Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Saturday, January 19, 2019
The Interesting Story of Col. Eugene Lietensdorfer-- Part 2: From Here To There To Everywhere
However, the French suspected him of being a spy and threw him into jail. He escaped by poisoning his guards and changed his name again, this time to Jean Eugene Lietensdorfer and rejoined the French Army and had been part of the force that invaded Egypt, but had switched sides, later joining the British.
After that he wandered and even ran a coffee shop for British officers in Alexandria, had married a Coptic maiden, his second wife. But, when the British withdrew, he left as well, leaving his wife and eventually making his way to Messina. There, he entered a Capuchin monastery as a novice friar.
He found this live wasn't for him so made his way to Constantinople where he became a dervish and Muslim. He went by the name of Murat Aga and wandered through the Middle East, eventually making his way to Mecca and Jedda.
Finally, he got the job of interpreter to Lord Gordon and accompanied him on a tour of Abyssinia and returned to Egypt where he met William Eaton. This is where he was involved in the First Barbary War.
And, we're not finished with his story yet. Wonder where he went next?
Quite A Bit of Moving On For This Man. --Cooter
Monday, August 7, 2017
World War I Australian "Diggers" Get Photographed in Front of the Great Pyramidin Front of the Great Pyramid
From the July 25, 2014 Yahoo! 7: The West Australian "The story of the Cheops pyramid picture" by Malcolm Quekett.
Just weeks before many of them died at Gallipoli, Diggers (what Australian soldiers in WWI were often called) of the 11th Battalion, 703 Australians, camped out in Egypt and receiving final training were ordered to a nearby landmark for a group picture. It was likely the last picture ever taken of some of them as many died at Gallipoli.
The 11th Battalion was raised primarily in the state of West Australia, Australia.
Captain Charles Barnes wrote: "After Church this morning, the whole Battalion was marched up to the Pyramid (Old Cheops) and we had a photo took or at least several of them."
The officers were in the front and the men on the steps of the pyramid.
Legend has it that one of the men in the photo was actually a dead body, dressed in uniform and propped up.
So far, 154 in the photo have been identified. They want Australian families to help with identification.
At Gallipoli, on the first day, April 25, 1915, the 11th Battalion was among the first Australian units to land and they lost 57 men of the 620 Australians killed that day.
A very interesting picture. Look it up.
--Cooter
Just weeks before many of them died at Gallipoli, Diggers (what Australian soldiers in WWI were often called) of the 11th Battalion, 703 Australians, camped out in Egypt and receiving final training were ordered to a nearby landmark for a group picture. It was likely the last picture ever taken of some of them as many died at Gallipoli.
The 11th Battalion was raised primarily in the state of West Australia, Australia.
Captain Charles Barnes wrote: "After Church this morning, the whole Battalion was marched up to the Pyramid (Old Cheops) and we had a photo took or at least several of them."
The officers were in the front and the men on the steps of the pyramid.
Legend has it that one of the men in the photo was actually a dead body, dressed in uniform and propped up.
So far, 154 in the photo have been identified. They want Australian families to help with identification.
At Gallipoli, on the first day, April 25, 1915, the 11th Battalion was among the first Australian units to land and they lost 57 men of the 620 Australians killed that day.
A very interesting picture. Look it up.
--Cooter
Monday, May 16, 2016
Four Mysteries From Ancient Egypt
From the April 26, 2016, Yahoo! Beauty "4 Mysteries From Ancient Egypt We Still Can't Figure Out" mic.com.
1. What did ancient Egyptians look like. Were they white or black or a mixture?
2. How ere the pyramids built.
3. How did King Tut die?
4. What is hidden inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
Walking Like an Egyptian. --CootTut
1. What did ancient Egyptians look like. Were they white or black or a mixture?
2. How ere the pyramids built.
3. How did King Tut die?
4. What is hidden inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
Walking Like an Egyptian. --CootTut
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Unions-- Part 6: Egyptian Unions in the Age of Ramsses
10. The skilled artisans at Deir el-Medina working for Pharaoh Ramesses III didn't receive their wages as expected one month in 1158 BC so they walked off the job and into history what is commonly considered the first recorded labor action.
The pharaoh, a militaristic ruler who enjoyed cutting off the penises of enemy captives, scrambled to appease his workers. Why? The artisans were building his tomb.
As it turns out, ensuring that your boss can safely pass into eternal life puts you in a strong bargaining position.
I Sure Wouldn't Surrender to Ramesses. --Cooter
The pharaoh, a militaristic ruler who enjoyed cutting off the penises of enemy captives, scrambled to appease his workers. Why? The artisans were building his tomb.
As it turns out, ensuring that your boss can safely pass into eternal life puts you in a strong bargaining position.
I Sure Wouldn't Surrender to Ramesses. --Cooter
Monday, March 18, 2013
Top Ten Myths About Ancient Egypt
From the August 29, 2011, Listverse.
Again, go to site for the pictures and information. I just list 'em.
10. Cleopatra was beautiful
9. Obsessed with death
8. Aliens
7. Fully discovered
6. Didn't invent hieroglyphics
5. Interiors of pyramids were really decorated
4. Pharoahs always had their servants killed when they died t to serve them in afterlife
3. Slaves built the pyramids
2. The Israelites were enslaved as a race.
1. The Curse of the Pharoahs
Everybody Walk Like an Egyptian. --Cooter
Again, go to site for the pictures and information. I just list 'em.
10. Cleopatra was beautiful
9. Obsessed with death
8. Aliens
7. Fully discovered
6. Didn't invent hieroglyphics
5. Interiors of pyramids were really decorated
4. Pharoahs always had their servants killed when they died t to serve them in afterlife
3. Slaves built the pyramids
2. The Israelites were enslaved as a race.
1. The Curse of the Pharoahs
Everybody Walk Like an Egyptian. --Cooter
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Pyramid Findings Rock the Web
From the May 31, 2011, Yahoo! Today.
A robot explorer recently discovered ancient markings at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in a secret chamber that is inaccessible to humans. It filmed the painted hieroglyphics and stone markings which have not been seen by human eyes for 4,500 years.
It is described as "one of several mysterious passages leading from the larger king's and queen's chambers."
The area had been robotically searched before, but not filmed. This time a micro-camera was used that could bend sideways instead of just side-to-side.
Probably, the Mummy's Chamber. --Cooter
A robot explorer recently discovered ancient markings at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in a secret chamber that is inaccessible to humans. It filmed the painted hieroglyphics and stone markings which have not been seen by human eyes for 4,500 years.
It is described as "one of several mysterious passages leading from the larger king's and queen's chambers."
The area had been robotically searched before, but not filmed. This time a micro-camera was used that could bend sideways instead of just side-to-side.
Probably, the Mummy's Chamber. --Cooter
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
King Tut's Toot
From the April 17th BBC "Recreating the sound of Tutankhamen's trumpets" by Christine Finn.
When Howard Carter entered King Tut's tomb in 1922, along with all the other stiff, they found two trumpets, one silver and the other bronze. They had been left in the tomb in the Valley of the Kings 3,000 years ago.
They were at the Cairo Museum until the uprising a few months ago and the bronze one was stolen. It is one of the oldest surviving musical instruments. Fortunately, the silver one was on tour. Even better, the bronze one was recovered.
Both are fragile and rarely played. Back in 1939, the Egyptian Antiquities Service and the BBC broadcast both of the trumpets being played to an estimated 150 million listeners.
If you go to the article, you can hear the broadcast. To think that King Tut may have heard these played gives you a real sense of history.
Search King Tut's Trumpets.
Give It a Listen. --DaCoot
When Howard Carter entered King Tut's tomb in 1922, along with all the other stiff, they found two trumpets, one silver and the other bronze. They had been left in the tomb in the Valley of the Kings 3,000 years ago.
They were at the Cairo Museum until the uprising a few months ago and the bronze one was stolen. It is one of the oldest surviving musical instruments. Fortunately, the silver one was on tour. Even better, the bronze one was recovered.
Both are fragile and rarely played. Back in 1939, the Egyptian Antiquities Service and the BBC broadcast both of the trumpets being played to an estimated 150 million listeners.
If you go to the article, you can hear the broadcast. To think that King Tut may have heard these played gives you a real sense of history.
Search King Tut's Trumpets.
Give It a Listen. --DaCoot
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Cleopatra Rises Again
Dec. 18, 2009 Chicago Tribune "Pylon from Cleopatra's reign resurfaces." Katarina Kratovac.
A nine ton temple pylon was hoisted from the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 17th. It had been part of Cleopatra's palace and had been submerged for centuries.
This is especially of interest to me because this past June I was on a cruise ship in that harbor. Who knows, perhaps we were directly above that temple.
It once stood at the entrance of a temple of Isis and is to be the centerpiece of a planned museum showcasing the remains of ancient Alexandria which is believed to have tumbled into the sea by 4th century earthquakes.
The pylon is 7.4 feet tall and was a part of a sprawling palace from the Ptolemaic dynasty and where Queen Cleopatra wooed Roman General Marc Antony before they both committed suicide after they were defeated by Julius Caesar in 30 BC.
The Deadly Asp. --Cooter
A nine ton temple pylon was hoisted from the Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 17th. It had been part of Cleopatra's palace and had been submerged for centuries.
This is especially of interest to me because this past June I was on a cruise ship in that harbor. Who knows, perhaps we were directly above that temple.
It once stood at the entrance of a temple of Isis and is to be the centerpiece of a planned museum showcasing the remains of ancient Alexandria which is believed to have tumbled into the sea by 4th century earthquakes.
The pylon is 7.4 feet tall and was a part of a sprawling palace from the Ptolemaic dynasty and where Queen Cleopatra wooed Roman General Marc Antony before they both committed suicide after they were defeated by Julius Caesar in 30 BC.
The Deadly Asp. --Cooter
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