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A model reconstruction of the sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital on Lake Texcoco. The city was founded in 1345 CE and fell to the Spanish forces led by Cortés in 1521 CE. The sacred complex was dominated by the central pyramid...

Pahuk (also known as Pahaku and Pahuk Hill) a site sacred to the Pawnee in modern-day Nebraska. The site features prominently in the Pawnee tale The Boy Who Was Sacrificed and in the story of Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy who defended the site...

The sacred pool at Katas Raj Temples, said to have sprung from the tears of Shiva at the loss of his wife Satti. It is said to be the twin of the pool at Puruksha at Ajmer and is considered to be where the Pandawa brothers of the Mahabharata...

This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a sacred tree. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a width of 9.9 cm and a diameter of 6.5 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel...

This sacred Maya cenote or ceremonial sinkhole is located at the ruins of San Gervasio, which is located on the island of Cozumel in Mexico.

The Nuragic well temple of Santa Christina, located in the Paulilatino region, Sardinia, Italy, constructed during the Early Iron Age, c. 1200-600 BCE.

The 5000-year-old 626-hectare archaeological site of The Sacred City of Caral-Supe in Peru is situated on a dry desert terrace overlooking the green valley of the Supe river. It dates back to the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes and...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist nuns. Anuradhapura, a Ceylonese political...

Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion...

Cakes were much more than just food in ancient Greece! They were special offerings to the gods. They could symbolise many key concepts of people's life and culture. And they could make somebody single out and shine! They even play interesting...