Category: Travel
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How to have an authentic British Afternoon Tea experience
Afternoon Tea is an absolute British classic! In this video, we’ll guide you through the history and etiquette of this beloved tradition and explain all the essential elements including tea, sandwiches, scones, and pastries that make up a traditional Afternoon Tea spread. Top ten tips on Afternoon Tea and English Cream Tea Etiquette so you…
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BNSF BIG – Barstow International Gateway
BNSF announced plans to construct Barstow International Gateway which will be a first of its kind intermodal facility with warehouses and transloading on-site and a switching yard for containers coming in and out of the ports of LA and Long Beach. BNSF Railway Co. aims to invest more than $1.5 billion in a new Barstow…
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Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
Beginning in 1922, archaeologist Charles Leonard Woolley, co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum, led a monumental excavation at Ur. Predating ancient Egypt and its famed pyramids by thousands of years, this southern Mesopotamian city-state possessed its own rich culture and architectural monuments, notably the ziggurat, a stepped structure topped by a…
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Petra And The Lost Kingdom Of The Nabataeans | Documentary
Land of history, Jordan is full of archaeological treasures. The most beautiful is the site of Petra. Director: Jacques Vichet
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The Copper Age Explained (The rise of civilization) – The Chalcolithic Period
The Chalcolithic or Copper Age lasting about one thousand years is the transitional period between the Neolithic, or Stone Age and the Bronze Age. The Copper Age originated from the island of Cyprus, where Romans mined copper from its rich copper mines. About 6000 years ago, copper was used in manufacturing tools and weapons, while gold was…
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The Birth of Civilisation – Rise of Uruk (6500 BC to 3200 BC)
Uruk, today known as Warka, was an ancient city of Sumer situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates 30 km east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq. Uruk is the type site for the Uruk period. Wikipedia Estimates of Uruk’s population vary wildly, but, by around…
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Great Ziggurat Of Ur & The Ancient City In Mesopotamia. Birthplace of Abraham? Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Ur Kasdim (Hebrew: אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים ʾūr Kaśdīm), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldeans, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of the Israelite and Ishmaelite patriarch Abraham. In 1862, Henry Rawlinson identified Ur Kaśdim with Tell el-Muqayyar, near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Mesopotamia was one of the cradles of civilization 6000 years…
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Amazing Watermelon Harvest Process – Watermelon Farm
In Numbers 11: 5-6, the freed Hebrews fed on a manna-only diet, lamenting the rich variety of food they gave up on leaving Egypt — including watermelon. An apple we commonly think of as the forbidden fruit, but the Bible never actually says what fruit it was, and the apple didn’t come along until the…
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Aerial China：Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province河北省石家莊市
Shijiazhuang, formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about 266 kilometres southwest of Beijing, and it administers eight districts, two county-level cities, and 12 counties. WikipediaWeather: 43°F (6°C), Wind W at 4 mph (6 km/h), 43% Humidity…
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Black Canyon, Ashcroft BC – Josh White
Born as a connection between the railway and the Cariboo Wagon Road, Ashcroft has a history steeped in transportation and agriculture – potatoes, tomatoes, and today, melons and ginseng. The ranching industry grew in response to miners needs for beef, and grain and hay to feed mules and oxen. Ashcroft is the kind of community…
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CSX Rerail Attempt #2
Former Y123 locomotive 2725 front axle rerail at Coastal Lumber Attempt 2 with locomotive 4227 from train L250
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Drama on Mullan Pass 3/26/23
Manifest – Train made up of mixed rail cars I was up on the pass getting some control point information for ATCS when I spotted the BNSF manifest at Helena Junction tieing on helpers to the rear end. I decided to head back up the pass and catch this train at some different spots than I…
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