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Peștera cu Oase (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpeʃtera ku ˈo̯ase], meaning "The Cave with Bones") is a system of 12 karstic galleries and chambers located near the city Anina, in the Caraș-Severin county, southwestern Romania, where some of the oldest European early modern human (EEMH) remains, between 42,000 and 37,000 years old, have been ...
Grigore Vieru (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡriˈɡore viˈeru]; 14 February 1935 – 18 January 2009) was a Moldovan poet, writer and unionist advocate, [1] known for his poems and books for children. His poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred mother.
Splash! Vedete la Apă [1] is a Romanian reality television show that teaches celebrities the art of diving. [2] The first series was premiered on 7 July 2013, and was broadcast by Antena 1. Pepe [3] will be hosting the show, with Roxana Ionescu and Roxana Vancea. [4] The judges were Anda Adam, Daniel Buzdugan, and Cătălin Preda. [5]
The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării, pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, romanized: Del'ta Dunaju, pronounced [delʲˈtɑ dʊnɐˈju]) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. [2]
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
Europa does not seem to have been venerated directly in cult anywhere in classical Greece, [note 8] but at Lebadaea in Boeotia, Pausanias noted in the 2nd century AD that Europa was the epithet of Demeter—"Demeter whom they surname Europa and say was the nurse of Trophonios"—among the Olympians who were addressed by seekers at the cave ...
Van Mander commented on Europa's abduction, with a European spin to it. Ovid's account of the abduction of Europa is found in Book II 833-75 of Metamorphoses. [8] Europa is a princess of Tyre, who is playing with her court on the coast when a beautiful bull appears. Europa mounts the bull, which quickly whisks her away into the ocean.
The village of Kremnické Bane or the neighbouring village Krahule, near Kremnica, in central Slovakia [1] Other locations currently vying for the distinction of being the centre of Europe include: The small town of Rakhiv , or the village of Dilove near Rakhiv, in western Ukraine [ 2 ]