House of Wax (1953)
The Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square
The building already had a reputation for being eerie when sir Robert warbois took a bet to stay on the second floor. He convinced the guard of the building to stay the night and was given the keys. He carried a pistol and a candle with him. Approximately 45 minutes afterwards, the guard, who fell asleep, was suddenly awakened by a noise, followed by a gun shot. Bursting through the door, the guard was horrified to see the corpse of the kid before him. Smoke blew from his pistol, his eyes bulging in terror. The only other thing the guard could find was the bullet hole in the floor. No explanation as to what had occured. About 40 years later, two sailors slept on the second floor in 1887. They were drunk and needed a place to stay. They broke into the basement, however, they eventually went up to the warmer second floor. The following hour, one of the brothers woke up, and is the only one to see it. He described it as a grey octopus like being creeped slowly over the floor, every time it moved, the floor creeked. It then stood there as the other brother woke up and tried forcing the creature off of him as it suddenly attacked him. He screamed loudly, struggling to detach the beast. The other brother ran away, purportedly to find help. Once he found police, they ran to the building, only to find a similar corpse to the first. The building is a book shop now, however the second floor is barracaded off, with a warning sign placed upon it.
(I can’t find the original artist of the 2nd image but it’s from this vid: https://youtu.be/-o4prKO0Pj0 )
npr:
President Trump announced a 30-day ban on travel from European countries to the United States, beginning on Friday at midnight, in a bid “to keep new cases” of coronavirus “from entering our shores.” The restrictions, he said late Wednesday, do not apply to travelers from the United Kingdom.
Homeland Security officials said the travel restrictions would only apply to foreign nationals, not American citizens or legal permanent residents, who have been in the Schengen region, 26 countries in Europe with open borders agreements, in the last 14 days. After Trump’s announcement, the State Department issued an advisory informing U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel abroad” as a result of outbreaks around the globe.
Trump also announced economic measures that he said would help the country overcome “temporary economic disruptions” caused by the disease.
Statue of Ramesses II as a child and the god Hauron
This statue represents Ramesses II as a child, sitting in front of the Canaanite sun god Hauron, who is in the shape of a hawk. Ramesses is presented in the typical manner for an Egyptian child: naked, his finger to his mouth, with a large side-lock of youth hanging from the right side of his head.
He also has a uraeus at his forehead, and a sun-disc above his head. He holds the sw-plant in his left hand. It has been argued that the statue can be read to spell out the name of the king: the sun-disc represents Ra, the child is mes, and the sw plant is the final element Ra-mes-sw. The limestone face of the hawk was found in a separate location from the rest of the piece.
Grey granite and limestone (falcon’s beak). Pierre Montet’s excavations of 1934. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279-1213 BC. From Tanis. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 46735
