Chess is a game played by two people on a chessboard, with sixteen pieces of six types for each player. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The goal of the game is to checkmate â that is, to threaten the opponent's king with inevitable capture.
Inscriptions on the Done of the Rock, Jerusalem. Because research was done via Internet, to demonstrate accuracy, two translations are provided. The first translation can be found on an Islamic website and the second can be found on the site of a history professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.
The Statue of Liberty is inscribed with the poem The New Colossus, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883. In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and placed inside the statue's pedestal. The poem was originally written to raise money for the construction of the statue's pedestal.