“The Waldorf Astoria was the world’s first skyscraper hotel and today still exudes the glamour and grandeur of a luxury hotel.” Built In 1893‚ Multi-Millionaire William Waldorf Astor opened the 13-story Waldorf Hotel on the site of his home at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street in New York City. The hotel was designed by renowned architect Henry Hardenbergh (Hardenbergh is best known for his hotels and apartment buildings‚ some of which include: The Dakota apartments‚ The Vancolear‚ The Plaza
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Ancient China was one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the history of the world. The history of Ancient China can be traced back over 4‚000 years. It was located on the eastern part of the continent of Asia. Dynasties in Ancient China: In China’s history‚ Ancient China was ruled by powerful families called dynasties. The first dynasty was the Shang and the last was the Qing. Most of the people that lived under the dynasties rule were very poor peasants. They farmed wheat
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Nile River near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It is known as one of the most beautiful of the royal mortuary temples in the world due to its design and artwork. Designed by Senemut‚ in 15th century b.c. ‚ the temple was constructed for Queen Hatshepsut. She was the first female pharaoh. The temple was built to honor her achievements during her rule and also to serve as her mortuary temple. It was also constructed as a sanctuary to honor the sun god‚ Amon Ra‚ who Queen Hatsheptut claimed welcomed
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Title: Plate depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda (1524) Artist: Nicola da Urbino Collection: Italian Renaissance This plate illustrates the story of the valiant hero Perseus (a demigod) as he saves the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. The greek myth says that Andromeda’s mother had said that her daughter’s beauty was greater than that of Poseidon’s companions. An angry Poseidon‚ sent off a sea monster to their land. The plate shows Andromeda chained up to a tree‚ the sea monster at
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Gender roles within Australian contemporary Australian Society. ‘Women produce children; women are mothers and wives; women do the cooking‚ cleaning‚ sewing and washing; they take care of men and are subordinate to male authority; they are largely excluded from high-status occupations and from positions of power.’ (Haralambous and Holborn 1995‚ Sociology Themes and Perspectives‚ HarperCollins Publishers) These stereotypes have come from our past and have now become quite frequently used in today’s
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which had evolved from the pinga. History The image enshrined in the high altar of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene‚ Manila. The statue was made by an anonymous Mexican sculptor‚ and the image arrived in Manila via galleon fromAcapulco‚ Mexico‚ sometime in the first decade of the 1600s. Folk tradition attributes the dark colour of the statue to a fire on the ship that charred the originally white skin. The surviving image has been enshrined in the Minor Basilica
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“Little Miracles of ‘Virgin of the Rule’ in Opon” A long time ago‚ the great St. Augustine had carved a wonderful statue of the Virgin Mary in North Africa and then named it as ‘Virgin of the Rule’ because he made orders or rules in honor and dedication to the queen (Cuyos‚ 2005). This statue is wearing a handmade stitched satin gown which covers her whole body but these dresses changes from time to time because devotees would always donate gowns for the holy queen. “It has a long‚ dark‚ curly
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EGYPT’S STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Strengths: 1- the Nile river and its fertile banks 2- isolated country difficult to invade 3- papyrus growing on the banks so possibility to write. And they do write and record everything. Writers are then called Scribes. 4- On the Mediterranean Sea‚ but also south in Africa: contact with two worlds so to speak. And also‚ an opening on the red sea called Erythrean Sea‚ so also commerce with Persia and India. 5- A happy people‚ full of optimism‚ meditating
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if I would stand out from the crowd as a new-comer. I did get stares‚ but everyone was very friendly. They wanted to get to know about me and my background. My experience was very overwhelming because I did not know what to do. There was so much kneeling‚ praying‚ standing up‚ and people doing the signs of the cross; I had no idea when to do these things.
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Painted in Spain between 1936 and 1937‚ this artwork retells the story of the tragic fate of Narcissus and Echo. To the left of a group of dancing women is Narcissus kneeling in‚ as well as looking down into‚ the pool of water that is too dark to reflect his own image. His face‚ the cause of his vanity‚ self-absorption and self-reflection‚ is unseen; instead the viewer sees only the top of his head and its distinctive
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