This theory just does not confirm to known details. There a few obvious questions that Dr. Joseph Davidovits did not cover. If wooden mold were used and reused, why are the dimensions of the pyramid block so varied? Wouldn’t they be expected to be of somewhat uniform shape? The core stones of the pyramids are sloppily and roughly finished, many with well-defined tool marks, as they were meant to be hidden by casing stones and never seen.
His great ancestor, Lucius Junius Brutus, is credited with founding the Republic in 509 BCE by deposing the last Tarquin king. Son to Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder and Servilia Caepionis, Brutus lost his father at an early age. He was officially adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio, whose name he took for an unspecified part of his life. Brutus’ formal education came under the tutelage of his mother’s half-brother, Cato the Younger. Cato, both a philosopher and politician of the time, was a Stoic who would be remembered for his unflinching resistance to corruption and support of Republican values.
Her biological father is still unknown. Life/ Career Highlights * Her mother was seen to be mentally unstabled and was placed under the care of family friend Ida and Wayne Bolender at birth. * At the age of 9, she was sent to live with her Great Aunt Grace McKee, who encouraged her to be an actress. * At the age of 16, Monroe signed with the Blue Book Modeling Agency. * She was married at the age of 16 to Jim Doughterty, known as an all- American young man.
She had romantic as well as military alliances with the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra VII is believed to have been born in 70 or 69 B.C., the daughter of Auletes (Ptolemy XII) and Cleopatra V Trypheana. After the death of her father in 51 B.C., the throne of Egypt was passed on the Cleopatra, age 18, and her 10 year old brother, Ptolemy XIII. His advisors stood against Cleopatra, forcing her to flee to Syria in 46 B.C. She returned
Leonidas Leonidas was born around 520 B.C. to King Anaxandridas II, a son of Hercules. Anaxandridas had two wives therefore Leonidas had an older half-brother, Cleomenes, along with his other brother Dorieus and younger brother Cleombrotus I. Cleomenes was thought to succeed Anaxandridas’ throne after his death because he was the firstborn but, he was son of his second wife so his claim to the throne was not entirely genuine. The throne should’ve gone to Dorieus as Anaxandridas’ eldest son by his first marriage but, was held off until further thought. It is not certain why Cleomenes supported Dorieus in several foreign expeditions.
Ancient Rome: People and Events Romulus and Remus: ¬ According to the roman mythology, the founders of Rome were Romulus and Remus. The twin-brothers were the sons of the god Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia. The tale begins with the introduction of Numitor (their grandfather and king of the ancient Italian city of Alba Longa), and his brother Amulius. Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, was made a Vestal Virgin by Amulius which meant that she was made a priestess of the goddess Vesta and therefore forbidden to marry. However, the god Mars came down to her temple where she conceived her twin sons; Romulus and Remus.
Catherine married Henry at the age of 17; she was just a young girl. Both women were somewhat related to Henry, therefore were both descendants of royalty. Jane was the daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. She was also King Henry VIII’S fifth cousin three times removed. Catherine was the tenth daughter of Lord Edmund Howard, a younger son of the 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Joyce Culpeper.
It was threw him that japan was given a new life and a bright future. PRINCE SHOTOKU Prince Shotoku was the second son of Emperor Yomei (Prince Oe) and his consort, Anahobe Hashihito. According to legend, his mother bore him unexpectedly and with no labor pains while on her routine inspection of the imperial stable this gave him his first nickname of Umayado no Miko (prince of the stable). While an infant, the prince already began to show evidence of exceptional intellect, and he began reading extensively in his early childhood. He is said to have listened once to eight persons simultaneously pleading to him and to have understood every word which gained him the nickname Yatsumimi no Miko (Prince of Eight Ears).
His mother, Julia Antonia, “descended from the Julii Caesares, the patrician family which claimed descent from ...an ancestor who came to Rome at its foundation.” Thus he was born into high societal status. Married 5 times, Fulvia died shortly after the Perusine War, and Antony married Octavian’s (a fellow triumvir) sister Octavia in 42BC to ensure peace between them to prevent a civil war . He then humiliated her by marrying Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Hence his wives were reputable for their high societal status. Through his mother, “Under her, Antony received his education.” It focused on skills which would be beneficial to him in later in political life.
He married Barbara Watzenrode around the year 1463. Nicholaus Copernicus was the youngest of the two sons and two daughters in the family. Nicholaus’ father died when he was only ten years old, leaving him and his siblings in the care of his uncle Lucas Watzenrode. In 1488 his uncle sent him to the cathedral school of Wloclawek where he received good humanist education. He entered the University of Krakow three years later.