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    The history of bowling goes way back to the 3200BC in egypt. In the 1930’s Sir Flinders Petrie found a colection of objects that represented bowlig in a egyptions childs grave. There are documents that show a form of bowling in England in 1366, when King Edward III banned it inorder to make the troops focused on archery practice. It also seems that bowling during King Henry VIII time at throne was much alive. At this time there were still many variations of “pin games”, such as lawn bowling “bocce”, petaque, or 9 pin. The English, Dutch, and German all brought there own versions of bowling over seas. The first “bowling alley” was actually outside and was for lawn bowling, it was established in New Yorks battery area. In 1841 a Connecticut law…

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    history. Brown also served five years in the British army. During his years in the army he was “an ensign and assistant surgeon” (Britannica 1). “President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, recommended Brown to the Admiralty for the post of naturalist abroad a ship, called the investigator” (Britannica 1). Brown had been going through college with a career in medicine but later on found that he desired to study plants instead. When Brown was in London for an outing he had noticed the…

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    Standing at the lights waiting to cross Flinders, waiting to cross Swanston. Standing at the tram stop. Walking up and down the steps; walking along the path in front of Young and Jacksons. Jo and Ash had gone into Young and Jacksons once. They went in with a man they’d met on a tram. ‘I’m here on holidays and don’t know anyone – can I buy you a drink?’ ‘Yes,’ Ash said. And all three of them jumped off the tram and headed for the pub. ‘I’ll show you a real tourist sight. A real piece of…

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    For instance, Chinese New Year, Mid Autumn Moon Festival, Vietnamese New Year, Indian Festival of light, Bendigo Easter Festival etc. Additionally, Iconic buildings which are not only some of heritage buildings; Flinders street station, Melbourne town hall but also some of recent urban development such as Federation square, Souther cross station etc. (study.vic.gov.au 2014). secondly, according to a American tourist’s interview, it is said that “there is no garden next to the city like Melbourne…

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    eight sailors, including Flinders' close associate, John Thistle. Dramatic moments occurred while passing through the Great Barrier Reef, in the Gulf of Carpentaria during hostilities with aborigines, and at the inspection of the ship's deteriorating hull in the North. After reprovisioning at Timor, an increasing number of crew developed dysentry, and with a mounting death toll and a heavy heart, Flinders was forced to abandon the remainder of his survey, and head for Port Jackson with all…

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    S. That Hideous Strength. New York: Macmillan, 1946. Print. Loomis, Roger Sherman. Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance. New York: Columbia UP, 1927. Print. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and C. H. Firth. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second. London: Macmillan, 1913. Print. Oman, Charles. A History of England: Before the Norman Conquest. London: Studio Editions, 1993. Print. Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Neglected British History. London: Pub. for the British Academy…

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    Fayum Portraits Analysis

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    Introduction: In 1888, William Flinders Petrie excavated different parts of the sprawling oasis area of Fayum in Alexandria -Egypt- (SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, 2012). Petrie directed his attention to excavations done in the Pyramid of Amenemhet III (Tour Egypt, n.d.). In the pyramid, hundreds of mummies were found with fascinating portraits of the mummified bodies (SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, 2012). The funeral portraits are know as the Fayum portraits and were later found all around Egypt (SMITHSONIAN…

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    would close his palace doors and not want to receive any type of offerings brought to him, instead he would sent out his servants to perform hard labor in the fields. The same report states that he hired a magician to perform magic for his majesty the king. He ordered the magician to behead a “…captive who is in the camp, and inflict the injury on him” (412). But the magician refused to do so and would perform the trick on a goose. Other reporters argued that the king was not so cruel in regards…

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    Bowling Research Paper

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    Bowling- it's a great way to get the family together for a night out, but it is also taken very seriously to actual competitors. Bowling has a long history behind it. This sport has been played worldwide for numerous years. The year bowling was founded is said to date all the way back to 3200 BC. Sir Flinders Petrie, a British anthropologist, was studying a child's grave from Egypt and found items similar to that of bowling. Although it is not certain when the game of bowling actually originated…

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    Akhenaten Religious System

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    artistic styles. Nefertiti is believed to have been given special status as a queen, as she is frequently seen doing activities reserved for pharaohs (Baines 2007). Nefertiti, Akhenaten, and their children are shown in more natural settings, such as showing affection for one another and being in the process of completing tasks. This greatly contrasts previous Egyptian art, which expressed the divine nature of a ruler through immobility. However, the Amarna style was abandoned and traditional…

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