Howard Carter (an English archaeologist) discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922  ,The walls of the room containing Tutankhamun's mummy had wonderful pictures telling the story of how  Tutankhamun's went to the world of the dead.

Tutankhamun was one of Egypt's famous Pharaoh not becuase of his achivements or what so ever, it's because of the discovery of his cemetery and treasures in full and without any damage. Also because of  the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his death and the marriage of his Minister to his widow after his death . As at those times death of Pharaoh at a very early age is not normal. Tutankhamun became a king when he was just 9 years old and died when he was only 19 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tutankhamun Tomb

 

Howard Carter

Howard Carter & Tomb picture source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/.

This picture was taken in the 50s , showing that racism came even when it comes to  drinking water ! African Americans is one of the groups that  had the heaviest burdens of racism in the history of the US.

 

June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.' National Photo Co.

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A lantern in Arabic is called Fanoos. It is similar to a lamp, except that it's lighted by a candle instead of oil. The story of using the Fanoos started in the era of Mamluks rule over Egypt and the Near East. Women then used to walk around with their lanterns to go to relatives in Ramadan to break their fast. Since then, the Fanoos has been used mostly in Ramadan, and it has also become the symbol for Ramadan. The Fanoos has developed greatly over the years, and now it comes in many shapes and sizes.

In this picture you can see Charles-Michel de l'Épée he is the Founder of the first free public school for the deaf that's why they called him "Father of the Deaf". Charles was a french educator born in 1712 for a wealthy family in france . He had developed the first sign langauge , because of him poor deaf people could defend themselves in courts in those days for the first time .  

AncientScripts.com  is a very informative website about most of the Ancient Scripts .  It  covers most of the witting  systems  by regions , time line or alphabetically. Very well organized website with interesting subject.



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