var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1452998-31’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @mightycomforting)http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w51oToYlt-U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Aztec Ruins of AZ & NM (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w51oToYlt-U&feature=share" target="_blank">photoproof</a>)</p>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13600971414http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13600971414Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:54:44 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpzvhA11q1qax15lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169172590http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169172590Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:42:10 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqh0czoEl11qi4ya7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://malism.tumblr.com/post/9398069804" target="_blank">malism</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardmcguire/4263953425/" title="Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico" target="_blank">Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardmcguire/" target="_blank">Richard McGuire</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169124457http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169124457Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:41:06 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqlqjfsSEh1qcrgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169118262http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169118262Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:40:57 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvr0g8qED1r40nw9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sternbach.tumblr.com/post/11302150435/carlsbad-caverns-nm-summer-2011" target="_blank">sternbach</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Carlsbad Caverns, NM. Summer 2011</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169098554http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169098554Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:40:30 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsok9bdw6p1r35aqpo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsok9bdw6p1r35aqpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsok9bdw6p1r35aqpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsok9bdw6p1r35aqpo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169015136http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13169015136Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:38:38 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lubwe9YzZE1r2037ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168954293http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168954293Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:37:17 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luq7gabBqk1r6osfqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://notlas.tumblr.com/post/12855839888/geirangerfjorden-norway-by-katiebecck" target="_blank">notlas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Geirangerfjorden, Norway (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/krhocevar/3820696845/" target="_blank">katiebecck</a>)</p> <p>Hyperborea?</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168861984http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168861984Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:35:12 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljs32yPuSO1qzyqvuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://therecipe.tumblr.com/post/4679502491" target="_blank">therecipe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/cahokia/hodges-text" target="_blank">Cahokia: America’s Forgotten City</a><br/><br/><em>Four centuries before Columbus arrived, Indians in Illinois created a city with up to 15,000 inhabitants, more than a hundred earthen mounds, and far-reaching influence. What was <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/cahokia/hodges-text" target="_blank">this place</a>, and what happened to it?<br/><br/></em>Being from St. Louis, MO which is like 20 mins from ‘Cahokia Mounds’ historic site I was thrilled to read up on Cahokia as it was hundreds of years ago. If you are interested in history, indigenous cultures, propaganda (Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830, discussed on page 2 of this article), and anthropology then I recommend you reading this piece.<br/><br/> </p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168776830http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168776830Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:33:15 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpaysi2zfM1r0jiopo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sf888951.tumblr.com/post/8383554934/mystery-these-mounds-exist-across-the-mississippi" target="_blank">sf888951</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mystery: these Mounds exist across the mississippi river from modern day St Louis.  They are over 100 feet high and over 50 million cubic feet of earth was used in there construction. they were built by native americans somewhere around 1000 -1200 A.D. At the time these mounds were located in a bustling city of over 100,000 people. we now call this city Cahokia and it was most likely the largest city in the world at the time. yet just two century’s later the site had been abandoned. why? see my next post for an artist rendition of what the city might have looked like in it’s prime.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168745852http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168745852Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:32:33 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpaywdZuHo1r0jiopo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sf888951.tumblr.com/post/8383597834/we-now-call-this-city-cahokia-and-it-was-most" target="_blank">sf888951</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We now call this city Cahokia and it was most likely the largest city in the world at the time. yet just two century’s later the site had been abandoned. why?</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168733232http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168733232Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:32:15 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls4b3dm3jR1qfmnxmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bloody-thoughts.tumblr.com/post/10680582113/monticulos-cahokia-monticulo-monks-illinois" target="_blank">bloody-thoughts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Montículos Cahokia, Monticulo Monks, Illinois</p> <p><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span class="hps">Cahokia</span> <span class="hps">Mounds</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Monks Mound,</span> <span class="hps">Illinois</span></span></p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168715634http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168715634Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:31:51 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8114dwTE1qhppj7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahthemidwest.tumblr.com/post/3629389352/cahokia-mounds-the-area-of-an" target="_blank">fuckyeahthemidwest</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia" target="_blank">Cahokia Mounds</a>, the area of an ancient indigenous city near St. Louis, Missouri.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168682458http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168682458Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:31:05 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luko8gtWQl1r66gjio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168582203http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13168582203Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:28:43 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzxpvKS9C1qiyhsqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theunrealstones.tumblr.com/post/7370573480/native-american-cliff-dwellings" target="_blank">theunrealstones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>NATIVE AMERICAN CLIFF DWELLINGS</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161990195http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161990195Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:14:45 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lti3bdTWTC1qjld3ho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lti3bdTWTC1qjld3ho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lti3bdTWTC1qjld3ho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lti3bdTWTC1qjld3ho4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wobblesdoesamerica.tumblr.com/post/11804512815/manitou-cliff-dwellings-colorado" target="_blank">wobblesdoesamerica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Colorado.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161951104http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161951104Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:13:27 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lps5e3iD3W1qzralpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thagaolagamort.tumblr.com/post/8789473730/mesa-verde-cliff-dwellings-by-bo-mackison" target="_blank">thagaolagamort</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twistedart/5386663044/" target="_blank">bo mackison</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161913895http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161913895Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:12:13 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqewzzEysU1qihqmxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hitherbythyhelp.tumblr.com/post/9320526362/t-e-an-anasazi-village" target="_blank">hitherbythyhelp</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>-t. e. </p> <p>An Anasazi village.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161901308http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161901308Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:11:47 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqewzzEysU1qihqmxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hitherbythyhelp.tumblr.com/post/9320526362/t-e-an-anasazi-village" target="_blank">hitherbythyhelp</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>-t. e. </p> <p>An Anasazi village.</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161894739http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161894739Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:11:33 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2tdmbKvt1qg0fsyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ec-.tumblr.com/post/9859313749/ancient-ruins" target="_blank">ec-</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ancient Ruins</p> </blockquote>http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161889027http://mightycomforting.tumblr.com/post/13161889027Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:11:22 -0600