Foundation Deposits — A series of ritual objects buried at the corners and important axis points of temples and tombs, sometimes in brick lined pits. The deposits often consist of inscribed plaques of faience, stone, and precious metals, as well as food offerings,… … Ancient Egypt
Foundation deposit — Foundation deposits are ritual mudbrick lined pits or holes dug at specific points under Ancient Egyptian temples or tombs, which were filled with ceremonial objects, usually amulets, scarabs, food, or ritual miniature tools, and were supposed to … Wikipedia
Foundation for New Era Philanthropy — The Foundation for New Era Philanthropy was a notorious Ponzi scheme that operated from 1989 until its collapse in 1995 after having raised over $500 million from 1100 donors and embezzled $135 million of this. Most of the money was stolen from… … Wikipedia
Clean Ocean Foundation — The Clean Ocean Foundation is an environmental organisation that is dedicated to the closure of ocean sewerage outfalls in Victoria (Australia). It was formed in 2000 by surfers who became concerned at the high level of pollution at Mornington… … Wikipedia
Appleseed Foundation — Appleseed (The Appleseed Foundation Inc.) is a non partisan, nonprofit network of public interest justice centers across the United States and in Mexico. Appleseed is dedicated to building a society where opportunities are genuine, access to the… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Mendes — For information about the Portuguese language surname Mendes, see Mendez/Mendes (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Serapeum — A serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Hellenistic Egyptian god Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis in a humanized form that was accepted by the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria. There were… … Wikipedia
Durnovaria — is the Latin form of the Brythonic name for the Roman town of Dorchester in the modern English county of Dorset. Contents 1 Romans at Maiden Castle 2 Roman Dorchester 3 Extant remains … Wikipedia
Minor tombs in the Valley of the Kings — The majority of the 65 numbered tombs in the Valley of the Kings can be considered as being minor tombs, either because at present they have yielded little information or because the results of their investigation was only poorly recorded by… … Wikipedia
