The Maya civilization is famous for its architecture. Many city-states built large palaces, pyramids, and other public buildings that are still standing today. The buildings were covered with carvings and statues to honor their gods as well as to commemorate their kings.
Brother of Paris Suspect Salah Abdeslam Urges Him to Turn Himself In. The brother of Salah Abdeslam â a suspected accomplice to the deadly Paris attacks, who has been on the run for a week â on Sunday urged him to turn himself in and face jail rather than a grave. Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French national, is the subject of a massive international manhunt.
Theodore Hardeen (right) poses with brother Harry Houdini around 1901. Although Hardeen was the less famous brother, he was also an escape artist who continued to perform many of Houdini's routines after his brother's death.eorge Hardeen, great-nephew of Harry Houdini, is seen in his corral in Tuba City, Ariz. He was a journalist, a horse trainer, and a spokesman for the former president of the Navajo Nation.