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Shukaku Inc. is a private development company based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is headed by Senator Lau Meng Khin [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] from the Cambodian People's Party and chairman of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce [ 4 ] [ 5 ] who also directs the Pheapimex Group.
The Sumerian bed was a wooden bed on a wooden frame. The bed frame was a tall head-board decorated with pictures of birds and flowers. [9] Sometimes the bed's leg would be inlaid with precious metals and shaped to look like animal's paws. [2] Some Akkadian beds had ox-hoof feet. [6]
A false door usually is carved from a single block of stone or plank of wood, and it was not meant to function as a normal door. Located in the center of the door is a flat panel, or niche, around which several pairs of door jambs are arranged—some convey the illusion of depth and a series of frames, a foyer, or a passageway. A semi ...
Francoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche: "Gods and Men in Egypt 3000 BCE to 395 CE", Cornell University Press 2005, ISBN 0-8014-8853-2 Jacobus Van Dijk , Myth and Mythmaking in Ancient Egypt , ed. J.M. Sasson , New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995.
A type of folding chair with a frame like an X viewed from the front or the side originated in medieval Italy. Also known as a Savonarola or Dante chair in Italy , [ 1 ] or a Luther chair in Germany , the X-chair was a light and practical form that spread through Renaissance Europe .
The anniversary of the Egyptian revolution of 1952 led by the Free Officers is commemorated as Revolution Day, an annual public holiday in Egypt on 23 July. The name was consciously assumed by the Free Officers and Civilians Movement , led by Brigadier-General Najib al-Salihi who opposed Saddam Hussein.
Khan el-Khalili (Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt.Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
The Free Egyptians supported the 2014 Egyptian constitution that was up for vote during the January 2014 constitutional referendum, [30] which it passed with 98.1% (while the turnout was 38.6%). In April 2014, the Free Egyptians Party was admitted as a full member to the Liberal International , [ 31 ] as it had previously already been an ...