Hashim Ibrahim Awad — (1952 April 26, 2006) was a disabled Iraqi veteran killed by US Marines on the night of April 26, 2006, in an episode known as the Hamdania incident. Seven Marines and a Navy corpsman face charges of war crimes in relation to his death, including … Wikipedia
Tell el-Farkha — Modern name for a town site in the eastern Delta southeast of Mendes. The site contains buildings and graves that date from the Predynastic Period to the early Old Kingdom. It appears to have been founded during the Naqada II period. It has… … Ancient Egypt
Kutha — Babylonia at the time of Hammurabi, ca. 1792 1750 BC Coordinates … Wikipedia
Ka (König) — Namen von Ka Name des Ka auf einer Scherbe aus Abydos. [1] Horusname … Deutsch Wikipedia
Adaima — Modern name for a site on the west bank of the Nile south of Esna in Upper Egypt. It contains the remains of a settlement and cemeteries from the Naqada I Period of the Predynastic Period to the Early Dynastic Period. Adaima was first… … Ancient Egypt
Gerzeh — The modern name for a cemetery site northwest of Meidum. It was excavated by a British expedition in 1911. The cemetery comprised graves of the Predynastic Period with a few graves from the Early Dynastic Period and the New Kingdom. Flinders… … Ancient Egypt
Kafr Hassan Daoud — Modern name for a cemetery site on the eastern edge of the Delta of Lower Egypt in theWadi Tumilat. The area was surveyed in 1983, and remains were identified from the Predynastic Period to the Graeco Roman Period. Kafr Hassan Daoud was… … Ancient Egypt
Minshat Abu Omar — Modern name for a site of a cemetery in the northeastern Delta of Lower Egypt. The graves date from the late Predynastic Period to the Early Dynastic Period, and pottery found there shows strong affinities with the Naqada culture of Upper… … Ancient Egypt
Naqada — Modern name for ancient Nubt, Greek Ombos. A site in Upper Egypt north of Thebes where important remains from the late Predynastic Period were excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1895. The name is now used to denote the final phase of predynastic… … Ancient Egypt
List of Guantanamo Bay detainees — This list of Guantánamo detainees is compiled from various sources and is incomplete. It lists the known identities of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba. In official documents, the US Department of Defense (DoD) continues to … Wikipedia