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Pyramid workers paid in vegetables

Posted on July 6, 2017August 6, 2020 by mart
Pyramid workers paid in vegetables

Inscriptions inside the ancient pyramids in Egypt show that part of the workers pay was in beer, onions, garlic and radishes. It is estimated that it probably took 20,000 to 30,000 men, setting stones at a rate of one every two minutes, approximately 20 years to set the 2.3 million Continue Reading

Posted In Egypt, FoodTagged In beer, garlic, onion, pyramid, radish

Longest Time in Space

Posted on July 6, 2017 by mart

The astronaut who has spent the longest continuous time in space is Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov who was aboard the Mir space station for 437 days 18 hours from 9 Jan 1994 to 22 March 1995.   Gennady Ivanovich Padalka holds the record for the most time spent in space overall at 879 days Continue Reading

Posted In Modern Age, Russia, SpaceTagged In mir, padalka, polyakov

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