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Horrible Histories is a fascinating series of books for children, covering all such niceties as the Rotten Romans, the Savage Stone Age, and of course the err... Awful Egyptians. With over 20 million copies sold, the series was that much a success, that the CBBC turned it into into a series, which might just be even more horribly original than the books. The Tudors and Victorians were that popular they got their own theatre show and the Ruthless Romans made it into a computer game, available for PC, Wii and Nintendo. And then there's the Terrible Treasures game online, which enlightens us by teaching us some facts of great importance: the Romans used a sponge as toilet paper, a bad hair day is solved by fresh gladiator's blood and mashed mouse brains make excellent toothpaste. And it's all really true (says the talking rat).

BRITISH WRITER DISCOVERS THE PHARAOHS’ LOST UNDERGROUND
Wednesday, 16 September 2009

A British writer has staked claim to finally finding the lost underground of the Pharaohs which has been rumoured to exist since the construction of the Great Pyramid nearly 5,000 years ago, creating a stir that is set to rock the Egyptological world.

Armed only with the forgotten memoirs of a nineteenth century British engineer, history and science writer Andre Coolings, tracked down the entrance to this forgotten tunnel system and was the first to explore it in modern times.

Is it possible that Coolings has beaten the Egyptologists at their own game by finding the entrance to Giza’s lost underground?

There are currently two* 'explorer robots' active in Egypt: the Japanese robot researching the Osiris Shaft - it got as far as it could though, and a 'snake robot' might be needed to explore further - and the Leeds robot taking a more thorough look at the shafts in the the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Although the 'Leeds robot' just began the actual investigation of the secret doors last week, Dr. Hawass revealed at his lecture that on the 31th of July the Leeds team already had a major breakthrough. But that was all information Dr. Zahi was willing to share (except that they'll be taking a look at the other shafts also). No hint at what kind of 'major breakthrough' this could be, nor did he share any photographs, video or even just 3D sketches of the robot.

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Desperate to figure out before the Summer Solstice 2009 what Stonehenge is all about, but you can't decide which theory - sacrifices, calendar, discotheque, burial site, religious temple, neolithic art - to go with? Don't panic! Worth1000.com's finest Photoshop artists present us with a few alternative - but very plausible - theories about the iconic stone circle's construction, use, location and present state. Which of the options below do you deem to be most likely? Take the poll, let us know!

The "henge" portion in Stonehenge's name has given its name to a class of prehistoric monuments known as 'Henges', amongst others Stonehenge's relative 'Woodhenge' at Wiltshire, but has also inspired quite a few more contemporary monuments, works of art and Stonehenge parodies. Here are the 10 best:

10. Butterhenge

An installation erected by artist David Prince at the Grant Park in Chicago.

Although 'Foodhenges' are far from rare - mostly they come in the form of a 'Cheesehenge', they are not often categorized as art, nor are they presented with a skyline in the back. 

Hence we figured this dairy based henge definitely deserves it's spot in the top 10.