which would place the origin of the monarchy about the year 1129, allowing anaverageof 30 years to each of 13 successive reigns. The traditions of such ancient matters among an ignorant people are little to be depended on; and even admitting the series of kings to be right as to number,...
Egyptian researchers believe they have recognized the mummyof Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt, found in an average tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Researchers said the mummy was one of two females found in 1903 in a small t
First, humans knew of carbon, sulfur, iron, tin, lead, copper, mercury, silver, antimony, bismuth and gold as elements prior to the 1400’s, most of these from ancient times. Then, in 1689, Hennig Brand was the first to discover a new element. Brand was an alchemist, seeking the Phi...
然而,即使是她也只有大约6400周的寿命。 Expressing the matter in such startling terms makes it easy to see why philosophers from ancient Greece to the present day have taken the brevity of life to be the defining problem of human existence: we’ve been granted the mental capacities to make alm...
The oak tree has a strong presence in mythology, and early Europeans venerated oak trees. Ancient kings wore crowns of oak leaves, and oak leaves are still symbolic of military prowess. Because of their size and longevity, oaks are symbols of honor, nobility and wisdom. ...