Around 1100 CE—a good 400 years before Spanish conquistadors would first glimpse the Grand Canyon—Ancestral Puebloans tended terrace farms along the banks of the Colorado River. In order to store their crops during the rainy season, when floods might destroy food stores, and to keep animals from eating the harvest, they created the Nankoweap Granaries high up in the canyon walls.
Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
Today in History
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Boxing Day
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Okefenokee Swamp
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Infinity Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Celebrating Labor Day
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Where the bearded reedling sings
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World Space Week
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Ready for takeoff
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An ice cap-puccino
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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A unique perspective from Italy’s ‘golden sands’
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World Penguin Day
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Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Happy holidays!
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Splügen Pass, Switzerland
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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