# A stroll through Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660 "2019-03-07T00:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
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> **[Hypolimnion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypolimnion)** > > The hypolimnion or under lake is the dense, bottom layer of water in a thermally-stratified lake. The word "hypolimnion" is derived from Ancient Greek: λιμνίον, romanized: limníon, lit. 'lake'. It is the layer that lies below the thermocline. > Typically the hypolimnion is the coldest layer of a lake in summer, and the warmest layer during winter. In deep, temperate lakes, the bottom-most waters of the hypolimnion are typically close to 4 °C throughout the year. The hypolimnion may be much warmer ... > **[Dimictic lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimictic_lake)** > > A dimictic lake is a body of freshwater whose difference in temperature between surface and bottom layers becomes negligible twice per year, allowing all strata of the lake's water to circulate vertically. All dimictic lakes are also considered holomictic, a category which includes all lakes which mix one or more times per year. During winter, dimictic lakes are covered by a layer of ice, creating a cold layer at the surface, a slightly warmer layer beneath the ice, and a still-warmer unfrozen bo... > **[Lake Altaussee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Altaussee)** > > Lake Altaussee, also known as Altausseersee, is a mountain lake located at the southwestern foot of the Totes Gebirge in the Styrian part of the Salzkammergut. It lies at 712 m above sea level. The center of the municipality of Altaussee is located on the western shore. The Altaussee Traun, which flows into the Danube via the Traun, serves as the outlet of the lake. The largely undeveloped shores and adjacent wetlands of Lake Altaussee provide habitats for numerous animal and plant species and ha... ---
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> **[Lake Altaussee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Altaussee)** > > Lake Altaussee, also known as Altausseersee, is a mountain lake located at the southwestern foot of the Totes Gebirge in the Styrian part of the Salzkammergut. It lies at 712 m above sea level. The center of the municipality of Altaussee is located on the western shore. The Altaussee Traun, which flows into the Danube via the Traun, serves as the outlet of the lake. The largely undeveloped shores and adjacent wetlands of Lake Altaussee provide habitats for numerous animal and plant species and ha... > **[Styria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styria)** > > Styria (German: Steiermark \[ˈʃtaɪɐˌmaʁk\] ⓘ; Bavarian: Steiamårk, Slovene: Štajerska, Hungarian: Stájerország) is an Austrian state in southeastern Austria. With an area of 16,401 km2 (6,332 sq mi), Styria is the second largest province of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and clockwise, from the southwest, by the Austrian provinces Carinthia, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The state's capital is Graz. > The March of Styria derived i... > **[Zeltweg Air Base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltweg_Air_Base)** > > Zeltweg Air Base, now known as Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser, is a military airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force. It was also used as a motor racing circuit in the 1960s. > Since 1997, the AirPower show is held at Zeltweg. The 2003 and 2005 editions featured Red Bull Air Race events.\[citation needed\] The show was held in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019.\[citation needed\] It is scheduled to be held again in 2022. > Built in ... ---
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> **[Zeltweg Air Base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltweg_Air_Base)** > > Zeltweg Air Base, now known as Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser, is a military airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force. It was also used as a motor racing circuit in the 1960s. > Since 1997, the AirPower show is held at Zeltweg. The 2003 and 2005 editions featured Red Bull Air Race events.\[citation needed\] The show was held in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019.\[citation needed\] It is scheduled to be held again in 2022. > Built in ... > **[Austrian Air Force](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Air_Force)** > > The Austrian Air Force (German: Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte, lit. 'Austrian Air Combat Force') is a component part of the Austrian Armed Forces. > The Austrian Air Force in its current form was created in May 1955 by the victorious Allied powers, subject to restrictions on its use of guided missiles. The Austrian State Treaty of 1955 committed Austria to permanent neutrality. > Pilot training started out with four Yak-11 Moose and four Yak-18 Max aircraft donated by the Soviet Union, and Austr... > **[1999 Galtür avalanche](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Galt%C3%BCr_Avalanche)** > > The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria. At 50 m (160 ft) high and traveling at 290 km/h (180 mph), the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, 31 people had died. It was considered the worst Alpine avalanche in 40 years. Three major weather systems originating from the Atlantic accounted for large snowfalls totaling around four meters in the area. Freeze-thaw cond Li... ---
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[1999 Galtür avalanche - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Galt%C3%BCr_avalanche) > **[Tree line](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_line)** > > The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing and beyond which they are not. It is found at high elevations and high latitudes. Beyond the tree line, trees cannot tolerate the environmental conditions (usually low temperatures, extreme snowpack, or associated lack of available moisture).: 51  The tree line is sometimes distinguished from a lower timberline, which is the line below which trees form a forest with a closed canopy.: 151 : 18  > At the tree line, tree gro... > **[Krummholz](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummholz)** > > Krummholz (German: krumm, "crooked, bent, twisted" and Holz, "wood") — also called knieholz ("knee timber") — is a type of stunted, deformed vegetation encountered in the subarctic and subalpine tree line landscapes, shaped by continual exposure to fierce, freezing winds. Under these conditions, trees can only survive where they are sheltered by rock formations or snow cover. As the lower portion of these trees continues to grow, the coverage becomes extremely dense near the ground. In Newfou ---
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> **[Krummholz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummholz)** > > Krummholz (German: krumm, "crooked, bent, twisted" and Holz, "wood") — also called knieholz ("knee timber") — is a type of stunted, deformed vegetation encountered in the subarctic and subalpine tree line landscapes, shaped by continual exposure to fierce, freezing winds. Under these conditions, trees can only survive where they are sheltered by rock formations or snow cover. As the lower portion of these trees continues to grow, the coverage becomes extremely dense near the ground. In Newfou > **[Allegheny Front](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Front)** > > The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians to its east and the Appalachian Plateau (locally called the Allegheny Plateau) to its west. The Front is closely associated with the Appalachian Mountains' Eastern Continental Divide, which in this area divides the waters of the Ohio/... > **[Eastern Continental Divide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Continental_Divide)** > > Download coordinates as: > The Eastern Continental Divide, Eastern Divide or Appalachian Divide is a hydrological divide in eastern North America that separates the easterly Atlantic Seaboard watershed from the westerly Gulf of Mexico watershed. The divide nearly spans the United States from south of Lake Ontario through the Florida peninsula, and consists of raised terrain including the Appalachian Mountains to the north, the southern Piedmont Plateau and lowland ridges in the Atlantic Coastal Pl... ---
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> **[Eastern Continental Divide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Continental_Divide)** > > Download coordinates as: > The Eastern Continental Divide, Eastern Divide or Appalachian Divide is a hydrological divide in eastern North America that separates the easterly Atlantic Seaboard watershed from the westerly Gulf of Mexico watershed. The divide nearly spans the United States from south of Lake Ontario through the Florida peninsula, and consists of raised terrain including the Appalachian Mountains to the north, the southern Piedmont Plateau and lowland ridges in the Atlantic Coastal Pl... > **[Gulf of Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico)** > > The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the southeast by Cuba. The Southern U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, which border th The... > **[Hurricane Katrina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina)** > > Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,836 fatalities and damages estimated between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. At the time, it was the costliest tropical cyclone on record, later tied by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was al... ---
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_seas#Marginal\_seas\_by\_ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seas#Marginal_seas_by_ocean) [[International Hydrographic Organization - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization)] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigsbee\_Deep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigsbee_Deep) ---
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> **[Sigsbee Deep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigsbee_Deep)** > > The Sigsbee Deep\[Note 1\] (Mexico basin in the U. S. Board on Geographic Names Advisory Committee on Undersea Features Gazetteer) is a roughly triangular basin that is the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico named for Charles Dwight Sigsbee. There is some confusion of names that apply to the basin or a particular point in the basin, with both being found in technical and popular literature applying to both basin and the coordinates. > The basin is located in the southwestern quadrant of the gulf, wi... > **[General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Bathymetric_Chart_of_the_Oceans)** > > The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is a publicly available bathymetric chart of the world's oceans. The project was conceived with the aim of preparing a global series of charts showing the general shape of the seafloor. Over the years it has become a reference map of the bathymetry of the world's oceans for scientists and others. > GEBCO operates under the joint auspices of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)... > **[Albert I, Prince of Monaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I,_Prince_of_Monaco)** > > Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death in 1922. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I made reforms on political, economic and social levels, bestowing a constitution on the principality in 1911. > Born on 13 November 1848 in Paris, France, the son of Prince Charles III (1818–1889), and Countess Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo (1828–1864)... ---
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> **[Albert I, Prince of Monaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I,_Prince_of_Monaco)** > > Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death in 1922. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I made reforms on political, economic and social levels, bestowing a constitution on the principality in 1911. > Born on 13 November 1848 in Paris, France, the son of Prince Charles III (1818–1889), and Countess Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo (1828–1864)... > **[Château de Marchais](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Marchais)** > > The Château de Marchais is an historic château in Marchais, Aisne, near Laon in northern France. > The château was built in the 16th century. It was purchased in 1553 by Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, a member of the House of Guise. From 1836 to 1854, the château belonged to Senator Achille Joseph Delamare. > It has been in the possession of the Monégasque princely family since 1854. Prince Albert I of Monaco married Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton at the château in 1869. Prince Charles III of Monaco ... > **[Guanaco](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco)** > > The guanaco (/ɡwɑːˈnɑːkoʊ/ ghwuah-NAH-koh; Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations. > The guanaco gets its name from the Quechua word huanaco (modern spelling wanaku). Young guanacos are called chulengos or "guanaquitos". > Guanacos stand between 1.0 and 1.3 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 3 in) at the shoulder, body length of 2.1 to 2.2 m (6 ft ... ---
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> **[Guanaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco)** > > The guanaco (/ɡwɑːˈnɑːkoʊ/ ghwuah-NAH-koh; Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations. > The guanaco gets its name from the Quechua word huanaco (modern spelling wanaku). Young guanacos are called chulengos or "guanaquitos". > Guanacos stand between 1.0 and 1.3 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 3 in) at the shoulder, body length of 2.1 to 2.2 m (6 ft ... > **[Wool measurement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool_measurement)** > > A micron (micrometre) is the measurement used to express the diameter of wool fibre. Fine wool fibers have a low micron value. Fibre diameter is the most important characteristic of wool in determining its value. > Every fleece comprises a very wide range of fibre diameters—for example a typical Merino fleece will contain fibres of as low as 10 microns in diameter, and there could be fibres with diameters exceeding 25 microns, depending on the age and health (or nutrition) of the sheep. What is us... > **[Ermenegildo Zegna (businessman)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermenegildo_Zegna_(businessman))** > > Ermenegildo Zegna (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Italian pronunciation: \[ermeneˈdʒildо dˈdzeɲɲa\]; born 30 September 1955), often simply known and referred to as Gildo Zegna, is an Italian entrepreneur and manager. He is Chairman and CEO of Ermenegildo Zegna Group. > Gildo is a grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna, who founded the family bu... ---
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> **[Ermenegildo Zegna (businessman)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermenegildo_Zegna_(businessman))** > > Ermenegildo Zegna (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Italian pronunciation: \[ermeneˈdʒildо dˈdzeɲɲa\]; born 30 September 1955), often simply known and referred to as Gildo Zegna, is an Italian entrepreneur and manager. He is Chairman and CEO of Ermenegildo Zegna Group. > Gildo is a grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna, who founded the family bu... > **[Vertical integration](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration)** > > In microeconomics, management and international political economy, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is integrated and owned by that company. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or (market-specific) service, and the products combine to satisfy a common need. It contrasts with horizontal integration, wherein a company produces several items that are related to one another. Vertical integration has also described manage... > **[Rare-earth element](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element)** > > The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths or, in context, rare-earth oxides, and sometimes the lanthanides (although yttrium and scandium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals. Compounds containing rare earths have diverse applications in electrical and electronic components, lasers, glass, magnetic materials, and industrial processes. > Sca... ---
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> **[Rare-earth element](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element)** > > The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths or, in context, rare-earth oxides, and sometimes the lanthanides (although yttrium and scandium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals. Compounds containing rare earths have diverse applications in electrical and electronic components, lasers, glass, magnetic materials, and industrial processes. > Sca... > **[Scandinavia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia)** > > Nordic territories that are not part of Scandinavia: > Chronological history > Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland). In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the ... > **[Paul the Deacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Deacon)** > > Paul the Deacon (c. 720s – 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis (i.e. "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards. > An ancestor of Paulus's named Leupichis emigrated to Italy in 568 in the train of Alboin, King of the Lombards. There, he was granted lands at or near Forum Julii (Cividale del Friuli). During an invasion by the Avars, Leupichis's five s... ---
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> **[Paul the Deacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Deacon)** > > Paul the Deacon (c. 720s – 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis (i.e. "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards. > An ancestor of Paulus's named Leupichis emigrated to Italy in 568 in the train of Alboin, King of the Lombards. There, he was granted lands at or near Forum Julii (Cividale del Friuli). During an invasion by the Avars, Leupichis's five s... > **[Lake Como](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Como)** > > Lake Como (Italian: Lago di Como \[ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo\], .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}locally \[ˈkoːmo\]; Western Lombard: Lagh de Còmm \[ˈlɑː‿dːe ˈkɔm\],\[a\] Cómm \[ˈkom\] or Cùmm \[ˈkum\]), also known as Lario (Italian: \[ˈlaːrjo\]; after the Latin: Larius Lacus), is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. > It has an area of 146 square ki... > **[Thomas Love Peacock](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Love_Peacock)** > > Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. > Peacock was born in Weymouth, Dorset, the son of Samuel Peacock and his wife Sarah Love, daughter of Thomas Love, a retired master ... ---
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> **[Thomas Love Peacock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Love_Peacock)** > > Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. > Peacock was born in Weymouth, Dorset, the son of Samuel Peacock and his wife Sarah Love, daughter of Thomas Love, a retired master ... > **[Tremadog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremadog)** > > Tremadog (formerly Tremadoc) is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about one mile (1.6 km) north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. The centre of Tremadog was complete by 1811 and remains substantially unaltered. Tremadog hosted an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1872. > By mid-1805, Madocks had already built some houses on the site of Tremadog, for he wrote to the Post-Mas... > **[National Eisteddfod of Wales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eisteddfod_of_Wales)** > > The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Europe. Competitors typically number 6,000 or more, and overall attendance generally exceeds 100,000 visitors, the highest recently being 118,000 attending the 2022 festival. The 2018 Eisteddfod was held in Cardiff Bay with a fence-free 'M The ... ---
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> **[National Eisteddfod of Wales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eisteddfod_of_Wales)** > > The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Europe. Competitors typically number 6,000 or more, and overall attendance generally exceeds 100,000 visitors, the highest recently being 118,000 attending the 2022 festival. The 2018 Eisteddfod was held in Cardiff Bay with a fence-free 'M The ... > **[Hedd Wyn (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedd_Wyn_(film))** > > Hedd Wyn is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic, written by Alan Llwyd and directed by Paul Turner. > Based on the life of Ellis Humphrey Evans (Huw Garmon), killed in the First World War, the cinematography starkly contrasts the lyrical beauty of the poet's native Meirionnydd with the bombed-out horrors of Passchendaele. The protagonist is depicted as a tragic hero with an intense dislike of the pro-war jingoism which surrounds him. The film's title is Ellis Evans' bardic name (.mw-parser-output .IPA-... > **[Chairing of the Bard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairing_of_the_Bard)** > > The Chairing of the Bard (Welsh: Cadeirio'r Bardd) is one of the most important events in the Welsh eisteddfod tradition. The most famous chairing ceremony takes place at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and is always on the Friday afternoon of Eisteddfod week. Winners are referred to as Y Prifardd (literally "The Chief Bard"). The custom of chairing the bard is, however, much older than the modern eisteddfod ceremony, and is known to have taken place as early as 1176. > A new bardic chair is s... ---
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> **[Chairing of the Bard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairing_of_the_Bard)** > > The Chairing of the Bard (Welsh: Cadeirio'r Bardd) is one of the most important events in the Welsh eisteddfod tradition. The most famous chairing ceremony takes place at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and is always on the Friday afternoon of Eisteddfod week. Winners are referred to as Y Prifardd (literally "The Chief Bard"). The custom of chairing the bard is, however, much older than the modern eisteddfod ceremony, and is known to have taken place as early as 1176. > A new bardic chair is s... > **[Fleur-de-lis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_Lys)** > > The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys),\[pron 1\] is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until the French Revolution in 1792, and then again in brief periods in the 19th century. This design still represents France and the House of Bourbon in the form o... > **[Death by burning](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_at_the_stake)** > > Death by burning (also known as immolation) is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason, heresy, and witchcraft. The best-known execution of this type is burning at the stake, where the condemned is bound to a large wooden stake and a fire lit beneath. > In the process of being burned to d... ---
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> **[Death by burning](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_burning)** > > Death by burning (also known as immolation) is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason, heresy, and witchcraft. The best-known execution of this type is burning at the stake, where the condemned is bound to a large wooden stake and a fire lit beneath. > In the process of being burned to d... > **[Osorkon III](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osorkon_III)** > > Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III Si-Ese was Pharaoh of Egypt in the 8th Century BC. He is the same person as the Crown Prince and High Priest of Amun Osorkon B, son of Takelot II by his Great Royal Wife Karomama II. Prince Osorkon B is best attested by his Chronicle—which consists of a series of texts documenting his activities at Thebes—on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak. He later reigned as king Osorkon III in Upper Egypt for twenty-eight years after defeating the rival forces of Pedubast Os... > **[Stele](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele)** > > A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee),\[Note 1\] or occasionally stela (pl.: stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted. > Stelae were created for many reasons. Grave stelae were used for funerary or commemorative purposes. Stelae as slabs of stone would also be used as ancient Greek and Ro... ---
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> **[Stele](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele)** > > A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee),\[Note 1\] or occasionally stela (pl.: stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted. > Stelae were created for many reasons. Grave stelae were used for funerary or commemorative purposes. Stelae as slabs of stone would also be used as ancient Greek and Ro... > **[Copán](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop%C3%A1n)** > > Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civilization, which was not excavated until the 19th century. The ruined citadel and imposing public squares reveal the three main stages of development before the city was abandoned in the early 10th century. > This ancient Maya city mirrors the beauty of the physical landscape in which it flourished—a fert... > **[Howler monkey gods](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howler_monkey_gods)** > > Among the Classic Mayas, the howler monkey god was a major deity of the arts—including music—and a patron of the artisans, especially of the scribes and sculptors. As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God. The monkey patrons—there are often two of them—have been depicted on classical vases in the act of writing books (while stereotypically holding an ink nap) and carving human heads. Together, these two activities may have constituted a metaphor for the c Ba... ---
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> **[Howler monkey gods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howler_monkey_gods)** > > Among the Classic Mayas, the howler monkey god was a major deity of the arts—including music—and a patron of the artisans, especially of the scribes and sculptors. As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God. The monkey patrons—there are often two of them—have been depicted on classical vases in the act of writing books (while stereotypically holding an ink nap) and carving human heads. Together, these two activities may have constituted a metaphor for the c Ba... > **[Kʼicheʼ people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%CA%BCiche%CA%BC_people)** > > Kʼicheʼ (pronounced \[kʼiˈtʃeʔ\]; previous Spanish spelling: Quiché) are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples. The eponymous Kʼicheʼ language is a Mesoamerican language in the Mayan language family. The highland Kʼicheʼ states in the pre-Columbian era are associated with the ancient Maya civilization, and reached the peak of their power and influence during the Mayan Postclassic period (c. 950–1539 AD). > The meaning of the word Kʼicheʼ in the Kʼicheʼ language is "many... > **[Qʼumarkaj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%CA%BCumarkaj)** > > Qʼumarkaj (Kʼicheʼ: \[qʼumarˈkaχ\]) (sometimes rendered as Gumarkaaj, Gumarcaj, Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj) is an archaeological site in the southwest of the El Quiché department of Guatemala. Qʼumarkaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl translation of the city's name. The name comes from Kʼicheʼ Qʼumarkah "Place of old reeds". > Qʼumarkaj was one of the most powerful Maya cities when the Spanish arrived in the region in the early 16th century. It was the capital of the Kʼicheʼ Maya in the Late Postc... ---
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> **[Qʼumarkaj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%CA%BCumarkaj)** > > Qʼumarkaj (Kʼicheʼ: \[qʼumarˈkaχ\]) (sometimes rendered as Gumarkaaj, Gumarcaj, Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj) is an archaeological site in the southwest of the El Quiché department of Guatemala. Qʼumarkaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl translation of the city's name. The name comes from Kʼicheʼ Qʼumarkah "Place of old reeds". > Qʼumarkaj was one of the most powerful Maya cities when the Spanish arrived in the region in the early 16th century. It was the capital of the Kʼicheʼ Maya in the Late Postc... > **[Popol Vuh](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popul_Vuh)** > > Popol Vuh (also Popul Vuh or Pop Vuj) is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, as well as areas of Belize, Honduras and El Salvador. > The Popol Vuh is a foundational sacred narrative of the Kʼicheʼ people from long before the Spanish conquest of the Maya. It includes the Mayan creation myth, the exploits of the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, and... > **[The Haunted Mesa](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Mesa)** > > The Haunted Mesa is a 1987 science fiction novel by American writer Louis L'Amour, set in the American Southwest amidst the ruins of the Anasazi. > Middle-aged man Mike Raglan specializes in paranormal investigations (and normally debunking the phenomena) has received urgent calls and mail from an old friend of his, Erik Hokart. Hokart was a scientist, inventor, and businessman who made a fortune in electronics. He was investigating a mountainous area in the Southwest, intending to build a seclude... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=34)