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[forwards4all] Ancient City of Habu in Egypt

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Ancient City of Habu in Egypt

The Medinet Habu was a sacred site long before Ramse III started building there. It was a revered part of the creation myth and was believed to be where the eight primevel gods placed the egg from which the sun came, but Ramses' works made it the most beautiful of the Theban sites. The temple, which is of a similar design to the Ramesseum, is second in size only to Karnak but has a grace and symmetry that Karnak lacks.

It was not just a mortuary temple as it incorporated Ramses' palace where he lodged on his visits to Thebes, his pleasure rooms where he entertained his harem, his government offices, a sacred lake and a Nilometer which measured the rise and fall of the river. The outer walls of the temple are also finely decorated and a mud-brick wall surrounds the whole complex.

Ramses III reigned Egypt for 31 years (1184-1153 BC) and like many pharaohs before him was a prodigious builder. As well as greatly enlarging the Medinet Habu (City of Habu) to become his mortuary palace, he built the wonderful Osiris courtyard in Kanak Temple.

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[forwards4all] After Hurricane Sandy its Snowfall for New York

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After Hurricane Sandy its Snowfall for New York

Snow covers a fallen tree in a neighborhood which was left destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York, November 7, 2012.

Snow covers clothes hanging outside a home, which was left destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, in the Staten Island borough of New York.

A victim of Hurricane Sandy receives a meal from an American Red Cross Disaster Relief truck during a nor'easter, also known as a northeaster storm, in the Red Hook Neighborhood of New York.

Wheels marks are seen on a street covered with snow during the nor'easter, also known as a northeaster storm, in Jersey City, New Jersey .

Children run to their parents after leaving the school bus in New Dorp section of the south shore of Staten Island, which was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in New York City.

Henrik a tourist visiting from Norway and John from Wayne, New Jersey build a snowman together during a snow storm in New York's Times Square.

A car is seen covered in snow during the nor'easter, also known as a northeaster storm, in Jersey City, New Jersey.

A New York City Sanitation worker walks in front of piles of debris from homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Midland Beach section of the south shore of Staten Island, in New York City.