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A Pleasure Palace and a Clock
Just outside Toledo, near the river before it flows around the city, there is a small, delicate palace built by a Moorish king or governor in the eighth century. He built it for his daughter, the Princess Galiana. Its flowered … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, history, Spain, Toledo
Tagged beautiful princess, clock, invention, King Alfonso VI, Merlin, Moorish palace, mystery, secret mechanism, wizard
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The Great Pyramid Mystery
I was puzzled by what the old Greek historian Herodotus wrote on the construction of the Great Pyramid. He visited Egypt in about 450 BC and talked with the old priests there and heard their account of the construction of … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, books, engineering, Great Pyramid, history
Tagged Egypt, Great Pyramid, mystery, Professor Mark, sledges, sleds, transporting huge blocks
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