20160703 - petra

Groot complex ontdekt in ruïnestad Petra

1 juli 2016 | Joost Vermeulen 

 

In de Jordaanse ruïnestad Petra is een groot complex ontdekt – terwijl er dagelijks honderden mensen langsliepen, en Petra een van de best bestudeerde archeologische plekken ter wereld is.
De enorme structuur die nu gevonden is in Petra, lijkt op geen van de andere gebouwen. Het bestaat uit een platform van 56 bij 49 meter, met daarop een kleiner platform, dat oorspronkelijk was betegeld. Aan de oostzijde stond een zuilengalerij, boven aan een trap. Op het platform stond een klein gebouw van 8,5 bij 8,5 meter, met de ingang richting de trap.
Het had waarschijnlijk een publieke, ceremoniële functie en is het op een na

Ruimtevaarttechniek

Dit bouwwerk, dat nog geen 800 meter van de meeste andere gebouwen van Petra ligt, werd ontdekt door de Amerikaanse archeoloog Sarah Parcak. Zij is gespecialiseerd in de bestudering van satellietbeelden. Met behulp van uit de ruimtevaart afkomstige technieken kan zij op deze foto’s ondergrondse structuren ontdekken.


 http://www.newscientist.nl/nieuws/groot-complex-ontdekt-in-ruinestad-petra/

20160702 - magic, book

20160701 - lupinus

Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine (North America), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes over 200 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Seeds of various species of lupins have been used as a food for over 3000 years around the Mediterranean and for as much as 6000 years in the Andean highland (Uauy et al., 1995), but they have never been accorded the same status as soybeans or dry peas and other pulse crops. The pearl lupin of the Andean highlands of South America, Lupinus mutabilis, known locally as tarwi or chocho, was extensively cultivated, but no conscious genetic improvement other than to select for larger and water-permeable seeds seems to have been made. Users soaked the seed in running water to remove most of the bitter alkaloids and then cooked or toasted the seeds to make them edible, or else boiled and dried them to make kirku. Spanish domination led to a change in the eating habits of the indigenous peoples, and only recently has interest in using lupins as a food been renewed.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus
 https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/185562447118624054/

20160630 - lathyrus

Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to Sicily, southern Italy and the Aegean Islands.
It is an annual climbing plant, growing to a height of 1–2 metres (3 ft 3 in–6 ft 7 in), where suitable support is available. The leaves are pinnate with two leaflets and a terminal tendril, which twines around supporting plants and structures, helping the sweet pea to climb. In the wild plant the flowers are purple, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.38 in) broad; they are larger and very variable in color in the many cultivars.
The annual species, L. odoratus, may be confused with the everlasting pea, L. latifolius, a perennial.


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_pea

20160629 - herat

Herat (/hɛˈrɑːt/; Persian: هرات; Pashto: هرات‎; Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ ἐν Ἀρίοις, Alexandria Ariana; Latin: Alexandria Ariorum) is the third-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 436,300, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated in the fertile valley of the Herey River. It is linked with Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif via highway 1 or the ring road. It is further linked to the city of Mashhad in neighboring Iran through the border town of Islam Qala.


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herat

20160628 - kabul

Kabul (/ˈkɑːbᵿl/; Pashto: کابل‎, Persian: کابل‎‎, pronounced [ˈkʰɒːbul]) is the capital of Afghanistan as well as its largest city, located in the eastern section of the country. According to a 2015 estimate, the population of the city was around 3,678,034, which includes all the major ethnic groups. Rapid urbanization had made Kabul the world's 64th largest city and the fifth fastest-growing city in the world.
Kabul is over 3,500 years old and many empires have controlled the city which is at a strategic location along the trade routes of South and Central Asia. It has been ruled by the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Mauryans, Kushans, Kabul Shahis, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, and Ghurids. Later it was controlled by the Mughal Empire until finally becoming part of the Durrani Empire with help from the Afsharid dynasty.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul

20160627 - afghanistan

Afghanistan ⁱ/æfˈɡænᵻstæn/ (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. It has a population of approximately 32 million, making it the 42nd most populous country in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east; Iran in the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in the north; and China in the far northeast. Its territory covers 652,000 km² (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st largest country in the world.
Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, and the country's strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Through the ages the land has been home to various peoples and witnessed numerous military campaigns; notably by Alexander the Great, Mauryas, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, British, Soviet Russians, and in the modern-era by Western powers. The land also served as the source from which the Kushans, Hephthalites, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Khiljis, Mughals, Hotaks, Durranis, and others have risen to form major empires.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan