Most "beaker burials" contain male skeletons buried in a crouched position with the head resting to the north and facing east, according to religious custom.
At the very top of the resort, 9990 offers some hearty steep fall lines and a big north-facing slope that stays cold and dry even in the late spring.
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To the west he looks out on mesas for 40 miles, and from his north-facing windows he occasionally catches glimpses of wild mustangs roaming the hills of thousands of acres owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Mr. JOHN GRAHAM (Smithsonian Air and Space Museum): And we're on a very tight time line, and the reason for that is we need to get to the base of the next hill to the south, which has got north-facing slopes, so that we can get up and basically repeat what we did last winter on Husband Hill: turn the solar panels towards the sun and survive.
The obvious place is facing north at the plaza's tip, where he was before.
The country's economic centre of gravity has shifted to the Arab-facing north.
"It is at a junction of the motorway where there aren't north or south facing junctions and not enough people used it, " he said.
The iReporters describe a life in which many people in the North African nation are facing a daily battle against poverty, spiraling inflation and high unemployment.
Nuclear experts also noted that North Korea could be facing similar technical difficulties as Iran in operating the equipment, which spins at supersonic speeds and can easily break apart or leak uranium gas if its parts aren't balanced and fortified with high-end metals.
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In Wales it is only found on three south facing cliffs in the north.
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Within the North American market, Coach is facing intense competition from smaller players such as Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Tory Burch.
North West crown court cases are facing disruption as barristers plan to miss hearings to attend a meeting in protest against proposed legal aid changes.
Schlumberger currently caters to unconventional plays in the North American market, which is currently facing significant headwinds.
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Many of us have heard about the 60% youth unemployment issue that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is facing.
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Facing a long war on its north-western border, it cannot keep up its decades-old readiness on the eastern one.
Dubai, a small and young city-state of less than 2 million people, is now considered a safe-haven for many families across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region that are facing political instability on their home turf.
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"Mali is facing an assault by terrorist elements coming from the north whose brutality and fanaticism is known across the world, " the French president said.
With much of Europe facing recession, political tension in the Middle East and North Africa has hit demand for some key holiday destinations and underpinned high oil prices, making holiday travel more expensive.
It has touched Bury North particularly because its Labour MP, David Chaytor, is among the handful now facing criminal charges.
In 2009, facing a likely loss in an anti-discrimination lawsuit, the county just north of New York City negotiated an agreement with the federal government designed to make Westchester's government a force for fair housing.
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