Sir Charles Leonard Woolley 17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960 was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first “modern” archaeologists who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history. Woolley was knighted in
Leatherhead is a town in Surrey, England, on the right bank of the River Mole, and at the edge of the contiguous built-up area of London. Its local district is Mole Valley. Records exist of the place from Anglo Saxon England. It has a combined theatre and cinema, which is at the centre of the re-modelling following late 20th century pedestrianisation.
Lancaster House originally known as York House and then Stafford House is a mansion in the St James’s district in the West End of London. It is close to St James’s Palace, and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. This Grade I listed building is now managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Contents 1History 2In popular culture 3See also 4References 5Bibliography
xKraal also spelled craal or kraul is an Afrikaans and Dutch word, also used in South African English, for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within a Southern African settlement or village surrounded by a fence of thorn-bush branches, a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form. It is similar to a boma in eastern or central Africa. In Curaçao, another Dutch colony, the enclosure was called “koraal” which in Papiamentu is translated
Knossosis the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe’s oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The palace of Knossos eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the
Kashan is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families. Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this was changed to “Kashian”, hence the
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy,11 September 1862 – 6 June 1935 was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since Canadian Confederation. Known to friends as “Bungo”, Byng was born to a noble family at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire, England and educated at Eton College, along with his brothers. Upon
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute is the principal journal of the oldest anthropological organization in the world, the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Articles, at the forefront of the discipline, range across the full spectrum of anthropology, embracing all fields and areas of inquiry – from sociocultural, biological, and archaeological, to medical,
John Winslow Irving born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942 is an American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving’s novels, including The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted
Colonel David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir, 13 February 1894 – 31 October 1954, was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist. He was director of his family’s steel and iron business, David Colville & Sons Contents 1Early life and education 2Political career 3Diplomatic career and peerage 4Marriage and children 5Arms 6References 7External links Early life