#DisCovered

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The Lost Elven Capital

A buried elven castle emerges from the earth, promising untold riches and shrouded in ancient mysteries. Can you navigate the treacherous ruins and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization?

→ Find the full adventure (with bonus battle map) here:

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Mental Health Tips for Students:🎀

Here are a few simple tips to help maintain your mental well-being:

1.Set Realistic Goals: Don’t overload yourself with too many tasks at once. Break your goals down into manageable steps and celebrate small achievements along the way.

2.Take Breaks: Regular breaks during study sessions can boost your productivity and reduce stress. Try going for a walk, listening to music, or meditating for a few minutes.

3.Stay Connected: Make time to talk to friends and family. Socializing can be a great way to relieve stress and get emotional support.

4.Sleep and Eat Well: Proper rest and a balanced diet play a significant role in your mental health. Aim for 7-8 hours of sleep a night and try to include nutritious foods in your diet.

5.Ask for Help: If you’re feeling overwhelmed, don’t hesitate to reach out. Many universities offer mental health resources, including counseling and support groups.

Remember, it’s okay to not be okay sometimes. Prioritizing your mental health will help you not only perform better in your studies but also enjoy the university experience to the fullest.

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Discovered Spring 2017

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[trinalwilliams]

There is a color ... In your mind

Let it come out ... and shine

There is a dream ... In between

Let it flow ... Through the seams

There is a race ….. In your heart

Let it come out and start

A time... ...

A place

We call the human race

Starting... ...

Ending For a new... ...

Beginning

Tlw

[rabbitcruiser]

Rogers Pass (elevation 1,330 m or 4,360 ft) was “discovered” on May 29, 1881, by Major Albert Bowman Rogers, a surveyor working for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

[2022dirt]

iPhones cemented onto the floor outside a Xiaomi store in China.

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700+ Civil War-Era Gold Coins Found Buried in Kentucky

A man unearthed a huge hoard of Civil War-era gold and silver coins on his Kentucky farm.

A Kentucky man got the surprise of his life while digging in his field earlier this year: a cache of over 700 coins from the American Civil War era.

The "Great Kentucky Hoard" includes hundreds of U.S. gold pieces dating to between 1840 and 1863, in addition to a handful of silver coins. In a short video, the man who discovered the hoard — whose identity and specific location have not been revealed to the public — says, "This is the most insane thing ever: Those are all $1 gold coins, $20 gold coins, $10 gold coins," as he aims his camera at the artifacts tumbling out of the dirt.

According to the Numismatic Guaranty Co. (NGC), which certified the coins' authenticity, and GovMint, where the coins were sold, 95% of the hoard is composed of gold dollars, along with 20 $10 Liberty coins and eight $20 Liberty coins. The rarest is the 1863-P $20 1-ounce gold Liberty coin. Just one of these coins can go for six figures at auction, and the Great Kentucky Hoard boasts 18 of them. NGC's website notes that the $20 Liberty coin, which circulated from 1850 to 1907, was minted by the Treasury Department after gold was discovered in California. The $20 Liberty coins in the hoard are even rarer because they do not include "In God We Trust," which was added in 1866 after the end of the Civil War.

Potentially more important, though, is what the hoard can tell us about America's history during an extremely tumultuous period.

Ryan McNutt, a conflict archaeologist at Georgia Southern University who has heard about but not seen the hoard, said in an email that "given the time period and the location in Kentucky, which was neutral at the time, it is entirely possible this was buried in advance of Confederate John Hunt Morgan's June to July 1863 raid."

Many wealthy Kentuckians are rumored to have buried huge sums of money to prevent it from being stolen by the Confederacy. James Langstaff left a letter saying he had buried $20,000 in coins on his property in Paducah, William Pettit buried $80,000 worth of gold coins near Lexington, and Confederate soldiers quarantined for measles reportedly stole payroll and hid it in a cave in Cumberland Gap. None of these caches has ever been recovered.

Considering the hoard coins are federal currency, McNutt said, it may be the result of a Kentuckian's dealings with the federal government — "dealings that it would be wise to conceal from a Confederate raiding party." Many Americans affected by the Civil War "became experienced with hiding goods and valuables," he said.

Most concentrations of historical artifacts found on private land end up going to market or being collected without archaeological consultation, according to McNutt. "As a conflict archaeologist, I find this loss of information particularly frustrating," he said. Hoards have an incredible amount of information about the person who collected the objects, offering archaeologists insight into a brief window in time.

Historical finds like these on private land in the U.S. do not need to be reported to an archaeologist. But McNutt, who has developed close relationships with landowners, believes that education and outreach are key to learning more about these rare coin caches.

"It is entirely up to the landowner," McNutt said, but not engaging with an archaeologist means "it's a snapshot of the past, lost forever."

By Kristina Killgrove.

[wordsoftheheartandsoul]

You don't get to tell me what I can and cannot do. You don't have the power to dictate who I am and who I cannot be. I love, embrace, and identify the authority, uniqueness, and beauty of the person I am inside and out. I have discovered my purpose and walk boldly in ordered steps. I see every past season as training and lessons learned. I see every season ahead as an opportunity to apply them. So don't tell me what you see or don't see within me.

Morgan Richard Olivier - the strength that stays

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Two new 'alien mummies' and an 'alien skull' documented in Peru

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Plane wreck, 1983.

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Perhaps she was trying to get to Africa – it is possible she had been slaved from the Guinea coast and was trying to get home. If anybody asked her what she intended, they did not record the answer. But she succeeded in making the voyage. The captain of The Hannibal of London, Thomas Philips, explained in his ship's log in November 1693 how she was discovered:

This morning we found out that one of the Royal African Company's soldiers, for their castles in Guiney, was a woman, who had enter'd herself into their service under the name of John Brown, without the least suspicion, and had been three months on board without any mistrust, lying always among the other passengers, and being as handy and ready to go any work as any of them: and I believe she had continu'd undiscover'd till our arrival in Africa, had not she fallen very sick, which occasion'd our surgeon to visit her, and ordered her a glister: which when his mate went to administer, he was surpriz'd to find more sally-ports than he expected, which occasion'd him to make a farther inquiry, which, as well as her confession, manifesting the truth of her sex, he came to acquaint me of it, whereupon, in charity, as well as in respect to her sex, I ordered her a private lodging apart from the men, and gave the taylor some ordinary stuffs to make her woman's cloathes; in recompence for which she prov'd very useful in washing my linen, and doing what else she could, till we deliver'd her with the rest at Cape-Coast castle. She was about twenty years old, and a likely black girl.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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[trinalwilliams]

Feedback

Deep breath

I go undercover

Reaching my roots

Deep into mother

I step into your work

Finding your ground

Reaching your sound

Connecting………

You’re not alone

The wise tree……

That sees

tlw