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4 unusual facts about sceptre


Drums of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu attempts to conquer the world by acquiring the Sceptre of Genghis Khan, which will unite the people of Asia under his rule.

Personal jurisdiction

The concept of personal jurisdiction has its origin in the idea that the power of the King vests in his Sceptre.

Sceptre

One of the earliest royal sceptres was discovered in the tomb of Khasekhemwy in Abydos.

A sceptre (or scepter in U.S. English) is a symbolic ornamental staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.


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Al Cleveland

He had a long and distinguished writing career, initially for New York artists on the Wand/Sceptre labels such as Dionne Warwick(e) and Tommy Hunt, as well as Gene Pitney before moving to Motown, where he provided songs for Smokey & The Miracles, the Marvelettes, David Ruffin, the Four Tops and Chuck Jackson before hitting the big time with a co-authorship of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" and "Save the Children."

Amboyna massacre

Milton, G., Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: How one man's courage changed the course of history, 2000 Sceptre; 400 pages, ISBN 0-340-69676-1

Golden Giant Mine

Two companies, Golden Sceptre and Goliath Resources, secured rights to a large land package in the area, and were subsequently acquired by Noranda.

Hetephernebti

Among her titles were “one who sees Horus” (m33.t-ḥrw-) and “great of sceptre” (wr.t-ht=s), both common for important queens in this period, also, she was called “King's Daughter”, which means she was possibly a daughter of Djoser's predecessor Khasekhemwy, thus a sister or half-sister of her husband.

Maggie Hemingway

'The Postmen's House' (1990), London (Sinclair-Stevenson), ISBN 1-85619-009-9; paperback edition: 1992, London (Sceptre), ISBN 0-340-57118-7.

Rædwald of East Anglia

One unusual item was a large 'sceptre' in the form of a whetstone that showed no sign of previous use as a tool: it has been suggested that this was a symbol of the office of bretwalda.

Spectrum London

In March 2006, in association with Sceptre publishing and the Italian Cultural Institute, Spectrum London presented author John Berendt in conversation with Venetian artist, Ludovico de Luigi, during the artist's first solo show in the UK.

Travis Elborough

Travis Elborough is the author of The Bus We Loved: London's Affair With the Routemaster (Granta Books, 2005), The Long-Player Goodbye: The Album From vinyl To iPod And Back Again (Sceptre 2008) and Wish You Were Here - England on Sea (Sceptre 2010).

University of Hradec Králové

Rector's Sceptre (designed by MgA. Jan Hásek) is shaped as a linden leaf, in the centre of which a shiny golden ball is situated.

Vajra

It consists of a spherical central section, with two symmetrical sets of five prongs, which arc out from lotus blooms on either side of the sphere and come to a point at two points equidistant from the centre, thus giving it the appearance of a "diamond sceptre", which is how the term is sometimes translated.

William Boyett

Boyett appeared in a number of television programs, such as Perry Mason, Highway Patrol, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Sea Hunt, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (uncredited; "The Secret Sceptre Affair" from 1965), Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The A-Team and Night Court.


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