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We meet so many people throughout our lives. Some become vital, while others become obsolete. But in the end we will learn lessons from everyone we meet.
A Fantasy Subway Map of Ancient Roman Roads
From The Atlantic CITILAB by John Metcalfe:
“They say all roads lead to Rome, but they also lead outward to a number of intriguing places. There’s Antinoopolis in northern Africa, Londinium in what we now know as the U.K., and—should funding from the mighty Emperor Hadrian arrive—the yet-built Panticapaeum station along the Pontus Euxinus, or Black Sea.
Or so says this wonderfully thought-out fantasy transit map from Sasha Trubetskoy, showing the major thoroughfares of the Roman Empire circa 125 A.D. as dozens of stops along multicolored subway lines. Trubetskoy, who when not dabbling in history has explored the judgmental cartography of the Bay Area, started poking into the idea after noticing there was a dearth of good maps of Rome’s old road network, let alone train-themed ones. So he decided to go for it, pouring about 50 hours of research and design work into his sprawling “Roman Roads.” ”
Thank you, Duane, for pointing out this article. — Jenny
Indonesia’s Trying to Figure Out How Many Islands It Contains
From Smithsonian Magazine by Erin Blakemore:
“How many islands are in Indonesia? You might think that the answer “a lot” is a bit glib, but it turns out that the Republic of Indonesia itself doesn’t really know, either. The nation of many islands consists of so many small land masses that they have never been officially counted. Until now: As the BBC reports, Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious island census.”
New Online Database Catalogues 20,000 Threatened Archaeological Sites
From Smithsonian Magazine by Brigit Katz:
“The endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa Database includes an interactive map and a detailed search function.”
Found: Giant Mounds and Craters Across the Arctic Seafloor
From Atlas Obscura by Sarah Laskow:
“In the polar reaches of the Arctic Ocean, in northern Bjørnøyrenna, the seafloor is bumpy, pockmarked mess. Much of the seabed in the region is smooth, but not in the area that’s the subject of a new paper published in Science, where it is dotted with giant mounds and craters.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-arctic-seafloor-mounds-craters-methane-burps
Whooper swans in Sweden
This video shows whooper swans, both adult and young birds, in Sweden in March 2011.
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via An iconic feature near the top of Mount Everest has collapsed — Quartz
