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Oldest Mountain Ranges Of The World
36+ min ago (637+ words) Mountains, like people, come in all shapes and sizes, and the oldest ones tend to be the shortest. That is not an insult. It is physics. Give a mountain a few billion years of wind, rain, and ice, and even…...
Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture opens in Fez’s historic Mellah
44+ min ago (249+ words) The Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture was inaugurated in Fez on October 12, offering visitors a journey through the history, religious traditions and... The Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture was inaugurated in Fez on October 12, offering visitors a journey through the…...
Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online. “The Former British
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (87+ words) Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online · theguardian.com Kottke.org This site is made possible by member support. 💞 Big thanks to Arcustech for hosting the site and offering amazing tech support. kottke.org. home…...
The Day France Blockaded Monaco: Inside the Rain-Soaked Crisis of 1962
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (743+ words) Rain falls on the Côte d’Azur. A persistent October rain, washing the palm trees, making the sidewalks gleam, and giving the Mediterranean the look of the North Sea. Nothing particularly unusual about that. Autumn has its way, even on the…...
Fès is opening a museum dedicated to Morocco’s Jewish heritage
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (271+ words) Accueil LNT News Stache Fès is opening a museum dedicated to Morocco’s Jewish heritage Fès is opening a new museum that tells a part of Morocco’s story many people still do not know enough about. The Museum of Moroccan Jewish…...
How The Mississippi Compares To The Nile
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (419+ words) Length separates the rivers, but their drainage basins are remarkably close in area. The National Park Service puts the Mississippi watershed at about 3.2 million square kilometers, or 1.2 million square miles. The Nile Basin Initiative gives the Nile basin essentially the…...
Nigeria History Explained, From Origins to 2026
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (1723+ words) Nigeria history runs from ancient sculptors and medieval kingdoms to British conquest and independence in 1960. A civil war and decades of military rule followed, then unbroken civilian rule since 1999. For a US reader, that past explains why Nigeria’s regions bargain…...
Floods, windstorms ravage seven Taraba LGAs
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (483+ words) A flooded area to illustrated a story The Taraba State Emergency Management Agency (TSEMA) has reported widespread destruction by floods, windstorms and other disasters in seven local government areas of the state. The agency’s Executive Secretary, Echuseh Audu, disclosed this…...
The fragile majesty of the Buganda royal tombs in Uganda
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (146+ words) The film is part of the short documentary series Africa’s Cultural Landmarks, produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with the World Monuments Fund. Video by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Story producer: Ann C Collins Inside the…...