Spinning tops were made of metal, wood, fruits, seeds, or nuts, and have been found among ancient indigenous tribes across the globe. Some were set in motion with a string or rope coiled around it, so when the string was pulled quickly, it would unwind and spin in place as if alive! And these ancient toys were also used by kids and adults alike to gamble and “predict” the future.
Dolls: Child Companions Since The Dawn Of Time!
An ancient Greek clay doll with moving body parts that is already quite sophisticated compared to the earliest dolls. This one isn’t wearing any clothes but likely when it was last played with it was dressed. (
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Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday announced the distribution of $8 million in grants to 32 tourism-related nonprofits, the latest of more than $600 million in emergency economic relief Maryland has distributed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The grants were handed out under the Maryland Strong Economic Recovery Initiative. The program provides grants of up to $500,000 to nonprofit and tourism-producing organizations like museums, zoos and aquariums.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on many of Maryland’s great cultural, educational, and historical institutions,” Hogan said in a statement. “We’re proud to dedicate this funding through our Maryland Strong Economic Recovery Initiative to help our nonprofit partners weather this storm and keep Marylanders on their payrolls.”
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Finding Solomon’s Temple and Palace
Fragments of glazed tiles depicting water, fish, reeds and birds have only ever been found in the ruins of one ancient Palace, that of Ymn Htp III at Malqata near Luxor.
This fact, along with a number of other finds in Luxor, are examined in “Out of Egypt” by the British/Egyptian historian Ahmed Osman and every-one of them points only to one man as having been the legendary King Solomon , namely the Pharaoh YmnHtp III.
We are told in the Book of 1 Kings that Solomon’s Temple and Palace were so grand and sumptuous that there has to be some archaeological evidence for them - yet nothing has ever been found in modern day Israel despite umpteen digs over more than a hundred years. The fabulous remains in Luxor not only match all we are told in the Bible, but many of the ancient walls and columns still stand, shouting out their message that these were built by the 18th Dynasty Kings David and Solomon, otherwise known in Ancient Egypt a
This is a young man’s book, written by somebody aged 73 and here reviewed by someone 13 years older. If you have ever wondered, as I have, about the age of the art historian you are reading, you can Google the scholar and roughly deduce it from the year of their PhD. Or, more interestingly, you can infer it from the education they received. The point is not his or her absolute age, but rather the scholar’s degree of seniority in relation to the training he or she underwent, and ability to keep themselves out of the argument – an injunction I have already twice ignored.