Travel Photography Photos tagged as historic
From the National Park Service Website: "Nestled among the rolling hills and pastures of eastern-central Vermont, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to tell the story of conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America. The boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America's first conservationists, and later the home of Frederick Billings, the property was given to the American people by its most recent owners, Laurance S. and Mary F. Rockefeller. The park was created by an Act of Congress and signed into law by President George Bush on August 26, 1992."
From the National Park Service website: "Nestled among the rolling hills and pastures of eastern-central Vermont, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to tell the story of conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America. The boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America's first conservationists, and later the home of Frederick Billings, the property was given to the American people by its most recent owners, Laurance S. and Mary F. Rockefeller. The park was created by an Act of Congress and signed into law by President George Bush on August 26, 1992."
Point Sampson Historic Pier
Little Bodhi walking through the historic piazzas of Lucca
TABLEAU HISTORIC
CORPSE HISTORIC IN SET HEKHAMANESIAN TO IRAN KURDISTAN TO KERMANSHAH - TAGH BOSTAN
The original city would have extended beyond at least 5 blocks
Holes in the ground on one of the upper levels were where offerings to the earth were placed
The priest would stand on top and everyone in the square could hear him because of amazing acoustics as well as using the wind that comes from west to east would carry his voice into the square
"bookshelf" building kept space between the adobes so the walls would flex with the earth in case of an earthquake
Also building alternating triangles or trapezoids would ensure that only part of the wall would fall down
Young women were sacrificed in this square, likely in times of drought
The shark is representative of the Lima cultures worship of the sea (they also worshiped the moon)