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The world today...
| Pompeii (Rediscovered in 16th - 18th CE) |
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| Vesuvius seen from Pompeii |
| Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter |
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| Bodies became molds of hardened volcanic ashes |
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| Mosaic |
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| Rome |
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| Colosseum since 70 C.E. |
| Circus Maximus, Rome |
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| Now a public park where concerts are usually held |
| Italy |
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| Amalfi Coast |
| Great Wall of China |
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| Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Hagia Sophia - Church of the Holy Wisdom |
| Brazil |
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| Crystal Palace (made of steel and glass) in Petropolis |
| Sputnik: First Artificial Satellite |
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| USSR |
| October 4, 1957 - Kazakhstan, USSR |
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| Launching of Sputnik |
| Sputnik above Earth |
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| 1957 - The Space Age |
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| Jerusalem 1967 |
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| The Six-Day War |
| The Six-Day War 1967 |
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| The Project Apollo, USA |
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| Earth seen from outer space |
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| Earth seen from the Moon |
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| Apollo 11 in 1969 |
| Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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| Mary of Medjugorje 24 June 1981 |
| Ships, Jets, Stealth |
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| Aircraft Carrier |
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| USS Ronald Reagan |
| USA 2002 |
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| 2006 |
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| Our Solar System |
| Alaska |
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| Northern lights (aurora borealis) |
| Northern lights viewed from space in 2007 |
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| Antarctica |
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| First sighted in 1820, the environment is hostile to humans. |
| Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, France |
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| Year 2008 as 150th anniversary of the apparitions, site of inexplicable healings. |
| What will happen next... |
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| Our Dying Sun |
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In about five billion years, our Sun will become a red
giant as it runs out of fuel, swelling to many hundreds of times its present size and destroying the inner planets. However,
new findings suggest the outer planets could survive.
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Rome
| The Pantheon |
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| The temple for all the gods |
Originally built as a temple to the seven dieties of
the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome. Since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a Christian
church. Today, it is still a church and masses are still celebrated in the church, particularly on important Catholic days
of obligation, and for weddings.
| Basilica, St. Paul Outside-The-Walls |
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| St. Peter's Basilica, since 2nd century |
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| The spot was thought to be the location of the tomb of Apostle Peter. |
| Tuscany |
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| The Duomo, Siena Cathedral since 1284-1299 |
| Florence, Basilica di Santa Croce since 1294 |
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| Burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians:Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, & Marconi. |
| Amalfi Cathedral |
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Greece
| Corinthia, Greece |
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| Greek Orthodox Church of Rabbi Paul in Corinth |
The Holy Land
Bethlehem (Greek: Βηθλεέμ;
Hebrew: בית לחם, Beit Lehem, lit "House
of Bread")
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| Jerusalem |
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The Americas
| Ecuador |
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| Basilica |
| Ecuador |
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| El Sagrario Church |
| Ecuador |
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| Santo Domingo Church |
| Ecuador |
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| San Francisco Church |
| Brazil |
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| Christ The Redeemer since 1931 |
| NWT, Canada |
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| Our Lady of Victory Church (Igloo Church) since 1960 |
Asia
| Chengdu, China |
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| Mongolia |
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| The Catholic Church Sts.Peter and Paul Cathedral (1992) |
| Mongolia |
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| Protestant Church (1992) |
| Mongolia |
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| Christ Church Sanctuary Troitckii Church (Russian, 1998) |
Television and Internet
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Books and Novelty
| Chennai, India |
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| Little Mount |
The name of St. Thomas Mount is linked with other important
things of India. In the year 1972, to venerate the nineteenth centenary of the martyrdom, the Post and Telegraphs department
of the Government of India, brought out a postage stamp describing the image of the blood strewn cross of St. Thomas Mount.
In the beginning, i.e. in the year 1964, another stamp was being brought out by the Post and Telegraph department of Indian
government. It depicts the ‘Ortona silver bust of St. Thomas’.
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| St. Thomas 19th-Death-Centenary Stamp |
| St. Thomas |
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