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Environmental Earth Mother Messiah

This makes for an interesting read! : http://the-messiahs-blog.blogspot.com.au/2007/07/messiah-born-under-mushroom-cloud.html

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Modern Ancient lifestyles

Reading about ancient peoples lately in ‘A Very Short History of The World’ by Geoffrey Blainey, so I was fascinated anew while reading the following articles about people in Papua New Guinea still enjoying life in the jungle as hunters and collectors.

Photos of nomadic cave people of Papua New Guinea, the Meakambut tribe of the Sepik river region http://toensing.photoshelter.com/gallery/LAST-of-the-CAVE-PEOPLE/G0000fUEj2diypuA

National Geographic article about same people: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/karawari-cave-people/jenkins-text

Article about masculinity, manhood, coming of age rituals, scarification still practiced in Papua New Ginea http://larskrutak.com/making-boys-into-men-the-skin-cutting-ritual-of-the-kaningara-tribe-of-papua-new-guinea/

Blog about ancient cave full of skulls from human head hunting and ancestor worship in recent history of Papua New Guinea: http://www.katiearnoldi.com/headhunting-and-skull-caves-in-png/

Good reading!

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Petra rebooked our flights to Melbourne while I found a hotel that was not booked out. Last weekend Virgin cancelled our flights just before the plane taxied to the runway. #teamwork #adventure

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The South Australian Museum has proved to be a treasure trove of Egyptian mummies!

My favourite would have to be the mummified cats. Distinctly macabre but close runners-up are the severed head, feet and hands (replete with original gold ring embossed with Egyptian symbols).

Also impressive are the mummified body of a Nubian priest wrapped in red gauze, and a cast copy of the Rosetta Stone. Almost comic is a plump cast of a deified hippopotamus with a golden head piece.

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The third photo shows the rough and tough Accomodation on offer in the Pilbara.

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If you squint hard enough you can see hump back whales breaching and a number of oil rigs on the horizon off Exmouth.

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Sunset near the Woodside gas plant.

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Petroglyphs at Murujuga part 2. The faded tipsy sign post is the only apparent preservation effort at the site.

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The indigenous petroglyphs at the Burrup Peninsula or Murujuga. The Government protection of these 10-millennia old archaeological art works appears very much inadequate, and rather shameful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murujuga

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Day 2 of the road, headed south-east from Port Hedland. The Auski roadhouse served us a vege burger and powerade.

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Taken with Instagram at Fitzroy Gardens