- 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 grandeur 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 ∞
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