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unusual facts about enclosures



Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices

King Djer, Aha’s successor and son, had 318 retainer sacrifices buried in his tomb, and 269 retainer sacrifices buried in enclosures surrounding his tomb.

Barbary lion

After a respiratory disease nearly wiped out the royal lions in the late 1960s, the current ruler established enclosures in Temara near Rabat, Morocco, to house the lions and improve their quality of life.

Bathtub Madonna

These factory produced enclosures sometimes have decorative features that their recycled counterparts lack, such as fluting reminiscent of a scallop shell.

Berthold Lubetkin

Dudley Zoo consisted of twelve animal enclosures and was a unique example of early Modernism in the UK.

Downham West

The excavations revealed a series of enclosures, structures and turbaries along with a ditched Roman field system and what was once a Roman canal.

Elma Electronic

Elma enclosures are centered around 19” and 23” Eurocard specification, primarily for VME/ VME64x, CompactPCI, VXS/VPX, VXI/PXI, AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA and other architectures.

Hercules PSU

A single design of PCB (printed circuit board) provides crystal oscillator regulated power for both 33⅓ rpm and 45 rpm operation, and is offered with a choice of enclosures and installation kits to suit different makes and models of turntable, such as the Linn Sondek LP12, as well as certain models from Rega, Thorens, and others.

Indoor bonsai

For better effect, the bonsai can be placed in enclosures, such as terrariums, that are humidified from within.

Institute, West Virginia

The community is the location of the prehistoric Shawnee Reservation Mound, one of three remaining Adena-era earthwork mounds and enclosures found in an eight-mile stretch along the river.

Løvejagten

The animals were filmed at the Copenhagen Zoo with the camera aimed downward to avoid any view of the enclosures.

National Zoological Gardens of South Africa

Against the northern hillside are six larges enclosures for Dholes, Lions, Tigers, Barbary sheep, Nubian Ibexes and Hartmann's Mountain Zebras respectively.

Neolithic circular enclosures in Central Europe

In 2013, Slovak experimental drummer and composer Lucas Perny, recorded solo album The Rondel, which name was inspired by circular enclosures.

Souss-Massa National Park

Souss-Massa also holds captive-breeding programmes for four threatened North African ungulates: Scimitar Oryx, Addax, Dama gazelle and Dorcas gazelle, that are kept in separate enclosures within the park.

Stalag X-B

Marlag und Milag Nord, the camps for captured Navy personnel and civilian sailors respectively, were originally in two separate enclosures at the Sandbostel camp.

Tempest 23

Tempest 23 came standard with eight foot (8') Self-bailing cockpit, self-draining seats with storage, molded insulated ice box,Philippine mahogany trim, deck stepped mast, main roller reefing, full width mainsheet traveler, wirehalyards, two jib winches, separate galley and head enclosures, two (2) 6'6" berths with storage, and a 2 year warranty.

The Law of Enclosures

The Law of Enclosures is a 1996 novel by Dale Peck, which was adapted into the 1999 film The Law of Enclosures by Canadian director John Greyson.

William Balfour Baikie

After purchasing the site, and concluding a treaty with the Fula emir of Nupe, he proceeded to clear the ground, build houses, form enclosures and pave the way for a future city.


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