Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician and the 118th Prime Minister of Portugal, in office since 2011. He is also leader of the Social Democratic Party. Prime Minister of Portugal: Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho and his wife Laura Ferreira Passos Coelho Laura Ferreira, a physiotherapy technician, born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea […]
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Unknown or forgotten history: Female Gladiators (Gladiatrix Documentary)
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. The Real-Life Hunger Games: Meet the Ancient Women … TOP TEN GREATEST FEMALE WARRIORS IN HISTORY Top 10 Badass Female Warriors – Listverse by yuhime Tomoe Tomoe Gozen, […]
Read MoreJacky Ickx and his wife Khadja Nin
Jacques Bernard “Jacky” Ickx (last name pronounced “Ix” or “Icks”) (born 1 January 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian former racing driver who won the highly prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One, won the Can-Am Championship in 1979 and is a former winner […]
Read MoreDNA confirms Aboriginal culture one of Earth’s oldest
ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS ARE descendents of the first people to leave Africa up to 75,000 years ago, a genetic study has found, confirming they may have the oldest continuous culture on the planet. DNA confirms Aboriginal culture one of Earth’s oldest … Australia celebrates “National Sorry Day,” as a way to make amends for the historical persecution of […]
Read MoreThe richest human being in all history
Humm… Why don’t I don’t see women on this richest human being in all history list? Ever heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali — the obscure 14th century African king who was today named the richest person in all history. With an inflation adjusted fortune of $400 billion, Mansa Musa I would have been […]
Read MoreAfro-Brazilian Actress: Cris Vianna
Nationality: Brazilian Cris Vianna was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Paraíso (2009), Last Stop 174 (2008) and Two Faces (2007). She was the Queen of Battery from the School of Samba “Academicos do Grande Rio” in the year of 2011 at the city of Rio de Janeiro. Vídeo Show […]
Read MoreChild Marriage Tied to Poverty
Over sixty per cent of child brides in developing countries have had no formal education. Many girls aren’t in education because schools are inaccessible or expensive, because of the traditional role girls are expected to play in the household, or simply because parents don’t see the value of education for their daughters.
Read MoreResearch Reveals Cleopatra’s mother was African
Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, was part African. Was Cleopatra Bi-racial? Queen Cleopatra was a descendant of Ptolemy, the Macedonian general who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great. But remains of the queen’s sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey, indicate that her mother had an “African” skeleton. Experts have described […]
Read MoreTwo college girls beat molesters with belts on Indian bus
When three men began harassing two sisters on a bus in India, the last thing they expected was the girls striking back, beating their attackers with belts, while other passengers sat idle. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/2q4589 The two girls Arti and Pooja in their recent complaint alleged that they were “teased” by some youths in a […]
Read MoreBrazilian Actress & Model: Suyane Moreira
Ethnicity: half-indigenous and half-Afro-Brazilian. ( Amazonian Indian) Place of Birth: Juazeiro do Norte, RN, Brazil Suyane Moreira was born in 1982 in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Árido Movie (2005), Caminhos do Coração (2007) and Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes (2007) Modelo internacional Suyane Moreira volta a … […]
Read MoreJ. Craig Venter’s Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response
J. Craig Venter went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. When faced with immediate danger, the brain releases adrenaline, a hormone secreted from glands above the kidneys. In the case of a police officer confronted with a raging fire surge, adrenaline triggered the body to release stored ATP so […]
Read MoreMelanins, the pigments that color our eyes, hair and skin. Renewable energy…MELANIN?
I thought I heard and read it all but his type of scientific information is shocking and quite amazing! I remember as a child my science teacher told us that, the purpose for the sun was to get vitamin D and also the sun helps to uplift your mood. I was taught that the extra melanin/pigment was due to exposure […]
Read MorePharaohs: National Geographic
An ignored chapter of history tells of a time when kings from deep in Africa conquered ancient Egypt.
By Robert Draper
National Geographic Contributing Writer
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett
In the year 730 B.C., a man by the name of Piye decided the only way to save Egypt from itself was to invade it. Things would get bloody before the salvation came.
“Harness the best steeds of your stable,” he ordered his commanders. The magnificent civilization that had built the great pyramids had lost its way, torn apart by petty warlords. For two decades Piye had ruled over his own kingdom in Nubia, a swath of Africa located mostly in present-day Sudan. But he considered himself the true ruler of Egypt as well, the rightful heir to the spiritual traditions practiced by pharaohs such as Ramses II and Thutmose III. Since Piye had probably never actually visited Lower Egypt, some did not take his boast seriously. Now Piye would witness the subjugation of decadent Egypt firsthand—“I shall let Lower Egypt taste the taste of my fingers,” he would later write.
North on the Nile River his soldiers sailed. At Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt, they disembarked. Believing there was a proper way to wage holy wars, Piye instructed his soldiers to purify themselves before combat by bathing in the Nile, dressing themselves in fine linen, and sprinkling their bodies with water from the temple at Karnak, a site holy to the ram-headed sun god Amun, whom Piye identified as his own personal deity. Piye himself feasted and offered sacrifices to Amun. Thus sanctified, the commander and his men commenced to do battle with every army in their path.
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