History Hound Travels

The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim.

Seven Wonders of The World - Crystalinks

As stated, this is an ancient list, and doesn’t cover a wide geographic area. There are other, broader lists, but this one is fun for what it is, and you can spend a few minutes with it. I’ll share more such lists as I find them.

This CyberMuseum brings you a collection of antiquities never shown before in the New World. No one has seen any of these artifacts in a “real museum” for the past 25 years. Now, you can.

These words appear on the front of the
King Padibastet’s Tomb site. And inside are more artifacts than you can shake a big stick at. It’s worth spending a few minutes to read the Why a Virtual Museum? page, just for insight into why a person would go to the trouble to set up such a site.

You know how on days of historic significance, newscasters will play parts of famous speeches? We’ve all heard at least part of MLKs “I Have to Dream”, and many of us have heard snippets of JFK as well. He could speak at some 200 words per minute, I think I read. Anyway, this site is an index to many, many famous speeches. American Rhetoric gives access to over 5,000 text, audio and video speeches, including sermons and lectures, as well as court proceedings and interviews. And you can hear them when you want to hear them!

This site ought to be required reading for every student, and also thier parents. And I include my kids and I in that statement. The Bill of Rights is not a fancy site, it’s just what it claims to be and nothing more. If you haven’t read the first 10 amendments to the Constitution lately, go read them.

Lots of good info here on Petra. Covers people, daily life, commerce, Roman rule…….you get the point. Lots of pics, old and new. Petra: Lost City of Stone | American Museum of Natural History also has interactive panoramas in high and low bandwidth. You could spend a good bit of time here, for sure.

Did you know that Petra will be significant in the end times? Some believe that Christians will gather there.