The Château De La Mothe-Chandeniers In France Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 13th-century Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers has survived a hostile British takeover, the French Revolution, a fire, and time.
As far as old castles go, Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers has it all — including a giant moat that surrounds it, which serves as a striking reminder of the exclusionary nature of these abandoned palaces. The castle was built in Les Trois-Moutiers in Poitou-Charentes, a former administrative region on the west coast of France, in the 13th century by the Bauçay family. Read More...
OAK LAWN, Ill. - An Oak Lawn homeowner was battered and shots were fired in two separate disturbances on the same block this week.
On Wednesday, Oak Lawn police officers responded to a disturbance in the 6600 block of 87th Street and observed a group of people that was now separated.
It was determined that the group of adults and juveniles confronted a homeowner on the block over an ongoing disagreement. Read More...
This 5,000-year-old rock art discovered in the Atbai Desert was created just after the region began to turn toward the arid climate that we know today.Atbai Survey ProjectBoth cattle and boats, depicted in the newly-found rock carvings, obviously need water, suggesting that this slice of the Sudanese desert once looked very different.
The Atbai Desert in Sudan is one of planet Earth’s most extremely dry places. It’s a flat, Martian-looking landscape that averages zero millimeters of rainfall each year. Read More...
