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Handmade Jewelry

2010-11-02T19:53:52Z

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History of the Peridot

2010-10-14T12:12:23Z

Peridot is a gemstone that makes for an interesting specimen. It has a storied history dating back to the ancient Middle East. As early as 1500 B.C., records connect it to the Egyptians, Cleopatra's belief that peridot was actually emerald, and the Book of Exodus which describes one of the Israelite's twelve tribes as using it for the priest's breastplate. The ancient historian, Pliny, speaks of the area renown for the gem. The island of Zabargad in the Red Sea was the only source for the bea...

The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties

2010-10-22T11:37:54Z

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Pelusium

2010-10-22T10:21:43Z

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Sea of Reeds

2010-10-22T09:01:28Z

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Marketplace Meditations 6/26

2010-10-23T10:01:07Z

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Mideast Egypt Shark Attacks

2010-12-10T08:30:36Z

A tourist child plays in the shallow waters at a closed beach in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Egypt kept most of the 30-mile coastline off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh closed to swimmers after a spate of shark attacks killed one European tourist and maimed several others in the past week. (AP Photo/...

Mideast Egypt Shark Attack

2010-12-08T07:02:03Z

Assistant Secretary of the South Sinai Governate, General Ahmed Saleh surfaces after diving in the sea at the site of the recent fatal shark attack of a German tourist, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Egyptian authorities have reopened some Red Sea beaches t...

Egypt Shark Attack

2010-12-06T07:30:46Z

General view showing an empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Security officials say a shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks. (AP Photo)

Egypt Mideast Talks

2010-09-14T06:30:50Z

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left shakes hands with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, second right joined by U.S. secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, second left and U.S. Middle Ea...

Mideast Egypt U.S Biden

2010-06-07T14:45:56Z

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with United States Vice President Joe Biden, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Monday, June 7, 2010.The two leaders held ta...