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Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets and Jewelry: Valuable Works of Art

Gullah sweetgrass basket weaving is a skill passed down through generations of West African slaves. Learn about the art of sweetgrass basket weaving and see examples of this beautiful art work.

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Cleopatra Costumes

Although sometimes people think of being Cleopatra on Halloween or a costume party as not being much more than wearing a toga, in reality it's much different than that, and if you want to present yourself as queen of the Nile, you definitely have to...

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Freshwater Monster Fish

A Freshwater monster fish list of giant, predatory, and scary fish from all over the world.

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Animals Worldwide

Which animal should be considered the most dangerous? It could be the one with the most powerful bite, or the one that contains the most poison. I've decided that the "danger" level of these animals is by the amount of fatalities they cause per year.

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Orion Correlation Theory (Great pyramids of Giza A Map of the Stars)

On a warm camping expedition one night in the Arabian desert in the summer of 1983, Robert Bauval and one of his close friends pointed out one of the stars of the constellation of Orion while they stood on the...

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Kisumu - City on the source of the Nile

This article is about Kisumu City in Kenya. Kenya is on the Eas African Coast, with Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan as its northern Neighbours. Uganda is the Western Neighbour withTanzania in the South. The East has the scenic Indian Ocean Coastline...

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Crime against the Nile God: the Aswan High Dam

The Nile God To begin this article, I have chosen two wonderful citations, one coming from an ancient Egyptian hymn to the Nile God and the other one by T.S. Eliot: "Hail to thee O Nile! Thou showest...

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The Discovery and Importance of the Rosetta Stone

Since its discovery on July 15, 1799, the Rosetta Stone has become an icon of the beginning of modern Egyptology. Bearing a decree of King Ptolemy V of Egypt (dated to 196 BC) in ancient Greek, Demotic and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the stone's inscriptions provided a key to the translation of the writing system from the time of the Pharaohs. The knowledge, lost for nearly two thousand years, allowed archaeologists and historians to finally begin to understand ancient Egyptian culture.

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How to Make Whole Flax Seed Oil (Mucilage) -Try It, Your Lungs Will Thank You

In 2005, my husband contracted West Nile Disease. So did several of our family friends. But whereas some of them recovered, without noticeable muscle tremors, lung problems, or noticeable residual viral infection(s) and weakened immune systems, my...

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Mummies, wrapped in Egyptian tradition -- #3 in the series "Of Myth 'n Monsters"

The jackal-headed deity Anubis overseeing the mummification process. Anyone ought to ace this pop quiz: What is the #1 psychological challenge facing a human being? The answer is death. ...

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