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  • NY man who cycled across America settles down in this city: ‘Smoother transition than I thought'

    09/03/2022 10:56:13 AM PDT · by libstripper · 28 replies
    Fox News ^ | Sept. 3, 2022 | Ann W. Schmidt
    Bob Barnes, the man who cycled to all 50 U.S. state capitals in one year, is already planning his next journey. Barnes, 52, of Syracuse, New York, rode his bicycle a total of 16,661 miles across the country in 359 days. After following his journey, Fox News Digital spoke with Barnes this week, after he'd been back in Syracuse for about a month to see how he’s settled back into "normal" life.
  • Ancient Naples port found [2500 year old site of Palepolis]

    03/20/2018 3:22:16 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    ANSA ^ | March 15, 2018 | unattributed
    An ancient port in Naples, believed to be the harbour 25 centuries ago when it was called Palepolis by the Greeks who ousted the Etruscans, has been discovered in the sea off the iconic Castel dell'Ovo, archaeologists said Thursday. Underwater archaeologists have found four submerged tunnels, a three-metre-wide street with cart-furrows still there and a long trench for soldiers, six meters down to the right of the castle, Neapolitan archaeologist Mario Negri said... The first settlements in the area were made in the ninth century BC, nearly 3000 years ago, when Anatolian and Achaean merchants and travellers arrived in the...