Nanga Parbat

We just learned about the mountain peak Manaslu.

The next highest mountain peak is Nanga Parbat in Kashmir.
The name means Naked Mountain.

It has very steep peaks on the mountain, and is very difficult to climb.


(from: wikipedia - nanga parbat)


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Alpha and Omega

We just learned about the Christian Ichthys symbol.

Another symbol Christians use is the Alpha and Omega.

In the Greek alphabet, the first letter is the letter Alpha which looks like an A.
The last letter is Omega, which looks like an O but like a horseshoe.

In the book of Revelation it says "I am the Alpha and the Omega meaning that God is the beginning of everything and the end of everything, and everything in the middle.


(from: wikipedia - alpha and omega)


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Statue of Zeus at Olympia - Phidias

We just learned about the Elgin Marbles.

Another famous sculpture is the Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

This statue was so famous that it was listed as one of the seven wonders of the world.
There are drawings of the sculpture, and writings about it, but it was destroyed in a fire over a thousand years ago.
Because it was so famous, some people have tried to make copies of what they thought it looked like back then.
It was also made by Phidias, the famous Greek sculptor.


(from: wikipedia - statue of zeus at olympia)


(from: wikipedia - statue of zeus at olympia)


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Italian - November, December

Let's keep learning about the months of the year in Italian!

We already learned that January, February is Gennaio, Febbraio,
March, April is Marzo, Aprile,
May, June is Maggio, Giugno,
July, August is Luglio, Agosto.
and September, October is Settembre, Ottobre.

Let's keep going!

November - Novembre - sounds like noh-vem-b-day /?/
December - Dicembre - sounds like dee-chem-b-day /?/


(from: wikipedia - accademia della crusca)

In German:
November, Dezember

In Spanish:
Noviembre, Diciembre

In French:
Novembre, Décembre

Anvil - Horn

We just learned about the anvil - face.

Another part of the anvil is the horn.

This is the long part that sticks out like a nose, or almost like an animal horn.

A blacksmith can use this rounded horn to help make a rounded piece of metal by shaping while it is hot using a hammer.


(from: wikipedia - anvil)


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Aruba island rattlesnake

We just learned about the Mexican Lance-Headed Rattlesnake.

Another type of snake is the Aruba island rattlesnake also known as crotalus durissus unicolor.

This snake only lives on the small island named Aruba, which is in the Caribbean just north of Venezuela.

It is an endangered species, with only around 250 of these snakes left in the whole world.
The area they live in is very small, and humans keep moving closer and closer to where they live.
It is also illegal to take them out of the country, so they can't go live somewhere else.
Many zoos are working together to help bring back more of these snakes.


(from: wikipedia - crotalus durissus unicolor)


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Hindbrain

We just learned about the medulla oblongata.

The medulla oblongata, together with the pons and cerebellum make up what is called the hindbrain or the rhombencephalon.


(from: wikipedia - hindbrain)


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