Other Cultures

The pyramids in Egypt always held a fascination since I was a child. My parents took me on a cruise from Hong Kong to Portugal when I was sixteen. The cruise liner passed through Port Said, when I...

Costa Rica is a land rich with lush rainforests, exotic wildlife, luxury hotels and beautiful white and black sand beaches. An ideal setting for surfers and animal lovers, jobs in Costa Rica...

Generally speaking, a fissure is a long and relatively narrow crack in the earth. Fissures may not breach the surface, but if they do, they will look like hairline fractures in the ground which...

People often wonder how they can make a telephone call to a deaf person and may assume she is unable to use a phone. However, deaf people do indeed make phone calls and are able to receive them...

The methods used to collect data from land surveys, which involves the measurement of boundaries and preparation of varieties of maps, depend on the reason for the analysis. Collecting surveying...

In the Inuit language, "idglu" means "house." In English, we refer to them as igloos. The Inuit tribe constructed these shelters from blocks of snow, usually in a dome shape.

In this article I will teach you how to make Korean style corn tea.

The first thing that's important to understand is that even though a person may legally qualify as blind, that doesn't mean that they have no usable vision. Many people who are legally blind have...

Parents and teachers want children to grow up with a firmly established sense of right and wrong, to know how to go through life without hurting others and to make decisions that improve the world...

Few locations in Egypt are more fascinating or more steeped in history than Giza. The valley of Giza contains some of the most familiar and important architectural wonders in the world.

Wheelchairs have been around in some form for centuries. Modern materials and innovation in the 20th century led to the creation of the practical, lightweight and portable wheelchairs used today.

In recent years, Tibetan tattoos have become increasingly popular, mostly due to celebrity adoption of the ancient art. The Tibetan language has existed for many centuries and is considered...

While modern humans (homo sapiens) and neanderthals were at one time contemporaries, our features differ anatomically quite a bit. The cranial features, in particular, have a number of differences.

Research shows that Medieval combat was often not the unsophisticated and unwieldy fighting depicted in popular books and movies. This is evidenced by the elaborate drawings and diagrams collected...

The ring on your finger, the clock face on the wall, the path of the sun and moon across the sky — representations of the ring, the circle, and the orb are all around us, always have been, and...

The rain forests are not only a precious natural resource that hold millions of different species, they also contain a large population of village communities. Deforestation is now destroying the...

The Confederate flag is also known as "Dixie," the "Rebel Flag," the "Stars and Bars" and the "Southern Cross." It was actually the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia and not the national flag of...

This article is my opinion on how we on Earth can achieve world peace. It is nonviolent. It requires few if any sacrifices to be made. Understanding is the key to this idea.

A fire piston is an ancient device that's used for instantly igniting tinder for starting fires. The principle of how a fire piston operates is that compressed air creates heat, and heat can be...

Bookstores are a common sight in our contemporary society--mostly large chains like Barnes & Noble, but also smaller independent booksellers tucked away in local neighborhoods. They belong to...

Marc Antony was very important to Rome due to the fact that he rose from a medium-level family to leadership of the empire. He began his service to the city-state in the province of Syria. During...

TTY is a method of communication for the deaf and hearing impaired that allows the disabled to use telephones and cell phones. There are many different types of devices that can work with the TTY...

TTY devices allow people who are disabled to communicate through the telephone. These devices allow users to type messages and receive them in text form.

Senior Housing programs are available for senior citizens and the elderly based on their housing needs and income. The average age requirement to obtain senior housing is 62 years old and there...

The notion of cleanliness had a different meaning for the Elizabethans. During that period, when Queen Elizabeth ruled and Shakespeare wrote, personal hygiene as we practice it was virtually...

The ancient Maya civilization developed an accurate calendar during its time that has been studied archeologists for years. The Mayan calendar did not express the dates as is done in modern...

During medieval times, before the invention of dinner plates as we know them, diners ladled their food onto stale pieces of bread known as "trenchers." These had to be quite hard in order to soak...

Flowers of a plant are fertilized when pollen is transferred from bloom to bloom by insects feeding off of the flower's nectar. Inside the flower are ovules (unfertilized eggs) that grow into a...

Tibetan prayer flags, or windsocks, have been used for hundreds of years by Buddhist priests and Tibetan families for spreading prayer and harnessing energy throughout the universe. The various...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a family organization structure that's as tight-knit as the Scottish clan. Loyalty and history have kept families together for centuries and there are few cultures on...

The Mexican-American War began in 1846 after land negotiations between the two countries failed. After two years of fighting, the United States won the war and gained vast amounts of land that is...

Any time that one form of metal is manipulated or changed into another form, it is called "fabrication." Metal fabrication is primarily used in industry, jewelry arts and crafts, and...

Ancient Egyptian religion is usually described by scholars who theorize that many generations worshiped the same gods in the same manner as their forefathers. However, Egyptians were familiar with...

Solar radiation, or radiation from the Sun, is necessary for continuing life on Earth. However, when the Sun puts out more than we can use, there is an interesting, but nearly invisible, effect...

The Amazon Basin--created by the mighty Amazon River--contains one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Throughout its history, it has supported thousands of forms of animal life and...

The gothic subculture began as an off-shoot of the 1980s punk scene in England earning it's name from the genre of music which was later attributed to the way of dress. People often misinterpret...

In Puerto Rico, the Department of Health manages and distributes vital death record information through vital records offices. A "central" office maintains all records since July 21, 1931. To...

The military patch wasn't a common uniform adornment until World War II, although it originated on a limited level during World War I. The Army extensively uses patches, while other branches use...

There is never just one bacteria. If there were, it would be a bacterium. "Bacteria" is a plural noun. Bacteria are not plants or animals. They are single-cell microorganisms found together in...

The word "emerita" is commonly associated with academic settings. However, it has a few other meanings and applications.

The barber profession can trace its history to the Bronze Age. Razors from that era have been excavated in Europe. During the early Christian age, the popularity of the profession ebbed and flowed...

Faroese is a West Scandinavian language spoken by the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands. There are also Faroese speakers in parts of Denmark and Norway. Faroese comes from the Old Norse that was...

It can be difficult to pin down just one Cook Islands dance since each of the 15 islands has its own interpretation. But the dances share a common heritage and a sense of sensuality and ferocity...

Stone hand axes are bifacial (tool with two working surfaces) stone tools used by early humans from c. 2.6 million through c. 30,000 years ago (Lower and Middle Paleolithic eras). Stone hand...

A violet wand is a low current, high frequency electrical device that, when touched to the skin, creates a sensation that many people find enjoyable. Wands can be purchased from specialty stores...

When great great great grandparents immigrated to this great country, they had no intentions of losing their own sense of cultural background; however, with more and more American born generations...

Although Indonesia contains Asia's most extensive tropical rainforests, the nation has lost 26 percent of its primary forest since the 1990s. Wildlife struggles to find habitat in the face of...

American Samoa, part of the Samoan Islands chain in the South Pacific Ocean, is a small but diverse U.S. territory. In fact, with only 77 square miles of land, it contains the highest marine...

Singing bowls are an ancient tradition in both Tibet and Nepal. These bowls, generally made out of brass, are used in areas of the Himalayas for Tibetan meditation methods. They are also used to...

The Latin American country of Chile is 2,700 miles long, which makes for a diverse landscape--and a wide variety of cuisine to match.