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ARE OUIJA BOARDS DANGEROUS?
Article by LINDA PRESTON The Ouija board has acquired a sinister reputation over the years as a tool for contacting the dead. There are reports of some being driven to the point of suicide after being haunted by spirits which have broken through whilst using the board. SO IS IT ALL HOLLYWOOD HYPE? The Ouija [...]
IVF Breakthrough!
IVF Breakthrough! How To Get Pregnant On the First IVF Cycle, Even With Tough Infertility Problems, Even If You Are 40 Years Old – Or More! Dear Friend, My name is Diana Farrell. I am a Women’s Health Researcher and Author and a former infertility sufferer. Over the next few minutes I want to share [...]
The Great Sphinx of Egypt
The Great Sphinx of Giza (or, commonly, the Sphinx) is a statue of a reclining sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, near modern-day Cairo, Egypt. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, [...]
The Red Fort in India
The largest of old Delhi’s monuments is the Lal Quila, or the Red Fort, the thick red sandstone walls of which, bulging with turrets and bastions, have withstood the vagaries of time, and nature. The Lal Quila rises above a wide dry moat, in the northeast corner of the original city of Shahjahanabad. Its walls [...]
The Sydney Opera House
Surrounded by water on three sides, at what is known as Bennelong Point, stands one of the most magnificient buildings on one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. The Sydney Opera House, originally designed by the Danish Architect Joern Utzon, is meant to look like a giant sailing ship. Since its opening in [...]
The Suez Canal
The idea of a canal linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea dates back to ancient times. Unlike the modern Canal, earlier ones linked the Red Sea to the Nile, therefore forcing the ships to sail along the River on their journey from Europe to India. It has been suggested that the first Canal was [...]
PETRA
Petra (lit. Rock) was the capital city of the Nabataeans, a tribe of pre-Roman Arabs who dominated the region around the Sixth century BC. Located at the crossroads of ancient trade routes, the city survived on toll and taxes collected from traders. Despite several attempts to conquer their capital, the Nabataeans remained practically independent until [...]
The Throne of Persepolis
Founded in the Sixth Century BC by the Kings of the First Persian Empire (the Achaemenids), Persepolis is located 60 km northeast of Shiraz in Iran. The present-day Persian name, Takht-e-Jamshid, means “Throne of Jamshid”, a legendary Iranian King. However, the ancient name of the city was Parsa, or Pars’ City, hence the Greek name [...]
The Temple of the Inscriptions
Situated at the eastern edge of the Rio Usumacinta Basin in the foothills of the Sierra Oriental de Chiapas at an elevation of slightly less that 3000 m, Palenque looks out on a low coastal plain extending to the Gulf of Mexico about 130 km. to the north. See Map 1. The climate is warm [...]
The Mayan Temples of Tikal
The Maya ruins of Tikal are hidden deep in the rainforests of Guatemala. From the air only a handful of temples and palaces peak through the canopy. The stone carvings are weather-beaten. Huge plazas are covered in moss and giant reservoirs are engulfed by jungle. The only inhabitants are wild animals and birds. However, 1200 [...]
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