The Papacy is Fantastic

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Lost Kingdom Of Cleopatra

Off the shores of Alexandria, the city of Alexander the Great, lies what is believed to be the ruins of the royal quarters of Cleopatra. A team of marine archaeologists led by Frenchman Franck Goddio made excavation on this ancient city from where Cleopatra, the last queen of the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt. Historians believe this site was submerged by earthquakes and tidal waves more than 1,600 years ago.

The excavations concentrated on the submerged island of Antirhodus. Cleopatra is said to have had a palace there. Other discoveries include a well-preserved shipwreck and red granite columns with Greek inscriptions. There were also founded two statues which were lifted out of the harbor. One was a priest of the goddess Isis; the other a sphinx whose face is said to represent Cleopatra’s father, King Ptolemy XII. The artifacts were returned to their silent, because the Egyptian Government says it wants to leave most of them in place to create an underwater museum

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Doctor Who meme | undernoticed quotes | (1/?) | The God Complex

“I’d forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe”

That line.

#YES #THIS IS SO IMPORTANT #THE DOCTOR NEEDS TO REMEMBER THIS #ESPECIALLY WHEN HE GETS A BIG HEAD ABOUT HOW GREAT HE IS #AND AGAIN #IT WAS RORY WHO SAID IT #RORY IS ALWAYS FINDING WAYS TO HUMBLE THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR KNOWS IT #AND THAT’S WHY HE LOVES RORY #NOT MANY PEOPLE MAKE HIM FEEL HUMBLE #AND IT’S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER LINES LIKE THIS

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