The Casa de Tucumán (meaning "House of Tucumán" in Spanish, officially Casa Histórica de la Independencia) is a historic building and museum located in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, built during the colonial times. The Congress of Tucumán worked in this house during the Argentine War of Inde…
Since very ancient times, a wide range of Indian tribes whose culture is still being studied have dwelled the area. Among the peoples who inhabited the territory of Tucumán, the most outstanding were the diaguitas calchaquíes, who had experienced a strong influence by the Incas. Settled in the mo…Let the world know that you were there! Publish your Selfie!
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Central America: Destination for Spiritual Seekers
Interest in the Mayan civilizations of Central America has intensified in recent years largely because their calendar had identified December 21, 2012 as a time of great transformation. While the exact meaning of that “transformation” is unknown, we are still here and you now have plenty of time t…
Discover a New Civilization in Central America!
Today, new Mayan cities --some say civilizations--are still being discovered--freed from centuries of overgrowth and opened for the world to discover.
Those who have toured more than one Mayan site find that there are no standard designs for temples, pyramids or ball courts and that some sites a…
Prominent History Travelers
- Antoine de la Sale, Councils of Mad Youth
- Taillevent's Jura Mountains 1430, Sheer Rock Faces
- Captain James Cook's Diaries, Best Seller 1800s
- Richard Hakluyt's Voyages, Travel Literature Alive
- Petrarch: Pleasure of Climbing the Mountain, Dark Ages
- Early "Travel Record Literature" in China: Fan Chengda
- Ibn Jubay, Arab Traveler, Chronicler of the Crusades
- Pausanias, Bringing us Greece of the 2nd Century
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Voyages to Warmer Climates
