Brú na Bóinne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located on a bend in the Boyne River on Ireland’s eastern coast. It is a vast Neolithic complex comprised of three main burial mounds, Knownth, Newgrange and Dowth. The complex consists of forty additional passage graves and other related places, totaling ninety archaeological sites that form […]| Sacred Sites
By Nancy & Leonard Becker John E. Palmer of Den Haag, the Netherlands, was one of the first Site Savers we met when Sacred Sites International was founded in 1990. We learned about Mr. Palmer when we saw his etchings and photographs of ancient sacred sites exhibited in a gallery in Northern California. John Palmer […]| Sacred Sites
My mom believed children should be outdoors except to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom. We had mashed potatoes and politics every night for dinner. My dad was a one-term congressman and a main author of the “G.I. Bill of Rights” in 1944. My mom was intolerant of lying; she worshiped the sun and […]| Sacred Sites
Mount San Bruno Photo By: Bastique| Sacred Sites
Located on the North Island of Aoteoroa/New Zealand, Tongariro National Park is the country’s oldest national park, established in 1894. In 1990, it was declared a World Heritage site, and three years later it was also given Cultural World Heritage status. Tongariro is a popular tourist destination, drawing nearly one million visitors each year to the ski fields of Mount Raupehu or the hiking trails throughout the park, and the landscape itself is one of stunning natural beauty and volcanic...| Sacred Sites
By Mark Hintzke, Founding Director Cultural Restoration Tourism Project| Sacred Sites