Wales shares a great deal of history with the rest of Great Britain, but the rugged beauty of its landscapes and the open nature of its inhabitants make it a distinctly unique travel destination. For first-time visitors, the most obvious difference betwe
In the Turin Museum are preserved two papyri with rough drawings of gold mines established by Sesostris in the Nubian Desert.' These drawings have been commented upon by S. Birch, F. Chabas, R. J. Lauth and other Egyptologists, and have been referred to as the two most ancient maps in...
R. Brough Smyth, F.G.S., Secretary for Mines, this has been thoroughly digested and arranged, and is now being embodied in a map, which, when completed, as it will be shortly, will show at a glance the result of all geological surveys made in Australia and Tasmania up to the ...
Even before the auspicious sighting of Halley’s Comet in 1066 ushered in a new era in the High Middle Ages, the world was undergoing a period of transformation. In December of 1065, King Ferdinand the Great’s death led to the partition of his Spanish k
The Illawarra Alpine Club have been Caretakers for Cascade, Tin Mines and Teddys Hut for over 40 years. A sterling effort and a job well done in maintaining these basic mountain shelters for the safety of bushwalkers, mountain bikers and skiers alike. Unperturbed by the resident snake, we se...
known. In 1998 the shifting sands of the Wash revealed 'Seahenge', a wooden construction of timbers in a circle surrounding an upturned tree trunk. Stone Age man had left his mark in wood even in East Anglia, and the flint mines of Grimes Graves in Norfolk also point to activity where ...
Mines have been established. Military development continues. The construction of the new sections of Moscow continue. Grand Duke Dimitri I’s wife has gotten pregnant and gave birth to his first son, Ivan III Vasilyevich, sworn into the House of Rurik. Ivan III was then baptized in the ...
Crugybar is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located between Talley and Pumsaint. Mapcarta, the open map.
Swansea is a ghost town in La Paz County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was settled circa 1909 in what was then the Arizona Territory. It served as a mining town as well as a location for processing and smelting the copper ore taken from the nearby mines....
Loughman Village Loughman is a census-designated place in the northeast corner of Polk County, Florida, United States, near the Osceola county line. Loughman is situated 3½ km north of Watersong Resort Clubhouse.Davenport Photo: Wikipictures, CC BY 3.0. Davenport is a small town of ...