The young Lisa Diaz stars as a solo sailor who parks her boat and crosses the Brooklyn Bridge, with flag and stuffed bear in tow, in search of big-city adventure at famous landmarks she finds on an ancient map.

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Weeks mentioned his plan to make a 3-D map of ancient Thebes (Luxor today), and Ludwig's imagination was engaged.

FORBES: Treasure saver

"Now here's a site, the Sphinx and the Pyramids, probably the most famous ancient site in the worldno map, " Ludwig says.

FORBES: Treasure saver

"Now here's a site, the sphinx and the pyramids, probably the most famous ancient site in the world no map, " Ludwig says.

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Welsh people could lay claim to be the most ancient Britons, according to scientists who have drawn up a genetic map of the British Isles.

BBC: Welsh people could be most ancient in UK, DNA suggests

The survey will map hundreds of thousands of council-owned trees and 277 hectares (684 acres) of ancient woodland in and around Peterborough.

BBC: Tree survey to cost Peterborough council almost ?3m

At the request of the provost he taught a class in ancient Greek literature in translation, sympathizing with students who found Thucydides impenetrable: The Modern Library edition has one map of the entire Hellenic world, with 180 labels on it.

FORBES: Homemade Herodotus