I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”
Tag Archives: Egypt
Abu Rawash
Location – Egypt (at the northern edge of the great Egyptian necropolis of Memphis, about 8 km northwest of the Giza Plateau) Coordinates – 30.04034, 31.09242 Built by – Redjedef (third king of the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt who ruled c. 2482–c. 2475 bce) Structure – At Abu Rawash, Redjedef started a pyramid aboutContinue reading “Abu Rawash”
Abakan River
Location – Egypt (8 kilometres north of Giza) Coordinates – 514 km Discoverer – up to 200 meters depth Course – It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bolshoy Abakan and Maly Abakan. It rises in the western Sayan Mountains and flows northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisey. It is about 514Continue reading “Abakan River”
Maxine the Magnificent 