Historical
Alexandra of Denmark
Few know much about this Princess and Queen who was the very “First Queen of Hearts.” She was called the most beautiful Princess in Europe and her marriage into the British Royal family gave it a much needed boost (sound familiar?). Alexandra ‘fitted’ all the qualities Queen Victoria was looking for in a wife for her eldest son: ‘a Princess who is pretty, quiet, clever and sensible, and only a year or two younger than her son’.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff4 years ago in FYI
The Story Behind the 1942 Genesee Hotel Suicide
Before the Internet, only selected individuals had access to historical documents and so, most people carried little to no information about important events and tragedies, such as this 1942 photograph. Now that everyone and their pet surfs the web, the photograph is widely shared across Facebook and other social platforms and blogs, incorrectly captioned, "The Despondent Divorcee." Many people see the photo as it makes round across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other platforms, yet, the backstory behind the photo rarely is heard.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in FYI
Spectacular Flag Art & its Past Record of Worldwide
Designing art of flag is known as vexillography, the design of flag will be perfect simple worthful and identifiable with ease such asPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ENGRAVED FLAG. However, Thousands are flying to countries and causes over the years.
By James Michael4 years ago in FYI
Famous Greek Orators
The 10 Greek orators from Athens were said to have been the most influential orators of ancient Greece during the 5th and 4th century BCE by Aristophanes of Byzantium. These writers of judicial history are what follow after the great literature of legends such as the Iliad or Homer. They are labeled as the Attic orators because of their regional locale and births; the state of Attica in Greece, in which Athens is located. Many of these orators worked as logographers (speech writers), teachers and some were said to have written their own treatise on rhetoric. The ten orators are: Antiphon; Andocides; Lysias; Isocrates; Isaeus; Demosthenes; Aeschines; Lycurgus; Hyperides and Dinarchus.
By Willy Martinez4 years ago in FYI
Yinshi - A Lifestyle That Leads To Personal Freedom.
‘While weaving flowers in the garden, I look at the high mountains in front of my eyes. Touching the mountain and returning to the evening air, there is a different freshness. At sunset the birds return to their homes rather than singing. It is just that I have come to understand the meaning of life in such scenes.’
By Tushar Nandanwar4 years ago in FYI
Edward VII
He was the heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. As King, he modernized the British Home Fleet, and reorganized the British Army after the Second Boer War. He ‘re-instituted’ traditional ceremonies as public displays and ‘broadened’ the range of people with whom Royalty socialized. He was Edward VII!
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff4 years ago in FYI
Tuk Origins
Tuk Origins The coiled serpent motif of Ba’al remained afterward in most desert traditions and rites, mostly as a warning. Afterward, specialized languages separated knowledge from science from religious texts and soon enough people were separated from one another by language.
By Lawrence Finlayson4 years ago in FYI
Lady with an Ermin painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Lady with the Ermine (No. 1) is one of four surviving female figures by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, the other featuring Ginevra Benci, La Belle Ferronniere, and Mona Lisa. Cecilia Gallerani, the wife of Ludovico Sforza il Moro, Governor of Milan, is his headmaster, and Leonard was a painter in Sforza court at the time of his assassination.
By Rashmi Dahal4 years ago in FYI
What Happened to the Children of Marie Antoinette?
Most of us are at least in part familiar with the tragic history of the child queen Marie Antoinette, and her equally young and inexperienced husband Louis VXI of France. That she lived a life of unadulterated luxury and opulence while the people she governed languished in poverty until the Revolution broke out in 1789 is universally understood. And that she was eventually executed with her husband by guillotine is fairly infamous. But what about the four children she had before her execution? What became of them?
By Katie Alafdal4 years ago in FYI
How The Rosetta Stone Revealed The Secrets Of Ancient Civilizations. Top Story - August 2021.
How the Rosetta Stone Revealed the Secrets of Ancient Civilizations When Pierre-François Bouchard’s men discovered the ancient stone slab that was to change the world on July 19, 1799, they were not at an archaeological dig; they were doing a last-minute construction job. The French soldiers occupied a derelict fortress in Rosetta, Egypt, and had only a few days to fortify their defenses for battle with troops from the Ottoman Empire.
By Christopher Harvey4 years ago in FYI
The Perennial Appeal of Rag Dolls
There’s magic in humble scraps of cloth, deer hide, fur, and cornhusks. With a bead or two, a hank of yarn, and a few embroidered stitches, a rag doll can be birthed. The first parent to cobble together bits and bobs into a human shape and hand it to their child will never be known. The British Museum has a Roman rag doll from 1st-5th century A.D. The linen dolly still retains dabs of paint and even one blue bead, felt to have been a hair ornament. Rag dolls have been around for thousands of years and played with by children around the globe.
By Diane Helentjaris5 years ago in FYI
