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• February 23, 2010 LongNow added Longplayer
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Longplayer

  A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London

  Conceived by Jem Finer of London / Irish punk band The Pogues, Longplayer is a musical composition 1,000 years in length. Its first performance began at midnight on December 31, 01999 and will... »

  Astounding Timepieces, Musical Wonders, Long Now Locations | Edited by LongNow and Dylan

• January 15, 2010 LongNow added The Stonework of Machu Picchu
  

  Peru

  The Stonework of Machu Picchu

  The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers

  Cusco, at 11,000 feet the mountain weather is kaleidoscopic, and the Inca tradition is palpably present. Cusco is every single thing that Santa Fe, New Mexico would like to be - magnificently... »

  Intriguing Environs, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow, A Facebook user and others

• January 14, 2010 LongNow added "El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island
  

  Chile

  "El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island

  The largest stone Moai on Easter Island

  One of the first realizations one has about Easter Island is, it's not an archipelago. There are no other islands surrounding it. No, in all directions there is nothing but empty ocean for greater... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Retro-Tech, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas, Rites and Rituals, Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow, re_nakaba and 2 others

• January 8, 2010 LongNow added Petra
  

  Muhafazat Ma`an, Jordan

  Petra

  An ancient capital city 3000 years old and harboring many surprises

  Built sometime between 1550 and 1292 BCE as a capital city for the Nabataeans, a Semitic people, Petra is perhaps one of the most astonishing wonders of the ancient world. It lay undiscovered to... »

  Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by LongNow, wythe and 2 others

• December 9, 2009 LongNow added Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1

  A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years

  Sitting in the Science Museum of London, is the first prototype for the 10,000 year Clock, also known as the Clock of the Long Now, to be built in a a remote mountain site near Ely, Nevada.... »

  Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Long Now Locations, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• December 9, 2009 LongNow added Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery
  

  Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery

  This small monastery on a cliff in Bhutan where the 'Second Buddha' is said to have meditated

  It is a small monastery hung far up on a cliff overlooking a spectacular valley. It is also one of thirteen small monasteries or "tiger's lairs" where the Guru Rinpoche or "Precious Master" also... »

  Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by LongNow, Dylan and 2 others

• December 9, 2009 LongNow added Oak Beams, New College Oxford
  

  County of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

  Oak Beams, New College Oxford

  The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story

  The anthropologist/philosopher Gregory Bateson used to tell this story: Founded in 1379, New College, Oxford is one of the oldest Oxford colleges. It has, like other colleges, a great dining... »

  Extraordinary Flora, Long Now Locations, Horticultural Marvels, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow and Dylan

• December 9, 2009 LongNow added Yucca Mountain Repository
  

  Nevada, US

  Yucca Mountain Repository

  Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond

  Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada is more a ridge than a mountain. Created as deep volcanic tuff deposited by an extinct supervolcano (or caldera), it gradually rises from a height of 4,000 feet... »

  Instruments of Science, Long Now Locations, Subterranean Sites | Edited by LongNow, Dylan and others

• December 8, 2009 LongNow added Mormon Genealogical Archives
  

  Utah, US

  Mormon Genealogical Archives

  Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who

  There are a number places which embody the ideas of long now thinking: Nuclear waste repositories, historical sites, and other long term structures are all excellent places to look for long now... »

  Strange Science, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science, Cultures and Civilizations , Long Now Locations, Repositories of Knowledge, Subterranean Sites | Edited by LongNow and Dylan