Builders tearing up the Sheraton Biscayne Bay hotel and a downtown parking lot in Miami to make way for condo developments found themselves face - to - face with the city's native past: a pair
of ancient cemeteries, remains of the Tequesta tribe that once dominated southeast Florida.
The site was left unguarded, and local villagers built small brick mausoleums over most
of the ancient cemetery.
Not exact matches
The Mount
of Olives, Jerusalem's
ancient cemetery, hummed with political conversation when Passover pilgrims spent the night there.
Shortly after multiple midnight bulldozing destruction
of a
ancient Islamic
cemetery in Jerusalem crushing hundreds
of headstones and monuments under the guise
of forcing a Israeli Peace Museum on the Palestinian people, rabid bands
of Zionists firebombing a Mosque must seem rather tame.
For all
of its Renaissance splendor, the most impressive thing to me about St. Peter's is the necropolis, the
ancient Roman
cemetery far beneath the magnificent church
of Bernini and Michelangelo.
A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support
of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very
ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish
cemetery, the black community that is part
of the East African diaspora, the fifth
of the population that is non-Muslim, the half
of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status
of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third
of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses
of Parliament, the election
of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment
of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House
of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position
of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all
of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members
of Parliament.
Researchers are trying to extract DNA from skeletons buried in the
ancient Philistine
cemetery of Ashkelon, in what is now Israel.
An answer came in 2016 from a study
of the
ancient DNA
of Anglo - Saxons and indigenous Britons, who were buried side by side in the fifth and sixth centuries in a
cemetery near Cambridge, U.K..
Digging out and examining human remains from
ancient cemeteries is the expertise
of osteoarchaeologists (osteology being the examination
of human remains and archaeology their recovery, with anthropology a combination
of both)-- a hobby that turned into a profession for Duhig and took her into the world
of crime investigation.
But the project's Jerusalem site is on and adjacent to the
ancient Muslim
cemetery of Mamilla, located just to the west
of the
ancient city's walls.
He added that on 11 February looters emptied a storage area in Dashur, an important
ancient necropolis in the southern part
of the famous
cemetery at Saqqara, which contained large blocks and small artifacts.
In a 20 October letter, leading archaeologists speak out against plans to break ground on a museum that they say will disturb an
ancient Muslim
cemetery in the heart
of Jerusalem.
[See Photos
of the
Ancient Egyptian
Cemetery]
She has written five books in five years featuring travel throughout the south, and a trail
of historic churches,
cemeteries and
ancient forests.
Despite being a small country, Bahrain is renowned for its rich cultural and historical legacy, making it an excellent destination for adventurous travellers keen to explore its
ancient burial mounds and other significant archaeological sites, such as the well - preserved ruins
of residential houses, temples and
cemeteries which date back to the third millennium BC.
Other artifacts include Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (some
of the world's oldest writing), Egyptian mummies, a crystal ball owned by China's Dowager Empress, monumental stone sculptures from the
ancient Maya and 4,500 - year - old jewelry from the Royal
Cemetery at Ur.
Other popular activities include checking out the colorful local
cemetery and the
ancient Mayan temple at the southernmost point
of Isla Mujeres.
Within walking distance from the Inn are fabulous restaurants, historic sites, museums, art galleries, unique shops,
ancient cemeteries, attractions, 11 - blocks
of pedestrian - only traffic, and a multitude
of tours.
The island interiors feature mysterious caves and remnants
of ancient civilizations, including cave paintings and submerged
cemeteries, while under the waves await encounters with sharks, manta rays and barracudas.
Inspired by Edinburgh's famous One O'clock Gun and the city's
ancient maritime history, Timeline explores themes
of sound and distance, plotting a series
of short sound installations in some
of the city's most atmospheric sites, from The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill, to Old Calton
Cemetery, Waverley Bridge and The National Gallery
of Scotland on The Mound.