Their interiors are richly decorated with hieroglyphs and paintings signs and symbols that detail the necessary steps to attain immortality. Egypts power and the grandeur that came with it were wellestablished by 2500 bc when the Great Pyramids at giza were built. The sphinx was a philosophy of government set in stone. It depicted the king as fearless, cunning and brave as the lion. And as crucial to egypt as the nile itself. The king was not just a political leader but a religious leader too. In the minds of the ancient egyptians, the pharaohs power and authority as a king stretched far beyond the boundaries of his country and into the cosmos itself. After death, he would escape the earthly bounds of his tomb, board a solar boat and sail into immortality. This vision became material in objects and images found in the tombs and temples as a way of preordaining a central idea after a perilousnd carefully prescribed journey through the night, the king would become one with the sun god re
A very turbulent year in office, u. S. President donald trump is a day away from giving his first state of the union speech. And one of the big talking points everyone is waiting to hear, his plans for immigration. Here is the thing, though. Lawmakers from both party, they will be under pressure to reach a deal to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, and theyre stressing the need for compromise. Cnns Boris Sanchez has more now from the white house. Reporter white house officials telling cnn that the president is set to strike an optimistic tone during his state of the Union Address on tuesday night. The theme of this speech, building a safer, stronger, and prouder america. A source telling cnn that the president is expected to try to reach across the aisle and appeal to people that are not in his base, in part doing that by touting his economic record and the major success that weve seen recently in the u. S. Economy, specifically, with the stock market and low unemp