A Pyramid progressively under construction already has four sides of steps upon which step-climbing pulleys can step-walk stones upward, similar to how three wheels of a step-trolley move over steps. Ancient Egyptian engineers were intelligent and innovative having built four Pyramids at least withou...
How I Paid a Price for Egyptian Bureaucracy ; THE MAN WHO PAYS HIS WAYCalder, Simon
she registered for marriage with an Iranian in China, and in January2012, with an Egyptian in Egypt. In April2015, she gave birth to triplets in Egypt. Two of her children were registered for permanent residence in China in October2015, and another was entrusted to the care of her husband...
They would name vassals, lower-ranking nobles who were granted some property and whatever income it generated (usually through rents paid by commoners or profits from farming). In return, the vassal would act as administrator of that territory. More importantly, the vassal was obligated to ...
A three-hour drive south of Aswan is Abu Simbel– considered one of Egypt’s most beautiful temples. The two rock temples carved out of mountainside were built by the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses Il between 1274-1244 BC – one dedicated to himself in godlike form, and one for his wife,...
A single casino resort can cost $1 billion or more, and may include multiple luxury hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, enormous fountains or even giant replicas of Egyptian pyramids or volcanoes. Casinos take a number of steps to keep gamblers content. Free food and drink keeps them on ...
In 1999, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, posing here against the Great Pyramid, defended the architectural integrity of the pyramids in the wake of the contest to elect the new seven wonders of the world. Mohammed Al-Sehiti/AFP/Getty Images Khufu's interior is no less impressive th...
Workers make down-filled coats at a factory in Jiashi county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/China Daily] V. When the slanderous claims against China were ready for use, instead of verifying their veracity, some Western media outlets rushed to hype them up. To cr...
Egyptian artifacts unearthed in their tombs show many uses of glues; perhaps the most striking are the veneers and inlays in wood furniture, which was made using glue as early as 3,000 B.C. The Egyptians also used glue to produce papyrus. Greek and Roman artists used glues extensively; ...
Brian Gibbs, in a Facebook post after losing his dream job 🏞️Federal firings:Gibbs, a park ranger at Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National Monument, is one of the thousands ofgovernment workers who were let goas part of the Trump administration’s cuts. Quiz time martin davies/500px/Getty ...