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In the Americas there are no iron tools or horses. No wheeled vehicles. Yet America’s people engineer great monuments. Mankind: The Story of All of Us VII: New World, History 2012
There are many ancient legends which suggest that some of the monuments were built with the help of acoustic levitation. Giorgio A Tsoukalos
The next block of evidence which supports the existence of previously advanced civilisations comes from ancient monuments. Richard D Hall, Richplanet.net, Alien Ancestors
In September 1918 Britain’s most famous monument – Stonehenge – was given to the nation. Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past II: The Men from the Ministry, BBC 2013
Why do we regard some places as being more sacred than others? Neil Oliver, Sacred Wonders of Britain I, BBC 2014
The coming of a whole new age, one that would see great monuments, sacred monuments, rise from the earth around Britain. ibid.
The time of the stone circles had begun. ibid.
Newport Tower, Rhode Island: Twenty-eight-feet tall and made of thousands of intricately placed stones. No-one knows who built it, when and why. America Unearthed s1e12: America’s Oldest Secret, H2 2013
I seem to find clues to my Templar theory every time I’m here. ibid.
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. Horace, Odes
All monuments built by the elite are built according to what is known as sacred geometry. Architecture based on sacred geometry are the most effective at channelling energy. The Arrivals, 2008
And thou in this shalt find thy monument,
When tyrants’ crests and tombs of brass are spent. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 107
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous. Matthew 23:29
Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race. Hunter S Thompson
The big questions remain – what was its origins? How did it evolve over thousands of years? And which forces of Nature and Humanity inspired its creators? Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath? I, BBC 2014
The Hidden Landscapes Project’s unprecedented Big Picture has revealed a remarkable world of hidden monuments. ibid.
Lying three kilometres to the north-east is Durrington Walls. It’s five-hundred-metre wide circular ditch and bank make it the largest monument of its type in Britain. Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath? II
The monuments’ innate symmetry has revealed that the architects of Stonehenge had a grasp of geometry. ibid.
The monument’s primary function – to mark the passage of the sun. ibid.
Two-way trade with the continental mainland had flourished. ibid.
The discoveries have placed Stonehenge at the very heart of a fast evolving and dynamic culture. ibid.
One of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs created this impossibly vast monument to himself at Abu Simbel … The largest temple ever carved out of solid rock. Ancient Impossible: Monster Monuments s1e2, History 2014
Stonehenge: it appears to be a structure years ahead of its time. ibid.
‘These stones from this quarry were transported well over a hundred miles.’ ibid.
We have been tasked to find and protect buildings, monuments and art. The Monuments Men 2014 starring George Clooney & Matt Damon & Cate Blanchett & Bill Murray & John Goodman & Jean Dujadrin & Bob Balaban & Hugh Bonneville & Sam Hazeldine & Dimitri Leonidas et al, director George Clooney
It’s exactly what we’re fighting for – for our culture and for our way of life ... But if you destroy their achievements and their history then it’s like they never existed. ibid. Clooney to men
There were over five million pieces recovered. ibid.
They stand before us: colossal examples of mankind’s achievements, natural wonders and symbols of liberty. But behind the marble facades and steel beams are secrets, secrets so outrageous, so controversial, so dangerous, that to discover them may present a challenge to the very foundations of our nation. America’s Book of Secrets s1e1: The Monuments, History 2012
Arlington: secrets involving exhumations, betrayals and revenge. ibid.
‘The Freemasons were very instrumental in the building of the Washington Monument.’ ibid. Brad Berger, park ranger
The Alamo: ‘The myth is that Jim Bowie’s treasure was hidden in the well.’ ibid. historian
When the Romans came to Britain they brought with them far more sophisticated building techniques … Hadrian’s wall here is the biggest monument that the Roman Empire left behind for us. Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments s1e1: Forts & Castles, BBC 2000
Conwy is a classic example of the principles of a medieval castle; Edward I was by far our greatest castle builder and his memorial is the great chain of eight great stone fortresses that he built here in north Wales. ibid.
How did they manage to build things that lasted for so long? The materials they used must have been pretty good … cow dung: ‘It does give it more elasticity’ … Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments s1e2: Houses & Palaces
St Walburge’s [spire] in Preston: 311 feet high; they reckon it’s the tallest church steeple in England. Fred Dibnah’s Monuments s1e3: Places of Worship
Man has been using stones to build places of worship for thousands of years. ibid.
Avebury has been an important place of worship for nearly four and a half millennia. ibid.
My back garden must be the only place left in Bolton that needs a chimney like this. Fred Dibnah’s Monuments s1e4: Places of Work
The techniques the thatchers are using were developed over two-thousand years ago. ibid.
The Lloyd’s Insurance building … all its innards are on the outside. ibid.
Lloyd’s business: a genuine Robert Adam dining room. ibid.
Then in 1741 Europe’s first wrought-iron suspension bridge was built over the River Tees. Fred Dibnah’s Monuments s1e5: Bridges and Tunnels
This 1,000-feet-long aqueduct which carries the Shropshire Union canal across a valley high above the River Dee. ibid.
It was the coming of the railways that really pushed forward the development of bridges. ibid.
Bath: It has the only hot springs in the country: The Romans developed Bath into a city of leisure and pleasure … The most popular leisure resort in England. Fred Dibnah’s Monuments s1e6: Pleasure Palaces