Dirty, Sacred Rivers

Dirty, Sacred Rivers
Author: Cheryl Colopy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2012-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199845018

One journalist's account of her 7-year journey through the Ganges river basin to explore the revered, yet highly polluted, rivers of South Asia.

Sacred Land

Sacred Land
Author: Martin Palmer
Publisher: Piatkus
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0748130497

SACRED LAND will enable you to discover the hidden secrets and meaning of the landscape around you, town or country, modern or old, wherever you live in Britain. There has been a dramatic growth in interest in our own history, buildings, landscape, sacred places, beliefs and culture over the last few years and this book will equip you with the tools to unlock the meaning, stories and history that are literally embedded in our landscape. It takes us from street names to churches; from hill forts to burial mounds; from the way a road bends to the shapes of fields in order to understand better the land that lies beneath our feet. In the literal shape of our countryside can be detected the eddies of time, politics, belief, warfare, passion and the durability of the human existence. SACRED LAND is a fascinating, accessible read and the perfect reference guide to have in your home or in your car. It will be of interest to everyone who loves history, sacred places and sacred history, and those who like to explore their ancestry and roots.

Sacred Landscape

Sacred Landscape
Author: Meron Benvenisti
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520211544

The resulting encounters between two peoples who claim the same land have raised great moral and political dilemmas, which Benvenisti presents with candor and impartiality."--BOOK JACKET.

The Sacred City of the Ethiopians

The Sacred City of the Ethiopians
Author: James Theodore Bent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1896
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Excerpt from The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893 The following pages stand as a record of a four months' journey, which my wife and I made in Abyssinia at the beginning of this year; Aksum, the sacred city of the Ethiopians, and the ancient capital of the country, being the object towards which our steps were directed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium
Author: Veronica della Dora
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107139090

Explores Byzantine perceptions of creation and different types of natural environments, and the principles underpinning such perceptions.

Sacred Wells

Sacred Wells
Author: Gary R. Varner
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0875867197

This book is a welcome addition to the scant literature concerning holy wells, springs, and rivers around the world. One of a few serious works outside of regional studies which discusses, in depth, the folklore, mythology, and archaeology of holy wells and springs, as well as rituals that still exist today at many of the sacred water sites around the world.