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  • Ancient Egypt:
    • Mummification.
    • Hieroglyphics.
    • Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings:
      • The elaborate underground paths to the tombs and all the treasures buried within.
    • Sarcophoghi.
    • Gilded treasures.
    • Religion:
      • The pantheon of Isis, Osiris, Anubis, etc.
      • The Book of the Dead.
      • Ma'at.
  • Ancient Rome:
    • Gladiatorial games.
    • Bread and circuses.
    • Roman baths and the massive bath houses and complexes.
  • Ancient Greece:
    • The theater.
    • Homer and his literature.
    • Religion & Mythology:
      • The Gods, Goddesses, nymphs, sirens, monsters, etc.
  • The European Middle Ages:
    • Castles, turrets, ramparts, drawbridges.
    • Knights.
    • The Bubonic plague.
  • Imperial Russia:
    • The Romanovs.
  • The American West/The Wild West:
    • The Oregon trail.
    • Outlaws.
    • Stagecoaches.
    • Saloons.
    • Railroad construction.
  • Immigration to America in the late 1800s/early 1900s:
    • Ellis Island.
    • The creation of regional/ethnic neighborhoods in NYC.
  • The Titanic:
    • The grandeur of:
      • The Grand Staircase.
      • The ornate decor and furnishings in First Class.
      • The gymnasium, library, elevators and other luxurious amenities at the time.
    • The sinking of.
  • The Roaring Twenties:
    • Flappers.
    • The literature.
    • The women's suffrage movement.
    • The Harlem Renaissance.
    • The silent films.
  • The Holocaust.
  • The 1950's in the United States:
    • The Civil rights movement
    • The fashion: bullet bras, red lipstick, saddle shoes, poodle skirts, cardigans, high-waists, pin-ups.
    • Old Hollywood starlets in their heyday.
  • Alcatraz.
  • Heaven's Gate cult.
  • 19th century industrial London/England.
mar 14 2008 ∞
oct 28 2011 +