If you're a history buff like me, you'll like this. The photos add a lot of flavor to this collection. You can post this to your blog, too, by simply clicking the button in the lower right hand potion of the Clipmarks frame below.
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The burial mound of Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland it is the also the world’s oldest surviving building (it’s older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt)
Sulawesi, Indonesia the strange part the funeral ceremony is often held weeks, months, or even years after the death
London, United Kingdom Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Tennyson Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Ernest Rutherford were all interred there
Egypt the base sides have a mean margin of error of only 2 1/3 inch (58 mm)!
a burial ground of ancient Egyptian pharaohs
a network of underground tunnels and rooms that used to be Roman-era limestone quarries
Xi’an, China the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor and the unifier of China
Palermo, Italy
Sedlec, Czech Republic
Agra, India October 1st, 2007 |
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