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Charlie Chaplin Studios
1416 N. La Brea Ave
Charlie Chaplin Studios
1416 N. La Brea Ave
Charlie Chaplin Studios
1416 N. La Brea Ave
I noticed two people playing an interesting board game (never knew anything about it) inside the Ulugh Beg Madrasa in Registan Square.
On enquiry I could learn that it was Narda. Narda (or Narde) in Uzbekistan is a popular regional variant of long backgammon known locally and culturally as part of the broader family of traditional tables games. It uses a standard backgammon board and 15 checkers per player, but features distinct movement rules and blocking mechanics compared to short backgammon. Narda is widely played in teahouses (chaykhana), parks, and homes across Uzbekistan as a traditional social pastime for older generations and enthusiasts.
It was a variant of Nardshir, a historical Persian boardgame for two players, is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon.
While backgammon has an ancient lineage, it's not technically the oldest board game. That title likely belongs to the Royal Game of Ur or Senet, an Egyptian board game dating back to around 3100 BCE. However, backgammon holds a unique distinction: it is one of the oldest games still widely played today in a form that closely resembles its ancient versions.
Taken in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
6787 Whitley Terrace,
1922-1952
"Heartbreak House"
Watermarked to prevent the Hollywood Heritage Museum from stealing images online.
Watermarked to prevent the Hollywood Heritage Museum from stealing images online.
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King William (Virginia) Artillery
Army of Northern Virginia
Ewell’s Corps Rodes’s Division
T H. Carter’s Battalion W. P. Carter’s Battery
The King William Artillery
Two 10 Pounder Parrotts Two Napoleons
July 1. Soon after arriving here it opened an enfilading fire on the Union forces near the Chambersburg Pike causing some to seek shelter in the railroad cuts. Their guns replied slowly but not without inflicting some losses on the Battery in its exposed position. Later in the day it moved to the foot of the ridge to aid Doles’ Brigade in repelling the Eleventh Corps and rendered effective service. When the fight ended by the withdrawal of the First Corps it pursued the Union forces to the edge of the town.
July 2. In position but was not engaged.
July 3. The Parrott guns on Seminary Ridge near the railroad cut took part in the cannonade preceding Longstreet’s assault.
July 4. After nightfall began the march to Hagerstown.
Losses Killed 4 Wounded 7 Ammunition expended 572 rounds.
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13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Colonel Samuel Haven Leonard of Boston commanded the 13th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded on July 1, and Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel W. Batchelder then took command. The regiment brought 284 men to the field.
The 13th Massachusetts suffered heavily on the northern edge of Seminary Ridge near Mummasburg Road. After an hour of heavy fighting a successful bayonet charge captured over 130 Confederates. But it took the regiment dangerously far from their lines and cost them dearly as they fought their way back. Then the collapse of the Union defensive line forced the 13th into a dangerous retreat south along the eastern edge of Seminary Ridge and back through the streets of the town. It lost 7 men killed, 77 wounded and 101 missing. Only 99 men reformed on Cemetery Hill that evening.
City Hall. Rochester, Minnesota.
City Hall. Rochester, Minnesota.
Kronenburg ist eine Ortschaft im deutsch-belgischen Grenzgebiet der Eifel und gehört zur nordrhein-westfälischen Gemeinde Dahlem im Kreis Euskirchen. Bekannt wurde der Ort durch sein gut erhaltenes, über 400 Jahre altes, mittelalterlich geprägtes Ortsbild. Kronenburg besteht aus dem hoch gelegenen gleichnamigen Burgort und der Talsiedlung Kronenburgerhütte. (Quelle: Wikipedia)
This MOC is a recreation of a trireme used by the Roman Republic in the Punic Wars (264 - 146 BC). The trireme is a heavy warship used by the ancient Mediterranean civilizations. It has three rows of rowers (this is the meaning of “trireme”), and it has a bronze ram in the front for crashing into enemy ships. The Romans added a bridge (corvus) to the ship, which they dropped onto enemy ships for boarding.
62 rowers fit inside the ship and there are 80 minifigs in total. The ship can be opened to access the rowers inside.
The ballista and corvus actually work.
I used stickers on the shields, which I drew digitally and printed on sticker sheets.
Free Stud.io file is available here: reb.li/m/268231
This MOC is a recreation of a trireme used by the Roman Republic in the Punic Wars (264 - 146 BC). The trireme is a heavy warship used by the ancient Mediterranean civilizations. It has three rows of rowers (this is the meaning of “trireme”), and it has a bronze ram in the front for crashing into enemy ships. The Romans added a bridge (corvus) to the ship, which they dropped onto enemy ships for boarding.
62 rowers fit inside the ship and there are 80 minifigs in total. The ship can be opened to access the rowers inside.
The ballista and corvus actually work.
I used stickers on the shields, which I drew digitally and printed on sticker sheets.
Free Stud.io file is available here: reb.li/m/268231
