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Visitors will have the opportunity to visit monuments, museums and archaeological sites in Greece free of charge on Tuesday, April 18. The date has been established by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) since 1983 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites – also known as World Heritage Day.The theme… […]
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Free admission to archaeological sites, museums on Tuesday for International Day of Monuments and Sites
April 18th, 2023 
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No Comments »Historic Monuments Including Gaziantep Castle Destroyed in Earthquake
February 7th, 2023 Awake Goy The catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 7.8 that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, 2023 has caused horrific loss of life and injuries in 10 cities in the affected region. Read more Section: News General Ancient Places Asia Read Later Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: castle, destroyed, earthquake, gaziantep, historic, including, monuments No Comments »Seven Haunted Monuments and Their Violent Past
February 5th, 2023 Awake Goy Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? Historic monuments throughout the globe are said to be home to ghostly goings-on. Travel to any city in the world and you’re likely to find haunted landmarks and the ghost tours that go with them. Whether or not you’re a believer, the history behind these ghostly sightings is […]
Why the Taliban, ISIS and Ukraine are not so different when it comes to blowing up monuments
November 11th, 2022 Awake Goy Lately, it has become increasingly common to read in various media reports about the destruction of various cultural and historical sites and monuments in Ukraine. For example, on November 2, according to local media reports, there was an explosion in the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev. However, this was not the result of shelling of the […]
Over 800 Ancient Monuments Found in Polish Forest with LiDAR!
October 10th, 2022 Awake Goy One of the last primeval forests in Europe, Białowieża forest in Poland, is the subject of a fascinating new LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later Source
The Mysterious Stone Monuments of Nuku Hiva
April 13th, 2022 Awake Goy Nuku Hiva is known as the largest island in French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Beyond its history as the largest of the Marquesas Islands, it is especially known for the stone monuments scattered throughout its landscape. The majority of these stone monuments were found in Temehea Tohua, a small settlement within Nuku Hiva. Archaeologists determined […]
15 historical monuments restored in eastern Iran
August 29th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN –A total of 15 historical buildings and aging structures, which are located in South Khorasan Province, have recently been restored, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said. Historical mansions and Hosseiniehs – spaces where Shia Muslims come together to observe religious ceremonies – underwent some rehabilitation works in close collaboration with the private sector, […]
Gettysburg Monuments To Be Replaced With Memorial To The Millions Killed By Voter ID Laws
July 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Gettysburg Monuments To Be Replaced With Memorial To The Millions Killed By Voter ID Laws GETTYSBURG, PA—President Biden issued an executive order today instructing the National Park Service to begin tearing down all the monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park so they can be replaced with memorials to all the millions killed by Republican laws […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: gettysburg, killed, memorial, millions, monuments, replaced, voter No Comments »30 historical sites, monuments under restoration across Sistan-Baluchestan
May 26th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Restoration work is currently underway on some 30 historical sites and monuments, which are dotted across the lesser-known Sistan-Baluchestan province. Historical houses, mansions, strongholds, castles, graveyards and windmills are amongst travel destinations being restored, ILNA quoted Mansoureh Molla-Elahi, the deputy provincial tourism chief, as saying on Tuesday. The collective province — Sistan in […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: across, historical, monuments, restoration, sistan, sites, under No Comments »Mapping Mustatils, Saudi Arabia’s 7000-Year-Old Stone Monuments
April 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Over 7,000 years ago, people built hundreds of large stone structures in the area that is now northwest Arabia. Archaeologists have identified this act as the earliest known example of a widespread monument building tradition. The stone structures, called mustatils, predate the Egyptian pyramids and Britain’s stone circles – by millennia. From the Air to […]
UK: At Least 69 Monuments and Memorials Removed or Renamed Amid Ongoing BLM Mania
January 31st, 2021 Awake Goy At least 69 monuments and memorials in Britain have been removed, renamed, or altered after Black Lives Matter (BLM) swept the country, according to a Guardian audit. The left-wing newspaper “estimated 39 names – including streets, buildings, and schools – and 30 statues, plaques, and other memorials have been or are undergoing changes or removal” […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: least, mania, memorials, monuments, ongoing, removed, renamed No Comments »Monoliths: Why are these strange monuments appearing around the world?
December 24th, 2020 Awake Goy Monoliths have popped up in surprising places over the past few weeks, including an American desert, a British beach and a Belgian field. Several of these tall, shiny pillars have now been found at sites around the globe without warning or explanation since mid-November. The first was discovered in the US, when a helicopter crew […]
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December 8th, 2020 Awake Goy Monoliths have popped up in surprising places over the past few weeks, with the most recent appearing on a beach on the Isle of Wight. Several of these tall, shiny pillars have now been found at sites around the globe without warning or explanation since mid-November. The first was discovered in the US, when a […]
On Contact: Public Monuments And Racism
August 31st, 2020 Awake Goy On the show this week, Chris Hedges, in his second interview with Professor James W Loewen, discusses public monuments and statues, who puts them up and why, and what may replace them. Prof Loewen is the author of ‘Lies Across America: What Our Historical Markers and Monuments Get Wrong’. “The uprisings sweeping the nation […]
On Contact: Public Monuments And Racism
August 31st, 2020 Awake Goy On the show this week, Chris Hedges, in his second interview with Professor James W Loewen, discusses public monuments and statues, who puts them up and why, and what may replace them. Prof Loewen is the author of ‘Lies Across America: What Our Historical Markers and Monuments Get Wrong’. “The uprisings sweeping the nation […]
On Contact: Public Monuments And Racism
August 31st, 2020 Awake Goy On the show this week, Chris Hedges, in his second interview with Professor James W Loewen, discusses public monuments and statues, who puts them up and why, and what may replace them. Prof Loewen is the author of ‘Lies Across America: What Our Historical Markers and Monuments Get Wrong’. “The uprisings sweeping the nation […]
Trump Plan To Shrink Ocean Monuments Threatens Vital Ecosystems, Experts Warn
January 3rd, 2018 Awake Goy The Trump administration’s plan to shrink four land-based national monuments has provoked howls of anguish from environmental groups, Native American tribes and some businesses, such as the outdoors company Patagonia. Accompanying changes to protected monuments in the oceans – vastly larger areas than their land-based counterparts – have received less attention, but could have major consequences for […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: ecosystems, monuments, ocean, shrink, threatens, Trump, vital No Comments »National Monuments Under Attack — Big Win for Fossil Fuel Industry
December 16th, 2017 Awake Goy December 16th, 2017 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “The President Stole Your Land. In an illegal move, the president just reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This is the largest elimination of protected land in American history.” ~ Patagonia Inc. Now more than ever, we need to protect […]
Tearing Down Monuments Of Oppression Is First Step To Decolonization
October 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Hundreds of activists from various groups crowded into the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this past Columbus Day to take part in activist group Decolonize This Place‘s unofficial tour of the museum. As the activists stopped at each of the sections of the museum displaying the culture and history of various non-European […]
Jewish Activists Target Removal Of Peter Stuyvesant Monuments
September 10th, 2017 Awake Goy Move over Christopher Columbus, it’s Peter Stuyvesant’s turn to get scorched in the monuments war. A Jewish activist group is now demanding Mayor de Blasio scrub all traces of the anti-Semitic Dutch governor from city property — even Stuyvesant High School — as part of his campaign to rid the city of “symbols or hate.” […]
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