New Crescent series Next in the series A sustainable, secure, and self-sufficient coastal homeland for Palestinians – built with global support, scientific innovation, and a humanistic vision. Let’s explore an idea that may bring peace and prosperity to millions of people. Here’s a broad overview: Let’s say that Egypt donates a large […]
Category: Africa
The ancient game Senet has become the go-to game at the WLBOTT barracks. The game over 4,500 years old. Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: romanized: znt, lit. ’passing’; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, ‘passing, afternoon’) is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The earliest representation […]
As our marketing team was doing due diligence with our new line of playing cards, we discovered that there were no “one-eyed” queens in a standard deck. According to Elder G: However, the Google was able to provide more general information on the “one-eyed” queen. From the cool site Wonderopolis The reign of Kandake Amanirenas […]
How Old is Sekhmet? HistoryThe first known unambiguous reference to Sekhmet has been found in mortuary complex of Nyuserre Ini of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt [25th century BC]. She seems to have been a comparatively minor figure in the old kingdom becoming much more significant in the new kingdom. Wikipedia Comparative scholarshipIn the 1960s […]
UC#4 has expressed an interest in building a backyard suburban pyramid. He is unable or unwilling to articulate why he wants to do this. Pyramids – The Basics A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís) ‘pyramid’) is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making the shape […]
The Elders of WLBOTT are proud to support the good work of Helen Keller International. At Helen Keller International, we are guided by the fierce optimism of our co-founder, Helen Keller, who advocated for people who would have otherwise been left behind. Today, inequities in health and food systems rob more than one billion people […]
[thanks to UC#1 for today’s topic] Another space-faring nation finally has a ground station. https://www.iybssd2022.org/en/burkina-faso-reaches-a-milestone-in-the-conquest-of-space/ Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) might have done better with a bit lower volta. I expect their space exploration development programs were hindered by the lack of regulated voltas. I don’t think these stamps represent actual activities by this small […]
[Thanks to UC#1 for his philately[1]] [1] WLBOTT learns something new: DPR [North] Korea WLBOTT learns something new: we weren’t aware that North Korea had stamp technology! Iran WLBOTT learns something new: Cuba WLBOTT learns something new: Cuba is home to the smallest bird in the world – the bee hummingbird (from Fact Animal) Ecuador […]
[thanks to UC#1 for today’s trip to South Africa] That’s dark! Too dark for me. [ed. note: UC#1 is referring to Russian Serial Killers] Here’s something a bit more fun. I took some photos at an ostrich safari farm near Oudtshoorn, South Africa circa 1998. The young lad is 10(+/-). No children, staff, ostriches or […]
WLBOTT R & D recently viewed the Netflix documentary about (aboot) the James Webb Telescope called Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine. Fascinating documentary. The JWST is probably the most complex and ambitious endeavor undertaken by any carbon-based life form within our local solar system. Interestingly, the documentary focuses on project management – how do you make […]