Places to Know

THE MOST SACRED SHRINE FOR JEWS

Strong voices ring out in song as other voices join in prayer. It’s Friday evening in the Old City of Jerusalem, and the Sabbath, a holy day for people of the Jewish faith, is beginning. The people…

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Rocks, Stones, and Petrified Bones

Stone icicles

Many a cave is filled with what look like giant stone icicles. Some of these “icicles” hang down from the cave’s roof. Others stick up from the floor. They are often as thick as tree trunks….

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February

Weeping Waters

Hundreds of years ago, the people called Maoris oh reez) sailed their great war canoes to what is now the island country of New Zealand. According to their legends, they arrived in seven canoes…

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