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Executive Order 13792, entitled "Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act," is an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump on April 26, 2017, that directed the Secretary of the Interior to review designations of national monuments made since 1996. [1]
In 1979, the Oklahoma Legislature adopted the Golden Driller as the state monument. As part of an online promotional contest sponsored by Kimberly-Clark in October 2006, the Golden Driller was named the grand prize as a top ten "quirkiest destination" in the United States, winning its nominator a $90,000 international vacation for two.
Each county or unitary authority in the United Kingdom maintains a sites and monuments record or SMR, consisting of a list of known archaeological sites. Many SMRs are now developing into much broader historic environment records (HERs), including information on historic buildings and designed landscapes. Each record lists the location, type ...
President Obama on Wednesday gave designation to over 1.6 million acres of land, protecting areas rich in Native artifacts from mining and drilling.
Final drilling and mining plans are implemented for two national monuments in Utah downsized by President Trump despite objections of several groups.
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to UNESCO in its evaluation of the cultural importance of archaeoastronomical ...
Held record Structural type Country City Notes Göbekli Tepe: 5–6 16–20 10000 BC–8000 (2000 years) Temple Turkey Anatolia: The earliest known temple built by humans Tower of Jericho: 8.5 28 8000 BC–4000 (4000 years) Monument: Palestine Jericho: One of the earliest ever stone monuments Anu Ziggurat: 13 40 4000 BC–2650 (1350 years ...
The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21-foot-tall (6.4 m) grey granite obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon , who died during the sinking of his ship, SS Central America , on September 12, 1857 while helping to evacuate passengers and crew.