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The calendar was discovered in 1908 by R.A.S. Macalister of the Palestine Exploration Fund while excavating the ancient Canaanite city of Gezer, 20 miles west of Jerusalem. The Gezer calendar is currently displayed at the Museum of the Ancient Orient, a Turkish archaeology museum, [12] [13] as is the Siloam inscription and other archaeological ...
The Apshawa Preserve is open year round from dawn to dusk for recreation, and can be accessed from 4 Macopin Road, West Milford. [4] Onsite parking is provided in a gravel parking lot that is located off Northwood Drive (turn off of Macopin), where hikers will find a kiosk with trail maps as well as trailheads.
In 2013, archaeologists unearthed ancient evidence of a 10,000-year-old calendar system in Warren Field, Aberdeenshire. [2] This calendar is the next earliest, or "the first Scottish calendar". The Sumerian calendar was the next earliest, followed by the Egyptian, Assyrian and Elamite calendars. The Vikram Samvat has been used by Hindus and Sikhs.
Screenshot of MapQuest in use on a web browser. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Apple Maps, Here and Google Maps. [2] [3]
Blue Ridge Parkway. / 36.51861°N 80.93583°W / 36.51861; -80.93583. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is the longest linear park in the U.S., [ 3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina, linking ...
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad is an atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien 's fictional realm of Middle-earth. [1] [2] It was published in 1981, following Tolkien's major works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. It provides many maps at different levels of detail, from whole lands to cities and individual buildings ...
A and B road zones. The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. [1] The route is also known as the NC500 and was launched in 2015, linking many features in the north Highlands of Scotland in one touring route. The route has increased visitor numbers to ...
Today, the district itself centers around M-125 and M-50, [10] known locally as Monroe Street and Front Street respectively, and extends for several blocks east and south. [1] [2] The district is roughly bounded by the River Raisin on the north, 7th Street on the south, and Navarre Street on the east.