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2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Long before the Romans, it was the ancient Celts who lived across the British Isles who first noticed the hot waters spewing forth from deep beneath the the surface of the Earth, In fact, they used to pray there. When … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bath, Bath Abbey, Bath and Stonehenge, Energy, Green Issues, Renewable Energy, Roman Baths | 1 Comment

Egypt and the building of a new Capital City

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Though Egyptians have lived in and around the Cairo area since time began, the modern city itself is ually traced to the year 968 AD and the newly arrived Fatimid dynasty. For centuries the city prospered and grew to become … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Life, News | Tagged Cairo, Capital City, Desert, Egypt, Entrada, Fatimids, Water | 1 Comment

My final Map Medlee!

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This is the final posting in my recent collection of motley maps, at least for now. France is a pretty big country by any going, the only European nation that wouldn’t necessarily be dwarfed by countries on other … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Life, Travel | Tagged France, Game of Thrones, India, Maps, Mars, Pakistan, Springfield, The Simpsons, Vikings, Westeros | 3 Comments

A Multitude of Maps

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I had so many maps from my previous post Messing Around With Maps that I couldn’t fit them all in one post. So here are another batch. This interesting map shows the relative population density of the UK … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Life, Travel | Tagged Christmas, Georgraphy, London, Maps, Netherlands, Population Density | 1 Comment

Messing Around With Maps

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I’m a big fan of maps. I like how they convey details and information but also I just like maps themselves. Over the last 5 years or so I have posted qutie a few popular posts on maps and so … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history | Tagged British Isles, Celtic, geography, Ireland Clans, Maps, Palestine, Racism, WW2 | 4 Comments

Fantastic Map of The Roman Empire

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst doing a little bit of web browsing when writing my recent series of Roman articles, I came across this wonderful map below of the Roman Empire when it was at its maximum extent. I don’t write simple posts like … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history | Tagged Carthage, Dacia, geography, Maps, Mediterranean Sea, Roads, Roman Empire | 6 Comments

A World Of Languages

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst working on my previous post There’s English and there’s English, I came across this wonderful chart on languages. There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for … Continue reading →