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Hi Britini! Hi new Badger! Welcome to the Sett. Wander around and make yourself at home. It's lovely to be close to the kitchens; sounds like you have already found some favorite foods!

Here's the answer to this Fallen Letters puzzle! Its southern, eastern, and western portions are surrounded by dozens of stepped agricultural terraces formerly watered by an aqueduct system.

The solution to this puzzle is: You can enter Petra through the Visitor Center. Some say there's a lot of shopping inside and outside the entrance, and a museum to explore.

Hello everyone! My name is Britini and I am a Hufflepuff. Askeron, thank you so much for the butterbeer and blueberry muffins! They've done something wild with the crumble on top, those lovely house elves have.

Hi all, December is finally here. This means....that Christmas is here as well!! Click here for a full size. This colouring page is worth 10 diamonds.

Merry Christmas everyone! Wish you all a wonderful December and wonderful Christmas gifts! Click here for the full size. This colouring is worth 10 diamonds.

Welcome to the Wizarding Jigsaw Challenge! An activity in which your role is to solve some real life jigsaw! All you got to do to join the activity is to take a photo of the jigsaw you are going to solve (in a box) with the number of pieces, post it below and then start putting it together. There are different amount of diamonds available: 100 - 199 pieces = 10 diamonds 200 -299 pieces = 20 diamonds 300 - 499 pieces = 30 diamonds 500 - 799 = 40 diamonds 800< = 50 diamonds Edit your initial post when you solved jigsaw. There is no deadline for the completion but it needs to be finished before the end of the month, 11:50pm HOL time. You can solve multiple jigsaws throughout the year but all need to be posted below to receive diamonds. Alternatively, you can complete multiple jigsaw from the website called Jigsaw Planet. You can also use any other jigsaw website/app. You can choose any jigsaw you want and then take a screenshot of your unfinished and finished jigsaw and post it below. All of the jigsaw completed through this website need to have a minimum of 100 pieces. Remember that on this website, the maximum number of pieces per jigsaw is 300. Also, make sure that the number of pieces should be visible in your screenshot for it to count. Remember that your graphic should be 600x600 or less. The maximum amount of diamonds you can earn per month for this activity is 200 diamonds. If you have already earned 200 diamonds, you will receive beans for any extra jigsaw (with the same rules as for diamonds)

Hello everyone!! Sorry for the long absence, but I am trying to get things going again with Professor Felicia Hartwick's blessing and assistance I would like to start again with some discussion posts and PUZZLES!! I wanted to see how all of you feel about it though. I will do my best to post a discussion or two and a couple of puzzles a month. I wanted to get everyone's feelings on the idea and what kinds of puzzles and/or discussions they would like. You may respond to this topic or in a private message to me. So, let me know if you enjoy the discussions and if there are any particular topics you would like to talk about! I was posting Fallen Letters and Trivia puzzles. Let me know if you liked these and/or if you would enjoy some other types of puzzles also then I could mix things up a bit. If you enjoy the types of puzzles I was doing we can keep doing those as well! I appreciate your opinions and look forward to hearing from everyone! I will be happy to give Diamonds for out for your opinions! Each post must be at least 100 words, you can start a new post or respond to someone else’s. For each 100 words you will receive 10 Diamonds! Maximum number of 30! (since Of course, you are welcome to submit more if you like! You have until December 10th to submit your post!

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Dubai is a place overflowing with architectural marvels that infallibly strike awe in almost everyone. Each new day, Dubai adds a new architectural/technological marvel to its collection. From the Burj Khalifa to the palm - shaped island to the recent rotating island that generates its own hydroelectricity, Dubai offers infinite possibilities for exploring wonders and luxury, to the point that the country of UAE could be a wonder of the world itself. The building that I chose to discuss is known as the Opus, the only building to be designed both internally and externally by late architect Zaha Hadid. It is a pair of connected twin buildings with a remarkable appearance, showcasing extreme engineering and architectural skills, the spotlight being the amorphous/free-form hole/void that appears to cut through the building but actually just divides the connected twin buildings. This unique design explores the balance and duality between, light and dark, precision of shape and formlessness, solid and fluid, existence and non-existence, a stable platform and black-hole, and opaqueness and transparency through the stark contrast between the fine geometric precision of the two buildings and the shape-shifting hole between them. The two parts of the building are joined by a fluid four-storeyed atrium at ground level and also an asymmetric three-storey bridge above ground. The entire building has the appearance of a giant metallic cube that is marvelled at for its excellent geometric precision even with the shape-changing void through it. The Opus is located in the Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, and spans a floor area of about 84,300 square meters (907,400 square feet).

There are too many amazing architectural wonders to mention, ancient and modern. I have settled on this one for this task that is not known as a world wonder but I like it non the less. Sanchi Stupa which is a Buddhist complex, well known for its Great Stupa that is built on a hilltop at the Sanchi Town in the Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh in India. It was commissioned by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. It is one of the oldest stone structures in India, and an important monument to the historical architecture in India itself. It was crowned by the chatra, a parasol-like structure symbolizing high rank, which was intended to honour and shelter the relics in the region. It is also the center of a region in the area. I myself find it to be a very interesting build and marvel at how detailed it can be for a temple of its time. I like the gate marking the entrance and the dome-like structure made from individual bricks. The walls with cylinder structures are fascinating to me. They remind me of the “prayer wheels” from Tibetan temples which I also love. What I love most about these type temples are the absolute complexity in the art hidden within a simple structure design. Some others I love are some of the absolutely beautiful temples and structures found in China.

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My favorite architectural wonder that greatly interests me is The Sagrada Família. It's an uncompleted cathedral in Barcelona, one of their most famous landmarks. The construction of the cathedral first began in 1882 and is still ongoing after many delays, such as the Spanish Civil War. It was designed by a famous architect, Antoni Gaudí, who died in 1926 when the cathedral was less than a quarter completed. Luckily, modern technology has since sped up the construction of the site, which is estimated to be completed in 2026 once the sixth and final central tower is done. The fact that it's been in construction for over 140 years makes it quite the spectacle for tourists, estimated to rake in over 2.8 million visitors a year. With Gaudí's design, the completed building is made to accommodate about 13,000 people, which gives a pretty good picture of how large this cathedral was always meant to be. It will officially be the world's tallest church after its completion.

We've seen some examples of architectural marvels of the world, including Petra, Machu Picchu and the Pont du Gard Aqueduct. If you did the Jigsaw in the beginning of this month, though, you will have, no doubt, noted that there are a lot of architectural marvels throughout the world, and there is no way we'd be able to cover even an infinitesimal number of them in one month here at the Sett. What is an architectural marvel which you would like to share with others here? It need not be 'world famous', it might be something which is an anomaly and/or completely unexplained, but something which you feel is of awesomeness. For example, for me, I recently watched some videos on a rock wall which is located in the state of Texas, in the USA. What's so remarkable about this wall? While the size of it is fairly unusual, being up to 7 stories high and 20 miles long, an unusual thing about it is that it is buried. Some farmers discovered it in 1852 while digging a well. The debate, of whether it is man-made or a natural formation, is allegedly resolved by scientists who have 'proven' that it's a natural formation but .... Here is a Map of Rockwall Texas using Ground Penetrating Radar. The outer wall structure of the Buried City (as some call it) clearly shows angles which are not usually found in natural formations, including the rectangle and the triangle shown in the lower left corner. Obviously the 'experts' have failed to take into account the "the fact that “linteled portals and archways” were documented along the walls," and other anomalous datas. Thing is, IF this is an old, old structure (some dating it to 200,000 to 400,000 years ago), it apparently predates what is called 'prehistoric' mankind, which leads to the question, who built it? Do you have an architectural wonder which inspires, puzzles or otherwise is of interest to you? Answer in here with at least 150 words, by the end of November, HOL time, and earn 25 Diamonds.

The bridge consists of three tiers of arches that formerly carried an estimated 8,800,000 gallons of water a day over about 50km which fed into the baths, fountains and homes of the Nîmes citizens.

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Welcome to the Sett Luna, so glad you found your way here. Wander around and join in where you can. Make yourself at home, we have all kinds of goodies... muffins, pies and butter beer!

Hi, I’m Luna a first year Ravenclaw nice to meet you all! I love books, dogs and movies. I hope I get to know you all better over the coming year.