Photography

Photography comes from the Greek words meaning light writing and originally introduced in 1839 by Sir John Herschel. Now photography is a major part of our society, something that every person recognizes.... ...

Learning Our Lessons

There is a very old and well-known phrase that says history never repeats. There are a lot of reasons why history never seems to repeat itself and some of those reasons are aesthetic. Events happen at... ...

The Ancient Empires of the Middle East

The Israelite monarchy came into being as a result of an external threat. The tribes of Israel had entered the Land of Canaan and settled in it, retaining a tribal organization. However, in the late eleventh... ...

History of Glass

Glass existed since the 3000 BC in Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia. It was discovered coincidently when calciferous sand finding its way into an overheated kiln and combining with soda to form a coloured... ...

The Fifth Day of the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth in the Bible

This is a new series (1-23) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran. Verse No. 23 in the Old Testament says: And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. Verse No. 23 in the New Testament... ...

Romes First Highway

  Most tourists coming to Rome, usually have a good idea of the historic sights and what they want to see and experience in Rome; after all there is a lot to see in the centre of Rome. However almost... ...

Great Britain Democracy

In Britain by 1850, democracy had begun to take on an effective face. However throughout the UK, equal representation did not exist, and it was the wealthy aristocracy that had any form of political power.... ...

Tsar Simeon – The Golden Age Of Bulgaria

Simeon I the Great was born in 864/5 and was the third son of knyaz Boris I of the Krum dynasty. Boris I is the ruler who accepted officially the Christianity in 865. Simeon was a Christian his entire... ...

A Brief History of Insulation - Look How Far We’ve Come

The Ancient Egyptians used it. So did the Ancient Romans. In the 1800’s, a guy wrote about it, sort of. By the Great Depression, there was a growing demand for it. In the mid 1970’s, medical... ...

The Real Pirates of the Caribbean - Heroes of Justice and Democracy

The Real Pirates of the Caribbean – Heroes of Justice and Democracy by Cherie Pugh Cherie Pugh discovered the true story of the Nassau pirates when sailing through the Caribbean on a traditional wooden... ...