Category: STEAM
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Yuya & Thuya, Special, Daily Life
Yuya and Thuya were ancient Egyptian nobles who lived during the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt’s New Kingdom. The couple were from Akhmim, and held titles associated with the cult of the local god Min. Although non-royals, their daughter Tiye became the chief wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. They were buried in a private-style tomb in…
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Gods, Cache Tombs Luxor, Priest of Anum, Burial Chamber
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion, which emerged sometime in prehistory. Deities represented natural forces and phenomena, and the Egyptians supported and appeased them through offerings and rituals so that these forces would continue to…
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The Egyptian Museum Cairo
UNESCO World heritage site The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. It houses over 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display. Located in Tahrir Square in a building built in 1901, it is the largest museum…
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Batumi
is the second-largest city of the country of Georgia, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia’s southwest, 20 kilometers north of the border with Turkey. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of the Caucasus. Much of Batumi’s economy revolves around tourism and gambling (it is nicknamed “The Las…
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Art, Park
Batumi’s Art Batumi is one of the places in the world with the most street art I have been able to found, during my travels around the world after Yerevan. The place has all kind of art and it blends so well with the beach park’s surroundings and environment. It’s very clear that the big…
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Architecture, Beach Front
Architecture Batumi is like a beach front resort with the best hotel and casino chain names in the world like the Sheraton, Hilton, Marriott, etc. There has been a huge boom in the construction of high rise buildings since the former US President Donald Trump announce his intentions of building a Trump Tower there, but…
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Ferrari World
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Home to the world’s fastest roller coaster (Formula Rosa), the highest loop ride (Flying Aces), the tallest space-frame structure ever built on the planet and over 40 record-breaking attractions, this is the ultimate destination for non-stop, hyper-adrenaline, heart-racing fun! Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a mostly indoors theme park. Ferrari…
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Petronas Towers
New Year’s Eve Celebrations 2023. The Petronas Towers at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia may not be the tallest sky scrapers in the world, like the Burj Khalifa sky scraper, but I think they are the most beautiful of all. A marvel of engineering and architecture the inspiration for their design had to come from no other…
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Street Art Alley
Mexico City, Chaotic Art in times of Darkness. Mexico City is a very cultured city with street art of all kind all over the place, but there is a place where the young talented street artist can express themselves in the form of graffiti art and that place is call “Street Art Alley”. The paintings…
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Dubai Singing Fountain
This is the biggest and mightiest singing water fountain in the world. Like always, the UAE brakes another Guinness World Record with this one. The water in the fountain is used to cool down the air conditioning systems of nearby buildings specially for the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. The engineers found a dual purpose for all…
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Yerevan’s Art
This is a survey of Yerevan’s street art during the global pandemic. I have been in many cities around the world and I have seen a lot of street art during my travels but nothing like the art I surveyed on the streets of Yerevan, Armenia. The thing about the street art there is the…