Historical Strings

2/12/2016

Egypt Obelisks

Now it's time to discuss one of the most notable element of sculpture - obelisks. They were originally produced in Ancient Egypt, but are now spread all over the world. Washington Monument, different steles and such a stuff are all made from Egyptian prototypes. Also you can see ancient Egyptian obelisks in many big cities - London, Rome, New York, Istanbul...

The British prepare Cleopatra obelisk to be transported to London

2/03/2016

Web Directories

There is a such category of sites called web directories. They keep a lot of different web-sites and sort them by categories. You just choose interesting for you category and get list of aimed sites. The most famous site from this category is DMOZ. But it is realy hard to get listed in it. If anyone can help to submit our wonderful site you always welcom. There are some other less important directories beneath:

Civil wars of the Tetrarchy in the Roman Empire

The Civil wars of the Tetrarchy in the Roman Empire was a long civil war between pretenders to throne of Emperor. It's hard to decide who of them was usurpator, who was the true Emperor. The war lasted about 2 decades and raised to power cruel and very famous today general Constantine, who became the sole ruler in the whole Empire. Later Constantine made Christianity the official religion in Rome Empire and founded new capital of the state, which was known as Constantinople until 1453, when was conquered by the Ottomans. There is a little of media-files about this events, but some of them you can see beneath

Severus, the Emperor in West part of Empire since 306

Licinius, the Augustus in the west since 311

Depiction of the Bttle of Milvian Bridge on Arch of Constantine in Rome

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

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 Unfortunately, they store often outdated and not correct data, so there is almost no sence in them.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: