Month: July 2014

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Yaxchilan

Usumacinta River, Chiapas, Mexico

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Taktsang Palphug Monastery

Paro Valley, Bhutan

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Ivanovo, Bulgaria

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Ahu Tongariki

Easter Island

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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The Gods and Goddesses of the Mission Murals

Mission Street, San Francisco, California

By yucy / July 28, 2014

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Ohlone Village Site

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

By yucy / July 1, 2014

Sacred Sites’ Facebook Updates

June 14, 2019

International corporation accused of clearing sacred and significant sites

Sacred burial sites and other traditional cultural sites clear-cut in Australia.

Nyikina Mangala Traditional Owners say a Chinese conglomerate has breached a land use agreement and destroyed important cultural sites.

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June 9, 2019

Thais outraged by tourist doing yoga poses at historic and sacred sites | The Thaiger

Think twice before doing yoga poses at Thailand's sacred sites!

PHOTO: Andreita Levin New outrage alert. Doing yoga poses on famous or sacred sites around Thailand will get you into trouble with the authorities. Tourist Police say they’ve caught up with a foreign woman who shared photos on her Instagram account ... See more

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June 2, 2019

Abandoned sacred places around the world

Read about a fascinating new book, Abandoned Sacred Places, by Lawrence Joffe. There are some remarkable photos of no longer used sacred places!

Lawrence Joffe's new book, "Abandoned Sacred Places," looks at pyramids in the Sudanese desert, a flooded church in Italy and much more.

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June 1, 2019

Jordan / Archaeologists study the changing history of ancient temple complex

A full survey is being conducted of an ancient temple complex in Jordan:

The ancient temple complex at Khirbat es-Sar, near today`s capital of Jordan - Amman, could have residential function in the Middle Ages, determined archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw.

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May 30, 2019

The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists

Two unique Bronze Age burials have been discovered in Siberia. The deceased were surrounded by long bird beaks and skulls - probably cranes or herons - arranged into a collar, or headdress.

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May 21, 2019

King Tut Wore Ancient, Meteor-Blasted Yellow Glass

King Tut's Pectoral contained yellow glass formed by a meteorite impact!

About 29 million years ago, the sands of the western Egyptian desert melted and created tiny pieces of canary yellow glass

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May 21, 2019

Ancient burial site off Manasota Key is 1,000 years older than estimated

Ancient underground burial site offshore Florida is 1,000 years older than estimated. Read about the controversy

New tests push back dates when underwater burials were practiced.

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May 16, 2019

www.earthweek.com

We call your attention to 2 items in this weeks Earthweek that are incredibly disturbing for Mother Earth: Mass Extinctions of plants and animals and the poisoning of our sacred water as described in Nuclear Legacy!

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May 15, 2019

What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

This an interesting and thought-provoking story about how Native Americans are portrayed at New York City's American Museum of Natural History...but, we don't like it. Why not completely redo the diorama to reflect today's Native Descendants of the Lenape? ... See more

The American Museum of Natural History corrects a Native American story in full view of visitors, inviting them to “reconsider this scene.”

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May 12, 2019

Traveling to Europe soon? Here is a list of Notre-Dame de Paris contemporaries: Basilica of St. Denis, France; Winchester Cathedral, England; Catedral de Sevilla, Spain; York Minster, England; Duomo di Milano, Italy; Cologne Cathedral, Germany; Bordeaux ... See more

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Month: July 2014

Yaxchilan

Taktsang Palphug Monastery

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Ahu Tongariki

The Gods and Goddesses of the Mission Murals

Ohlone Village Site

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