13 Awesome Stone Circles

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on September 8, 2009 at 7:22 pm

A few days ago, you read about Clonehenges, art installations that are made to resemble the original Stonehenge. You might not realize that Stonehenge is far from the only ancient stone circle in the UK, and there are some in Europe and North America as well. WebEcoist looks at 13 of these circles, including the pictured Avebury Stone Circle in England, which is bigger and older than Stonehenge! Link

 
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The Island of California, and other Fascinating Ancient Maps

Posted by Queuebot in Media on July 22, 2009 at 6:46 am

Here is a collection of 20 quirky, bizarre and historical maps, covering many areas of the world. War maps, demographic maps, William Clark’s hand-drawn map, and the island of California. What?

Believe it or not, explorers believed California was an island for a very long time and this map depicts that assumption. It would take over 50 years after the creation of this map before it was confirmed that California is indeed attached to the mainland of America.

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The 10 Oldest Still-Inhabited Cities

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture on July 11, 2009 at 11:48 am


I live in a house that is over 100 years old. That’s pretty old by US standards, but can you imagine living in a city that is 12,000 years old? That would be Damascus, Syria, with a population of four million people. Web Urbanist has a list of the ten oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Link

 
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