Petra one of Seven Wonders of the World

PetraBrief History of Petra The location of PetraPetra (from the Greek, meaning 'rock') lies in a great rift valley east of Wadi 'Araba in Jordan about 80 kilometers south of the Dead Sea. It came into prominence in the late first century BCE (BC) through the success of the spice trade. The city was the principal city of ancient Nabataea and was famous above all for two things: its trade and its hydraulic engineering systems. It was locally autonomous until the reign of Trajan, but it flourished under Roman rule. The town grew up around its Colonnaded Street in the first century CE (AD) and by the mid-first century had witnessed rapid urbanization. Following the flow of the Wadi Musa, the city-center was laid out on either sides of the Colonnaded Street on an elongated plan between the theater...

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WADI RUM… where you will find adventure

WADI RUM… where you will find adventureFeet the romance of the Arabian desert in the spring-time…or anytime, at Wdi Rum in Jordan. Let the fabled T.E. Lawrene come alive, whether through memories stirred from the screen version or from the pages of history and the actual exploits of the legendary British officer.Wadi Rum is like a moon-scape of ancient valleys and towering weathered sandstone mountains rising out of the white and pink colored sands. Much of David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” was filmed there and it was also the location where T.E. Lawrence himself was based during the Arab Revolt.The powerful fan blows a gale of air and the...

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Thomas Alva Edison

In his lifetime, Thomas Alva Edison profoundly affected the technology of modern society. The American inventor was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. When Edison was 7 years old, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, after his father hired on as a carpenter at the Fort Gratiot military post.Edison entered school in Port Huron, but his teachers considered him to be a dull student. Because of hearing problems, Edison had difficulty following the lessons and his school attendance became sporadic. Nevertheless, Edison became a voracious reader and at age 10,...

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