Coping with washday blues Washday has always been at best a trial, and at worst a curse, as the great Restoration diarist Samuel Pepys makes clear in his terse entry for April 4, 1666: 'Home, and being

Clay was molded into the records of the ancient world, as well as its bricks, tiles and pots. From before 3000 BC, the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia kept records by drawing pictures on soft clay tablets

The Great Escape At the tunnel face, a young RAF officer drenched in perspiration lay on his side, chipping at the sandy earth inches from his nose, while a second officer heaped the excavated earth into

The Emperor Trajan was annoyed with Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, governor of the Roman province of Bithynia in Northern Turkey. Why did he trouble him with petty problems? Trajan had enough on his

A Book of Wounds The ancient Egyptian medical manual, written around 1600 BC, describes treatment for fractures, dislocations, wounds, tumours and other surgical disorders. The Greek historian Herodotus,

A marriage on trial (Egypt) The wedding procession of the 12-year old tamit moves joyfully through the streets of Thebes. Resplendent in a sparkling white dress and matching shawl. Tamit shyly acknowledges

To honor Zeus The athletes marched slowly down the great way to the grove of Altis at Olympia, the most sacred site of Zeus, the ruler or gods. In to days the Olympic Games would start. So important was

Lying in wait for food The group of silent hunters squatted patiently in the bushes and tall grasses near a herd of grazing bison. At a signal, the men jumped to their feet, hurling stones, waving branches,

Let me say this now, AC/DC are the Best Rock n Roll Band in the World! If you don't think so?, you are most probably wrong! ( how is that for being polite?) This, the 3rd and probably Final in this series,

Disneyland was born July 17 What a day for our lovely kids, especially the US Americans - the awesome Disneyland, opened that day in 1955 in Anaheim, California. Nowadays over 14 million visitors enjoy

Just after seeing the excellent Movie Gorky Park , I heard this number called Bang by a Russian Band called Gorky Park. It was intensely good and I really got into it. The first Video is about the First

Shrine to a goddess of wisdom The Goddess' ivory skin glowed softly in the half-light of the temple's inner room. Her magnificent frame stood 33 ft tall, the masterpiece of the Greek sculptor Pheidias.

Welcome to the 3rd part of the series "My visit to the water museum". Today it is historically it goes back to the beginnings of the company Hassia, you will see old clay bottles, glass bottles

TAKENGON (Aceh) Aceh province, is a province with a million natural wealth and endless beauty. The westernmost province of the State of Indonesia holds so much beauty that is never exhausted for exploration.

Revered by some and reviled by others: No matter a person's feelings about Ned Kelly there's no doubt he is Australia's most well known and notorious bushranger. The son of an Irish convict and an Australian

Haloo teman-teman Steemit. Disini aku menceritakan pengalaman saat berjalan ke daerah tugu, kota Semarang, Indonesia. Kota semarang adalah sebuah kota yang awalnya perairan dangkal dan rawa-rawa. Kota

Bakso adalah salah satu kuliner yang terbilang cukup enak yang ada di dunia. Apalagi kalau menikmati semangkok bakso selagi musim hujan, pecaaaahh! Biasanya menyantap baso dengan mie yang berwarna kuning

Present becomes past. Present is resisting to become past. But as time flows, past is surrounded by present like below. Past is resisting to be disappeared. But it’s a matter of time. Sometimes I could

The huge stone on the ground was 20 ft long and weighed 50 tons. At its foot lay a pit 8 ft deep, three sides help up by wooden stakes and the fourth- nearest to the base of the stone- shaped as a ramp.

The wealthy Egyptian lawyer turned to his wife and asked her to check that his eye shadow was even. Although he was well practised in the art of applying make-up, he wanted to be absolutely confident that