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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • In an archaeologists' shed at the site of further excavations in Pompeii, Italy, the bones of an ancient Roman citizen is spread out on a metal sheet after being uncovered from Volcanic ash and pumice. Pompeii was buried beneath metres of toxic material from Mount Versuvius in May AD79 and this person was suffocated then crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be examined for desease yielding clues as to its lifestyle and eating habits. The skeletal remains are clearly identifiable with spinal column vertibrae, one jaw still containing teeth and various pieces of bone have been recovered. Many bodies littered a rooftop here proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Archaeologists surveying a cave site in the Carajas national forest, an unique type of svaanna deep in the rainforest. The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
    _MG_8133_1.jpg
  • The Carajas Open Cast Iron Ore mine is the largest iron mine in the World, estimates say the site can be mined at today's rates for another 400 years. In the Amazonian State of Para, Brazil, it is operated by the State owned Vale mining corporation, prevoously CVRD. The company has come under some controversy about the mine, and recently has started expanding the mine on the site of a series of ancient caves.
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  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • Architectural details of the new visitors centre at Stonehenge designed by Denton Corker Marshall LLP, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • Tourists photograph themselves and the stones at the standing stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • London, UK. Tuesday 26th March 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Bringing together over 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Archaeologists named this man 'the muleteer' or mule driver after a mule was found nearby. The figure was found crouching on the ground like a beggar, a tragic figure.
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  • Details of the exhibition signeage in the new Visitors Centre at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • restored walls of the Temple complex in the ancient city of Babylon.<br />
Babylon, an ancient city mention in the Bible is dated at around the 24th Century BC. <br />
In 1985, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins (because of this, artifacts and other finds may well be under the city by now), investing in both restoration and new construction. To the dismay of archaeologists, he inscribed his name on many of the bricks in imitation of Nebuchadnezzar. One frequent inscription reads: "This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify Iraq".
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  • London, UK. Tuesday 26th March 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Bringing together over 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Archaeologists named this man 'the muleteer' or mule driver after a mule was found nearby. The figure was found crouching on the ground like a beggar, a tragic figure.
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  • Details of the audio visual projection in the new Visitors Centre at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • The standing stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • Guatemalan men fixing a roof. Tikal is a ruins of an ancient Maya city, archaeologists believe it was called Yax Mutal, and is one of the largest pre-Columbian Maya sites and a UNESCO World heritage site. Located in the department of El Petén and part of Tikal National Park, it is a popular tourist site, accessed by most from the nearby Flores, Guatemala.
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  • Details of the exhibition signeage in the new Visitors Centre at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_111_1.jpg
  • The standing stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_074_1.jpg
  • Architectural details of the new visitors centre at Stonehenge designed by Denton Corker Marshall LLP, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • Details of a mystical creature on the walls of the ancient city of Babylon.<br />
Babylon, an ancient city mention in the Bible is dated at around the 24th Century BC. <br />
In 1985, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins (because of this, artifacts and other finds may well be under the city by now), investing in both restoration and new construction. To the dismay of archaeologists, he inscribed his name on many of the bricks in imitation of Nebuchadnezzar. One frequent inscription reads: "This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify Iraq".
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  • Visitors to the ancient site of Stonehenge celebrate the Summer Solstice on the morning of June 21st - the longest day - by dancing in circles while holding hands. The Stonehenge site is a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids and those following pagan or neo-pagan beliefs. The midsummer sunrise began attracting modern visitors in 1870s. Today the stones are owned by English Heritage, the guardians of ancient and historical structures. Most years, substantial police and barriers prevent on-lookers from approaching the stones but on this occasion, revellers were allowed to party long after the early 4.15am sunrise. Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire. Composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones it is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think that the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC and served as an outdoor observatory from where to watch the constellations. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986.
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  • London, UK. Tuesday 26th March 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Bringing together over 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Archaeologists named this man 'the muleteer' or mule driver after a mule was found nearby. The figure was found crouching on the ground like a beggar, a tragic figure.
    D573EH.jpg
  • London, UK. Tuesday 26th March 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Bringing together over 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Archaeologists named this man 'the muleteer' or mule driver after a mule was found nearby. The figure was found crouching on the ground like a beggar, a tragic figure.
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  • The Cursus Barrows at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_152_1.jpg
  • Details of the audio visual projection in the new Visitors Centre at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_103_1.jpg
  • Tourists photograph themselves and the stones at the standing stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_086_1.jpg
  • London, UK. Tuesday 26th March 2013. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Bringing together over 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Archaeologists named this man 'the muleteer' or mule driver after a mule was found nearby. The figure was found crouching on the ground like a beggar, a tragic figure.
    D573EF.jpg
  • Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_154_1.jpg
  • Architectural details of the new visitors centre at Stonehenge designed by Denton Corker Marshall LLP, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    SFE_140408_118_1.jpg
  • Tikal is a ruins of an ancient Maya city, archaeologists believe it was called Yax Mutal, and is one of the largest pre-Columbian Maya sites and a UNESCO World heritage site. Located in the department of El Petén and part of Tikal National Park, it is a popular tourist site, accessed by most from the nearby Flores, Guatemala.
    _MG_9785_1.jpg
  • Tourists photograph themselves and the stones at the standing stone circle at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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  • Stone carvings at the archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
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  • Stone carvings at the archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
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  • A stone tiki or human-like statue at the archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.<br />
Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
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  • A stone tiki or human-like statue at the archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.<br />
Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
    SFE_181101_041.jpg
  • Stone carvings at the archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
    SFE_181101_071.jpg
  • The archaeological site of Hikokua near the village of Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.<br />
Discovered by the archaeologist Robert Suggs in 1957, it dates from around AD 1250 and was in use until the 1800s.
    SFE_181101_059.jpg
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