The Pyramids and the Constellation of Orion According to the accepted version of history, the three massive Pyramids on the Giza Plateau in Egypt were built by armies of Hebrew slaves for the glory of the Pharaohs of Egypt. This idea was introduced to the world by the visit to Egypt of the 5th century Greek historian Herodotus. He claimed that the Pyramids were built by teams of 100,000 men
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West Ipswich man Ray Cole saved a joey from floodwaters and has since earned international fame. THE FULL STORY HERE A WILDLIFE warrior who risked his life to rescue a kangaroo in Queensland's floods is a former Melbourne resident who left Victoria six years ago because he "couldn't stand the weather". Ray Cole, a father of five, was cheered by onlookers but threatened with arrest by poli
"Planet Earth" is a 2006 television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. After I have watched all eleven episodes, I tried to compress all the beautiful images in one video. That's how I come up with this marvelous 13 minutes. If you really like this I suggest you to watch the hole documentary because at the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute featurette takes a behind-t
The Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Photo by Flickr user Supermac1961 Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim announced Monday the discovery of around 50 mummies within a large tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The remains, which included those of newborn babies, princes and princesses, are believed to date back to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty. Wooden coffins and death masks
The blue whale is not only the largest animal on Earth right now, but could very well be the largest animal ever. When these massive animals die, they don’t always sink. Sometimes they wash up on shore and it goes without saying that getting rid of the carcass is no small task. When a whale dies and begins to decompose, any food left in the gut begins to rot and bacteria inside the animal
When you hear of someone trying to hug a wild lion, you immediately think you know exactly what’s about to happen. But trust me when i say, you will not see this coming. Kevin Richardson is a South African Zoologist who over the years has conducted extensive research on the native animals of the African plains. If this was any one other than Kevin trying to hug a lion, we may have had an al
During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind w
Hobbit House in New Zeland This hobbit house, as well as plenty of others, can be found on the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata, New Zealand. There are plenty of quaint details that would make it a simply adorable place to live, from the bright yellow paint and tiny door to the lovely flower garden and stone path. Traditional House in Iceland This house is a great representation of what the