John Wilson Murphree Jr.

@JWMURP (51)

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John Wilson Murphree Jr.'s Discussions

The Globe Theater

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 14 Dec 17

“The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas...

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Politics

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 13 Dec 17

Virginia went Democratic; Alabama went Democratic. Does this mean anything about a general swing in politics in this country, is it a reaction to the president, or something else?

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Travel to Istanbul

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 8 Dec 17

A few years ago, Jo and I made a three-week long train trip from Warsaw to Istanbul, through Prague, Budapest, Sophia and Athens [with a side trip to Santorini]. When we got to Athens, we thought it would be simple to take a...

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Old Ben Franklin

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 7 Dec 17

“Benjamin Franklin,,,(January 17, 1706,,, – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was "the First American".A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political...

benjamin franklin

founding father of america

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TV in the Egyptian countryside

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 12 Oct 17

I took this picture from our tour bus in Egypt. I found a number of interesting facets in this picture, mostly reflecting the poverty of this part of the country. There is a railroad track running through the picture, but it...

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Egypt and its rulers Ramses I and II.

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 6 Oct 17

While in Egypt on our Israel-Egypt tour, we spent part of a day in Memphis, as I remember, the city of Thebes in ancient times. We were not taken to a great many places in the area of Memphis, but the reclining statue of Ramses...

The Parthenon

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 3 Oct 17

The Parthenon in Athens, Greece is thought by some people as the most beautiful building in the history of the world. Since we have an exact replica in Nashville, TN, l can understand this high praise. Over decades l have...

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A Whale's Back!

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 26 Sep 17

On a California trip years ago, we stopped at Monterrey, a really lovely place to visit. We took an whale watching excursion withe the promise that we 'probably' would see whales because they had been spotted on earlier...

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Sphinhx and Pyramids

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 19 Sep 17

Across the river from Cairo, Egypt is the city of Giza, the home of the Sphinx and the three Great Pyramids of the eastern Sahara Desert. The desert, of course, is very dry and dusty, but with lots of vendors around to sell...

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Sphinx and Great Pyramid

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 19 Sep 17

Not far from the Nile River, across from Cairo, sit two of Egypt's great treasures, the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids, three in number. These great sights are located in the eastern Sahara Desert, which is very sandy and dry....

The Great Pyranmid at Giza

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 17 Sep 17

It is still unbelievable to me how large the great pyramids of Giza are and how they could possibly have been built with simple tools and almost all human labor. It is forbidden to climb the pyramids, except for the first...

The Great Pyramid at Giza

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 17 Sep 17

The great Egyptian pyramids are at Gaza across the Nile River from Cairo. Unfortunately, all climbing is forbidden at the pyramids, but the carved stomes are so big that l could not gave gotten far anyway. The pyramids are...

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The Golan Heights

John Wilson Murphree Jr. @JWMURP (51) 14 Sep 17

The Golan Heights is a low mountain range on the border between Israel and Syria in northeastern Israel. It was Syrian territory before the Six Day War and taken by Israel officially in 1981. Syria still claims it.When we were...

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