12th Century King of Kings Found Ruling In Africa

Courthouse plan shows value of appreciating our local landmarks

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 29 May 2016

The project will save an old building ... But this isn’t really about architecture ... For more than two centuries, justice was dispensed here, people were married here, black people were sold and whipped here ... 4 ... In Dürnstein, Austria, we hiked up a hill to the ruins of a 12th century castle where England’s King Richard the Lionheart was held captive during the Crusades ... The luxury 21C Museum Hotel was developed in a century-old office tower....

Government to sell off 14 ITDC hotels: Mahesh Sharma

Edit The Times of India 29 May 2016

NEW DELHI. Fourteen out of 16 perennially loss making hotels owned by state-run ITDC will be sold off and the process to privatise them has already started, Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said today ... "The process to privatise the 14 hotels has already been started ... On reports of cracks in the 12th century Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, he said the government has initiated the process of repair ... Download it Now! ....

Government to sell off 14 ITDC hotels

Edit The Times of India 29 May 2016

NEW DELHI. Fourteen out of 16 perennially loss-making hotels owned by state-run ITDC will be sold off and the process to privatize them has already started, Union tourism and culture minister Mahesh Sharma said on Sunday ... "The process to privatise the 14 hotels has already been started ... On reports of cracks in the 12th century Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, he said the government has initiated the process of repair ... RELATED....

Govt to sell off 14 loss-making ITDC hotels

Edit DNA India 29 May 2016

-->. The government has already started the process of privatising the hotels, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma ... "The process to privatise the 14 hotels has already been started. There are certain issues with the states and we are trying to address them," he told PTI ... On reports of cracks in the 12th century Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, he said the government has initiated the process of repair ... ....

Govt to sell off 14 ITDC hotels

Edit The Times of India 29 May 2016

New Delhi, May 29 () Fourteen out of 16 perennially loss making hotels owned by state-run ITDC will be sold off and the process to privatise them has already started, Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said today ... "The process to privatise the 14 hotels has already been started ... On reports of cracks in the 12th century Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, he said the government has initiated the process of repair ... MP/MPB SK AAR....

Deciding on whether or not to wallpaper

Edit Palm Beach Post 28 May 2016

Wallpaper is one of those touchy subjects in interior design — either you love it or hate it ... By the 12th Century, wallpaper had made its way to Europe, and to the Americas by the 1730s ... In the late 18th Century, the French invented a wallpaper making machine, and thus making the goods possible for larger rooms ... During the 20th Century in the U.S., the further development of mechanics made it wallpaper available to the masses....

Vine bridges cross Japan's remote Iya Valley

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 28 May 2016

IYA VALLEY, Japan - The Japanese know the Iya Valley for its remoteness, alpine scenery, and vine bridges, and for being the fabled 12th-century refuge of the Heike clan. Americans are unlikely to know it at all, but if they do, it's probably because of Alex Kerr. Vine bridges cross Japan's remote Iya Valley. Advertisment. of. Gallery .. Facebook icon. Twitter icon. Pinterest. Mail icon ... He named the place Chiiori, or "House of the Flute ." ... ....

Congregations of historic Scots kirks ‘facing unfair costs’

Edit Scotsman 28 May 2016

Paisley Abbey, the 12th century "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts” may be expanded with a visitor centre to transform it into a major international tourist attraction as the Kirk considers ways of generating income to maintain properties, especially listed buildings such as the abbey ... The Kirk and Renfrewshire Council are to meet to discuss an outline business plan with a funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund ... ....

Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith (University of Cambridge)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

Dating from the second century before Christ, the fragments on display in Cambridge contain the Ten Commandments and until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, it was the oldest surviving manuscript of any part of the Hebrew Bible ... What they rewrote was an 11th or 12th century text from the gospels, but underneath it is a very early text of the gospel of St Luke. This very early undertext was first deciphered in the 19th century....

Thomas Becket's elbow to return to site of his murder in Canterbury

Edit The Guardian 27 May 2016

For almost eight centuries, the tiny sliver of bone has been venerated by distant devotees of England’s famous “turbulent priest” ... It will be the culmination of an extraordinary week in which Becket’s bone has toured Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Rochester Cathedral and other churches associated with the 12th-century archbishop of Canterbury....

Northern Ireland abortion laws are proving that the Troubles were nothing but a silly misunderstanding

Edit Belfast Telegraph 27 May 2016

To bind the communities together even further, they should bring in more rules from the 12th century, like the ducking stool, or setting fire to people with a birthmark as they must be the Devil, which is why the beetroots went mouldy ... Unionists like Poots and his party have fought a century-long battle in their desperation to remain part of the UK ......

Unveiling a hidden gem

Edit China Daily 27 May 2016

To avoid persecution, the family of a Song Dynasty general took refuge on a mountain - and the village they created can now be enjoyed by tourists. Thirty-three families have lived in relative seclusion in Yuejiazhai village in northern China for hundreds of years ... Even the Mongolians, Manchurians, and Japanese - the three main invaders and occupiers in northern China after the 12th century - did not manage to get to the village ... ....

The Northern Ireland abortion laws are proving that the Troubles were nothing but a silly misunderstanding

Edit The Independent 26 May 2016

To bind the communities together even further, they should bring in more rules from the 12th Century, like the ducking stool, or setting fire to people with a birthmark as they must ......

Millennium 12th Century - the axe

Hair History: 5th - 12th Century | Early Middle Ages

Dressing up in late 12th century harness

12th Century Polyphony in Aquitaine - O primus homo coruit

Science in the 12th Century - Episode 4 - Word Salad

Protected Historical Mughal Art-12th Century