Author: Andrew

This week’s contest location, hint and reveal were from zorro the fox! Thanks for doing the legwork.

Where did our ancestors live ?
Ancestors, I mean a long time ago, a very long time, before C. !
We all know about cavemen living in… caves !
After those caves, human beings lived in their first houses built by them and some were built on stilts over the water (during Bronze Age then Iron Age).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilt_house

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_pilings

It still exists around the world, people living in houses built on stilts over waters, mainly fishing communities.

You were looking for :
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, on the Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany : This open-air museum presents how these tribes lived 4000-3500 years before our era (and I strongly recommend a visit of it).

For more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhldingen-M%C3%BChlhofen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps

https://www.uhldingen-muehlhofen.de/de/Freizeit-Kultur/Museen-und-Ausstellungen/Pfahlbaumuseum

Found before the hint:

• Lighthouse
• Graham Hedley
• hhgygy
• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Martin de Bock
• Paul Voestermans
• Glenmorren
• Eloy Cano
• zorro the fox

After the hint:

• Bas van Limpt
• Gillian B
• Robin

krenek provided us with the location, hint and reveal – thanks!

Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France, at 45.7347° 4.8157°.

Euronews is a television news network that began broadcasting on 01.01.1993 and covers world news on a 24/7 basis. According to Euronews, the multilingual programs are available to 400+ million homes in 160 countries. (For the record, the WOGE #802 creator, when he was travelling the world, can remember he could always watch Euronews, from any hotel anywhere!)

The owners of the company have changed since 1993: It was founded by 10 public European broadcasters, then changed hands several times and is now mainly owned by a Portuguese company, whose owner is close to Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian dictator-to-be (4 public broadcasters have since withdrawn from the capital of the network).

The company Jakob + Macfarlane is the architect of this “green” building, as it is the architect of the orange one (“orange cube”) located on the same quay (to the North. about 500 meters).

Nota bene: The sport network Eurosport had and has no link to Euronews. (Euronews is basically free when Eurosport is a pay television.)

Before the hint:

• Glenmorren
• Lighthouse
• Graham Hedley
• krenek
• hhgygy
• Paul Voestermans
• Garfield
• Eloy Cano
• Phil Ower
• Martin de Bock
• Jeather
• Bas van Limpt
• zorro the fox

After the hint:

• Gillian B.
• Chris Nason
• Robin

Paul Voestermans provided this location, agreed with the hint and wrote the reveal.

The subject of this week’s contest was the Ward Charcoal Ovens, the main menu in Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park.
The ovens were in operation from 1876 through 1879, south of the town of Ely in White Pine County, Nevada. The beehive shape was designed as a more efficient version of the open-pit system that originated in Italy. They were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the USA in 1971.

The Ward Charcoal Ovens served diverse purposes after their function as charcoal ovens ended. They sheltered stockmen and prospectors during foul weather and had a reputation as the hideout for stagecoach bandits.

Today, the ovens continue to represent a unique and fascinating chapter in Nevada’s mining history. The area was under private ownership and management until 1956 when the Nevada State Park Commission was offered a permit to protect the ovens. The area was designated a state park in 1994 when recreational facilities were added to the site.

Found before the hint:

• Paul Voestermans
• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• hhgygy
• Martin de Bock
• zorro the fox
• Eloy Cano
• Glenmorren
• Graham Hedley
• Bas van Limpt

After the hint:

• Jesus Rodriguez