Old World vultures

Time upon time, and many ages ago, there was an ancient planet called Kaspaar. This land was so old, no inhabitant alive could remember the year of the creation of the world. This land is much like ours. We could even live there, in fact, with no ill effects. The way it looks, though, is very different from Earth. It may have mountains similar to ours, but its turquoise waters teem with rainbow-colored fish, and that fair planet’s bluish lands bristles with life. There is intelligent life, called

saw the eye of a vulture. Pale blue like the crystal seas of the Caribbean. Although you may think that it sounds like the prettiest thing you have ever seen, it wasn’t. This eye was haunting. There was a film over the ever the eye

Would you defy God in order to protect your principles? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters display how they will stick by their principles and even die for them. In the book one of the characters, Reverend Hale stated that “no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it”(Miller, pg 138-139), which means that anything you believe is not worth dying for no matter how great it is to you. The statement “no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it”, should

well as Mark Antony, and maintain Egypt’s independence until her death. During her twenty-one year reign, she established herself as fierce, intelligent, seductive, and non-submissive. She was the only important female leader in the Mediterranean world and used any means necessary to maintain her power. Debates have sparked over whether Cleopatra used sex as a political tool, or if she truly did find love with two Roman men, both of which directly helped maintain Egypt’s independence (Grochowski)

Hemingway portrays this image through his characters which can only be described as larger than life. “Typical characters, they are usually tough men, experienced in the hard worlds they inhabit, and not given to emotional display or sensitive shrinking (Warren 3).” The best way to describe most of Hemingway’s characters would be the perfect image of a man. When confronted with a challenge, they would fight through or go down

Regardless of what you think, we live in the future. Gone are the excuses to stay at home, milking the cows while the rich and famous get to traverse the world. Planes fly faster, tickets are cheaper and there is an influx of new technology that helps make travel easier. Yes, even for the most inept. Just look at your iPhone for example. Years ago, you would have to read a map or even highway signs to get across the country. Now, a GPS exists in your pocket and gets you wherever you want, regardless

The imagery of amulets is repeated throughout the excavated Ancient Egyptian tombs, such as that of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen of the 18th dynasty. It is clear these amulets played a crucial role in the mummification process. One of the most well known and intricately defined amulets is the Eye of Horus. It has an extensive religious meaning as well as a thorough and complex belief system to support its importance. The story behind the Eye of Horus has been the greatest influence behind the famous

Eventually it all boils down to this: fifty-nine million years later, a caveman, one of a dozen on the entire world, goes hunting wild boar or saber-toothed tiger for food. But you, friend, have stepped on all the tigers in that region. By stepping on one single mouse. So the caveman starves. And the caveman, please note, is not just any expendable man, no! He is

The Decimating Effects of Infectious Disease in the New World "It is often said that in the centuries after Columbus landed in the New World on 12 October, 1492, more native North Americans died each year from infectious diseases brought by the European settlers than were born." (6) The decimation of people indigenous to the Americas by diseases introduced by European invaders is unprecedented. While it is difficult to accurately determine the population of the pre-Columbian Americas

purposes. Although this country can seem like a huge desert wasteland because it is home to some of the largest deserts discovered, it also has some of the best farmlands in the world. Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations in the world so it is home to the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid of Giza (one of the seven mysteries of the world), and the Sahara Desert. Egypt is a land area of about 386,660 square miles, just slightly larger than Texas and New Mexico put together. It is located in the northeast corner