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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Happy International Astronomy Day!
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Birds of a feather
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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Hut, hut, hike!
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
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Fireflies glowing above a stream, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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National Lighthouse Day
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Sonoma Coast State Park, California
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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The artists come to Venice
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Blackbird in Essex, England
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Greetings from Asbury Park
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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And the skies filled with bats…
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National Umbrella Day
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The old guard at Old San Juan
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International Moon Day
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Anniversary of Bryce Canyon National Park
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Happy Easter!
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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