of water.
The part of the Thames running through Oxford is often given the name the River Isis, although historically, and especially in Victorian times, gazetteers and cartographers insisted that the entire river was correctly named the River Isis from its source until Dorchester-on-Thames. Only at this point, where the river meets the River Thame and becomes the "Thame-isis" (subsequently abbreviated to Thames) should it be so-called; current Ordnance Survey maps still label the Thames as "River Thames or Isis" until Dorchester. However since the early 20th century, this distinction has been lost in common usage outside Oxford, and some historians suggest the name Isis—although possibly named after the Egyptian goddess of that name—is nothing more than a contraction of Tamesis, the Latin (or pre-Roman Celtic)name for the Thames.