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The ancient Egyptians cultivated gardens from Prehistoric

The ancient Egyptians cultivated gardens from prehistoric until Roman times 3000 BC AD 100 However it is only from just before the Middle Kingdom 2000 BC that evidence from both contemporary images and excavations makes it possible to visualize how they looked Evidence for gardens comes from excavations illustrations in tombs and on temple walls wooden and pottery models and from documents such as building inscriptions biographies Wilkinson 2012 After reading few articles about garden design in Ancient Egypt I was impressed with their ability to build gardens in quite non hostile conditions and with no tools and machinery we know nowadays In Ancient Egypt these types of gardens were most common palace gardens temple gardens pleasure gardens and funeral gardens Wilkinson 2012 says that in order to create these magnificent gardens the Egyptian designers had to deal with two potentially overwhelming elements the desert and the river In the desert there was too little vegetation and along the river bank there was too much I think that this is one of the things we might have in common with Egyptian designers Nowadays we also have to consider the conditions of the land to make the whole complex of garden design to work Dunn 2003 in his article mentions that Regrettably we know of very few depictions of gardens that surround normal houses more often there is evidence describing gardens surrounding the palaces the temples and the houses of well off owners 



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Katharine Hepburn became one of Hollywood's biggest Stars

Katharine Hepburn became one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1900 s but she never intended to Katharine was always a brave and rebellious soul She was known for her spontaneous roles and her quirky personality Although of course she had to overcome things on her journey She had a steady childhood until something of the unexpected happened leading to her fame Katharine was born on May 12 1907 in Hartford Connecticut She had five siblings and her mother and father Thomas Hepburn and Katharine Martha For work her father was a urologist at Hartford Hospital and her mother was a feminist campaigner She had a very normal childhood until one day in 1921 as she went upstairs to get her brother she witnessed the unbelievable She saw her 15 year old brother Tom Hepburn take his own life This tragedy affected Katharine in so many ways After she went back to school she found herself frustrated and it was harder to concentrate At the time she was attending Bryn Mawr College and was in the class of 1928

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