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A Dreamy Countryside Hotel Just Opened in One of Connecticut's Most Charming Towns—Only a 2-hour Drive From NYC
Once upon a time, Litchfield was dubbed "the queen of all Connecticut towns"—and this new hotel is helping the enclave ...
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An unprecedented look inside one of Jerusalem’s holiest—and most controversial—landmarks
Sireen Karim, a middle-age kindergarten teacher dressed in black, gestures at the mass of stone that dominates ... providing access from Jerusalem’s Old City into the Al Aqsa compound, dates ...
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Christians gather at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre to mourn Pope Francis
The Holy Sepulchre is situated in the Old City's Christian ... also prayed at a section of a wall built by Israel in the West Bank that separates Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Israeli government ...
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Jerusalem’s Old City: Focusing on people and moments
A man paused in the golden light, adjusting his hat, the timeless stone walls behind him glowing. It lasted just seconds, but in that fleeting moment the history and humanity of the Old City ...
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500-Year-Old Walls and a Haunting Past: Exploring the Haciendas of Central Mexico
Within a few hours’ drive of Mexico City, these centuries-old estates have become restaurants ... a half-moon-shaped gap in the thick stone walls. The opening to the dawn light outside was ...
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Students dig up old stone wall in Spain — and confirm decades-old theory. Take a look
Archaeologists and students excavated a hill with an old stone wall and uncovered some ancient ... But Vegazo didn’t find the ancient city’s forum, its bustling central market and gathering ...
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Making new memories from old walls: Restoring an iconic historic home in Springboro
Wright’s father founded the city of Springboro ... home’s historic quirks, like old magazine and newspaper cutouts glued to a wall upstairs, and a mill stone from the Wright family’s ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Early Medieval Stone Coffins From Below City Streets
This stone coffin appears to be older ... In the early Middle Ages, Dijon was a fortified town with a necropolis outside the city walls, next to the site of the church. Aside from the sarcophagi ...
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'It's a bad idea': Bethlehem's mayor advises against more parking, debt for new garage
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – You couldn't find a spare seat inside Bethlehem City Hall at one point Monday evening, as Bethlehem City Council hosted a meeting to inform residents about plans for the ...
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How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas
Many of the Old City’s white ... take shelter in Bethlehem as they flee Roman persecution. But Bethlehem’s role as a place of refuge is not just an ancient one. Just a stone’s throw from ...
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In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus’ birth, a season of grieving for Palestinian Christians
Many Bethlehem-area Christians have relatives in Gaza, and are terrified for their safety. An outbuilding of Gaza City’s oldest working ... including 11-year-old twins, also trapped in the ...