Temple Mount

one thousand six hundred eighty-three feet above sea level stands Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is, simply, an enormous rock that is made of granite. The mountain can be seen from Kennesaw Mountain (West), Amicalola Falls State Park (North), and Mount Yonah (Northeast). On the northwest side of the mountain, there are currently faces of three men carved into the granite: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. “Stone Mountain Memorial, memorial to the Confederacy, consisting of…

about in two ways: nature or man. Because ruins can be caused both naturally and artificially, I wonder about its impacts on the world. How and why are ruins depicted? A significant example of a natural ruin is the ancient Roman city of Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Over two thousand people died, and the city was abandoned for over a thousand years. However, as explorers discovered, Pompeii was mostly intact underneath the thick layer of ashes. Everyday life was preserved under…

society of the first century BC punishment is more about power than gender because it was imposed by both male and female. Pompeii is a small to medium-sized town on the southwest coast of Italy which is famous for being buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii is a Roman house located in Regio VI in the northwest corner of the part of town and to the…

The main theme of Jon Krakauer’s novel “Into Thin Air” centers on the business of guided expeditions surrounding Mount Everest. The market for guiding expeditions “has multiplied at an astonishing rate” (Krakauer, 25) ever since Dick Bass, who garnered very limited mountaineering expedition “was ushered to the top of Everest” (24) primarily due to his wealth. In stating such an example, Krakauer believes that the business of guiding wealthy individuals up to the summit ultimately…

QUESTIONS for The Hot Zone by Richard Preston PART ONE: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON” 1. Charles monet was a loner who lived by himself in a little wooden cabin on the private lands of Nzoia sugar factory. He was fifty-six years old and his job was to take care of the sugar factory’s water pumping machinery. 2.Mount Elgon is a volcano located on the border Uganda and Kenya, Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano. 3.Monet gave the virus many opportunities to accumulate a new host, For…

in a radio interview “ Helicopter Rescues Increasing on Everest” states, “The risks are certainly significant” (p24), when describing how a helicopter crash happened while saving climbers. In the article “Ranger Killed During Rescue of Climbers on Mount Rainier” a ranger, Nick Hall was killed trying to rescue two climbers that fell in a crevasse. This proves that when people make choices like to climb a mountain they are not only putting themselves at risk, but also the rescue workers that will…

than 1979. Then, in 1988, he and Harry Taylor were the first climbers to successfully climb The Three Pinnacles on Everest's Northeast Ridge. He reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1997 and again on 25 May 1998. Since then he has been a guide at Mount…

mercilessly. I was at home when it happened. I watched my town fill with ash and sorrow whilst people I knew, people I cared for ran carelessly about in attempt to get away from the erupting volcano. I was at home with with my younger sister when Mount Vesuvius erupted. I hadn’t known where to go or what to do. With little direction in mind, we ran away from the city now infested with chemicals from the volcano. The gas drowned our lungs. I had little knowledge of where we would end up, all we…

of Pompeii the next day. Mount Vesuvius located in Naples, Italy is part of the Campanian Arc of volcanoes along a subduction zone created by the African and Eurasian plates. It runs the length of the Italian peninsula along with Mount Etna and Stromboli. The subduction plate under Mount Vesuvius has a part that has torn away. Rocks are a bit chemically different in this volcano because of this tear. They are mostly andesite rocks which are intermediate volcanic rocks. Mount Vesuvius has had…

I have done plenty of challenging things in my life, but a few of those things were harder than others. Like a thirty mile hike. Right now you probably think I’m crazy for hiking up mountains for thirty miles! But I will never forget the experience of the beauty of the Sawtooth mountains and spending time with my grandpa. Also, I will never forget the massiveness of the three ridges we had to climb up. That was definitely not my favorite part of the hike. The hike started out at a lake called…