King Tut was king of Egypt for approximately four years so why do people consider him so important? Well it has always been scientist's interest in why this king died so young until 1922 when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were exploring the ancient tombs of Egypt they discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut). They discovered a funerary temple thought to be built by Tutankhamen; he died before he finished building it so his sons finished it. His tomb is buried a mile away from the funerary temple. The Valley of Kings is believed to be where many of King Tut's family was buried.
Within five centuries of the opening of the Silk Road to Central Asia, Buddhism had become so prevalent in China that some scholars estimate as many as 90% of her population to have been converted to Buddhism. By the Northern Wei dynasty (386-535) this religious philosophy had so penetrated the ruling elite as to inspire massive public works programs at some of the world's finest cave complexes atMogao, Yungang and Longmen. And in 629, early in the Tang dynasty (618-907), concerns for textual authenticity inspired China's most famous pilgrimage. The monk Xuanzang departed from Chang'an (modern day Xi'an) on a sixteen year journey to northern India in search of original Sanskrit texts. When he returned with over 600 such texts, the Wild Goose Pagoda was constructed in Chang'an (modern day Xi'an) as a library for these
A particular visit last week proved to me that Red Lobster lives up to the expectations of its guests. Red Lobster creed is “Because at Red Lobster, we Sea Food Differently”, is true for me. The casual attire allowed me to feel relaxed like I was at home. It was loud at times but gave me the
By mid afternoon Huggy Face and his sailors figured out that the calmness of the beaches, sun kissed sand, and blissful wind compound was perfect for fishing, swimming and surfing. In order to know for sure that it was what he was looking for Captain Huggy Face decided to stay around and explore the outskirts of the island. Two days passed and they discovered that the island had a gold treasure! Now with this finding he came back every day to see if it’d be replenished again and so one day it was filled up again. After several weeks Huggy Face saw the adversity of creatures that lived there, which was a total bonus on his behalf; he knew it’d become more than a want but a wish to be there for every traveler in the world.
The depth in which Capote went in this book made it one of the best novels of its kind. Truman Capote died August 25, 1984 of heart failure. He was 60 years old when he passed in Los Angeles, California. The things Truman did throughout his life would have him remembered long after he was gone. In Cold Blood has been made into a movie in 1967 and a television series in 1996.
They tried to sign Gibson to their magazine team called Collier’s Weekly. He negotiated and decided to share his affiliation with Life with a contract deal of $100,000 for 100 illustrations over a four year period. But by the age of 65, he sold Life and retired from drawing. But Charles didn’t stop there; he started something a little different from drawing. He started to make oil and portrait paintings and still was quite the artist.
Hayes, America's nineteenth President, began to heal the nation after the ravages of the Civil War. He was well suited to the task, having earned a steadfast reputation for integrity throughout his career as a soldier and a statesman. Upstanding, moral, and honest, Hayes was elected after the most lengthy, bitterly disputed, and corrupt presidential election in history. Hayes's father ran a successful farm and whiskey distillery in Ohio but died ten weeks before Rutherford was born. Raised by his single mother, Rud developed a very close relationship with his brilliant sister, Fanny Hayes, who encouraged him to achieve the prominent career denied to her because she was a woman.
HAS Admiral Mike Mullen, who retires next month after two terms as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, become a tad “demob happy”—or is America engaged in a serious, some would say overdue, attempt to redefine its relationship with Pakistan? Nobody has put more effort than Admiral Mullen (pictured above left) into nurturing the fractious but vital military-to-military relationship between the two countries. When I saw him in Washington, DC late last year, America's most senior military officer told me that he had travelled to Pakistan more than 20 times since 2008 for meetings with General Assfaq Kayani (pictured above right), Pakistan's top soldier. Despite the many frustrations he had encountered on the way, Admiral Mullen remained determined to see General Kayani not
He received the most applause of all the acts, won the talent show, and even performed and encore. Most people know that the king of rock 'n' roll was Elvis Presley, but do they know when he died? On August 16, 1977, at 3:30 PM he was pronounced dead, due to a heart attack, according to the Washington Post. He accomplished many things in music, some that people never would have thought of. At the age of 42 he was at the peak of his career, or so he thought.
There had always been rumors about the shaky status of the Prince and the Princess's marriage but, with this on December 9th 1992 it was announced that they would separate. It took until August 28th for the marriage to actually dissolve, she was able to stay as Princess of Wales and with the custody of both her sons. In addition she was awarded $23 million, plus $600,000 a year to maintain her private