Alps

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Just over a year after the unveiling of the "Frankfurt Silver Inscription" -- the oldest known Christian written testimony north of the Alps -- attention is once again turning to this ancient site.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Number two: the Roman historian Livy’s book about the Second Punic War, with Rome against the invading North African armies from Carthage and Hannibal’s war elephants crossing the Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The £280,000 structure - named An Ceann Mor - was placed at a secluded spot at Inveruglas, on the west of the loch, in 2015 to offer views of the Arrochar Alps and Ben Lomond.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

While the Olympic flag passed from Italy to France at Sunday’s closing ceremony, handing off the Winter Games from Milan-Cortina to the French Alps, the flame will burn next in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

My friends are buying long-pants suits that cost from seventeen to twenty dollars, a sum as huge to me as the Alps!

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright