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Glendalough Valley, County Wicklow, Ireland
Glendalough Valley, County Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its natural beauty and the 6th-century monastic community founded by Saint Kevin.
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View of the Hudson River Valley from West Point
West Point and the Highlands, colour engraving by Samuel Valentine Hunt, 1869. Depicted here is a view from the heights of the west bank of the Hudson River, looking northward along the valley. The United States Military Academy, also commonly...
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Camel Riders Discovering a Lush Valley
Artist's impression of camel riders discovering a lush mountain valley. The camel was a common mode of transport in Africa and the Middle East during ancient, medieval and early modern times.
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Moselle Valley
The Moselle Valley is known as Germany's oldest wine-growing region and is home to the world's steepest vineyards. The Romans brought viticulture to this area and planted vines along the Moselle River 2000 years ago. Along the entire Moselle...
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Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BCE) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Empire of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486...
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Upanishads
The Upanishads are the philosophical-religious texts of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”) which develop and explain the fundamental tenets of the religion. The name is translated as to “sit...
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Yarmouk Valley
Across the ravines lies the battlefield of Yarmouk (636 CE), a picture taken 8 miles from battlefield, from Jordan.
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Reconstructed Funerary Temple in the Moselle Valley
Along the entire Moselle from Trier to Koblenz in Germany, archaeologists have found remains of Roman estates, temples, mausolea, and various wine presses at the foot of several vineyard slopes. Nehren was apparently the location of a large...
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Pit River Valley, Modoc County, California
The Pit River winds through the Modoc Plateau, once the home of the Native American Modoc nation. Photograph by Robert F. Ettner, Natural Resources Staff Officer, Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, 2006.
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Stonewall Jackson - General Lee's Lieutenant
Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), better known as Stonewall Jackson, was one of the most famous Confederate generals of the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War and a former VMI instructor, he joined the Confederate...