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Viscri, A Transylvanian Saxon Village
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2011-09-09 16:12:21 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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The Transylvanian Saxons ranked with the Mennonite Amish, the Patagonia Welsh and the Volga Germans among the dislocated tribes of Europe. They lasted a phenomenal eight centuries, leaving intact monuments of a culture distinct and yet integral to European history. If modern European union cannot guard such relics of its diversity it is not worth the name.
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Two Winter Videos
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2011-01-15 22:38:19 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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Winter in Scotland (Highland Cathedral) here, and winter comes to Amish country (OH) below fold.
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Lunar Eclipse
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2010-12-21 07:22:13 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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Some Swedish snow hikers atop an elevated location wait for the moon to enter the Earth's shadow.
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Lost Civilization May Have Existed Beneath the Persian Gulf
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2010-12-10 14:22:46 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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Veiled beneath the Persian Gulf, a once-fertile landmass may have supported some of the earliest humans outside Africa some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new review of research suggests.
At its peak, the floodplain now below the Gulf would have been about the size of Great Britain, and then shrank as water began to flood the area. Then, about 8,000 years ago, the land would have been swallowed up by the Indian Ocean, the review scientist said.
The study, which is detailed in the December issue of the journal Current Anthropology, has broad implications for aspects of human history. For instance, scientists have debated over when early modern humans exited Africa, with dates as early as 125,000 years ago and as recent as 60,000 years ago (the more recent date is the currently accepted paradigm), according to study researcher Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist at the University of Birmingham in the U.K.
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The Clan
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2010-11-30 21:50:54 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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It would be best for this crew to be on OUR side. ~Ed.
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Mystery Visitor to Poe's Grave is a No-Show
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2010-01-19 15:10:28 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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It is what Edgar Allan Poe
might have called "a mystery all insoluble": Every year for the past
six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty
bottle of cognac on Poe's grave on the anniversary of the writer's
birth. This year, no one showed.
Did the
mysterious "Poe toaster" meet his own mortal end? Did some kind of
ghastly misfortune befall him? Will he be heard from nevermore?
"I'm confused, befuddled," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. "I don't know what's going on."
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visitor's absence this year only deepened the mystery over his
identity. One name mentioned as a possibility was that of a Baltimore
poet and known prankster who died in his 60s last week. But there is
little or no evidence to suggest he was the man.
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Oldest Black ALA City In Peril
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2009-05-25 18:44:56 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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"Sometimes I think I wouldn't have gone out and done all that marching
if I realized how much we were going to lose," said (Mayor) McCrory, 61, who
participated in civil rights protests as a young woman.
Hobson City grew to about 1,500 people by the mid-1900s, with restaurants, laundries, stores, a skating rink and other businesses. The town was poor, but had a vibrant culture centered on the all-black vocational school.
"It was never a rich town, but it was a good place to raise children," said Mayor Alberta McCrory.
Federal anti-poverty money flowed to Hobson City in the 1960s, and federal aid helped build a modern municipal complex in the 1970s. But in an ironic twist, McCrory said, the end of racial segregation sent the city into a tailspin around the same time.
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Shedding Light on the Catacombs of Rome
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Locational Interest; Posted on: 2009-05-03 09:43:27 [ Print / Instant Flyer |
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Paintings on walls, which have not been seen in nearly 2,000 years, are now visible - their colours vivid and clear.
Rome's underground Christian, Jewish and pagan burial sites, the Catacombs, date back to the 2nd Century AD. There are more than 40 of them stretching over 170km (105 miles).
But, until now, they have never been fully documented, their vast scale only recorded with handmade maps. That is now changing, following a three-year project to create the first fully comprehensive three-dimensional image using laser scanners.
It is not a virtual image, it is not animation - what you are seeing is real data Dr Norbert Zimmerman
A team of 10 Austrian and Italian archaeologists, architects and computer scientists have started with the largest catacomb, Saint Domitilla, just outside the Italian capital.
The tunnels, caves, galleries and burial chambers of Saint Domitilla stretch for about 15km (9 miles) over a number of levels. At a time when Christians, in particular, were persecuted, the Catacombs became a relatively safe place to bury the dead.
The soft, volcanic tufa rock was an especially workable, yet durable, material that was burrowed out over the course of nearly three centuries.
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