future Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ was born in the 5th or 6th century BCE in Lumbini‚ in what is now Nepal. His father‚ King Suddhodana‚ was leader of a large clan called the Shakya. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ died shortly after his birth. When Prince Siddhartha was a few days old‚ a holy man prophesied the Prince would be either a great military conqueror or a great spiritual teacher. King Suddhodana preferred the first outcome
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trying to say‚ so she shut her mouth quickly. “Mom‚” said Shauna‚ “Can you please just say Christophe’s prophecy?” Her mother sat down on a stool‚ her eyes turned bright purple‚ and she spoke: Take the boy upon a high mountain in the east. Find the statue of Peast. Break the spell that has been cast. The boy will find true love at last. The queen’s eyes changed back to blue‚ and then she went back to her desk and started reading again. “Come on let’s go‚” said Shauna. They grabbed two backpacks that
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Clown Statue I had met a new friend‚ Jair Rodriguez. He was new to my school and him and I became friends very quickly. He wanted us to get to know each other better so he invited me over to his house for a sleepover. At first‚ I was not so sure that if I really wanted to go to his house because I had only known him for a week or so. He begged me all day long‚ and I finally gave in. The day of the sleepover finally came and he came to pick me up at 7:00pm. I met his parents‚ Betty and Rafael‚
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In the past 10 weeks‚ I have learned an enormous amount of knowledge regarding healthcare policy and law. The most surprising piece of information I have learned was the Anti-Kickback Statue. This is a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange of anything of value‚ in order to persuade referrals of patients to certain physicians. In my opinion‚ I never knew this was an actual law. I also did not know how serious the federal government was when it came to this law. In other words‚ the physicians
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aunt recommended us to go to America on a tour‚ as we could see far more attractions than that in Canada. The bus had a very warm and pleasant mood as we had seen enjoyed our short but pleasant‚ trip thoroughly. From the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty we not only had the pleasure of seeing some of the greatest tourist attractions in the world but also spending time who began as strangers but now very close friends. This lively feeling was short lived as my most ‘memorable moment’ happened
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Statue of Hatshepsut Seated The seated statue of Hatshepsut is dated around ca. 1473-1458 B.C. around the 18th dynasty in Deir el-Bahri‚ Upper Egypt. This statue is made entirely out of indurated limestone and has a height of 195 cm‚ width of 49 cm‚ and diameter of 114 cm. Many statues like this were found in her mortuary temple that has been ransacked and destroyed by bandits and pharaohs. I consider this statue to be in very bad condition because of its age and the history behind it. From first
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safe and peaceful. However‚ one year later‚ 2021‚ twenty years after the 9/11 attacks‚ 10‚000 homegrown terrorists orchestrate the largest attack on U.S. soil in history. Hundreds of thousands people are injured. The Gateway Arch is obliterated. The Statue of Liberty stands in ruins. When the dust has cleared‚ the death toll is 45‚000. The largest amount of Americans to die in one day on U.S. soil since the Civil War. Many other countries are in anarchy. America itself is close. But many efforts keep
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masses yearning to breathe free…” America’s call to the world for the people most in need of liberty‚ their wretched and their homeless. This quote comes from the 1883 sonnet‚ New Colossus‚ by Emma Lazarus and is engraved on a plaque affixed to the Statue of Liberty. While American Literature predates Lazarus by a few centuries‚ her sonnet along with Thomas Jefferson’s 1776 contribution in the Declaration of Independence help define what makes certain literature American. Expressing the beliefs of
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Marble Statue of a Youthful Hercules‚ a Roman marble sculpture from A.D. 69 to 98‚ Flavian dynasty‚ depicts the Greek Mythology hero: Hercules . In contrast‚ Commemorative Portrait of a Chief (Lefem)‚ an African wood sculpture from 19th to early 20th century‚ is an portrayal of one of the rulers of Bangwa chiefdoms . Both sculptures contain concepts of the power and strength using the idealized male figure and reflect the physical perfection of the beauty of the ideal
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Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings is a web of tombs made for pharaohs of the New Kingdom. The Valley of the Kings is located in the west banks of Thebes. Thebes was the political and religious capital of the New Kingdom. Its exact location is (25°N‚ 32°E). The Valley of the Kings was built during the New Kingdom period of Egypt around 1550 to 1100 B.C. The Valley of the Kings was made because New Kingdom pharaohs wanted to be closer to the source of their dynastic roots and lay undisturbed
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