Gardens of ancient Egypt and were sometimes enclosed by walls. Temple gardens were used to raise certain vegetables for ceremonies, Palace gardens first appeared in Egypt just before the Middle Empire (2035–1668). These gardens were very large in scale, and laid out in geometric patterns. The ponds of palace gardens were enormous and numerous. In the second millennium B.C., the garden pond of King Sneferu was large enough for boats rowed by twenty oarsmen. The rulers of ancient Egypt, such as Queen Hatshepsut (1503–1482 BC), and Ramses III (1198–1166 BC) used pots to bring back to Egypt new kinds of trees and flowers discovered
Conference of Rulers banquet in honour of the Conference of Rulers meeting at the National Palace. Conference of Rulers The Conference of Rulers (also Council of Rulers or Durbar, ("Malay:" Majlis Raja-Raja; "Jawi:" مجليس راج٢) in Malaysia is a council comprising the nine rulers of the Malay states, and the governors or "Yang di-Pertua Negeri" of the other four states. It was officially established by Article 38 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and is the only such institution in the world, according to the Malaysian National Library. Its main responsibility is the election of the "Yang di-Pertuan Agong" (King) and his deputy, the