There’s so much more to learn and write about, but I’ll conclude with this story about the relocation of Abu Simbal, facts I learned after I returned home and read a biography of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt called Empress of the Nile. Desroches-Noblecourt, an intrepid fighter in the ...
New Kingdom 18th Dynasty during the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III ca. 1473–1458 B.C. These are interesting as they are tooled to look like woven sandals. The leather might be harder-wearing but the woven style may have denoted more wealth (i.e., flimsy shoes equates to ...
The 1600's brought a great deal of changes to the lives of people living in Europe and the Americas. In Great Britain, agricultural reforms increased the food supply, and as a result, the population went from four million in 1600 to 5.5 million at the end of the century. Clearly, more...