The Vatican's dark secrets:
Scandals and intrigues overshadowed Benedict XVI's pontificate. His successor Pope Francis, who publicly denounces corruption and abuse of office, is also targeted.
The theft of papal secret documents by Benedict's valet was…
MERNEPTAH STELE.
Egypt, dated: 1208 BC
Although not found in Israel the archaeological timeline of Israel could best start with the famous Merneptah stele. The stele (also named Israel stele) was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1896 at Thebes, Egypt. Is…
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…
Темные секреты Ватикана:
Скандалы и интриги омрачали понтификат Бенедикта XVI. Его преемник Папа Франциск, который публично осуждает коррупцию и злоупотребление служебным положением, также подвергается преследованиям.
Кража папских секретных документов…
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.
Вечная охота на золото:
На протяжении тысячелетий люди искали ценный металл: золото. Желанное сырье нередко определяло ход истории.
Золото было настолько важно для египтян, что они хотели взять его с собой навсегда. Войны велись за драгоценный металл, и…
Sometimes people get them confused because of the similarity of the names.
Left:
Queen Nefertiti, great royal wife of New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. She likely ruled briefly in her own right after the death of her husband. Some of the…
The eternal hunt for gold:
For thousands of years people have been looking for the valuable metal: gold. It was not uncommon for the coveted raw material to determine the course of history.
Gold was so important to the Egyptians that they wanted to take…