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Carla Gugino (/ ɡ ʊ ˈ dʒ iː n oʊ / guu-JEE-noh; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress.After early roles in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989), This Boy's Life (1993), Son in Law (1993), and Snake Eyes (1998), Gugino received wider recognition for her starring roles in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Sin City (2005), Night at the Museum (2006), American Gangster (2007 ...
Caria ( / ˈkɛəriə /; from Greek: Καρία, Karia; Turkish: Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia ( Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. [1] The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. [2]
Location of Caria within the classical regions of Asia Minor. Carian soldier of the Achaemenid army c. 480 BC. Tomb of Xerxes I. [ 1] Ancient copy of the cult image of a local goddess hellenized as Aphrodite at Aphrodisias. The Carians ( / ˈkɛəriənz /; Ancient Greek: Κᾶρες, Kares, plural of Κάρ, Kar[ 2]) were the ancient ...
Joseph "Big Joey" Massino (born 1943), first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence; Francesco Matrone (born 1947), serving two life sentences in prison; Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born 1960), serving life sentence in prison; Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born 1962), serving two-year prison sentence
Mausolus, 377–353 BCE. Casting from the Pushkin museum. Mausolus ( Ancient Greek: Μαύσωλος or Μαύσσωλλος, Carian: [𐊪𐊠]𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦 Mauśoλ) was a ruler of Caria (377–353 BCE) and a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire. He enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position created by his father ...
Halicarnassus ( / ˌhælɪkɑːrˈnæsəs /, HAL-ih-kar-NASS-əs; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Ancient Greek: Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός, Halikarnāssós; Turkish: Halikarnas; Carian: 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 alos k̂arnos) was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. [1] It was located in southwest Caria, on an ...
The earliest Minoan settlement of Miletus dates to 2000 BC. [9] Beginning at about 1900 BC artifacts of the Minoan civilization acquired by trade arrived at the site. [8] For some centuries the location received a strong impulse from that civilization, an archaeological fact that tends to support but not necessarily confirm the founding legend—that is, a population influx from Crete.
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