Academic Calendars. Because dates are subject to change due to interdependence, below is the most up-to-the-minute edition maintained by University Registrar personnel. Critical items such as semesters' start and end, registration periods and school holidays are corrected dynamically whenever changes occur.
For other uses, see Omphalos (disambiguation). An omphalos (á½Î¼ÏÎ±Î»ÏÏ) is a religious stone artifact, or baetylus. In Greek, the word omphalos means navel. In Greek lore, Zeus sent two eagles across the world to meet at its center, the navel of the world. Omphalos stones marking the centre were erected in several places about the Mediterranean Sea; the most famous of those was at Delphi. Omphalos is also the name of the stone given to Cronus. In the ancient world of the Mediterranean, it was a powerful religious symbol. Omphalos Syndrome refers to the belief that a place of geopolitical power and currency is the most important place in the world.
Nutting Stone. This sandstone block was found in the first well dug by the colonists in James Fort in 1608 and filled in 1610. The shallow depression located on both sides of this nutting stone (called a taccahooc) suggests it was used repeatedly as an anvil stone for processing food or to produce arrow points for hunting game. It is ironic that the richest site of Virginia Indian artifacts in the Chesapeake region is an English site.