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Masonic landmarks are a set of principles that many Freemasons claim to be ancient and unchangeable precepts of Masonry. Issues of the "regularity" of a Freemasonic Lodge, Grand Lodge or Grand Orient are judged in the context of the landmarks. Because each Grand Lodge is self-governing, with no single body exercising authority over the whole of ...
The survey did not include sites, like the Devil's Arrows stones in North Yorkshire, that could be easily viewed from nearby roads and footpaths [Getty Images]
A view of the Roman Forum, looking east. This list of monuments of the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) includes existing and former buildings, memorials and other built structures in the famous Roman public plaza during its 1,400 years of active use (8th century BC–ca 600 AD).
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Another ancient writer, who, perhaps dubiously, identified himself as Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World. [3] The surviving manuscript is incomplete, missing its last pages.
The former Union Terminal train station, now a National Historic Landmark, has been lovingly restored and features intricate mosaic murals, a soaring and colorful arched ceiling and magnificent ...
Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments.. An ancient monument can refer to any early or historical manmade structure or architecture. [1] Certain ancient monuments are of cultural importance for nations and become symbols of international recognition, including the ruins of Baalbek on Lebanese currency, the Angkor Wat on Cambodian currency and the Great Wall of China on the ...
Ancient site Gohilwad Timbo (Mound) More images: N-GJ-67 Fresco on the wall of Kashiviswanath temple Padar Singha: Amreli Fresco on the wall of Kashiviswanath temple More images: N-GJ-68 Ancient Site Venivadar: Amreli
Old Smyrna (Greek Παλαιὰ Σμύρνα, Palaia Smyrna, Turkish Eski Smyrna) is an ancient Greek exonym first known to have been applied by Strabo to a city of the endonym Σμύρνα, Smyrna.