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Pompey's Pillar in 1911. Pompey's Pillar (Arabic: عمود السواري, romanized: 'Amud El-Sawari) is the name given to a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt.Set up in honour of the Roman emperor Diocletian between 298–302 AD, the giant Corinthian column originally supported a colossal porphyry statue of the emperor in armour.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( Latin, ' Library of Alexandria '; [1] Egyptian Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية, romanized:Maktabet al-Eskendereyya, pronounced [mækˈtæb (e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) ( BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a ...
Early life. Wernher von Braun was born on 23 March 1912, in the small town of Wirsitz in the Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, then German Empire and now Poland.. His father, Magnus Freiherr von Braun (1878–1972), was a civil servant and conservative politician; he served as Minister of Agriculture in the federal government during the Weimar Republic.
The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage. The location also features a bandstand with a bar and a dance floor.
The Ptolemies fostered the development of the Library of Alexandria and associated Musaeum into a renowned center for Hellenistic learning.. Luminaries associated with the Musaeum included the geometry and number-theorist Euclid; the astronomer Hipparchus; and Eratosthenes, known for calculating the Earth's circumference and for his algorithm for finding prime numbers, who became head librarian.
Released: 16 June 2023 [5] Where Do We Go from Here? is the eighth studio album by English rock band Asking Alexandria. The album was released on 25 August 2023 through Better Noise Music and was produced by Matt Good. [6] [7] [8] It is the last album to feature the band's founding lead guitarist Ben Bruce before he left the band in January 2024.
Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim known locally as "The Jewish Temple" is an historic Jewish synagogue located in Alexandria, Louisiana, in the United States.Founded in 1859 by Jews from the Alsace region of France, it is one of the oldest congregations in Louisiana and one of the original founding members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now known as the Union for Reform Judaism.
As word of the challenge spread it was attempted by various people in the American media. Celebrities including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Shaquille O'Neal, Joel Embiid, Lil Yachty, and Sean Evans all tried the challenge. In 2023, rapper T.I.'s son King Harris controversially offered to pay a homeless man $50 if he completed a One Chip Challenge.