Jerusalem

Abstract

The limited excavations at Saflulim demonstrate that, together with Rosh Horesha, it functioned as some form of Negev Late Natufian residential basecamp or, more plausibly, aggregation site, with substantial and durable architectural features present. Together they represent a single site complex forming, by far, the largest Natufian (and indeed Epipalaeolithic) site documented in the Negev to date. Without doubt this is in large measure accounted for by the particular phytogeographic location of the site in the highest reaches of the central Negev Highlands during a period when environmental conditions were more favourable and a wider array of vegetal resources were available than at present.

The recovered assemblages increase the data base for ongoing technological, typological, stylistic and functional comparative studies of the Late Natufian in the Negev. In particular they should provide some indications as to the degree of variability between different types of site in the various phytogeographic zones within the region. Though not entirely conclusive, the newly acquired data appear to bolster the likelihood that previously reported assemblages from the adjacent site of Rosh Horesha are at least partially mixed.     

Holy Lakes in Snowland

There are many lakes scattered over the Tibet Plateau. In fact, there are so many that if you travel for one day in Northern Tibet you may not see another person, but you will surely see a lake. These lakes, fresh or saltwater, create enchanting beauty and often invite visitors to enter into an illusion. And behind each holy lake there is a beautiful story. The most famous holy lakes are the Yamzhog Yumcog, Mampang Yumco     

圣洁的雪雕

<正>在天寒地冻的北国,不仅有漫天皆白的林海雪原,晶莹剔透的冰灯,还有圣洁曼妙的雪雕。在黑龙江省哈尔滨市的太阳岛公园,举办的国际雪雕大赛,引来世界各国的雪雕高手。他们各展身手,大显才华,创作出了精妙的雪雕作品,一时间成为了许多旅游者争相观赏的奇葩。由于,雪雕作品只能够在天气寒冷的条件下存在,所以,它们便成为了冰雪世界里受人青睐的景观。这也可以说是北国的一种稀有旅游