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A beautiful valley full of nymphs. Okeanos: The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods. Panchaia (Pangaia) A group of islands South of the Arabian peninsula inhabited by several tribes and rich with scented oils. Assumed by some to be the birthplace of the Olympian gods ...
Sefer HaAggadah (The Book of Legends) is a compilation of Aggadot (singular Aggadah; Aramaic אַגָּדָה: "tales, lore") that was compiled and edited by Hayim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Rawnitzki starting from 1903. Most of the sources included in Sefer HaAggadah come from the period of the Tannaim and the Amoraim.
Various Oz Books: The Emerald City is the capital of the Land of Oz. It is entirely (in the first books) or mostly (in later books) green. The city is made of green glass, emeralds, and other jewels. Emminster, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex: Correlates to the real-life Beaminster, Dorset. Emond's Field Robert Jordan: New Spring
The Mapimí Silent Zone (Spanish: La Zona del Silencio) is the popular name for a desert patch near the Bolsón de Mapimí in Durango, Mexico, overlapping the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve. It is the subject of an urban legend that claims it is an area where radio signals and any type of communications cannot be received. [1] [2] [3]
Tufa found in Nahanni National Park. The Nahanni National Park Reserve, sometimes known as "Headless Valley" or "Valley of The Headless Men" (after a series of unsolved historical deaths in the park), in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife), [4] protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region.
In ninth grade, Zuri worked on a project to set up a small library for migrant girls. "I learned about book deserts through that," said Zuri, who said she has always been a voracious reader.
The Eye of Ra, a gothic mystery novel by desert explorer Michael Asher, connects Zerzura to the Pharaoh Akhnaten, alien visitations, and UFO The Oasis of the Last Story: Tales from the Desert is a fictionalized autobiography by explorer and former SAS man Michael Asher about his 40 year quest for the lost oasis on foot and with camels, told as ...
At least not for Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Mirage and Banning high schools. Starting with the 2024-25 school year, those four schools will be in a league of their own — the Sun ...