Such was the general character of the town and its chief edifices, if we may believe the descriptions of eye-witnesses.Continuing The Ancient City
Babylon’s Ziggurat
It was a huge solid mass of brick-work, built (like all Babylonian temple-towers) in stages, square being emplaced on square, and a sort of rude
The Sphynx
Today's installment concludes Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson and by Arthur Gilman published in
The Builders Were Tyrants
They have indeed handed down their names to a remote age: but it is as tyrants and oppressors.Continuing Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection
The Biggest Tombs Ever
The "Pyramid Builders," or kings who constructed the three monuments that have now been described, were, according to a unanimous tradition, three
The First and Second Pyramids
The "Great Pyramid" presents, moreover, many other marvels besides its size.Continuing Pyramid Builders of Egypt,our selection from Ancient Egypt
The Radio Operator Saved the Passenger’s Lives
Today's installment concludes Radios' First Triumph,the name of our combined selection from Edward J. Wheeler, Gugllelmo Marconi, and Arthur D. H.
Mid-Atlantic Collison and the Radio Operator Actions
It was to the wireless that the passengers on the Republic owed their salvation.Continuing Radios' First Triumph,with a selection from an article
First Radio Transmissions Across the Atlantic
It is true that many scientific men are dubious of the practicability of sending electric waves to great distances. Others are not.Continuing