historical-nonfiction:

Phidias, or the great Pheidias, was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the fifth century BCE. He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece. Phidias’ Statue of Zeus, at Olympia, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. He also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis inside the Parthenon (that really famous monument everyone thinks about when they think of Greece) and the Athena Promachos, a colossal bronze statue of Athena which stood between the Acropolisand the the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens. So if you want to sound intelligent in Greece, and you see a giant statue, ask if Phidias carved it.

One of the examples of this is the Ziggurats which they believe to be sacred since gods and goddesses reside in that place. They formed it to a mountain, believing in its supernatural power. Since Mesopotamia has a scarcity of wood and stone, they learned to mold bricks which are dried in the sun or baked in kilns.

Unfortunately, the time when they began to build the stairs and the entrance chamber, the objects that were painted by the these painters already disappeared under the shovels, sickle, and pickaxes of the masons, electricians, and most of the work force.

Even though history has written Marie Antoinette as extravagant or even labelled her the “foolish naive slutty ruler”, It doesn’t change the fact that I still admire her. Not by her extravagance, indulgence, or silly fantasies, but by her outstanding life. -To bear it all in the midst of trials and condemn, makes you realize that being in “hell” in that certain part of your life is nothing compared to the inferno abyss she had walk through; bringing with her her grace and her head held up high.

historical-nonfiction:

This thin lead tablet, inscribed on two sides in Greek, was a fiery curse. It was aimed not at a god, king, or lord, but at an ordinary greengrocer selling fruits and vegetables about 1,700 years ago in Antioch.