Deeper meaning behind ancient eye makeup?
Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is depicted on a painted limestone statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Stock
Cleopatra’s Eye Makeup Warded Off Infections?
Kate Ravilious
for National Geographic News
January 14, 2010
Cleopatra and her kin knew a thing or two about crafting an alluring smoky eye.
Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians’ heavily [...]
Sonia Gandhi
Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.
Sonia Gandhi
The Devil’s Whore
The Devil’s Whore was a mini series originally run on BBC, and while I am having a hard time finding on US format DVD, I did happen to find most of the episodes on youtube. While Angelica Fanshawe wasn’t a real person in history, her story revolves around a true story of the English Civil [...]
Queen Elizabeth I
“It is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.”
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland
September 7th, 1533 – March 24th, 1603
Lady Jane Rochford
So I am still reading my way through Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll and have decided to blog my way through it as well, well at least the parts I find most interesting that is. While finishing the section on the infamous Henry VIII, I came across this passage:
“Swooning with fear, Lady Rochford was dragged [...]
Royale Affairs and Queen Claude of France
While reading Royal Affairs by Leslie Carrol, which I LOVE so far by the way, I have found a small error regarding Queen Claude. Leslie Carrol writes:
“Mary Boleyn remained at the French court, where she became a lady in waiting to the new queen, Claude, the wife of Louis’s son François”
Claude was indeed the wife of [...]
Katherine Swynford’s Decendents
While reading a new book I picked up, Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll, I came across a woman by the name of Katherine Swynford. Katherine was famously known as John of Gaunt’s Mistress, whom he eventually married after the death of his second wife. This caused a fuss among the aristocracy of their time. But [...]
Martha Carrier
“…I am wronged. It is a shameful thing that
you should mind these folks that are out of
their wits.”
Martha Carrier
1643 – August 19,1692
Cher
“The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing – and then they marry him.”
Cher
American Singer Songwriter