Google Custom Search Engine

Nobody Is Enjoying Pennsylvania's Record Snow Fall As Much As These Dogs

Rotring S0214750 bow compass with Rapidograph 0.5 mm technical pen drawing 1.5–15 mm diameter circles.

Nobody Is Enjoying Pennsylvania's Record Snow Fall As Much As These Dogs "Now, THIS feels like Christmas!" December 28, 2017 at 03:48PM

ensete , n : Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.

Picture of the day on December 29, 2017: Rotring S0214750 bow compass with Rapidograph 0.5 mm technical pen drawing 1.5–15 mm diameter circles

World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017

Word of the day is ensete : Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.

Article of the day is Qatna. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

The Article of the day for December 29, 2017 is Qatna . Qatna is an ancient city in Syria whose remains are about 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Homs near the village of al-Mishrifeh. It was an important center circa 2000–500 BC, with one of Bronze Age Syria's largest royal palaces (pictured). An intact royal tomb has provided data on the funerary habits of that period. First inhabited circa 3500 BC, it was repopulated around 2800 BC and continued to grow. Around 2000 BC, it became the capital of a regional kingdom that spread its authority over the central and southern Levant. By the 15th century BC, Qatna had lost its hegemony and was under the authority of Mitanni. It was conquered and sacked by the Hittites 1400 BC and abandoned by 1300 BC. It was re-inhabited in 1000 BC, becoming a center of the kingdoms of Palistin and Hamath until it was destroyed by the Assyrians in 720 BC, eventually disappearing in the 6th century BC. The site has been excavated since the 1920s. As a re...

World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017 The richest people on earth became $1 trillion richer in 2017, more than four times last year’s gain, as stock markets shrugged off economic, social and political divisions to reach record highs.