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Was Cleopatra a Murderer?
Who Was Cleopatra? Cleopatra was the last ruler of ancient Egypt. Of the many things speculated about Cleopatra, perhaps the most sensitive issue as of late is her origin story. Some scholars debate that Cleopatra was not Egyptian. Cleopatra's mother's lineage is unknown. Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII, hailed from a long line of Macedonian Greeks who ruled Egypt for over 300 years. There are theories that she adopted Egyptian customs and learned the Egyptian language because an Egyptian mother taught her. No matter her heritage, she is still the Egyptian queen we remember most today.
By Nikole Lynn5 years ago in FYI
Architect Pierre Jeanneret
Modeller and furniture fashioner Pierre Jeanneret worked for a large portion of his life close by his more well-known cousin Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret). Pierre cooperated with his cousin in 1922 after his graduation from the École des Beaux-Arts, and they chipped away at various significant structure projects together.
By Grace White5 years ago in FYI
Charles M. Vaughn- Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?
Article researched and written by Charles M. Vaughn The world is going through a transitory phase where a lot of industries are facing disruption. The energy sector too is under constant scrutiny by various stakeholders because of global warming and the newly formed resove of achieving net zero emissions by the mid of this century.
By Ezeparking5 years ago in FYI
Somers Solar Power Array at Twenty
In early 2015, New York Governor George Pataki set a goal by 2020 to have 15% of all schools utilizing renewable energy. The accompanying program was called K-solar, and its official launch last spring probably went unnoticed by many in the town of Somers. This despite the proximity of the gubernatorial announcement.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in FYI
Easiest Languages for an English Speaker To Learn
English loves to borrow words from different languages. We’ve borrowed “gung-ho” from Chinese, “chocolate” from Nahuatl, and “plaza” from Spanish. French, in particular, has a lot of words that are similar to English counterparts. Of course, similarities don’t end with vocabulary. Languages might have grammar rules similar to English’s or very different. Some languages use Latin characters like English, while others use different writing systems. There are many ways in which languages can be similar, and these similarities can be a huge help to anyone learning a new language.
By Haley Keller5 years ago in FYI
How to open a portal and go back in time
When I arrive at a live show, nobody ever knows quite what to make of me. What exactly am I going to do with an old analog projector, pyrex dishes, and food coloring? My sarcastic answer is always that I'm going to open a portal to the past, and even though I'm joking, there is a tinge of truth in that answer! I'm a liquid light show artist, meaning I use basic chemistry to mix colorful water and oil and project the image onto a wall behind a live music act. The craft is not often something many people have ever heard of, but it used to be one of the most important parts of live music in the 60's and 70's.
By Hayley Buzek5 years ago in FYI
The Strongman Who Fought Nazis
Charles Rigoulot was what you would call an ‘old-timey strongman’. He was a French Olympic weightlifter, wrestler, and race car driver, singer, and actor. He even traveled with the circus, performing as an actual strongman. He was known for lifting a 261 lb. barbell over his head with just one arm. Between the years of 1923 and 1926, he set twelve world records. Though he had been named the ‘Strongest Man in the World’, he wasn’t very tall. He just stood 5’8”. But he had an explosive strength to him, allowing him to lift those old-fashioned barbells that had huge iron globes instead of plates like we use today.
By Rachael Dunn5 years ago in FYI
One of the most renowned Native American painters and Modernist sculptors of the 20th century
In 1848, Mexico surrendered more than 500,000 square miles of land to a quickly developing United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Despite the fact that the deal finished the moderately short Mexican-American War, it denoted the start of a long battle for the Apache clans who lived on the surrendered land. Resulting from this battle was Allan Capron Haozous or Allan Houser the child of Chiricahua Apache detainees and a craftsman who might proceed to rethink Indigenous workmanship in the twentieth century.
By Nancy Baker5 years ago in FYI
Landscape and Portrait Female Artist
Elaine de Kooning wouldn't spend her profession under the shadow of her better-known spouse, Willem de Kooning. A craftsman in her own right, she took an interest in Abstract Expressionism and large numbers of the developments that followed. Her commitments to workmanship history incorporate a charged picture of President John F. Kennedy, a re-arrangement of customary likeness, and an immediate test to creative sexual orientation jobs.
By Nancy Baker5 years ago in FYI
