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The Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
The Cardo (or Cardo Maximus) was a paved avenue approximately 22.5 meters wide with a colonnade. It was built during the Roman Period (2nd-3rd centuries CE) and served as Jerusalem's main commercial avenue for almost 500 years.
"Many Roman cities had a Cardo – a grand main thoroughfare flanked by two rows of columns, bisecting the city from north to south. The Cardo was the main commercial avenue of Jerusalem for almost 500 years.
The northern section remnants date to the Roman period (2nd - 3rd centuries C.E.). The southern section remnants date to the Byzantine period (6th century C.E.). Jerusalem's Cardo is portrayed on the ancient mosaic floor of a church in Medaba, Jordan."
Help!
Can anyone explain why an image of what I know as the Green Man is doing right over the entrance to a mid-sixteenth century church in southern Peru?
I don't know much about the Green Man, and the weak WiFi isn't helping me cure that deficit.
I associate it with Europe, perhaps during the transition from traditional belief systems (aka paganism) to Christianity.
It may combine a pre-Christian symbol of fecundity with Christian notions of the resurrection of life as the seasons of the year turn to spring.
Educated sixteenth-century Spaniards might have grasped all that, but wouldn't the Green Man have been doubly strange to the indigenous people? Perhaps the priest explained the meaning in a catechism.
pentru mam: El e Tom, prietenul Rosalindei. Vom face o petrecere de sfantul nicolae unde fiecare trebuie sa confectioneze un cadou dintr-un material de prin casa, si cadoul trebuie sa fie specific persoanei caruia ii va fi daruit. De exemplu, toata lumea rade de mine ca ma uit tot timpul l telefon asa ca s-ar putea sa primesc un telefon mare, facut din hartie, ca sa vad mai bine :)
Paul Gilbert, deputy manager for the Flight Programs and Partnerships Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, speaks to the NASA Social group about the Marshall Center's contributions to Orion's first flight. The Orion spacecraft launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV heavy lift rocket on December 5. The Marshall Center designed and built the spacecraft adapter that connected Orion to the Delta IV rocket. NASA hosted a multi-center NASA Social, inviting social media users from across the United States to visit the various centers to learn about Orion's first flight.
I can't explain this place...so packed. People walked in and walked out and spending on nothing but ice-cream ..costs us some RM 3.5 per bowl
Around the souqs there are plenty of ice-cream parlors but none of them can match Bakdash.
Keisha explains the process to Athan at ACE Avatar Maker inside Windtraders at Pandora - The World of AVATAR in Disney's Animal Kingdom Park.
I posted a few photos showing workers from the council felling some big spruce trees at a walkway close to the railway in Västerhaninge last week. It turns out the trees were not sick at all, but they were in the way for the new water pipelines to Nynäshamn.
From left: Eric, Luigi, Sarah, Andre, Phanna, Ryan, Kristin, Dawn, May, Katie, Christina, and Akiko.
Which of the three do you like best? I need to choose which one to print really big and hang in the Explainers' Lounge!
If you want to make a distinctive model of a postbox out of plasticine, you need to get the crinkly sausage-like bit on the top right
Alan Pipe, Molas Animal Bone Specialist explains the process of identifying animal bone and shows volunteers some examples from material they've worked on.
He was an outstanding teacher heeling other UdG Agora participants during the "ask and offer" session. So good, we are inviting him back tomorrow to run a full studio session.
It's a different world! Temples and monasteries are an integral part of life in Myanmar.
Many of the monks at the Mahagandayon Monastery were articulate in English, and outspoken about their country’s history and politics.
For the story behind these pictures, check out Ursula's Weekly Wanders PhotoBlog post:
www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/religious-practice/monks-nun...
This discussion involved the statement, "It's called Black Nationalism. It has nothing to do with Jamaica."
St. Patrick's Day, Cleveland, OH.
I got into town just as the St. Patrick's Day parade wound up.
I went out to look for place to get lunch and ended up in what turned out to be a near-riot