Posts Tagged ‘Heritage’
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape: World Heritage Sites of South Africa
Product DescriptionLet Southbound take you back over 1,000 years – through the mists of time to a long forgotten era of southern African splendor and prosperity – and uncover the myths and legends of a noble culture. . . the kingdom of Mapungubwe on the Limpopo River. Mapungubwe, the cultural icon that predates, and inspired, Great Zimbabwe Other sites – Schroda, K2 and Thulamela – and how these cultures mysteriously disappeared The exquisite Golden Rhino and other archaeologic. . . More >>
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape: World Heritage Sites of South Africa
Vredefort Dome: World Heritage Sites of South Africa
Product DescriptionLet Southbound take you to the Vredefort Dome and back in time to where it all started—The Big Bang! To how our world began, and then, when it was all perfectly formed around two billion years ago— Wham! Another big bang—this time an uninvited intruder from outer space in the form of a whopping 190-kilometre-diameter meteorite that smashed into Earth near today’s little town of Vredefort in central South Africa. * The Vredefort Dome, South Africa. . . More >>
Our Magnificant Wilderness: 40 of the Greatest Natural World Heritage Sites
Product DescriptionA richly illustrated guide to 40 of the greatest natural world heritage sites. In 1972 an agreement was signed by 145 countries to protect those places of natural or cultural interest which the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization had deemed to be sites of World Heritage. Some 167 of these sites are classified as areas of natural heritage. Our Magnificent Wilderness takes us on a journey to some of these most awe-inspiring places on the planet – from. . . More >>
Our Magnificant Wilderness: 40 of the Greatest Natural World Heritage Sites