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Runestone Sö 179
The inscription reads:
Tola had this stone erected after his son Harald, Ingvar's brother. They went far and wide in search of gold and eastward the eagle gave (food), they died southward in Särkland.
Särkland (Old Norse Serkland) was an Old Norse name for the regions around the Caspian Sea, meaning present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Russian areas around the lower Don and Volga.
Oysterville, Washington
A Native American inscription is written above the entrance to this house. It reads: "Tsako-Te-Hahsh-Eetl." It is the place name the Chinook gave to what we call Willapa Bay:
For generations before the pioneer settlers arrived, Chinook Indians gathered oysters in this part of Willapa Bay and camped in the area that is now Oysterville. They called it "tsako-te-hahsh-eetl" which, like many Indian words, had two meanings: "place of the red-topped grass" and "home of the yellowhammer." (Yellowhammer is the local name for the red-shafted flicker, a woodpecker common to this region.)
www.oysterville.org/oysterville-story
Like many of the old houses in the village, the Tom Crellin house was built of redwood lumber brought north as ballast on oyster schooners out of San Francisco. In 1892, after the Crellin family had moved to California, R. H. Espy purchased the house to serve as a parsonage for the new Baptist church. Since 1902 it has been occupied by Espy descendents.
www.oysterville.org/walking-tour
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The first white settlers here were Robert Hamilton Espy and Isaac Alonzo Clark.
They had agreed on a rendezvous with Chief [Nahcati] who had told Espy of nearby tide lands covered with oysters.
On April 20, 1854, as they paddled north from the head of the bay, they became engulfed by a heavy fog. Klickeas, having spotted them before the fog rolled in, guided them ashore by rhythmically pounding on a hollow log.
The Indian Chief had not exaggerated; reef upon reef of tiny native oysters grew on the shallow bay bottom.
Espy and Clark marketed the bivalves in gold-rich, oyster-hungry San Francisco. A peach basket filled with oysters brought a dollar in gold on delivery to a schooner anchored on the tide flats in front of town.
That same basket brought $10 on arrival in San Francisco, and epicures in oyster bars and seafood restaurants there would pay a silver dollar for one oyster - an oyster smaller than the dollar!
In no time, Oysterville became a rowdy, lusty boomtown. By 1855 its population and importance were such that it became the seat of Pacific County, Washington Territory. The town had many firsts - a school, college, newspaper, and finally, in 1872, a church - First Methodist.
It is said that there were those in Oysterville who lived in "sin" and those who lived to be "saved" - about an even division.
When the church was dedicated, the hard drinkers abandoned the saloons, marched in a body to the church, put their gold pieces in the collection plate, and returned to what they considered more stimulating than praying - drinking.
Late in the 1880s fate took a hand: the long awaited railroad line ended at Nahcotta, an isolating four miles away; the native oysters became scarce and, without the possibility of a local livelihood, residents moved out en masse; finally, in 1893, the courthouse records were stolen by South Bend "raiders." Oysterville gradually became a sleepy little village where "time stood still."
To see, in a small way, what Oysterville looked like in the old days, walk down Clay Street opposite the church to the edge of the bay and look back toward the village. You will see the fronts of the old homes which were built facing the bay.
The street directly in front of the church, Territory Road, was once called 4th Street; Main Street was about where the easterly white picket fence is now; 1st Street was about where the easterly wire fence is near the bay; and Front Street has been consumed by the tide.
Oysterville is proud of its placement on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Historic District encompasses about 80 acres of the village.
www.oysterville.org/oysterville-story
The original one-room schoolhouse and church are still in use for community events. The church hosts summer vespers.
The Oysterville Post Office is oldest continuously operating Post Office in Washington.
When strolling the streets of Oysterville, one truly feels as though time has stood still for more than one hundred years. Enjoy a walking tour of historic Oysterville, where you’ll learn more about the history of this fascinating town.
Visit Sydney of Oysterville to learn more about the town. sydneyofoysterville.com/oysterville-daybook/ The Oysterville Guest House (AirBnB) is the only guest lodging in the town.
When in Hawaii buy pineapple. When in Oysterville buy oysters! Bivalves freshly plucked from pristine Willapa Bay are available in a variety of sizes at Oysterville Sea Farms. They also have a variety of of other artisan foods, like handmade granola, scone mixes, sauces, and cranberries.
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Inscription on the above historical marker:
As a part of the Manhattan Project, the K-25 plant was designed to house work on separating U-235 from U-238 through the gaseous diffusion process. At the time of its construction, it was the largest industrial complex in history. Plant construction began in 1943 and was completed in 1945. Over 25,000 construction personnel worked on this plant. The main building exceeded 44 acres in size.
In 1942, nearly 60,000 acres of East Tennessee landscape became part of the most significant defense strategy in the history of the United States – the Manhattan Project, a massive wartime effort shrouded in complete secrecy – to the point that most of the K-25 workers did not even know what they were building! Their mission: build the first atomic weapon before Nazi Germany and end World War II. To ensure victory, secrecy was paramount. No one could know of Oak Ridge. No one could know the purpose of the plants. Isolation was key. At the western-most boundary of the military’s new reservation, the war effort engulfed the tiny Wheat Community (population 1,000) replacing farmhouses and fruit trees with massive concrete and steel structures that would produce the world’s first enriched uranium. By September 1943, construction had begun on a two-million-square-foot plant known as K-25. (“K-25” was a codename made up of a combination of other codes. The letter “K” comes from “Kellex”, M.W. Kellogg’s (the lead engineer) codename, “Kell” for Kellogg, and “X” for secret. The number “25” is a World War II-era code designated for the element called uranium-235, the concentrated product of the gaseous diffusion process.) This plant would enrich uranium using the gaseous diffusion process. Ultimately, its product would fuel one of two atomic bombs that would end World War II (Little Boy used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima). After the war, the K-25 plant continued to serve the nation along with the addition of four more gaseous diffusion plants named K-27, K-29, K-31 and K-33 added to the site. The K-25 site was renamed the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant in 1955. Production of enriched uranium ended in 1964, and gaseous diffusion finally ceased on the site on August 27, 1985. The Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant was renamed the Oak Ridge K-25 Site in 1989, and the East Tennessee Technology Park in 1996. Demolition of all five gaseous diffusion plants was completed in February 2017.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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THE INSCRIPTION ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR - great guy...:)
Love ...;)
What a beautiful expression of a beautiful feeling... :)
Любовь, любовь ... ;)
Какое красивое выражение красивого чувства... :)
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"We passed by here, the Sergeant Major and Captain
Juan de Archuleta and Adjutant Diego Martin Barba and
Ensign Agustin de Ynojos, the year of 1636."
Verrès castle (Aosta)-
An inscription carved in Gothic characters states that Ibleto of Challant began works in 1390. In 1536 Renato of Challant renovated the defence structures, adapting them for modern fire arms. On this occasion, a boundary wall with a battery, buttresses and five-sided attack towers, suitable for use with the canon and springalds cast in the Count of Challant’s fiefdom in Valangin, Switzerland. Further protection was given to the entrance with the addition of an inner gate, a drawbridge and loopholes. New cross windows were created in addition to the existing single-light and mullioned Gothic windows, and new gates with Spanish-inspired Moorish arches. The interiors were enhanced with new furnishings. Renato of Challant died leaving no male heirs in 1565, which is when the castle was taken over by the Savoys. In 1661 Duke Charles Emmanuel II ordered the dismantling of weapons and their transfer to the fortress in Bard, a strategic point in which the defence of Val d’Aosta was concentrated.
The Challant regained possession of the castle in 1696 and kept it until the end of the family line at the start of the 19th century. At that time the castle had been abandoned for almost two centuries: the roof, which was already in partial collapse, was demolished completely to avoid paying duty on the structure, and so the upper floors were exposed to the elements. Like the castles of Issogne and Fénis, this castle was rescued by a group of Piedmont intellectuals with a common love for the Middle Ages. ..After going through the outer door which opens in the fortified wall, also accessible on horseback across the drawbridge, you come to the guard’s building opposite the castle entrance. The portal leads onto a hallway with a protective machicolation disguised within the vault. A second door, formerly protected by a portcullis, provides access to the castle courtyard. Surrounding this square space, the body of the building is arranged in a ring on three floors, connected via a monumental stone staircase set on rampant arches. The regular geometrical structure and simplicity of the green and white stone decoration, are consistent with military character of the building and are also evidence of the excellent craftsmanship in Verrès.
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Costruito su un picco roccioso che domina il sottostante borgo, il castello è citato per la prima volta nel 1287 come proprietà dei signori De Verretio. Un’iscrizione scolpita in caratteri gotici attesta che fu Ibleto di Challant nel 1390 a porre mano ai lavori che fecero assumere all’edificio l’aspetto attuale. Nel 1536 Renato di Challant rinnovò l’apparato difensivo del maniero, adattandolo all’uso delle moderne armi da fuoco. In questa occasione venne costruita una cinta muraria munita di cannoniere, di speroni a contrafforte e di torrette poligonali da offesa, idonei all’impiego delle spingarde e dei cannoni fusi nel feudo che il conte di Challant possedeva a Valangin, in Svizzera; l’ingresso fu reso più sicuro mediante la realizzazione dell’antiporta con il ponte levatoio e l’apertura di feritoie. Si provvide inoltre ad aprire nuove finestre a crociera, in aggiunta a quelle a tipo gotico a monofora e a bifora già esistenti, e nuove porte ad arco moresco, di evidente influsso spagnolo; gli interni furono arricchiti con nuovi arredi. Alla morte di Renato di Challant (1565) senza eredi di sesso maschile, il castello venne incamerato dai Savoia. Nel 1661 il duca Carlo Emanuele II ordinò di smantellare gli armamenti e di trasferirli al forte di Bard, punto strategico dove si concentrava la difesa della Valle d’Aosta.
Gli Challant riottennero il possesso della rocca nel 1696 e lo mantennero fino all’estinzione della casata, ai primi del XIX secolo. A quell’epoca il castello era abbandonato da quasi due secoli: il tetto, già in parte crollato, era stato demolito del tutto per evitare il pagamento del canone erariale, così che i piani superiori erano esposti alle intemperie e invasi dalle erbacce. Il salvataggio di questo castello, come per quelli di Issogne e di Fénis, si deve all’interesse di un gruppo di intellettuali piemontesi accomunati dalla passione per il Medioevo.
The Temple of the Inscriptions is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day state of Chiapas, Mexico.
The structure was specifically built as the funerary monument for K'inich Janaab' Pakal, ajaw or ruler of Palenque in the 7th century whose reign over the polity lasted almost 70 years. Construction of this monument commenced in the last decade of his life, and was completed by his son and successor K'inich Kan B'alam II.
Within Palenque, the Temple of the Inscriptions is located in an area known as the Temple of the Inscriptions’ Court and stands at a right angle to the Southeast of the Palace.
The Temple of the Inscriptions has been significant in the study of the ancient Maya, owing to the extraordinary sample of hieroglyphic text found on the Inscription Tablets, the impressive sculptural panels on the piers of the building, and the finds inside the tomb of Pakal.
The English Alphabet Project.
The project will last for 26 days, each day will represent a letter from the English Alphabet, Starting from letter A to Z.
In this project
"et vous Wallons rappelez-vous les six cents Franchimontois.
Albert 1er 5 Août 1914
Du pays de Franchimont que dominent ces ruines partirent les six cents héros qui se sacrifièrent le 29 octobre 1468, en défendant Liège, comme le firent après eux les volontaires
de 1830 et les soldats de 1914.
Theux, Fêtes du Centenaire 1930
...Depuis 1967, les Compagnons de Franchimont (asbl) étudient et sauvegardent le château
Dancing revelers decorate this Athenian red-figure cup. On the interior, a youth, naked except for a wreath in his hair and a short cloak over one arm, dances and flourishes his staff, a marker of the Athenian leisured class. This lone figure finds his companions in the ten other youths encircling the exterior of the cup. These similarly outfitted youths stride and step in an energetic dance, or perhaps emulate fighting postures.
This cup is unusual in that the interior is covered in “coral-red” This intentional red color, much brighter than the normal reddish color of Athenian clay, was achieved either by using a subtly different clay or firing the vase more than once. The red is prone to flaking, and the technique proved to be short-lived, limited to a few workshops with the technical know-how.
Inscriptions
Tondo: KA[?]ΛIΣNΔ[.]XI A: In the field, between the first three figures: N[.]IXIΣOI (I) K. Between the last two: ΛΛ K B: In the field, between the first two figures: NA[?]IX; between third and fourth KAΛI. Below handle B/A: A[?]IXI
Greek, Attic, Athens, 510-500 BCE. Red-figure terracotta.
11.2 × 35.5 × 27.5 cm (4 7/16 × 14 × 10 13/16 in.)
Getty Villa Museum, Pacific Palisades, California (86.AE.280)
à l'entrée de l'ancienne crèche des Brasseries nantaises . . .https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-memoire-une-creche-nantaise-pour-25-nourrissons-36e31d42-af62-3386-a462-49c9b96135c5
This is number: 295 "Caffeine Overdose”
It is named: “A forged plaque of wooden rongorongo-like inscriptions from a fake graffiti-artist from a make-believe history makes a good collectors dada-artwork worth some amount of bogus money”
The media: ballpoint pens and acrylics on carved wood
Peace and noise!
/ MushroomBrain not a fake forger
WARNING! If you are gonna buy a retirement retreat, do it at the Alps, Himalaya or similar or grow gills!!!
The inscription reads:
Lacus leonum ubi Daniel missus fuit
Habaccuc portans illi prandium
Beatus de Liebana; 'Silos Apocalypse', Northern Spain, c.1100
London British Library - Add. MS 11695,
Jerome, Commentary on Daniel (fol-220r - 266r)
Beatus Add MS 11695 fol-239r (hr)
Source: www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_11695_f220r
Some of the inscriptions that have been carved into the massive 50 ton Cloughmore Stone over the years. These were fascinating to look at and read. The Cloughmore Stone sits high overlooking Carlingford Lough, Warrenpoint town and the Cooley Mountains in County Louth. This was taken shortly after sunset.
A silenced church bell sitting on the corner of DeGraw Street and Strong Place, which once rang in the Strong Place Baptist Church. Presented to the Baptist Church in 1855 by Thomas Hunt. Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City.
Justin
The Latin inscription and sculptures over the Matthias Gateway in Prague Castle's New Royal Palace celebrating Mattias as Holy Roman Emperor in 1614. ‘D[ominus] Matthias El[ectus] Rom[anus] Imp[erator] S[emper] Aug[ustus] Hung[ariae] Boh[emiae] Rex etc. F[ieri] F[ecit] An[n]o MDCXIV’
‘Master Matthias, elected Roman Emperor, forever August, King of Hungary, Bohemia etc., ordered this to be built in the year 1614’. In fact, it was his predecessor Rudolf II who conceived the gateway as the ceremonial entrance to Prague Castle and commissioned it, in all probability, from the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Filippi. Originally freestanding, and only later incorporated into the west wall of the castle, the triumphal arch is the earliest Baroque structure in Bohemia.
Carte de visite by Charles D. Fredricks & Co. The inscription on this portrait references key details about the individual pictured. His initials, C.B.S., identify him as Charles Bradley Stoughton, the son of a successful New York City attorney. Bellows Falls, a village in southern Vermont, is a place where Charlie, as he was familiarly known, lived with his parents for a few years during his childhood. "Col.," the abbreviation for colonel, is the rank at which he served during the Civil War. His time in the military is further defined by the patch the covers his right eye. It hides the disfigurement caused by a Confederate bullet during the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Back in 1861, 19-year-old Charlie, a recent graduate of Norwich Military Academy, pitched in as drillmaster for Company A of the 3rd Vermont Infantry. In August, he enlisted as a first lieutenant and adjutant in the state's 4th Infantry, which happened to be commanded by his older brother, Edwin, 23. A year later following the Peninsula Campaign, Edwin received his general's star and brigade command. Charlie, now 21, advanced to colonel and command of the 4th.
According to one report, Charlie was the better soldier of the two brothers. This may be a reference to Edwin's embarrassing capture by Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby in a March 1863 raid in Northern Virginia. The press made much of Edwin's capture, which happened while he slept at his headquarters in Fairfax Court House.
Just a few months later, Charlie and his Vermonters played a comparatively minor role at Gettysburg, suffering the loss of one wounded man. During the pursuit of Lee's defeated Army of Northern Virginia, the 4th and its brother regiments in the Vermont Brigade clashed with retreating Confederates at Funkstown, Md. During the fight, a Minié bullet struck Charlie in the head and destroyed his right eye. A long and painful recuperation ended in his resignation in early 1864. He received a brevet as brigadier general for gallantry.
Charlie headed to New York, where he studied law with his father. He's pictured here about this time, as evidenced by the tax stamp affixed to the back of the mount, which dates it between August 1864 and August 1866. The inscription date of 1869 indicates he gave this likeness to friends and acquaintances for several years after the sitting. He eventually married and made his home in Vermont and Connecticut.
Charlie fell ill with consumption and died at the Soldier's Home in Bennington, Vt., in 1898. He was 56. The same disease claimed the life of his brother Edwin in 1868. Two children survived him.
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Millstatt Monastery . Early 16th Centur
Sage/Glaube/Richte/Tue { nicht alles was du } weißt/hörst/siehst/magst
Dont't say/believe/judge/do { all what you } know/hear/see/want
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Sheikh Lotfolah Mosque . Isfahan . Iran
ایران / اصفهان / مسجد شیخ لطف الله
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خطاط : علیرضا عباسی
معمار: استاد محمدرضا بن استاد حسین بنای اصفهانی
Visiting Istanbul, Turkey
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The wooden anthropoid coffin of a man called "Aba son of Ankh Hor", ruler and governor of Upper Egypt and the Head of the treasury.
The coffin is fully decorated in the shape of a mummy resembling Osiris with the upturned ceremonial false beard and a wig. The eyes are inlaid with ivory and ebony. Iba wears a large multicoloured necklace, and the sky-goddess Nut appears on the chest area. The goddess Isis with wide-spread wings is portrayed on the feet, while the goddess Nephtys appears at the head. The three goddesses offer protection to the deceased. The coffin lid is also decorated with texts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the base shows hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Organic material, sycamore wood
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Saite Period
Provenance Upper Egypt, Luxor (Thebes), West Bank, Qurna
BAAM 829
Antiquities Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina