Category: Monuments
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Long time ago… The future came…
A Acropolis. In the heart of the cradle of civilization. Visit it and walk the steps of Socrates and other Greek philosophers. Feel the sun like it was felt 2,500 years ago by Pericles and the great Athenian generals right before they decided to battle Xerxes. Right there, between the olive trees, Greek the dirt.…
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Stonehenge: A MODERN monument! (really, this is no joke)
For decades the official Stonehenge guidebooks have been full of fascinating facts and figures and theories surrounding the world’s greatest prehistoric monument. What the glossy brochures do not mention, however, is the systematic rebuilding of the 4,000 year old stone circle throughout the 20th Century. This is one of the dark secrets of history archaeologists…
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Develop. Destroy. Develop. Destroy…
A nation is developing. And destroys its monuments in the process. (1) Why should we care? What is better tribute to these monuments than their total destruction in the process of progress? What good is a dead monument? Ancient people did not have “monuments”…
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