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    An ancient monument can refer to any early or historical manmade structure and/or architecture. Certain ancient monuments are of cultural importance for...
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    "designation". The protection provided to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which is a different...
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    (2008). Ancient Monuments. M E Sharpe Reference. Stierlin, Henri (2005). Great monuments of the ancient world. Thames & Hudson. Judith Dupre. Monuments: America's...
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  • Ancient monument is a legal classification of historic sites in the United Kingdom. Ancient monument may also refer to: Ancient monument (India) Ancient...
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  • Monuments of National Importance in India. An Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 defines an "Ancient Monument" as follows: Ancient Monument means...
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  • The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 was passed on 18 March 1904 by British India during the times of Lord Curzon. It is expedient to provide...
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  • This is a list of ancient monuments from Republican and Imperial periods in the city of Rome, Italy. Amphitheater of Caligula Amphitheatrum Castrense...
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    The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara encompasses eight places in the old capital Nara in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Five are...
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    Hundreds of ancient stone religious monuments lie on the island of Java. Known as candi in Indonesian, they date from the early classical period of Javanese...
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    from Ancient Greek: ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which...
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  • on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River. Following is a list of ancient monuments in Ujjain. Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a famous Hindu temple dedicated...
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    Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different...
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  • The Ancient Monuments Society (AMS) is a learned society and registered charity in England and Wales, founded in 1924 "for the study and conservation...
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    The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46) or AMAAA was a law passed by the UK government, the latest in a series of Ancient Monument...
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    The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; Welsh: Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru; CBHC), established in 1908, is...
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    legal responsibility for the historic environment goes back to the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882. The central government subsequently developed...
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    following surveys by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, and it was listed as an ancient monument in 1935. The Fine Arts Department has undertaken continued study and...
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    Hill of Tara (category National monuments in County Meath)
    on the hill. Tara forms part of a larger ancient landscape and Tara itself is a protected national monument under the care of the Office of Public Works...
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  • The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (or AMASR Act) is an act of the Parliament of India that provides for the preservation...
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  • hunter-gatherers around the world. He attempts to show how several ancient monuments are evidence of this, and claims that archaeologists are ignoring...
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    Pula Arena (category Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Croatia)
    surviving Roman arenas. The arena is also the country's best-preserved ancient monument. The amphitheatre was depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 10 kuna...
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    Pyramid (category Types of monuments and memorials)
    A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís) 'pyramid') is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making...
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    The Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 had only given legal protection to prehistoric sites, such as ancient tumuli. The Ancient Monuments Protection...
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  • wood-burning stove Potbelly Sandwich Shop Potbelly sculpture, a type of ancient monument found in southern Mesoamerica Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king of Egypt c...
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    Mausoleum of Theodoric (category Monuments and memorials in Italy)
    The Mausoleum of Theodoric (Italian: Mausoleo di Teodorico) is an ancient monument just outside Ravenna, Italy. It was built in AD 520 by Theodoric the...
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    1931, the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913 was amended to restrict development in an area surrounding an ancient monument. The scope...
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    Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (full title Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys...
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    non-statutory basis. Although a limited number of 'ancient monuments' were given protection under the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882, there was reluctance...
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    Pompey's Pillar (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis itself. It is the only ancient monument still standing in Alexandria in its original location today. The local...
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    'regarded the conservation of ancient monuments as one of the primary obligations of Government’. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed in...
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