Lost city of Machu Piccu
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Machu Piccu in Quechua language can translated with ‘Old Mountain’ in English. It sometimes also often called ‘the lost city’.
Machu Piccu is a spot with a crash of pre-Columbus Inca. Machu Picchu lies in mountainous area, in the height of 2350m from sea-level.
- Machu Piccu Site in Urumbamba Valley – Peru
Machu Piccu located in Urumbamba valley, Peru, about 70 km north-west Cusco sea. This site once has been forgotten, and discovered by Yale Hiram university’s archeologist, Bingham III in 1911.
The Peru government then do any legal efforts to take back artifacts which was brought by Bingham III from the site.
The Nabatean and lost city of Petra
Starting travel from Amman – Jordan, Petra can be reached in about 3-5 hours trip. Petra in old times was the capital of the Nabateans, a tribe in Arabic which lived there before Rome conquer.
- Nabatean – The Lost City of Jordan
The Nabateans were known as adventure tribe, they do the journey to all over part of the world bringing camels and sheep with them. Petra’s civilians worship Dushara as their main God.
Dushara colored black stone with irregular shape, and was put side-by-side with Allat, ancient Arabic Goddess. The Nabateans built a holly temple in 1 BC as their worship central.
Tortoise Conservatory in Ujung Genteng
- Pengumbahan Beach
Ujung Genteng Conservatory lies in 70 km South part of Sukabumi, West Java Province, Indonesia. Or about 250 km from Jakarta (the capital of Indonesia).
Ujung Genteng is a coastal area which is the part of South Beach of West Java.
One of the famous beach here is Pengumbahan Beach.
Pengumbahan Beach is known for it’s white sandy beach, and here, a conservatory of Tortoise – with about 110 hectares wide – is made.
Tortoise which conserved here is the Green Tortoise (Chelonia mydas).
Pengumbahan Beach is most visited in August to March, a time where these Tortoise go for egg. Tortoise commonly eggs at midnight. The local society will usually help the process by guiding the location around it. Tortoise eggs are shaped in a golf ball, and have a high protein in it.
- Chelonia mydas or The Green Tortoise
In order to preserve the existence of the Green Tortoise, the local government has revised the regulation toward Tortoise eggs trading.