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All cultures and religions have many different ways to take care for the dead to show respect. Some cultures cremate their dead while others might bury their dead. Some cultures may show respect for the dead by having a tombstone or a statue for them to make sure that person cannot be forgotten. The idea of keeping the memory of someone that had died alive started in Egypt thousands of years ago. In ancient Egypt there were tombs and statues that were created so their Pharaoh will never be…

The comparison between a typical poem about a woman missing her lover and a poem about a lady ghoul or demon of some sort getting herself ready for a feast with her lover illuminates the powerful way the same signifiers of a woman in love can be wielded by skilled poets to create two equally strong but totally conflicting moods. Poem 212 describes young women playing in water and decorating themselves with nature to the delight of the poet. It starts with the image of a girl’s bodice that is…

"If I was to travel to Kenya, I would have to be armed to teeth. It's one of the most dangerous countries, I hear." Jean Claude Maria from France says. "Do you have smartphones?" Samantha Woods from Seattle, US inquires. Most people who have never been to Africa believe its not far from what they saw on Lion King, God's Must Be Crazy, and Coming to America. But of all the misconceptions, these are most common regarding Kenya: The Maasai from Kenya are Cave Men That they light fire by rubbing…

Birth control also known as contraception is a medication that prevents or lessens the frequency of conception. The earliest documentation on birth control description dates back to the ancient Egyptian era. To block the sperm, Egyptians used honey, acacia leaves and lint. In ancient Greece silphium, a plant was used as a contraceptive. In medieval Europe, women used multiple preventions, such as “coitus interrptus” or the pullout method and inserted lily root into the female genitalia. In…

The civilization of Ancient Egypt dominated the northeastern corner of the African continent for over 3000 years. They were located in an area that would have been a total desert were it not for the river Nile, which stills runs north from central Africa for thousands of miles before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea . The particular geographic location of the Egyptian empire meant that they were protected from invasion and in some sense from a strong foreign influence. In figure 1, the map…

Coconut oil has a wide range of effects to the entire body (health ,skin, hair and nails ). Is rich with fatty acids ( lauric and caprylic acid which are converted into monolaurin and monocaprin in the body) and many vitamins and minerals that exhibit high antimicrobial, anti-oxidant and calming effect. These substances having a potent activity against viruses, bacteria and fungi and thus protect against many infectious diseases. Coconut oil is very effective in the fight against candida and…

now reside only in a small part of Niger. (awf.org) (sciencedirect.com) The giraffes are picky eaters; “West African giraffes feed on a variety of leaves and shoots, but the bulk of their diet is made up of a few species of trees and bushes, with Acacia trees being their utmost favorite.” (awf.org) Nigerian Giraffes are killed for many different reasons, but one of the more obvious ones would be that they live in the same territory as lions and cheetahs, meaning they can hunt giraffes…

rhinos that live in Kenya, this place may seem beautiful, but it is also very dangerous and unforgiving. Hemingway first makes the setting sound peaceful by saying, “So they sat there in the shade where the camp was pitched under some wide-topped acacia trees with a boulder-strewn cliff behind them, and a stretch of…

As much as the charcoal business is good for the people in the Somaliland to survive and it is also the main source of energy as electricity is still rare and very expensive. This energy is generated from Acacia trees that mostly grow in plateau zones and the natural regeneration of these trees is very slow. As the demand for the trees exceeds regeneration, deforestation has become the most visible threat as the country of Somalia as a whole is running out…

The year is 2325 the place is Big city, United States and some well-known archaeologist is called to an exceptional unearthing that will soon redefine the 1960s. The site is a commercial development location for apartment buildings which in the 1960s was the location of a prominent high school in the city. The time capsule is carefully unearthed by the archaeologists and taken back their office at the university. Once in a control environment of the university the time capsule was opened by…