Tag: Geography
Surrounding Munfordville-mini-podcast!
The Mighty Mucal Mussels of the Muddy Moving Mansions-the podcast!
LIFE AND LANDSCAPES VIDEO BLOG- the introduction!
Here you go! The first Video Blog of “Life and Landscapes.” My exploration of natural and cultural history. I hope that you like it. I think that you will find future topics of interest https://vimeo.com/359641492
Thutmose III: Greater than Alexander and Napoleon?- mini-Podcast
THUTMOSE III OF EGYPT: GREATER THAN EITHER ALEXANDER OR NAPOLEON?
THUTMOSE III OF EGYPT: GREATER THAN EITHER ALEXANDER OR NAPOLEON? Power is a growing fire. The more it consumes, the larger the slaughter. It is only bound by the fuel it finds. Opportunity found to grow and follow. Follow a Pharaoh willing to wield its power. Follow him to Canaanite Megiddo. Chariots race the Jezreel [...]
HATSHEPSUT, THUTMOSE, AKHENATEN, AND TUT: THE PRICE OF POWER IN THE 18TH DYNASTY- the mini-Podcast!
HATSHEPSUT, THUTMOSE, AKHENATEN, AND TUT; THE PRICE OF POWER IN THE 18TH DYNASTY!
HATSHEPSUT, THUTMOSE, AKHENATEN, AND TUT; THE PRICE OF POWER IN THE 18TH DYNASTY! It had to do with a splendid security. Life leavening waters following long, linear banks. A green-fringed river flowing north, flooding north, through the cruelest of deserts. Water! Food! Food for many! And many man made monuments celebrating gods and rulers for [...]
Egyptian Obelisks and their Teeth of Time: mini-podcast!
Egyptian Obelisks and their Teeth of Time
EGYPTIAN OBELISKS AND THEIR TEETH OF TIME Obelisk. That is a Greek term meaning "meat skewer." The ancient Egyptians called them Tekhenu. And they made still smaller monuments called Stelae. The great Assyrian King Ashurbanipal boasted about being the first to steal an obelisk from Egypt in 663 B.C. "Two tall pillars made out of [...]