Essays on Pharos

The ancient was once a thriving civilization and their great achievements were recorded in the history and thus became a legend. Yet, many historians and archaeologists still try to study the ruins on their previous locations. Here are the following architectures that had been considered as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The first edifice from the list was the handsome marble temple dedicated to Artemis also known as Diana in the Roman mythology. Artemis was the Greek and Roman goddess of hunting and the moon. Both the Romans and the Greeks worship her as their ...

1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the ancient wonders, which had been constructed in Babylonia’s capital city, Babylon, situated in the Persian Gulf of the present-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylon for over 43 years, built the gardens for his wife, Amyitis in seventh century B.C. . The gardens were 400 feet in length and width, with a height of over 80 feet. The gardens consist of arched terraces placed one above another, which rest upon huge cube-shaped pillars. The terraces are not only hollow, but filled with earth to ...

This essay deals with two distinct topics. The first is whether so-called “reality television” in fact distorts reality, and if so whether the reality crime shows one sees on TV (both documentary-style and the fictional variety) are misleading in that what they portray is not a faithful reflection of the reality of actual crime statistics. In addition to perhaps misleading the viewing audience as a consequence of distorting reality, there is the possibility that such TV shows actually incite / encourage more crime, simply by being screened. The second topic is a definition and discussion of what are generally considered to be ...