Ancient Egypt is a place of wild beauty and great fascination to many people today. Once, a hotbed of intrigue, commerce, and industry there is much about Egypt that remains dark and mysterious even in the modern world in which we currently live. One thing is certain however, the ancient […]
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In the realm of global exploration, where every journey holds the promise of new experiences and unforgettable memories, it’s essential to safeguard your travels with comprehensive insurance coverage. Whether you’re jetting off to exotic destinations or embarking on a cultural escapade, flight insurance, online travel insurance, and trip insurance for […]
Here is the last of a series listing the 20 most common historical myths. These are facts that everyone seems to know, which have only one problem: they’re not actually true. The following four historical “facts” were probably taught to you at school. As you can see, they weren’t as […]
The Akkadians were a group of Semitic people from the Arabian Peninsula at the time the great Sumerian city-states were flourishing. These people eventually migrated north, where they encountered the Sumerians. Around 2350 BC, an Akkadian military leader, Sargon (Sharukkin-“the rightful ruler”) conquered the Sumerian city-states and built an Akkadian […]
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French pioneer in aviation and ballooning. On the Victorian Picture Library website you can see a fascinating illustration showing the hydrogen gas balloon (or ‘aerostatic globe filled with inflammable air’) in which he made his first successful balloon flight from the Champ de Mars, Paris […]
A a solid majority of the training material we produce in the corporate world is based on some sort of regulation or technical specification and must be very straight forward and matter of fact due to the subject matter, but not everything needs to be quite as staid. Many times […]