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AIRSLA volunteer reads National Geographic magazine for our listeners. (This series was formerly known as National Geographic Traveler.)
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAMarch/April 2024 edition of National Geographic History magazine."The Magnificent Roman Mosaics of Carranque", by Ruben Montoya.In 1983, Samuel Lopez, a teenager in rural Spain, was herding cows on his family's farmland when he unearthed a treasure trove of Hispano Roman history. Further excavations uncovered stone ruins and elaborate mosaics , the remains of an opulent Roman estate from the 1st to 2nd century with renovations from the 4th century. The ruins are known to be one of the most significant Hispano-Roman villas yet found.
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAFrom the March/April 2024 edition of National Geographic History magazine:
"Epidemics,: A Constant Plague to Rome", by Alejandro Valino. "From its founding to its Imperial heyday, Rome's politics, religion and eventual decline were shaped by the ravages of disease". The leaders of Rome, feared disease as much as civil war or natural disaster.
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Show Notes for NG History - AIRSLASalomon August Andree, a Swedish mechanical engineer, was born when Arctic exploration was all the rage. Failed attempts to reach the pole by others did not deter Andree. Many thought him crazy for attempting it in a balloon but funding for it came from none other than Alfred Nobel. Unfortunately, he and his two travel companions' harrowing journey met the same fate as their predecessors. Their bodies were found 30 years later.
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAThis is from the November/December 2023 edition of National Geographic History magazine, the title is, "Big Claim for a Small Brain: H..naledi Buried it's Dead", by Braden Phillips and Julius Purcell.
The discovery of a hominin, later named Homo naledi, in South Africa,has aroused excitement and skepticism They may have created cave art and buried their dead 100,000 years before the earliest known burials to date. They lived between 236,000 and 335,000 years ago.
-Read by Jim Briscoe
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAAncient artworks have been discovered near Mosul, Iraq, ( ancient Nineveh), that date to the time of Assyrian king Sennacherib, of biblical mention. The artwork survived both the sack of Nineveh in 612 B.C. and ISIS' razing in recent years. Carved reliefs found are better than earlier ones found in the British Museum. Some relief panels were found behind a door that had been sealed for 2634 years.// Thanks Christine, Hope all is well. Jim AIRSLAThis podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are provided solely for the use of the blind and print impaired. Materials or items read on AIRSLA are the copyright property of the original authors and publishers. No unauthorized use or duplication is permitted.
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA.// The trireme was a 5th century BC Greek warship. The oar-driven ship was fast, maneuverable, and armed with a bronze battering ram in excess of 1000 pounds. Greece's massive fleet of triremes secured its place as the Mediterranean's strongest naval power of the times.// I hope all is well. I haven't forgotten submitting my bio. It will be sent soon. Sorry for the delay. Take care, Jim
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAChristine, here is a read from the November/December 2022 edition of National Geographic History magazine. The title is, Herodium, Herod's Desert Palace" by Cayetana H. Johnson. // Designed by King Herod the Great as a Roman country club, The lavish Herodium, built on the site of his victory over Antigonus, a rival for his crown, boasted a theater, pools, baths, and gardens. It also housed his own mausoleum, whose whereabouts wasn't discovered until 2007. // Thanks Christine. Hope is all is well. Jim
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLAThe title is, Atlantic Odyssey, Life Aboard the Spanish Galleons" by Esteban Mira Caballos.// Spanish migrants setting sail for the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries faced a hazardous Atlantic crossing and an uncertain future.
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA " Sofonisba, Genius of the Renaissance", by Alessandra Pagano.// Painting with tenderness and bravura, Sofonisba Anguissola stunned Michelangelo with her talent. The Italian artist became Europe's first female superstar artist.// Here's another possibility - Sofonisba Anguissola won fame n her lifetime as one of a tiny number of Renaissance women who painted their way out of domesticity and later into art museums worldwide.
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA the Truth", by Ainhoa Campos.// Alfred Dreyfus,a Jewish officer in the French Army, was wrongly convicted of selling military secrets to Germany. Although later exonerated, the case caused a split in France that lingers today. Thank you, take care, Jim
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Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA The title of the article is,"Ellen Craft, the appearance of Freedom, authored by Tucker Toole. Read by Jim Briscoe 2/8/22.// Ellen Craft ,the offspring of a white slave owner and an African American slave woman, and her husband William, escaped slavery in Georgia using her fair skin and disguise to take a harrowing journey to freedom in the North.
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