Vasco da Gama [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 744, Hits: 7721]
He was born about 1460 at Sines, in southwest Portugal, where his father commanded the fortress...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: Expedition India, Portuguese, Indias Malabar, Good Hope, Sao Gabriel, Vasco da Gama
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The Ancient Egyptians [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 622, Hits: 6797]
The Ancient Egyptians and their gods functioned for a period of time approximately twice as long as our current Christian era...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: Deltas worlds, Equatorial Africa, Early civilization, Ethiopian Mountains, Worlds longest, Old civilization
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The Syrian and Phoenicians - A History of Costumes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 917, Hits: 4717]
The most ancient known delineation of the peoples of Western Asia dates from about 2300 B.C., about the end of the Old Egyptian Kingdom...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: great Sphinx, mysterious eyes, ancient peoples, stripes of green, known delineation, women wear
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Sphinx [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1095, Hits: 7324]
In fact, sphinx was a monster, common in the myths of ancient peoples. The Greek thought of it as having the head of woman and body of a lion with wings...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: great Sphinx, mysterious eyes, ancient peoples, Egyptians sculpture, Sun God, half beast
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Satupas [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1080, Hits: 5375]
This historic site is located to the west of Betwa River in Raisen district, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). It is a plain ground a top a sandstone hill...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: Sanchi ke Satupas, Emperor Ashoka, Madhya Pradesh, life of Buddha, Buddhist monuments, historic site
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Rise and Fall of Delhi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 924, Hits: 5399]
Delhi is the third largest city of India, exceeded in size by Calcutta and Mumbai...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: largest city, Modern Delhi, capital of Indian, famous tower, famous epic, Feroz Shah Kotla
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Oldest city in the world [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 733, Hits: 5558]
It is generally supposed that Damascus, the chief city of Syria, is the oldest city in the world...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: Ancient Egyptians, positive evidence, great grandson, inherent dualism, natural cycles, own mythology
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Religion in Ancient Egypt [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 660, Hits: 8274]
Ancient Egyptians lived in an intensely religious society with a polytheism that was both complex and ritualized...
Updated On: 10/9/2007
Tags: Ancient Egyptians, religious society, Egyptian Gods, inherent dualism, natural cycles, own mythology
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Oil [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1054, Hits: 3899]
younger than coal. Dates back to a more recent period in history of Earth, Mesozoic Era, lasted 225 million to 65 million years ago...
Updated On: 10/8/2007
Tags: natural conditions, accumulated globe, Mesozoic Era, handsomely repaid, people artificially, Earths crust
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The Egyptians - A History of Costumes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 709, Hits: 9534]
To judge from the most ancient representation that we possess, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom (3000 B.C.) wore a loincloth...
Updated On: 10/8/2007
Tags: ancient national, distinguished monarch, expensive material, woven material, FEMALE COSTUME, Old Kingdom
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