Big Ben Clock Tower above the Houses of Parliament,Commonly called Big Ben, which is actually the nickname of the bell inside it, the 96-metre Clock Tower looks down on the Houses of Parliament along the River Thames and has become a symbol of stability, endurance and democracy in Britain. It was 150 years ago on Sunday that the four-faced Great Clock started keeping time, and on July 11, 1859, Big Ben first struck time.
Showing posts with label archaeology. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Big Ben Clock Tower is 150 years old
Big Ben Clock Tower above the Houses of Parliament,Commonly called Big Ben, which is actually the nickname of the bell inside it, the 96-metre Clock Tower looks down on the Houses of Parliament along the River Thames and has become a symbol of stability, endurance and democracy in Britain. It was 150 years ago on Sunday that the four-faced Great Clock started keeping time, and on July 11, 1859, Big Ben first struck time.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
secret of Nefertiti
photo composite released Tuesday, March 31, 2009 by the Radiological Society of North America, the bust of Nefertiti is shown. Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. The differences between the faces, though slight — creases at the corners of the mouth, a bump on the nose of the stone version — suggest to Dr. Alexander Huppertz, director of the Imaging Science Institute at Berlin's Charite hospital and medical school, that someone expressly ordered the adjustments between stone and stucco when royal sculptors immortalized the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten 3,300 years ago
(AP Photo/Radiological Society of North America)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
one of the mummies recently found by Egyptian archaeologists
one of the mummies recently found by Egyptian archaeologists. Egyptian archaeologists have found of a cache of about 30 mummies and at least one unopened sarcophagus in a burial chamber about 4,300years old, the government said in a statement on February , 9,2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac
An undated handout photo released to Reuters February 6,2009 shows an ancient manuscript which authorities in northern Cyprus believe is an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus. The manuscript was found in a police raid on suspected antiquity smugglers. Turkish Cypriot police testified in a court hearing they believe the manuscript could be about 2,000 years old.Experts were however divided over the provenance of the manuscript , and whether it was an original, which would render it priceless,or a fake
To match Reuters Life! CYPRUS-BIBLE/ (Kibris/Handout/Reuters).
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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