By Harvey Rachlin
Starting in antiquity (the Black Stone of the Ka'bah, the Crown of Thorns), relocating throughout the darkish and heart a while (Columbus' Books of Privileges), and at last arriving on the glossy period (the Enola homosexual, the rifle that killed JFK), this certain booklet photos and describes the world's so much interesting artifacts, detailing the reasons in their reputation, recording their previous and current possession, and celebrating their lasting legend. eighty pictures.
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It is true that you may find less in more time in The Valley than in any other site in Egypt,” he wrote in The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, his account of the search co-written with A. C. ” Although he continued excavating, coming up empty after six seasons had left him depressed and discouraged. ” The digging had halted the previous season by the northeast corner of Ramses VI’s tomb. This time Carter directed his men to excavate south. The area they would come upon, Carter recalled, had ancient huts; these were typically used by a pharaoh’s laborers when building a tomb and could mean a tomb was nearby.
In Shakespeare’s day, discarded sheets of paper would often be used in binding books. That means that some printed books of the time might literally have contained Shakespeare’s work between their covers! Alas, my zeal in tracking down relics of Shakespeare’s hand did not extend to ungluing sixteenth-century books. In any case, if any of Shakespeare’s manuscripts remained at his printer’s shop, they would probably have been destroyed in the great fire of London in 1666. None of Gutenberg’s printing presses or the equipment from his workshop are extant.
As the centuries passed, the Ka‘bah was frequently damaged by natural calamities and rebuilt by whichever Arab tribe held it as property at that particular time. Eventually it became a place of worship for Arab tribes from all over the region. In the early seventh century a fire ravaged the Ka‘bah, and the people rebuilt it this time with higher walls and the door several feet off the ground so sentinels could better regulate those who entered the house. But the Arab tribes, who had erected the sacred house jointly, disagreed about who should have the right to install the Black Stone.