Where On Google Earth?

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The Majdanek facility was one of the extermination camps used in the Operation Reinhard plan of Nazi Germany.

It was built near the city of Lublin, Poland which lead to the speculation that the inhabitants of Lublin must have known of what happened here.

One of the survivors of Majdanek war Vladek Spiegelman, the main character of Art Spiegelmans ‘Maus’ comic book.

There was quite some controversy last week, when plans where announced that a local undertaker was planning to build a crematorium near this location.

Those who protested successfully:

• hhgygy
• Walter_V_R
• Paul Voestermans
• steve willis
• Adam Macer
• Ernesto Posse
• Ivar Bonsaksen
• mehmet durmus
• Dennis S.
• mccrumplair
• Farceur
• krenek

– Hint –

• Paul Franson
• Sasha Smith
• Noisette
• Chris Bell
• rob de wolff
• a11c

A place where you would not want to be, 70 years ago.
And it hit the news last week.

 

Eilean Righ is Gaelic for ‘King’s Island’.

It was once owned by Sir Reginald Johnston, tutor to Pu Yi (yes, the one from the movie ‘The Last Emperor‘), who built two Buddhist temples on the island.
And now it is up for sale. So you can own it, that is if you have > £ 3,000,000.- to spend, of course.

Those who made an offer:

• hhgygy
• Walter_V_R
• Adam Macer
• steve willis
• Paul Voestermans
• Farceur
• Sandworm
• Sasha Smith
• Paul Franson
• mccrumplair
• mehmet durmus
• Bill Close
• krenek
• VSWG
• Ernesto Posse
• Chris Bell

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• steven simmons
• a11c
• Rosella
• Mik

Actually it was not the king who lived here, but his teacher.

Can you name the large island in the centre of the picture?

And do you have any idea what is special about this island?

Last week an ‘armchair archeologist’, Angela Micol of Maiden, North Carolina, made public that she discovered on Google Earth a few locations that, according to her statement, could possibly be a new pyramid site.

Of course I was interested in this discovery and managed to locate the sites on Google earth, which resulted in this contest.

Little did I know that her ‘discovery’ would go viral in the following days. If there are really pyramids out there or not, will probably be disclosed in the next months.
Scientists are somewhat sceptic, which led to the following statement of James Harrell, professor emeritus of archaeological geology at the University of Toledo:
“It seems that Angela Micol is one of the so-called ‘pyridiots’ who see pyramids everywhere. Her Dimai and Abu Sidhum ‘pyramids’ are examples of natural rock formations that might be mistaken for archaeological features provided one is unburdened by any knowledge of archaeology or geology. In other words, her pyramids are just wishful thinking by an ignorant observer with an overactive imagination.”

Those who also found some pyramids out there:

• Walter_V_R
• Sandworm
• hhgygy
• Farceur
• rob de wolff
• Noisette
• Ernesto Posse
• steve willis
• Paul Voestermans
• mehmet durmus
• CuriousJM
• krenek
• Emil Schierle
• Paul Franson
• Sasha Smith
• mccrumplair
• Marisa Boraas
• TitouPinkRider
• Dientes
• Chris Bell
• Bill Close
• Alonso Alfaro
• Bluescat
• mehtab sond

– Hint –

• Ashwini Agrawal
• Sarah G.
• Rosella
• a11c
• Dennis S.