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Exploration News
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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. It was handwritten for over 1600 years ago. The manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. An international collaboration has now reunited the entire manuscript in digital form and made it accessible to a global audience for the first time.
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The Holocaust is full of paradoxes. The history is so confusing and insane, and must not be forgotten. After the war the Polish government decided to restore Auschwitz I and turn it into a museum honouring the victims of Nazism. Auschwitz II and the remains of the gas chambers there are also open to the public. The Auschwitz concentration camp is part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The ashes of the victims of the SS were scattered between the barracks, and the entire area is considered as a graveyard. |
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Walking around in the largest concentration camp from the Second World is learning about life in the hard way. Auschwitz was also the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world, and as the American philosopher George Santayana wrote (see the writing on the wall in one of the barracks in the death camp): “those who does not remember history is bound to live through it again”. |
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What happened to children in Auschwitz? Walking around in the largest concentration camp in Poland from the Second World War gave me a history lesson for life. The history became so unpleasant real. Auschwitz was also the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world. Especially one thing made a strong emotional impression on me: a large collection of children`s shoes. |
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The Gothic Wawel Castle is both an architectural and historial landmark in Krakow, Cracow, in Poland. Wawel Hill is also probably the most important place in the city. The castle was built at the behest of Casimir III the Great and consists of a number of structures situated around the central courtyard. The Wawel Hill used to be the residence of Polish Kings and according to the legend, the dragon.
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Jarle Traa, Jarle Trå, was reported missing on Saturday 22nd May 2009. A search for him started and fortunately he was found over 8000 metres above ocean Monday morning 25th May. It was a dramatic rescue operation to get Jarle Traa down from the world`s tallest mountain.
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Tommy Rambøl (42), Rambol, from Norway reached the top of Mt. Everest 21nd May 2009. He is now safe back in the Base Camp on 5400 metres above the ocean. The two other Norwegians, Thomas Svane Jacobsen and Asbjørn Hjertenes, in the Himex expedition didn`t made it to the top.
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The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and The Red Cross are inviting 2469 people from multicultural Norway to join them at Norway`s tallest mountain, Mt. Galdhøpiggen, Galdhogpiggen, on the 12th and 13th of June 2009. Anyone who wishes to support multicultural Norway is welcome to participate.
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Apa Sherpa (49) from Nepal reached successfully 21st May 2009 the top of the world`s tallest mountain for the 19th time, reported by media in Nepal. It`s a world record. On the top of Mount Everest he rolled out a banner with the slogan: Stop the climate change, let Himalaya live! 30 minutes later, he started the descending.
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Scientists announced 19 May 2009 in New York the discovery of a 47 million year old primate fossil, known as Ida, that is set to revolutionise our understanding of human evolution. It`s our oldest human ancestor.
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The title of the film is The Link, which is a feature-length documentary film about the dubbed fossil Ida. It`s made by the award-winning Atlantic Productions with exclusive access to Ida and the team of scientists who have examined her. See also an available video about Ida.
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In 1714 the stone fortress Olavinlinna in Finland was surrounded by the Russian enemy. Inside the Swedish garrison was starving. Their hungry horses screamed in pain. It was a critical situation. Suddenly the horses stopped screaming and silence fall. The soldiers felt relieved for a while until the know what`s happened: the horses had been slaughtered for food, but it was more to come. Today Olavinlinna is one of Finland`s biggest tourist attractions, and the site is used for the annual opera festival.
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What are the world's top destinations, places that every curious traveller should visit in a lifetime? Could it be cities as Amsterdam, Athens, Rome, Bangkok, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, Jerusalem, Beijing, Los Angeles or other places? Join National Geographic`s poll, and vote for the city you most like to visit!
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A series of multi-million pound investments in the Scotch whisky industry is helping Scotland to fight back in the middle of the current recession, while one of Europe`s largest whisky festivals is set to breathe the water of life into the off-season economy of Speyside.
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The structure is a series of walls first linked up more than 2,000 years ago. The Great Wall of China is even greater than previously thought, both according to the first detailed survey to establish the length of the ancient barricade and discoveries of hidden structures.
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Meeting the Mudmen
in Papua New Guinea
See the video HERE |
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