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Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb - Boyne Valley, Ireland. Dinosaur Valley State Park, Texas. (C) 1996-2011, Glen J.

Dinosaur Valley State Park, Texas

Kuban Part of Kuban's Paluxy Website Introduction Dinosaur Valley State Park is located in Somervell County Texas, near the town of Glen Rose. Covering over 1500 acres and designated a National Natural Landmark in 1969, the park is great place to view the fossilized dinosaur footprints, as well as to hike, camp, picnic, fish, swim, and enjoy beautiful scenery and wildlife. Dinosaur Valley State Park, Phone: 254-897-4588 Park Road 59, P.O. Getting to Glen Rose and DVSP Glen Rose is located along Rt. 67 about 70 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man Track" controversy. The Texas Dinosaur/"Man Track" Controversy (C) 1996-2012, Glen J.

Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man Track" controversy

Kuban For many years claims were made by strict, "young-earth" creationists that human footprints or "giant man tracks" occur alongside fossilized dinosaur tracks in the limestone beds of the Paluxy River, near Glen Rose Texas. If true, such a finding would dramatically contradict the conventional geologic timetable, which holds that humans did not appear on earth until over 60 million years after the dinosaurs became extinct.

Lost Cities. There isn't anything quite as chilling as a city bereft of its inhabitants.

Lost Cities

A silent array of towers, walls and houses, without voices or the hubbub of everyday life. A place solely constructed to shelter people, that now has no purpose. Abandoned cities can be found around the world. Sometimes they were killed by war, while others starved in famine. World-wide Ancient Site Database, Photos and Prehistoric Archaeo. Minoans - Thera. Crete, Troy. Comparison of Genesis with Creation Stories of the Ancient Near East. One Viewpoint Many professors in colleges, universities and seminaries today agree with the following ideas and teach them to their students.

Comparison of Genesis with Creation Stories of the Ancient Near East

This is one reason young people who have had a strong religious faith lose it when they go to college. For many centuries, Jewish and Christian theologians agreed that the accounts of the world's origin given in Genesis were not only inspired by God, but owed nothing to any other scriptures. This extreme view has now been abandoned by all but fundamentalists.1 These authors are probably correct that all but Bible believers (fundamentalists) have abandoned this view. The Genesis Creation Story does not owe anything to the creation myths of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Malta Temple's and Tombs. The HYPOGEUM which I was able to visit in 1989 is now closed for conservation since 1992 - and is still closed.

Malta Temple's and Tombs

Ancient Ethiopian City of Aksum or Axum. King Ezana's Stele is the tallest standing stele -- 70 feet.

Ancient Ethiopian City of Aksum or Axum

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Lalibela [The Mystery of Ethiopia's Extraordinary Excavated Churches]

Lalibela [The Mystery of Ethiopia's Extraordinary Excavated Churches] Sacred Destinations ^ Posted on Thu Mar 3 15:48:08 2011 by marshmallow The small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia is home to one of the world's most astounding sacred sites: eleven rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level.

Bet Giorgis (St. George) Erythraean Sea « Billy Gambéla ጋምበላ ። Afri-Asiatic Anthropology Blog. Day of Jesus' Crucifixion Believed Determined. - Researchers believe that Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was crucified on Friday April 3, 33 A.D. - Textual and geological clues, along with astronomical data, support the date.

Day of Jesus' Crucifixion Believed Determined

The Shroud of Turin Website - Home Page. What is the Hungarian Pray Codex? Home > History > Greek-Byzantine > Pray-Codex > The Hungarian Pray Codex, also commonly referred to as the Hungarian Pray Manuscript, is an ancient document in the Budapest National Library.

What is the Hungarian Pray Codex?

It is named for György Pray (1723-1801), a Jesuit scholar historian who performed the first important study of it. The codex is significant because it is the earliest known text in the ancient Finno-Ugric tribal languages of the Hungarian region. This codex was written between 1192 and 1195. One illustration in the manuscript shows Jesus being placed on a burial shroud in one panel and a resurrection scene in another. Welcome. New Study Reveals Exact Date Jesus Was Crucified, Scientists Claim. May 25, 2012|3:09 pm Researchers are claiming to have discovered the exact date that Jesus Christ was crucified, according to a new geological study released in an academic journal this week.

New Study Reveals Exact Date Jesus Was Crucified, Scientists Claim

Keys To Bible Symbols. Hyksos or Hebrews? The Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Hyksos or Hebrews? The Middle Kingdom of Egypt Ancient Egyptian art depicting the defeat of the Hyksos. In about the year 1700 BCE, a watershed event occurred in Egyptian history: the invasion of the Hyksos people. They successfully took over Egypt and a succession of six kings took power, known as “the Great Hyksos Pharaohs.” Hyksos. HYKSOS, the founders of the Egyptian 15th dynasty; Asiatics who exercised political control over Egypt between approximately 1655 and 1570 B.C.E.

The Hyksos established their capital at Avaris in the Eastern Delta, controlled the Nile Valley as far south as Hermopolis, and claimed overlordship over the rest of Upper Egypt. Debunking "The Exodus Decoded" View of the Suez Canal looking north from the Qantara Bridge in the northeast Nile delta. This was the area of the northern end of the Ballah Lake prior to the cutting of the canal in 1859–1860. This is possibly the area where the Israelites crossed the Reed Sea. (ABR photo by Michael Luddeni). Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Ch. Enoch & the Nephilim - Part III. Welcome to Wyatt Archaeological Research Inc. Ark of the covenant, ron wyatt. Sumerian Myths. Flood Legends from Around the World. Epic of Creation (Mesopotamia) Megalithic Sites - Megalithic Sites of the World.

Below is an illustrated index of the 12 Megaliths profiled on Sacred Destinations so far. For photo credits, please see corresponding articles. Almendres CromlechAlentejo, PortugalBoasting a spectacular hillside location among olive and cork trees, this stone circle is the most important megalithic site in Portugal. Its 96 standing stones were arranged in an oval in 5000-4000 BC. Almendres MenhirAlentejo, PortugalThis single standing stone is 3 meters high and astronomically aligned with the nearby Almendres Cromlech.

Anta Grande do ZambujeiroAlentejo, PortugalThis prehistoric dolmen dates from c.4000-3500 BC. West Kennet Long BarrowWiltshire, EnglandThis prehistoric burial site near Avebury was in use between 3700 and 2000 BC. Stonehenge. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The Stone Circles of Cumbria and the Lake District. Ancient underwater cities being found that are 10,000 years old. Lost city 'could rewrite history' Famous Ancient Sunken Cities Around the World (PHOTOS) Dinosaur Art From Ancient Tombs In Peru: evidence that dinosaurs and humans coexisted. The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts. Top 25 Most Ancient Historical Photographs.

For times immemorial, people have tried to reproduce their surroundings into pictures of their own. They have used techniques of paintings, carving and sculpturing and for years images have been projected onto surfaces. Photography is the result of combining several technical discoveries. Long before the first photographs were made, Chinese and Greek philosophers described a pinole camera.