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The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.
Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island (the Rupes Nigra) surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents.
According to certain authors, the Jabal Qaf of Muslim cosmology is a version of Rupes Nigra, a mountain whose ascent —such as Dante's climbing of the Mountain of Purgatory, represents the pilgrim's progress through spiritual states.
This list of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state) contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia (U.S. state). Precambrian
Murals from different periods have been preserved in churches. Remains from Bronze and Iron Age settlements have been found in the area as well. [14] Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site Kvemo Kartli: 2007 iii, v (cultural) The hominid remains found at Dmanisi belong to some of the earliest hominid fossils outside Africa. The excavations have ...
Georgia (U.S. state) portal This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Georgia , in the United States . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state) .
Authorities in Georgia announced that human remains found inside a submerged vehicle in a pond may be connected to a case surrounding a couple who went missing over 40 years ago.
This is a list of properties and districts in Harris County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).