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An early image of winged Daedalus appears on an Etruscan jug of ca 630 BC found at Cerveteri, where a winged figure captioned Taitale appears on one side of the vessel, paired on the other side, uniquely, with Metaia, Medea: " its linking of these two mythical figures is unparalleled ," Robin Lane Fox observes: " The link was probably based on their wondrous, miraculous art.
Despite a human chain making a shoulder-to-shoulder search of Robin Hood Hills, searchers found no sign of the missing boys.
According to HBO's documentaries Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills ( 1996 ) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations ( 2000 ), no blood was found at the crime scene, indicating that the location where the bodies were found was not necessarily the location in which the murders actually happened.
The oldest references to Robin Hood are not historical records, or even ballads recounting his exploits, but hints and allusions found in various works.
Unsurprisingly, therefore, there are a number of people called " Robert Hood " or " Robin Hood " to be found in medieval records.
Further indications of the legend's connection with West Yorkshire ( and particularly Calderdale ) are noted in the fact that there are pubs called the Robin Hood in both nearby Brighouse and at Cragg Vale ; higher up in the Pennines beyond Halifax, where Robin Hood Rocks can also be found.
For example, the plot of Robin Hood's Death, found in the Percy Folio, is summarised in the 15th-century A Gest of Robyn Hode, and it also appears in an 18th-century version.
" Critic Robin Wood found it one of the few horror films to possess " the authentic quality of nightmare ".
" Robin Lane Fox notes that Cretan bronzes are found at Delphi from the eighth century onwards, and Cretan sculptures are dedicated as late as ca 620-600 BC: "" Dedications at the site cannot establish the identity of its priesthood ," he observes, " but for once we have an explicit text to set beside the archaeological evidence.
In July 2002, using Raman spectroscopy, the presence of significant quantities of anatase in the map ink was confirmed by British researchers Katherine Brown and Robin Clark, and the remaining traces of black pigment in the ink were found to consist essentially of soot-type carbon.
The East Coast Akalat or Gunning's Robin ( Sheppardia gunningi ) is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, and is named after J. W. B. Gunning.
Birds found here include Green Catbird, Rose Robin, Red-browed Finch, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Brown Gerygone, Lewin's Honeyeater, Crimson Rosella.
Birds such as the Eastern Ground Parrot, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Eastern Yellow Robin, Rufous Fantail, Satin Bowerbird and Crimson Rosella are all found in the park's forests.
Judge Robin Jacob found Fisher only seeking credit for one song instead of four and cleared Hooper and Björk of all charges stating that Fisher's charges rendered him " unreliable, diffuse, and vague ".
It was identified in 1982 by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who found that it was present in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers, conditions that were not previously believed to have a microbial cause.
He is freed from the spell when the Baron is killed by Robin and, having found respect for Robin during a crucial sword fight, decides to join the Merry Men.
This popular gesture can also be found in the 1993 Mel Brooks ' comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Here, he uses his new Stupid Spray ( which slowly causes the intelligence of those sprayed upon to be reduced to the intelligence of babies ) on Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and Robin where different riddles will provide clues where the antidote can be found.
Carrier Arboretum is located at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U. S .. Groundbreaking took place in April 1985 under direction of Dr. Norlyn Bodkin who is credited the first scientific botanical discovery along the Eastern Seaboard of Virginia since the 1940s, Trillium: Shenandoah Wake Robin, presently found at the arboretum.
On Christmas Eve in 1962, Katharine found out her husband was having an affair with Robin Webb, an Australian stringer for Newsweek.
The Eastern Yellow Robin occupies a wide range of nubs: heaths, mallee, acacia scrub, woodlands and sclerophyll forests, but is most often found in damper places or near water.

Robin and British
* 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
British influence can also be seen with the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films, which include Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Rescuers and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
* 2012 – Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, British politician ( b. 1933 )
Although his work was not initially taken seriously by British critics of the Sight and Sound circle, he was venerated by French critics associated with Cahiers du cinéma, who intellectualized his work in a way Hawks himself was moderately amused by, and he was also admired by more independent British writers such as Robin Wood.
* Robin Wood, Howard Hawks, British Film Institute, 1981, revised with addition of chapter " Retrospect ".
* 1903 – Robin Milford, British composer ( d. 1959 )
* 2003 – Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
* 1939 – Robin Knox-Johnston, British Yachtsman
* 1923 – Sir Robin Day OBE, British political broadcaster and commentator ( d. 2000 )
* 1943 – Robin Holloway, British composer
A British Army Territorial ( reserves ) battalion formed in Nottingham in 1859 was known as The Robin Hood Battalion through various reorganisations until the " Robin Hood " name finally disappeared in 1992.
* Scanner, the stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud
According to the historian Robin Blackburn, the words " the hireling and slave " allude to the fact that the British attackers had many ex-slaves in their ranks, who had been promised liberty and demanded to be placed in the battle line " where they might expect to meet their former masters ".
The cave was also used in the filming of the British series " Blake's 7 " ( 1978 ) and " Robin of Sherwood " ( 1983 ).
** Robin Gibb, British rock musician ( The Bee Gees ) ( d. 2012 )
* August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
** Robin Cook, British politician ( d. 2005 )
** Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster ( d. 2000 )
Reportedly, her first extramarital affair took place in 1966, with her daughter's godfather, Bordeaux wine producer Anthony Barton, and a year later she had a one-month liaison with Robin Douglas-Home, a nephew of British politician Alec Douglas-Home.
The Wicker Man is a 1973 British horror film, directed by Robin Hardy and written by Anthony Shaffer.
Film director Robin Hardy and British Lion head Peter Snell became involved in the project.
In response British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced on 12 February 1998 that in the interests of openness, he had commissioned the historians of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to prepare a historical memorandum on the Zinoviev Letter, drawing upon archival documents.

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