From the imperial grandeur of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace to the awe-inspiring Terracotta Army and Great Wall, each site offers a unique window into the past. See these amazing locations and much more when you book a Gate 1 Tour of China. Like this: Loading... Gate 1 ...
That the Labyrinth named is, Was not so wonderful as this, Nor half so cunningly wrought. And evermore, as swift as thought, This wondrous house about went Its turning movements never spent. And from it came so great a noise, That, had it stood upon the Oise, ...
Ex. (1) I made this tomb of mine from my own true property. Never did I take away something of any other people. […] I made this tomb of mine on the side of the west in a pure place, where no tomb of any (other) people had existed, for the sake of protection of the prope...
He visited a vast maze or labyrinth near the City of the Crocodiles, and if he had not had a guide, he might never have found his way out. He tells us that the maze was intricate and windy, and full of carvings and statues.
Labyrinth of Solitude César Vallejo Selected Poems Spain, Take This Cup from Me Miguel Angel Asturias Men of Maize José Lezama Lima Paradiso José Donoso The Obscene Bird of Night Julio Cortázar Hopscotch All Fires the Fire Blow-up and Other Stories Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years ...
The people of Mount Erymanthus lived in fear of this deadly animal. Heracles chased the wild boar up the mountain and into a snowdrift. He then took it in a net and brought it to the king of Tiryns, who was so frightened of the beast that he hid in a huge bronze jar. ...
Europe Went Crusading THE MEDIAEVAL CITY Why the People of the Middle Ages Said That ``city Air Is Free Air'' MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT How the People of the Cities Asserted Their Right to Be Heard in the Royal Councils of Their Country THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD What the People of the Middle ...
In The Tower (filmed as Tower of the Firstborn), archaeologists discover a lost city in the desert that holds a terrifying secret. Pharaoh concerns a shattering discovey about Moses and the Ark of the Covenant. • In The Ancient Curse, the excavation of an Etruscan tomb leads to a ...
Rumours reaching the ears of Queen Eleanor, the perturbed queen enters and solves the labyrinth, confronts her terrified and tearful rival, and forces her to choose between the dagger and the bowl of poison; Rosamund chose the latter and died. All the stories of her death at the hands of ...
Theseus having agreed on oath to do so, she besought Daedalus to disclose the way out of the labyrinth. [E.1.9] And at his suggestion she gave Theseus a clue when he went in; Theseus fastened it to the door, and, drawing it after him, entered in.9 And having found the Minotaur ...