Wonderful Place

The geo-archaeological sea again make great achievements with success to reveal the existence of an ancient city submerged beneath the ocean. City named Pavlopetri in Greece is estimated to exist in the bronze age 5000-6000 years ago or 12,000 years earlier than originally estimated. What’s interesting, who trail existence of the city submerged 4-5 meters below the ocean is still visible, including the ruins of buildings and legacy objects like pottery, ceramics, etc..

Experts estimate, this is the city’s oldest submarine in the world have been found. “It is estimated that this submerged city is the port city. This marked the wreck nearby. The discovery of ceramic Neolithic era, is an extraordinary. This city was once the place of trade in goods and services are developed, “ujar. Geo-sea archeology Dr Nic Flemming of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Pavlopetri located at a depth of 3-4 meters below the water not far from the sandy beach south of Laconia. Read the rest of this entry »

Rapid advances in technology and economy, did not make the Korean nation will not forget its history. In addition to building the Seoul World Cup Stadium is magnificent and luxurious, Korea still preserve historic building. There are at least seven well-preserved historic buildings. At least there are four king’s palace, namely Changdeokgung Palace, Palace Changyeonggung, Deosugung Palace, and Gyeongbokgung Palace. There is also Namsangol Hanok Maeul (traditional Korean village), Prehistoric Dwelling in Amsa-dong (prehistoric occupancy), and the Palace Unhyeongung.

Several museums are located in Seoul. National Museum, founded in Seoul in 1945. This museum has a collection of Korean archeology, culture, and ancient art objects. Branch of the National Museum located in eight major cities. Seoul is also home to the National Museum of Modern Art, the National Folklore Museum, and the War Memorial Museum. Among the existing historic buildings, deserves to be visited is Namsangol Hanok Village; a special settlement occupied only the rich past of Korea. Namsangol Hanok Village was built around the year 1400.

Located in the Jung-gu, Seoul, behind a row of tall modern buildings, visitors must pass through a high gate made of solid wood to enter these neighborhoods. Shortly past the door, the view directly fixed to the Namsan (South Mountain). In Seoul Namsan Namsan have Tower, the tallest tower in Korea. In fact, when compared with in Indonesia, referred incorrectly Namsan Mountain. The altitude is just only 262 meters. More suitable if called Namsan hill. But, that’s Korean.

Walk about 50 steps from the gate; the location Namsangol Hanok Village feels more relieved. Five houses made from wood with a square box-shaped roof typical of the traditional Korean house, looked around the area. This house was built back home from the Joseon Dynasty.

Green grass and a pool with silvery water, add a cool atmosphere in the township that. The birds are allowed to roam also greet visitors with a loud chirping. Houses of the rich past of Korea, divided into four sections. The first part of a larger, occupied by the head of the family. While the two smaller sections, it is home to wife and children.

Guangfu touring the ancient city, you will find a typical ancient city in northern China which is surrounded by an artificial river. Some of the newly rebuilt bridge linking the city with the outside world.

The journey begins. After crossing the bridge, you will find the city wall height of 10 meters that show the authority and power.

Guangfu town is also surrounded by a wall built in the Tang Dynasty with clay. The bricks that are part of the wall had been a silent witness to the transition town for more than 1,000 years.

Regarding the layout and architecture of the city recorded since the era of the Ming Dynasty. Basic elements, such as four way, eight-lane and 72 angles are stored properly. However, most of the old houses have been replaced with new ones.

In the city, you can see the Wu Yuxiang’s residence built in the Qing Dynasty and is still maintained. Houses an expert in Tai Chi Chuan consists of three residence and a yard.

Graphic of Tai Chi Chuan movements engraved on the walls around the courtyard. Formerly Wu has taught more than 100 students here, but now has become a museum open to the public.

To enjoy the ancient city of Guangfu in a different way, you can climb the city walls. From there, you can see a large swamp which covers an area of 30 square kilometers in the south of the city.

Meanwhile, in the north, a large number of pseudo-classical building was constructed in an effort to reproduce the original appearance of Guangfu. Although built with traditional style, the building was still too young to tell the story of Guangfu town.

Want to enjoy, the ancient city of China, Guangfu may be an attractive option when you are on vacation there.

This afternoon the weather can reach 39 degrees Cairo. There is a temple that became one of the guards nil, at least be a little cool head in very hot temperatures. This temple is named Komombo.

Komombo is a shrine or temple first built by Tuhmosis III, six of the pharaohs to the eighteenth dynasty. For twenty-two years earlier, Thutmosis lead as regent from one region dominated by her stepmother; Hatshepshut. Komombo today besides the name of a temple, is also the name of the area where the temple stood Komombo. This area lies approximately 29 kilometers from the city of Aswan, southern Egypt very close to the Sudanese state. Want your holiday here? Visit payday loans online to get your holiday money.

Komombo Yunai-Roman era is the settlement of the Greeks who became the agricultural area. One part of the Aswan region, Komombo built in the 2nd century BC. Construction of the temple where one aims to honor the god named Sobek, god of the human body and the head of a crocodile. Sobek often associated with evil gods.

There is uniqueness in the form of temple building Komombo compared to other temples scattered in the river Nile in Aswan and Luxor. Komombo entrance to the temple is divided into two parts: the southern and northern parts. Southern entrance of the temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, god of fertility gods Hathor and Khonsu creator of the world, supposedly they are all children of the god Sobek.

While the northern entrance is dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris, also known as “Horus the Elder” along with Tasenetnofret and Panebtawy (Lord of the Two Lands). It is also symmetrical shape of the building along the main axes of the same alias.
Location Komombo temple mound right in front of the river nil. Currently there are several cafes that provided for the tourists who visit, there are also cruises which are always parked in the river to nil, so in addition to a historical tour visitors are pampered with the Greek heritage of Roman temples also spoiled with “Cleopatra-Cleopatra” in the new restaurant.

Unfortunately, as all temples are scattered in Egypt. Temple Komombo also become victims of earthquakes and eruptions of the annual Nile River before the construction of an artificial lake in Aswan Annasr by UN agencies, UNESCO. Even former stone reliefs from the temple ruins, at the time taken by a local Coptic people to build a church. Restoration of the temple was first done by Jacques de Morgan in 1893.

Increasingly enter into the temple site, we found carved in stone wall depicting technological advances at the time. There are a few pictures of medical equipment used in the Greek. There is a picture of scissors, operating tools, scalpels, forceps and bottles of medicine which is used as a medical instrument. Also found two seated goddess, which performs labor.
When I try to exit from the rear of the temple, I was amazed with the sarcophagus which is used for the mummy, the article, the existing sarcophagus in this temple is small, not comparable with the existing sarcophagus in the heritage of other temples like the one in the Valley of the Kings (tombs of the kings) at Dar Bahri. I have not found the answer to why the mummy in this small temple.

Part of the temple closest to the river there are also nil large wells called the Nilometer. Development wells are intended to measure the level of river water levels are close to nil. When the discharge of well water is increasing, there is increased discharge of river water at nil. Development wells are also intended to save the temple from the annual floods that occurred in the areas crossed by the river nil.

Death is less interesting topics to be discussed even though all living things in this world is going to feel it, but I am intrigued to raise this issue if the roots of its culture is Egypt, the country that made me admire him because his name mentioned in many religious scriptures which I have adopted.

All must know, Egypt is a country that passes through so many periods in every inch of his history, so that inevitably the Egyptian culture can be said to be a culture of “cocktail” or mixed culture of all civilizations, though of course there are civilizations that are now dominated by the civilizations Islam. This is also affecting how people look in the case of the death of Egypt.

Places that interest me about death are the two cities, first in Dua’ia (Du’aiqoh) and the second in Tubromli, an area that includes very close to the apartment which I dwell. The first time I had in mind when looking at the exact place of the dead vast cemetery is in two towns in Cairo is no feeling haunted and spooky at all. Almost every day when lectures at Al-Azhar is on, I always pass through his city of the dead in Du’aiah. You need to know, Dua’iah is one area in the cemetery since Islam was introduced to Egypt. Tomb inhabited by people at the time of Salahuddin Al-Ayyubid the conqueror of Jerusalem, as well as the human grave from the Fatimid dynasty which had thousands of years old. Read the rest of this entry »