47 10 686 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/dbd8604ab5d2766e09c84c0cfb97d830.png 635cfa70d6469cffd94bd31e093cd19c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wadi Sura/Cave of Swimmers Subject The topic of the resource Wadi Sura is mentioned early on in the book, although it is only later in the novel that we realize the significance of this place for Almasy. Wadi Sura (Wadi meaning dried up body of water) is a series of caves, near a dried up body of water, likely a lake. It is near the Gilf Kebir, and the explorers find it during their search for Zerzura. When Almasy first mentions it, he is emphasizing his knowledge of geography. He remembers “In Wadi Sura I saw caves whose walls were covered in paintings of swimmers. Here there had been a lake. I could draw its shape on the wall for them. I could lead them to its edge, six thousand years ago” (Ondaatje). When Wadi Sura is mentioned again, it is referred to as “the cave of swimmers”. He recounts a return to Wadi Sura, “His limbs exhausted from the four nights of walking. He left his clothes spread on the rocks and climbed up higher into the boulders, climbed out of the desert, which was now, in 1942, a vast battlefield, and went naked into the darkness of the cave. He was among the familiar paintings he had found years earlier. Giraffes. Cattle. The man with his arms raised, in a plumed headdress. Several figures in the unmistakable posture of swimmers. Bermann had been right about the presence of an ancient lake. He walked farther into the coldness, into the Cave of Swimmers, where he had left her. She was still there. She had dragged herself into a corner, had wrapped herself tight in the parachute material. He had promised to return for her. He himself would have been happier to die in a cave, with its privacy, the swimmers caught in the rock around them. Bermann had told him that in Asian gardens you could look at rock and imagine water, you could gaze at a still pool and believe it had the hardness of rock. But she was a woman who had grown up within gardens, among moistness, with words like trellis and hedgehog. Her passion for the desert was temporary (Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient (Kindle Locations 2043-2047). McClelland & Stewart. Kindle Edition.) He is remembering his return to the cave of swimmers, after leaving the injured Katherine behind. She has died from her injuries, and he has not been able to make it back before her death. He is too late. This place, a place that was a triumphant discovery years earlier, it now somber. He mentions Bermann in this passage. Real life Bermann in fact mentions these caves in his lecture “Historic Problems of the Libyan Desert”, “We lived with the members of mission in the narrow circle of granite boulders that surround the 'Ain Daua. It was May, and the heat was terrific amongst the stones. Refuge we found was in certain caves, or rather holes, with which walls of 'Uweinat are honeycombed. These grottoes, which offered protection against the heat, had been used during this winter by Major expedition, by the Italians, and by a party of British airmen-yet discovered that a little higher up similar little caves contained wonderful documents of an old civilization. It was Almasy who found the first of these caves and showed it to Professor Ludovico di Caporiacco, of the Italian mission, and to me. Two hours later about a dozen more of these caves were located, all covered with beautiful rock paintings in four colours, showing cattle and other animals, mostly tame ones, and human beings: dark-skinned warriors with bows in their hands” (Bermann, Historic Problems of the Libyan Desert, 461). The cave of swimmers is a place that represents Almasy’s guilt and grief at the death of Katherine. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/693a25d9383ec04c8aed6376a6335659.png 09e354ff031197652def589e9de50a7f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zerzura Subject The topic of the resource Most of the desert has not been explored or mapped at the beginning of the 20th century (by Europeans). Rumours of lost oases, dating from early Arab writings passed down through generations, spurred interest. One of the oasis legends that capture the attention of explorers is the oasis of Zerzura. There was so much interest in this mythical oasis, that the Zezura club was founded by Major Ralph A. Bagnold in 1930. Both real lice and fictional Almasy are fascinated by the idea of this oasis. It was believed that Zerzura was located somewhere on the Gilf Kebir Plateau, whose elevation would allow for rains. During a lecture given to the geographic society, Dr. Bermann mentions Almasy’s fascination in the myth, “Soon [Almasy] had become fascinated by the old problem, and he would discuss it with me. Since the times of the Egyptians, he explained, there had been a vague but persistent rumour of fertile lands lying in the desert west of the Nile. The famous expedition King Cambyses army against the oasis of Jupiter Ammon could have been planned if the existence of water somewhere in the middle desert had not been known. All through the Middle Ages Arab writers told about a hidden oasis; the name of Zerzura-meaning probably "Oasis Little Birds"-had been mentioned for the first time in the thirteenth century” (Bermann, Historic Problems of the Libyan Desert, 456). Many lectures and articles written for the Geographical Society refer to Zerzura. John Ball, Director of Desert Surveys, Egypt, gave a lecture in 1927 titled “Problems of the Libyan Desert”. In one section it discusses the difficulty in finding Zerzura due to the contradictory information about the oasis, as well as possibilities of where it might be. While it is never found in real life (the Zerzura club was recently resurrected), in the novel Almasy finds Zerzura. Ondaatje writes “By the mid-1930s the lost oasis of Zerzura was found by Ladislaus de Almásy and his companions” (Ondaatje 1635-1636). https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/37660831205b6595e69d36a1e8c855e6.jpeg 735923dafe0e161d89a910d4d5717fab https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/0c40f09d5c8963594b1014a6a210ffdc.jpeg 281e37d733381f397b32cd5c52573686 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chernobyl and Popular Culture Subject The topic of the resource A collection of items related to more contemporary interests related to the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kayleigh Gagné Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource STALKER https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/8c4ded063eb8d7cc8f13f420e1889cc2.png 25c33eccfc74d6a22e62525c4c4516e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapping 1907 Alexandria Virginia. Subject The topic of the resource Historical photos and mapping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Katie Hatton Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Mary's Academy Subject The topic of the resource Historic Alexandria Description An account of the resource Exterior and group photo for St. Mary's academy, an all-girls school in Alexandria. Over 250 girls attended the school, established in 1869 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexander J Wedderburn Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Souvenir Virginia Tercentennial of Historic Alexandria, Va: Past and Present Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/41c91ef80af21604a306dc1d2422c9ce.png 6756f67adbf3b71141446376ca02bf61 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapping 1907 Alexandria Virginia. Subject The topic of the resource Historical photos and mapping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Katie Hatton Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource R Portner Brewing Co Subject The topic of the resource Historic Alexandria Description An account of the resource Exterior of Robert Portner's brewery, established 1862. The operators boasted that the factory contained "the latest scientific improvements in brewing, refrigerating, and bottling machinery. The factory complex also included a car shop, where they made and repaired their own refrigerated train cars. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexander J Wedderburn Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Souvenir Virginia Tercentennial of Historic Alexandria, Va: Past and Present https://omeka.uottawa.ca/jmccutcheon/files/original/8b451f688bba6303078ff52975789ca6.png b72fa7d293dccfe47a05200290d92161 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mapping 1907 Alexandria Virginia. Subject The topic of the resource Historical photos and mapping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Katie Hatton Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carlyle House Subject The topic of the resource Historic Alexandria Description An account of the resource Rear view of the Carlyle House, a historic home in Alexandria. Built in 1752 by prominent merchant John Carlyle, the mansion had fallen into a state of somewhat disrepair and was hidden from the main street behind the Braddock Hotel. 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Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Henry K Field & Co Subject The topic of the resource Historic Alexandria Description An account of the resource Exterior of the Henry K Field & Co industrial complex. The company includes a lumber yard, a door, sash, and blind factory, and a portion dedicated to transporting ship lumber and related supplies. Over 40 men worked at the company. 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Title A name given to the resource Percentage of school attendance of all Canadian 5 to 19 years age, in 1901, 1911 and 1921 Subject The topic of the resource <div>html file</div> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shiqi Xie Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Statistics Canada