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Enormous bluestone slabs form the walls and roof of Pentre Ifan, a bronze age burial chamber near Newport, South Wales, which has views of the sea in one direction and Carningli (Angel Mountain) in the other. Its builders must have chosen its imposing site[an error occurred while processing this directive] deliberately, say guides Mary Baker and Maria Rocke, co-founders of Archaeotours. Supplying a running commentary and picnic lunch, they take small parties around South Wales' many historic sites by car, van or foot. The duo met as archaeology college students, and aim to prove there's "more...
...things that makes Brown distinctive is that a lot of the slave traders lived down there in Newport,” said Schlesinger, referring to the costal city located just 30 miles from Brown’s campus in Providence. “Not many of the merchants up here in Boston were involved in the slave trade...
...Born in Newport, R.I., in 1775, Stuart set off for London as a young man to improve his portrait-painting skills under the tutelage of masters. He returned to his native land in the 1790s and ultimately settled in Boston. He painted more than 1,000 portraits before his death in 1828—including illustrious Harvard alums such as founding father John Adams, Class of 1755, and Kirkland, Class of 1789, a clergyman who led Harvard from 1810 to 1828 and presided over the establishment of the University’s law school...
...Widener estate is being sold to the highest bidder next month—but students and professors don’t have to worry about finding a new place to study and research. The family’s 7.5-acre former mansion in Newport, R.I.—not Harvard’s flagship library—is being sold at auction by its current owner and is expected to fetch an eight-figure sum that may approach $25 million. Both the beach front villa and Widener Library were completed in 1915 and were designed by architect Horace Trumbauer...
...Martha's Vineyard, Mass., WMVY streams the Newport Folk Festival live. If you're looking for something to do in Taos, N.M., head over to KTAO for a Solar Center beer and a show. And if you want the latest news in Reading, Pa., check out WEEU...