CLEOPATRA VII.
69 BCE – 30 BCE
One of the most well known people in history, Cleopatra VII was the last pharaoh of Egypt. She was a Macedonian Greek who ruled Egypt for nearly three decades. Known for her intelligence, she was her father’s favorite. She…
Egypt – A different view of the entrance to the Great Pyramid: which gives a better perspective on how large this structure is when compared to size of the 150+ people shown in this photograph.
Red granite double statue of pharaoh Ramesses II and the fearsome goddess Sekhmet. Founded in Buto city (Pharaohs' Mound) near the city of Desouk, east of Alexandria in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
Dated to the reign of New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty pharaoh…
Being the second largest obelisk in entire Egypt, the obelisk is carved out of a single piece of pink granite. Measuring in at 28.58 m high and weighing a spectacular 343 tons, this obelisk is at the Temple of Amon in Karnak and was erected in 1457 BC.
6000-letnie drzewo baobab w Tanzanii.
A 6000-year-old baobab tree in Tanzania.
Ein 6000 Jahre alter Baobab-Baum in Tansania.
6000-летний баобаб в Танзании.
W'akas of Sacsayhuaman and in the city of Cusco. Sadly, I heard from a local guide that many of them were damaged or destroyed when the put in the main road coming from Pisac down to Cusco.
Stunning Gold Medallion with the Portrait Alexander the Great.
This Medallion was discovered in Egypt as part of a hoard that comprised about twenty similar medallions (now dispersed among various museums), eighteen gold ingots, and six hundred gold coins…
Bardzo ciekawa historia z Azji Środkowej z Jeziora Qinghai Kuku-nor.
„W bardzo dawnych czasach na miejscu jeziora znajdowała się rozległa równina, a jezioro znajdowało się pod ziemią w Tybecie, na miejscu dzisiejszej Lhasy. Za karę za ujawnienie jednej…
Dur-Sharrukin, dzisiejszy Chorsabad, był stolicą Asyrii w czasach Sargona II z Asyrii. Chorsabad to wieś w północnym Iraku, 15 km na północny wschód od Mosulu. Wielkie miasto zostało w całości zbudowane w dekadzie poprzedzającej 706 pne. Po…