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Buddhism and its historical monuments in Sri Lanka
length: 9:24 Source: Youtube Author: srilankanlion
The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa 200 B.C. to circa A.D. 1000) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to.... moretags: Beauty Sri lanka srilanka lankan srilankan sigiriya Ceylon Sinhalese sinhala tamil tigers ltte eelam prabaharan jaffna colombo kandy terrorist sla galle nuwaraeliya katharagama kandalama beach hotel travel Buddhist monks temple Bhikkhu budu bana ANURADAPURAYA network TV mihinthale mountain sri Pada Adam s Peak trip yala udawalawa animel Leppard Elephant Orphanage Pinnawela japan koria dubai mathara kaluthara Catholic church teach english help poor kids Jesus madhu polonnaruwa
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Historical Documents
length: 7:10 Source: Youtube Author: bnodurft
Historic footage of Bamiyan statues
length: 4:33 Source: Youtube Author: HSFAFilmClips
A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from "Adventure in Afghanistan" from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, "The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful", circa 1973. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in.... moretags: Bamiyan Bamian Bamyan Bamayan Afghanistan Buddha statues cave statue Buddhist yurt mural HSFA archival UNESCO historic
Nima in Ancient Persia - Part II : Historical Yazd
length: 6:20 Source: Youtube Author: kavehpahlavan
This is a short movie based on photoes taken by Nima in his first visit to Iran in 2005. He was born from Persian parents in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1976. Pictures are taken around the city of Yazd with a 5000 years old rich history. These photoes includes sites from Zartusht (Zoroaster in English) temples,.... more
Thaba Bossiu, History of Lesotho.
length: 6:60 Source: Youtube Author: afropeaks
Thaba Bossiu (the Mountain at night) near Maseru is a cultural and historical place for Basotho culture. The mountain castle of the first king of Lesotho (Moshoeshoe 1). Our guide (working here for 21 years) give us a short explaination of the place, during the Afropeaks pan african mountain expedition in the country. www.afropeaks.com. Sorry it's windy!THE HISTORY OF THE RICE LAKE, DALLAS & MENOMONIE RAILWAY
length: 8:20 Source: Youtube Author: rwundrock
This is a much-condensed history I originally did in the early 1980's for the Soo Line Historical Society. I then produced a one-hour Power Point presentation as a clinic for the South Central Wisconsin Division of the NMRA in 2002 from which I derived this video.
The RLD&M originally ran in northwest Wisconsin.... moretags: Soo Line RLD&M Rice Lake Dallas Menomonie Railway Railroad history eisenbahn zug TRAIN Wisconsin
