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Callimachus, fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor from Athens

(Encyclopedia)Callimachus kəlĭmˈəkəs [key], fl. 2d half of 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor from Athens. He was famous as the maker of the gold lamp in the Erechtheum and a seated image of Hera for a temple at P...

Cape Coast

(Encyclopedia)Cape Coast, town (1984 pop. 57,224), capital of Central Region, S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. Known locally as Gna or Oegna, the town is an export port and fishing center. The town originated as an ...

Carson Sink

(Encyclopedia)Carson Sink, swampy area, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), W Nev.; a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan. Fallon National Wildlife Refuge is located there. The Carson River (c.125 mi/200 km long), fed by melted ...

Nevelson, Louise

(Encyclopedia)Nevelson, Louise, 1900–1988, American sculptor, b. Kiev, Russia. Using odd pieces of wood, found objects, cast metal and other materials, Nevelson constructed huge walls or enclosed box arrangements...

Leninogor

(Encyclopedia)Leninogor lyĕˌnyĭnəgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 68,706), NE Kazakhstan, in the Altai Mts. It is a mining center in an area that is the chief source of Kazakh zinc and lead. Silver, copper, and ...

Moser-Pröll, Annemarie

(Encyclopedia)Moser-Pröll, Annemarie, 1953–, Austrian skier. One of the world's greatest Alpine skiers, Moser-Pröll dominated women's skiing in the 1970s, and her 62 World Cup wins from 1970 through 1980 set th...

Muallaqat

(Encyclopedia)Muallaqat mo͞oälˌäkätˈ [key], Pre-Islamic Arabic anthology compiled by the scholar Hammad al Rawiya (d. c.775). comprised of poems that were written in gold letters and hung on the walls of the ...

Kyzyl Kum

(Encyclopedia)Kyzyl Kum or Kizil Kum both: kəzŭlˈ ko͞om [key] [Turk.,=red sand], desert, c.115,000 sq mi (297,900 sq km), in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This vast region SE of the Aral Sea between the Amu Darya ...

Temiscaming

(Encyclopedia)Temiscaming tĭmĭsˈkəmĭng [key], town (1991 pop. 2,944), SW Que., Canada, at the south end of Lake Timiscaming, NE of North Bay. A paper mill is the town's most important industry. Gold, silver, c...

Transbaykalia

(Encyclopedia)Transbaykalia or Transbaikalia zŭbīkäˈlyĭ [key], region, SE Siberian Russia, extending from Lake Baykal to the Amur River, roughly equivalent to the contemporary Buryat Republic and Transbaykal T...