Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut gained control of Egypt and took control of it from the Pharaoh she was a regent for . In fact Hatshepsut even donned the male,Egyptian, Pharaoh beard piece. She brought much wealth to Egypt by way of expeditions into Nubia and beyond. many great buildings and statues were built in her time. But when she died someone, perhaps a Pharaoh decided to remove her from history by chiseling her image out of walls, destroying her statues, and hiding her buildings.

Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII is the Cleopatra most people speak of, Also her reign was in the Roman times so it probably wasn't what you would stereotype as Ancient Egypty. She came to power when her father died leaving her and her brother Ptolemy XIII as joint rulers. What was curious about it that was also just plain weird thought probably not uncommon in ancient times was the fact she was married to him (Ptolemy XIII, Her own brother)! After only a couple years of joint rule she claimed power for herself and erased mentions of him off of coins and official documents, but her down fall happened soon after that. She had a son with Julius Caesar named Ptolemy Caesar and had 3 children with Mark Antony and protested Augustus's reign.

Tchaikovsky

Wrote and Created the Nutcracker. He also wrote the ballets for Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. In 1891 he conducted the inaugural symphony for New York Carnegie Hall. He died in 1893 He was a Russian.

Virgil

Virgil was a Roman who wrote the Aeneid, a story based off of Homers Odyssey and Iliad. The Aeneid is about Aeneas, who is one of the Trojans who survived the ransacking of Troy and was a famous Trojan leader and how after much traveling and danger found the land of Italy, settled there, and was an ancestor of Romulus and Remus.

Albrecht Durer

Albrecht Durer was born May 21, 1471 out of eighteen children. He was amazing at making book prints as show in Apocalypse which shows the Four Horsemen and is a highly detailed full page print. He tried to make prints that would allow monks and teachers to explain Christianity to others. He also created a beautiful centerpiece in which he only did the main panel on it but had others copy his guiding sketches out exactly.

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth  I is one of my favorite historical rulers because she did what others thought could not be done. The ruled Alone! Many people back then thought that women were weak and sensitive, but Queen Elizabeth I proved that she could rule a country without the help of a king or other men. During her time the country flourished and had William Shakespeare who wrote some of the worlds greatest plays.

Well? Is Magic Real.(A Short Story)

At the end of the day I accepted the Truth. It was hard but how else to explain that Magic was real? My cat had remarked how she had no idea why we made silly faces at her when she laid on her back. I wanted to answer but thought I was going crazy. I enjoy reading about magic and pretending to do it but facing the real thing? Terrifying. Later, I went up to my cat and asked, "Do you talk?", she stared at me as if something odd had just happened and opened her little mouth and said, "Meow Meow". I thought I heard her talk but did I?