Posted on 02/04/2013 5:42:27 PM PST by beaversmom
From being a king to buried under a parking lot....
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Probably would never happen to a President. . . .
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Reagans house will be the Kenyans library parking lot....
A wonderful book. Thanks for mentioning it here. Freepers esp. would enjoy it I think. It gives many good examples of historical “truths” that are just plain old malarky. Since we are really living in an age of that it is newly timely I think.
Henry VI died in 1471. You mean VII.
Too obvious. I suspected Henry Stafford Strafford 2d Duke of Buckingham... before...
I noticed that all of the families of York and Lancaster had a big meeting at St Pauls Catherdal on Lady Day (25 March) 1457 where they swore to be BFFs. Over the next 30 years they all died mysterious deaths, except ... Lady Margret Beaufort, mother of Harri Tudur, later Henry VII.
Cherchez la femme
And I swear I spotted this before I saw Princes in the Tower (2005)
Funny; did read 'about that'. Yes; it is amazing.
Hard enough getting 'Justice' for some deserving Presidents; seems to much to hope for; to see just a little 'poetic Justice' for our current one. 'If only'.
I love that kind of thing. I love the one guy that does reconstructions in the U.S. for missing persons. He did it for that famous killer they featured on America's Most Wanted. Oh geez, trying to think of both of their names. The killer's name would probably come to me sooner. Murdered his family in CT in 60's or 70's and started a new life. Anyway, the guy that does them has a 6th sense about it.
Found it: John List was the murderer.
America's Most Wanted, John List
When cops saw List, they were shocked. He looked exactly like Frank Bender's bust -- right down to the glasses.
Wow, through You Tube found out Frank Bender had/has Stage 4 lung cancer as of 2011. I wonder if he's still alive.
Frank Bender; Forensic Sculptor, video discussing his lung cancer
Yep, Frank Bender died in 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bender
Francis Augustus “Frank” Bender (June 16, 1941 July 28, 2011) was a world-renowned autodidact forensic artist and fine artist. He made facial reconstructions of the dead based on their skeletons, and of fugitives based on out of date photographs, with his reconstructions showing how they might look in the present day.
But why does he look like Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia ???
another cousin ???
I’m thinking Alan Rickman as Severus Snape when I see the Richard face (not just because I’m a Snapefan).
Interesting to read the tweets of the British about this — actors and other famous folk are fascinated by this news!
Not guilty:)
Neat! If you have time, you'll have to share some of the more interesting tweets. I had to look up Severus Snape. I've seen some Harry Potters, some bits and pieces, but have never been dedicated with it. Love Rickman's voice. He and Jeremy Irons have great voices. Found this on YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qloszXpJw
Looks a little like Ben Affleck.
The USSR was rough on their leaders: even after death, their successors would go back to their graves and re-inter themturning them overwith their faces downwards!
Is that right? Startling how the modern reconstructions looks just like the oil paintings. Down to the haircut and hat, yet.
The article said they clapped a wig and appropriate hat on the reconstruction; that makes it a little easier to judge how much the reconstruction looks like the post-death portraits. I think the reconstruction is far more youthful and actually a little effeminate. The jawline of the reconstruction, which was done from the skull rather than from the artist’s memory, is less pointy than in the paintings.
Why would you be surprised that a portrait and a reconstruction look alike? It’s a useful exercise to see if the bone structure and muscle attachments are consistent with the portraits—in other words, how accurate were the portraits? This suggests that they were mostly on target.
He almost seems to have Asian epicanthal folds. Any basis i. Reality for that or are we feeling the need for diversity now with facial reconstructions of skeletal remains from the British Isles?
Why don’t they go all in and do him up with scales or feathers and weave a fascinating yarn about how global warming did him in? Seems to work without question in other areas of anthropology.
Nice hat, by the way. What skeletal structure or genetic clue led to such an impressive inclusion?
That’s better than what happened to a certain “anti-pope” who was dug up by his successor, put on trial posthumously, corpse mutilated, burned and ashes thrown in the river.
Now that’s funny... Thanks for sharing.
I just became a fan of Snape — a decade late! Thanks to tumblr, fanpop and deviantart.com, I’ve found Snape and Alan fandom is VERY active and creative. Rickman’s voice is amazing — he recorded The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy years ago and there’s a reason it’s still a popular audiobook!
That youtube video is one of the best — thanks for reminding me of it! Each of his lines have become classics.
Never heard/read/'knew' that! Good grief. Well; 'sick does' as 'sick is'. . .and no question to the sickness-at-hand. In a word. . .ghouls at work.
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