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New Age Sites

Below is an illustrated index of the 16 New Age sites profiled on Sacred Destinations so far. For photo credits, please see corresponding articles.

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• Abydos
  Upper Egypt, Egypt
  For the Egyptians, Abydos was one of the holiest sites in the world. It was the cult center of the god Osiris and the gateway to the underworld, and therefore a popular place of pilgrimage and burial.
• Avebury Henge
  Avebury, England
  Constructed around 2500 BC, Avebury is the largest prehistoric stone circle in Britain. It boasts not only ancient mysteries but a pleasant setting amidst Avebury village and green fields.
• Bighorn Medicine Wheel
  Wyoming, USA
  Aligned with the stars in the Wyoming mountains around 700 years ago, Bighorn is the most important of several medicine wheels in the American West.
• Externsteine
  North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  A mysterious and magical place, Externsteine was a pagan sacred site until Charlemagne outlawed paganism in 782, after which it was occupied by Christian hermits.
• Giza Pyramids
  Giza, Egypt
  Constructed at least 4,500 years ago and shrouded in fascinating mystery, the pyramids of Giza are the only Ancient Wonder of the World to survive today.
• Great Sphinx of Giza
  Giza, Egypt
  Shrouded in mystery and having alleged connections to Atlantis, this great sculpture continues to fascinate visitors. It is thought to be an ancient guardian of Khafre's pyramid.
• Glastonbury Tor
  Glastonbury, England
  This conical hill, topped by a 14th-century church tower, may have been a place of ancient ritual and it was a place of penance and pilgrimage for Catholics in medieval times.
• Mount Shasta
  California, USA
• Newgrange
  County Meath, Ireland
  This great tomb-temple dates from 3200 BC, a thousand years before Stonehenge was built. It is astronomically aligned and includes some fascinating ancient rock art.
• Airport Mesa
  Sedona, USA
• Bell Rock
  Sedona, USA
• Boynton Canyon
  Sedona, USA
• Cathedral Rock
  Sedona, USA
• Sedona Vortexes
  Sedona, USA
• Stonehenge
  Wiltshire, England
  Dating from between 3000 and 2000 BC, Stonehenge is a circle of massive megaliths that weigh many tons, fit together perfectly, and are astronomically aligned.
• Tiwanaku
  Bolivia
  This ancient city was the capital of a powerful pre-Inca civilization that dominated the Andean region between 500 and 900 AD. Its monumental remains include several temples, a pyramid, symbolic gates, monoliths and carvings.