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