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Aerial view of the BEP in Washington, D.C. c. 1918 United States Souvenir Card issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the HAPEX APS 70 exhibition and 84th Annual Convention of the American Philatelic Society in 1970. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has its origins in legislation enacted to help fund the Civil War.
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection . Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth.
Aerial view of Mount Everest from the south. The peak rises over Lhotse, while Nuptse is the ridge on the left. There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft; 5.0 mi). [1]
The earliest evidence of human habitation at Sigiriya is the Aligala rock shelter to the east of Sigiriya rock, indicating that the area was occupied circa 3000 BC during the Mesolithic Period. Buddhist monastic settlements were established during the 3rd century BC in the western and northern slopes of the boulder-strewn hills surrounding the ...
At the beginning of the 19th century, the area was purchased by Shmuel Abu, the French consular agent in Safed who had immigrated from Algeria in 1817. Shmuel Abu built the tomb building which now stands on the site. [5] [9] The tomb building was described in the late-19th-century PEF Survey of Palestine as "apparently a modern building."
The Louvre (English: / ˈluːv (rə)/ LOOV (-rə)), [ 4 ] or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ⓘ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most ...
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...
Nr 50, poz. 420 [1] The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, [2] commonly known as Malbork Castle (Polish: Zamek w Malborku; German: Ordensburg Marienburg), is a 13th-century castle complex located in the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.