There are many wonders in this world that had not yet being discovered by human kind. Even we had lived in this wonderful world for decades, yet more and more discoveries were discovered day by day. This proved that our earth is full of wonders which sometimes never cross our mind that it actually existed. We could see some of these wonders through most of ancient monument. Therefore in this essay, we will be discussing the importance of preserving our ancient monument.
Preserving our ancient monument is fundamental aspect in continuing a country’s national identity. According to LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English, preserving means the process of working to protect something valuable so that it is not damaged or destroyed while ancient monument can be defined as a very old building, especially one that belongs to the state and is open to visitors. Realizing the importance of preserving ancient monument, United Nation Educational and Scientific Organization, (UNESCO) had enlisted UNESCO’s World Heritage List and, preserving ancient monument is one of their agenda.
Sometimes we do questions ourselves on why is it important to preserve our monument. It is asserted that the preservation of the past is done for the benefit of future generation. As civilization take place and people started to stay permanently at one particular place, more and more monument were build to satisfy human need. Since that, each generation of people was entrusted to preserve this cultural heritage so that it can be handed on to the next generation in the same of better state than it was before. We cannot allow these historic monuments to varnish in the name of urbanization. As research in Georgetown has shown that many young urban professionals had fled the heritage inner city because they considered life there was rather dull. Consequently, many pre-war historic buildings in Georgetown under the now defunct Rent Control Act were left abandoned. Unfortunately in my opinion, we might have preserved our ancient monument but do we have solid foundation about that particular ancient building? Just as we criticizes the action of our forefathers who deploring environmental degradation or the loss of building fabric, so will we be judge by future generation on how we managed our present, their past. We are actually preserving the past according to the image of our values. The real fact about each monument was still doubtful and more research must be made but still we keep shaping these cultural heritages according to our perspective. Yet, while we will face future criticism, we can argue at least that we have made educated and conscientious decisions based on current best practice and understanding.
The Essay on The Building of the Pyramids
THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS From the reign of Djoser until the beginning if the New Kingdom, almost every pharaoh of substance and authority was buried under a pyramid. The pyramid, introduced by Djoser, reached its most definitive form with the Great Pyramid of Cheops, at Giza. At the end of this long tradition the splendid visions of the earlier dynasties had shrunk to monuments of poorly built ...
Besides, we are preserving our ancient monument because they form a link with our past. They provide us with solid evidence of technical achievement, and they chronicle the development of style and aesthetic beauty. We preserve them because they are localities with tangible remains where events took place that have significantly shaped our history and thus played a role of shaping our present. For example many stadiums around the world today have followed the original designed of The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Therefore in my opinion, I totally agree that ancient monument form a link with our past. We preserve the places that give us high nostalgic value that thorns in that pride but the presence of which we need as remainders of event to be repeated. The Mostar Bridge in Bosnia is an example where religious and politically motivated warfare targeted and eventually destroyed a structure inscribed on the World Heritage List. Heritage places provide us with the tangible reminders of our past, and are localities that, as a collective, describe our identity as a society. Compared to nowadays, modern buildings were build mostly to show how great the development of architecture, technology, as well as a symbol of pride and wealthy. We do not have the sense of appreciating it as for me, modern wonders might be different things from heroic constructions of marble, stone and steel.
The Essay on Ancient civilization 2
Describe Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures. What were the main characteristics of each? The Paleolithic "Old Stone" era began in about 40,000 - 10,000 B. C. The beginning of this period was marked by the first human hunter-gatherer societies. Hunting, fishing, and gathering of fruits and nuts were the main economic endeavors at the time. The responsibilities in these hunter-gathering societies ...
stimulate public interest is another reason why we should preserving our ancient heritage. The idea of Seven Wonders of the World is the best example to stimulating public interest on ancient monuments. People around the world are eager to discover the mystery of these monuments until they were announced as Wonders of the World. All seven wonders are The statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the seven ancient wonders still standing. These monuments can stimulate public interest as these wonders were always more than real places, artworks and buildings. They were about national pride and mythology. They captured the imagination of millions of people over many centuries who would never have had even the hint of a chance of visiting one of them. But now, as more wonder were created over time, it has been ever harder to pin down a properly satisfying and universally acknowledged list of just seven. Because of that on July 7th this year a “New Seven Wonders of the World Declaration” had been made to create an alternative to the ancient historic list. They are the Taj Mahal in India, Christ The redeemer in Brazil, The Great Wall of China, The Colosseum in Italy, Petra in Jordan, Machu Picchu in Peru and Chichen Itza in Mexico. I am quite disagree the fact that this list was made via voting because the true heritage that is The Great Pyramid Of Giza was not listed as one of those seven. For me some people out there might not really understand how to value ancient heritage. It is not about the most popular monument or the most visited place. It is actually about how wonderful, special, arcane, magical and even divine properties the monuments are.
The Term Paper on Hannibal: Master General of the Ancient World
Hannibal is a great general that used many tactics and strategies to winning his battles. He carefully marched his way through Spain since he had allies in some parts and enemies in other parts. Then he went through France to Italy, where his conquest to conquer Rome would happen. He moved his troops through allied territory, where his presence would most likely be safe. The great Hannibal won the ...
Lastly, it is time for the historic preservation discipline to be proactive in the matter, to develop programs that actively seek out the view of this silent majority, and then incorporate, and be seen to incorporate, their view into historic preservation planning and management.
