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  • Exploring Egypt's ancient solar clocks" January 15, 2025 6:01 am NewsBytes Egypt's ancient obelisks are more than monumental stone pillars - they were also solar clocks. These massive structures, hewn from single pieces of stone, stood tall in temple complexes. Their shadows danced with the sun, tracing time and seasons for …
  • The 7 Best Places for Nail Art in Tampa Bay January 15, 2025 5:59 am The Gabber - Florida It’s the smallest art you’ll find — and here’s where to find the best nail art in Tampa Bay. Here is a set from Back Alley Nails. Photo courtesy of Eric Schnetzer The ritual of artfully adorning one’s nails goes back to ancient times. According to a 2023 …
  • A new hospitality partnership aims to shake up the bakery supply chain in Canberra January 15, 2025 3:49 am RiotACT Origin Bake in partnership with eighty/twenty Cafe opens in City West. Photo: Tenele Conway. In his seventh year of business, local baker Karim Gad of Origin Bake has partnered with Aakash Shah of eighty/twenty Cafe. Together they have their sights …
  • Portugal: The sixth most searched country on Google in 2024 – Year in Search January 15, 2025 1:48 am Portugese American Journal Posted on 14 January 2025. Portugal, one of the most favorite countries to visit, ranked as the sixth most searched travel destination globally in 2024, according to Google’s Year in Search report, the world’s leading search engine. In 2024, the country …
  • Don’t let ancient languages die January 15, 2025 12:58 am Unherd How things change. As Scaliger so vividly proves, linguistics could once change the world — literally. As the Renaissance bubbled on, scholars on both sides of Europe’s sectarian divide built a new community of scholarship aimed at understanding ancient …