Historical Strings

1/28/2016

Links: New Portion

I glad to share with you new portion of links. Some of them are intersting, some of them are not. Most of them are not)

1/27/2016

Website analysers I realised recently that there are many so called website analysers. These sites suggest some metrics grabbed from services like alexa or whois. Unfortunately, they store often outdated and not correct data, so there is almost no sence in them. Beneath you can see some of these analysers:

1/23/2016

Pharaoh Den

One of the key kings of Old Kingdom of Egypt was Den. He struggled against nomad peoples in Sinai peninsula, build irrigation systems, and promote art. More about Pharaon Den's achievements read here, but now I want to add some pictures concerning to this pharaoh.

Pharaoh Den striking down an Asiatic tribesman

The tomb of Den at Umm el-Qa’ab, the first one made of granite

Pharaoh Den, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt


Pharaoh Den running in his Heb Sed festival as well as seated on a throne

1/22/2016

Books on Blogspot

Today I want to talk about the project I am connected with. Once we decided to use Blogspot as place to post some important books. One blog for one book, one post for a chapter or a part of book. Currently we have published four books and start blog for important historical document. They are here:

Simple Network Monitor

Today I want to introduce you one free useful program for system administrators. It is called Autumn NetSpy. With with utility you can monitor if a computer or web-site is available, or when it will become available. Here some information from developer's site: "Autumn NetSpy is the useful utility for testing of existence of computer in network. This program is designed for system administrators and users, who need to check accessibility of a computer in work or home network. With Automn NetSpy you can evaluate uptime of a system or web-service. You can easily check if your website is inaccessible and faster fix the problem. Also you can trace the time of events, such as appearance or loss of any system."

1/20/2016

Pictures of 27th century BC

Actually 27th century BC was full of importanct evetns. Today we with the finest service Historystack learn about the brightest moment of 27th century BC and look at pictures of the time.

Replica of Minoan ship in Chania, Crete

Grape preservation in Ancient Egypt

The ancient city of Harappa, one of the largest metropolises of ancient world

The first step pyramid in Egypt, built for pharaoh Djoser

Depiction of legendary Chinese sovereign Yellow Emperor

1/19/2016

History in Social Networks

Today I want to talk about my favorite site - Historystack. There are many pages and accounts created by this wonderful service in social networks. You can find there a lot of interesting articles, the best timelines from the service, nice pictures and much of such things. Beneath you can see pages of the project on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and many other sites.