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names for an African character?

in the book I’m writing the main characters go to Egypt on a sort of ancient Egyptian treasure hunt (similar to the Mummy but not exactly)
Anybody have some good Egyptian or other African names I could name for the African characters they meet on their adventure?

ps i know this isn’t really a “baby name” but it is still a naming question so i put it in here anyway
jj – I think we all how to pronoune pharaoh.
However, it appears not all of us are aware it is not a name…

V B – lol I know but I didn’t want to be like “um I’ll call them Cleopatra” or just name them after Egyptians gods or something

Why do I hear white noise when wearing headphones and walking through a metal detector?

I’ve noticed when I’m walking through the detectors at the library while wearing headphones, I hear some sort of feedback coming from the headphones, regardless of whether they are plugged into anything. How and why does this happen?

Does anybody know what this old object is and what the symbols on it mean?

My Dad and I were out metal detecting today and we ended up finding an object which we believe may be an old belt buckle of some sort. Here are 2 pictures of the front and back of this object. If anybody has any ideas that would be great thank you.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3493/frontpicture.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6073/backpicture.jpg

‘Star’ party activities?

Hi, I’m hosting an astronomy event where I have people gaze at the stars and I talk about interesting astronomy facts (black holes, etc.). Aside from that, I’d like there to be an activity that everybody can be in. Like some sort of treasure hunt/trivia thing (but not just a regular trivia about what they learned). If you know of any/thin of any that would be great and appreciated!

Can’t we detect IEDs with some sort of sonar that detects metals below the surface?

Like sonar waves that emit from vehicles? I don’t know…

I’m just wondering what methods are used now…