Heritage Archives - Page 8 of 138

Arts and Crafts, Asia, Experts, Public Spaces

A walk through New Road, Kathmandu

July 16, 2018July 14, 2018

The New Road is the economic and busiest center street of the entire country of Nepal. The New Road is centrally located towards the mid …

Archaeology, Asia, Built Heritage

The Woman Married to Mount Nemrut

July 15, 2018July 25, 2018

In late 1881, the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin received a strange letter from the German Consul of Izmir, mentioning some mysterious statues found …

Asia, Built Heritage, Religious

A visit to the Basilica of Bom Jesus

July 14, 2018July 13, 2018

As a child when I had studied about the spread of Christianity and I had studied about St. Xaviers body being displayed in the church …

Archaeology, Asia, Built Heritage

The Temples of Khajuraho

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Lost? in the forest for centuries, when T.S. Burt, a British engineer heard? about it from his palanquin bearers, he ventured into the jungles to? …

Asia, Heritage Owners, Intangible Heritage, Interact with Heritage

The Aeta Community of Pampanga

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

On one fine Saturday morning, Mang Tacio and his family, members of the aeta community of the Philippines, warmly accommodated my brother and I in …

Africa, Archaeology, GIP Jan - June 2018, Nature

The Benin Moat

July 5, 2018June 28, 2018

The Benin moat, traditionally called ‘Iya’ is one of the largest man-made earthworks in the world. The Benin moat was actually used as fortification for …

Archaeology, Europe, GIP Jan - June 2018, Nature

A stroll through Glamo? town

July 4, 2018June 28, 2018

Glamo? is a town and municipality located in the southwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a true archipelago of attractive locations whether natural or manmade. …

Asia, GIP Jan - June 2018, Nature

Nijhum Dwip: The island of tranquility

July 3, 2018June 28, 2018

In the early 1950s ?Char Osman??, a shallow estuary in Bangladesh was declared as Nijhum Dwip which means the island of silence and tranquility.?The reason …

Africa, GIP Jan - June 2018, Nature

The New Calabar River

July 2, 2018June 28, 2018

The great Mahatma Gandhi once said that the culture of every Nation on Earth resides in the Heart and soul of its people. These served …