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Beulé Gate

The Beulé Gate is a fortified gate leading to the Propylaia of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. It was constructed largely of repurposed material taken from the 4th-century BCE Choragic Monument of Nikias and integrated into the Post-Herulian Wall, a late Roman fortification built around the Acropolis in the years following the city's sack by the Germanic Heruli people in 267 or early 268 CE. Its construction marked the beginning of a new phase in the Acropolis's use, in which it came to be seen more as a defensive position than a religious sanctuary. During the medieval period, the gate was further fortified, before being built over with a bastion in Ottoman times. The monument was discovered by the French archaeologist Charles Ernest Beulé on 29 May 1852, and excavated in 1852 and 1853. Archaeologists and Greek commentators criticised the aggressive excavation – particularly the use of explosives. In modern times, the gate has served primarily as an exit for tourists from the Acropolis. (Full article...)

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Lake Estancia

Lake Estancia was a body of water in the Estancia Valley, in the center of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Mostly fed by creek and groundwater from the Manzano Mountains, the lake had diverse fauna, including cutthroat trout. It appears to have formed when a river system broke up. It reached a maximum water level (highstand) presumably during the Illinoian glaciation and subsequently fluctuated between a desiccated basin and fuller stages. Wind-driven erosion has excavated depressions in the former lakebed that are in part filled with playas (dry lake beds). The lake was one of several pluvial lakes in southwestern North America that developed during the late Pleistocene. Their formation has been variously attributed to decreased temperatures during the ice age and increased precipitation; a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation and the Laurentide Ice Sheet altered atmospheric circulation patterns and increased precipitation in the region. The lake has yielded a good paleoclimatic record. This map shows the position of the former shorelines of Lake Estancia.

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Arthur Edington's experiment gave confirmation for part of General relativity. While GTR is indeed a part of the Theory of relativity, it's imprecise to say the experiment confirmed part of Theory of relativity. Please change it to confirmed part of General relativity, which is the more precise term. Loom91 05:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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1453 May 29: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. adriatikus | talk 19:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

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White Christmas[edit]

I put a section up for White Christmas and it didn't show. I took it down but could somebody get it to work? Thanks, (Utzdman55 (talk) 23:05, 30 April 2015 (UTC))[reply]

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2017 notes[edit]

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Proposed addition: Eddington experiment for 29 May 1919 (100th anniversary):

Would this be suitable for inclusion? @Howcheng: picture of eclipse is available at article. Carcharoth (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Carcharoth: Sorry, there's a general lack of footnotes in the Background, Expeditions, and Later research sections, enough so that the entire article is worth a {{refimprove}} tag. —howcheng {chat} 16:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: understood. Will try and improve it over the next few days. Probably not in time for 29 May this year, but I'll probably submit it at DYK in any case. Thanks for considering the request. Carcharoth (talk) 08:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

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2020 notes[edit]

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