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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In celebration of cats
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Bavljenac Island
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One giant leap for penguins
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Mountain goats
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Pining for spring
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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Star Wars Day
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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World Population Day
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
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Cordouan Lighthouse, France
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World Otter Day
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Northern hawk-owl
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Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
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Aprils full moon
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
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Surf s always up in Paia
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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Frozen beauty
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Joshua Tree National Park, California
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Hey, who’s in charge here?
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