Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho





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There seem to be quite a few Mormons in the area. I believe this might be Joseph Smith's imaginary friend. What do the call him? The Angel Moronic, is it?




Photos by Fenobarbidoll.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Toledo Hebrew Cemetery, Rossford, Ohio

Curious Names: Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho

I won't speculate on why, but this cemetery seems to have a full complement of interesting names.
Charles Molden Good, buried right next to the DeKay family. Doubt they planned it that way.





WTF?

And the winner is.....

Photos by Fenobarbidoll

Royal Tombs, Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

Fuad I, King of Egypt.
Farouk I, King of Egypt.
Ismail Pasha Khedive of Egypt.
Ferial Hanem, wife of Ismail Pasha, mother of Fuad I.
Shahrat Faza Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha.
Jeshem Afet Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha.
Djananiar Hamen, wife of Ismail Pasha. If the Gothic elements are a bit unexpected, it helps to know she was French.
Khushiyar Kadin, wife of Ibrahim Pasha, and mother of Ismail Pasha.
Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt.

Sultana Melek, wife of Hussein Kamel.
Photos by Ahmad Badr

Tomb of Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo


Photo by Ahmad Badr

Long Overdue Recognition


Photo by Mazaki
The remains of Nicolaus Copernicus have been reburied, after their identification, at Frombork Cathedral. Here"s the story.