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.
Denis made his base of missionary activity an island in the Seine near the city of Lutetia Parisorium -- what would become Paris. For this reason he is know as the first bishop of Paris and the Apostle of France. There he was captured by the Parisians along with Rusticus and Eleutherius.