World Heritage: Archaeological Sites and Urban CentresFirst volume of three that Skira and UNESCO are launching to illustrate and describe world heritage places. This volume, devoted specifically to archaeological areas and urban centres, focuses on forty-six emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, distant in time and space, but presented together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection. With this instrument for learning and understanding, and through a particularly rich array of images, places of all sorts, distant in time and space, can be found together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection devoted to the complex paths of human history and culture: a true heritage of every nation and every individual. |
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... National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro Several monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park , which also contains many hypogea dating from the sixth to the tenth centuries . These huge underground tombs , with some ...
... National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro Several monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park , which also contains many hypogea dating from the sixth to the tenth centuries . These huge underground tombs , with some ...
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... National Park In the heart of the jungle , surrounded by lush vege- tation , lies one of the major sites of Mayan civiliza- tion , inhabited from the sixth century B.C. to the tenth century A.D. Its ceremonial centre contains superb ...
... National Park In the heart of the jungle , surrounded by lush vege- tation , lies one of the major sites of Mayan civiliza- tion , inhabited from the sixth century B.C. to the tenth century A.D. Its ceremonial centre contains superb ...
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... Park This national park , in north - west New Mexico , con- tains the most important remains of the Chaco cul- ture , which was at its height between about 1020 and 1110. It was characterized by a very elaborate sys- tem of urban ...
... Park This national park , in north - west New Mexico , con- tains the most important remains of the Chaco cul- ture , which was at its height between about 1020 and 1110. It was characterized by a very elaborate sys- tem of urban ...
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Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany | 26 |
Bamberg Cracow | 32 |
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