MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (CBS4) - Workers at Mesa Verde recently had to bring down a large piece of sandstone that came loose over the Cliff Palace dwelling. "All of these sandstone alcoves are ...

Pompeii, Machu Picchu, and Petra are alluring, ghostly places, cities that rose through mankind’s endeavor and ingenuity before being abandoned to the omnipotent hands of nature. Nestled on a ...

Nearly 32 million people have visited Mesa Verde National Park since it was created by presidential proclamation in 1908. And for more than 100 years nearly every one of those visitors has flocked to ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK – Archeologists at Mesa Verde National Park say a crack is threatening the southern half of the park's largest and most famous cliff dwelling. The park announced Friday that ...

Mesa Verde National Park will restart its hallmark cliff dwelling tours that were suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic. Tours will resume to the popular Cliff Palace and Long House sites.

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK -- Scott Travis stepped delicately around the ruins of Cliff Palace, his eyes deftly scanning the sandstone bricks, the carefully carved windows and the well-worn wooden beams ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cliff Palace before excavation and ...

Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado is celebrates it's 100th year in operation this week.The park is the site of the largest and most extensive pre-historic cliff dwellings in the United ...

Go back in time at Mesa Verde National Park. The park protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites, preserving the heritage of the ancestral Pueblo people. The Pueblo settled in the region about 1,400 ...

NMAI copy 39088018621409 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Introduction -- Cliff Palace a type of prehistoric culture -- Recent history -- Site of Cliff Palace -- Prehistoric trails to ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK — The corncob impression in the sandstone floor looked just like the one left in the butter at our family dinner the night before. I looked up from my study of its rows of ...

At Mesa Verde National Park, if you’re fairly fit and unafraid of heights, you can climb into history at the Cliff Palace. It’s one of the few cliff dwellings you can enter at the park, which is in ...