In the history books at school, we learned that Egypt depended on the River Nile, the only region in which it was not desert, that the country has one of the longest and most intriguing histories of ancient civilization, being responsible for the construction of some of the monuments and the most famous characters of mankind, such as the pyramids, sphinxes, also having been one of the most powerful of their time and one of the first to appear independently in the world. There is mystery, right? *** Read the rest of this article: https://www.luxurytravelmagazine.com/news-articles/10-surprising-places-to-visit-in-egypt
An international team of scientists has recovered and analyzed partial mitochondrial genomes from 1,300-1,400-year-old specimens of Voay robustus, a recently extinct species of ‘horned’ crocodile that lived in Madagascar. *** Read the rest of this article: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/voay-robustus-evolutionary-history-09598.html
1492: Christopher Columbus By Mick Ferris, Press Association, AP, UPI, calendar.songfacts.com, classicbands.com and thisdayinmusic.com 1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1421: The sea broke the dikes at Dort, Holland, drowning an estimated 100,000 people. 1492: Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the “Indies” with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10 per cent of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered. 1521: Martin Luther went before the Diet of Worms to face charges stemming from his religious writings. (Luther was later declared an outlaw by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.) 1524: Italian navigator Giovanni Verrazano discovered New York Harbor. 1534: Sir Thomas More is confined in the Tower of London. 1790: U.S. statesman, printer, scientist and writer Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia at age 84. 1808: Napoleon orders the s...
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