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And on top of everything else...! 😠
#Epstein had #petroglyphs moved for décor at #ZorroRanch, federal records show
By Clara Bates, Mar 3, 2026
"Over the years at Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein instructed his staff multiple times to move petroglyphs estimated to be hundreds of years old for the purpose of decoration, U.S. Justice Department emails and photos released in January show.
" 'Petroglyph rocks moved to the main house,' a Zorro property manager wrote in a 2001 project memo emailed to Epstein, noting 'JE to let us know the size, location and how many rocks he would like.'
" 'Jeff to find larger rocks,' the manager wrote a few days later.
"In a 2014 email to former Microsoft executive and paleontological researcher Nathan Myhrvold, Epstein asked, 'how do i cut and polish … the granite with petroglyphs on the ranch?'
"Myhrvold didn't respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
"When the ranch manager was designing planter beds the following year and asked Epstein whether he would be OK with rocks in one section, Epstein responded with a request: 'yes„ nice it would be great to get some big ones with petroglyphs even better.' (The email quotes in this story are verbatim, including typos.)
"The following year, Epstein requested 'large petroglyphs' be included in another outside design.
" 'The destruction and removal of petroglyphs and #CulturalSites at Zorro Ranch is deeply troubling, yet not surprising considering what has come to light about Jeffrey Epstein,' #JoeySanchez, chair of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, said in a statement. 'These sites hold profound significance as part of the living history of the #Pueblos across the Southwest, reflecting the enduring connection between our people and the land."
Read more:
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/epstein-had-petroglyphs-moved-for-d-cor-at-zorro-ranch-federal-records-show/article_6b1ce0e6-4b56-4df5-b869-986ef2a5e0a7.html#EpsteinClass #EpsteinCrimes #USPol #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #Desecration
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And on top of everything else...! 😠
#Epstein had #petroglyphs moved for décor at #ZorroRanch, federal records show
By Clara Bates, Mar 3, 2026
"Over the years at Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein instructed his staff multiple times to move petroglyphs estimated to be hundreds of years old for the purpose of decoration, U.S. Justice Department emails and photos released in January show.
" 'Petroglyph rocks moved to the main house,' a Zorro property manager wrote in a 2001 project memo emailed to Epstein, noting 'JE to let us know the size, location and how many rocks he would like.'
" 'Jeff to find larger rocks,' the manager wrote a few days later.
"In a 2014 email to former Microsoft executive and paleontological researcher Nathan Myhrvold, Epstein asked, 'how do i cut and polish … the granite with petroglyphs on the ranch?'
"Myhrvold didn't respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
"When the ranch manager was designing planter beds the following year and asked Epstein whether he would be OK with rocks in one section, Epstein responded with a request: 'yes„ nice it would be great to get some big ones with petroglyphs even better.' (The email quotes in this story are verbatim, including typos.)
"The following year, Epstein requested 'large petroglyphs' be included in another outside design.
" 'The destruction and removal of petroglyphs and #CulturalSites at Zorro Ranch is deeply troubling, yet not surprising considering what has come to light about Jeffrey Epstein,' #JoeySanchez, chair of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, said in a statement. 'These sites hold profound significance as part of the living history of the #Pueblos across the Southwest, reflecting the enduring connection between our people and the land."
Read more:
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/epstein-had-petroglyphs-moved-for-d-cor-at-zorro-ranch-federal-records-show/article_6b1ce0e6-4b56-4df5-b869-986ef2a5e0a7.html#EpsteinClass #EpsteinCrimes #USPol #CulturalErasure #ProtectTheSacred #Desecration
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
-- Horace⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Communication #Discretion
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
-- Horace⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Communication #Discretion
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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#Murujuga 50,000 year old & largest #rockart site in the world with 2 million #petroglyphs / rock engravings spread across the #Burrup Peninsula, part of the Dampier Archipelago in WA’s #Pilbara region. These include long-extinct megafauna, marine mammals and archaic faces - the oldest known depictions of the human face on earth.
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#Murujuga 50,000 year old & largest #rockart site in the world with 2 million #petroglyphs / rock engravings spread across the #Burrup Peninsula, part of the Dampier Archipelago in WA’s #Pilbara region. These include long-extinct megafauna, marine mammals and archaic faces - the oldest known depictions of the human face on earth.
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏛️⛰️ Archaeologists Jonathan Till and Nate Thomas take a tour of protected archaeological sites across #Utah's #BearsEars National Monument.
Historic co-management by five #NativeAmerican Tribes preserves ancestral homelands and #ecosystems, including rock engravings at #NewspaperRock that span thousands of years.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bears-ears-national-monument-archaeology-video
#americanhistory #history #archaeology #art #communication #conservation #culture #drawings #hiking #indigenouspeoples #monuments #museums #northamerica #petroglyphs #rocks #sandstone #tksst #video
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Dating Petroglyphs Using Measurements of Manganese Accumulation in Rock Varnish [pdf 15pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs https://www.preprints.org/frontend/manuscript/b932244972f51020d9515071205907c2/download_pub
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Dating Petroglyphs Using Measurements of Manganese Accumulation in Rock Varnish [pdf 15pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs https://www.preprints.org/frontend/manuscript/b932244972f51020d9515071205907c2/download_pub
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Bronze Age boat carvings reveal vast sea networks linking Iberia and Scandinavia
Bronze Age boat carvings found on rocks in Spain and Portugal suggest people living along Europe’s Atlantic coast shared ideas, technology, and beliefs across long sea routes more than 3,000 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/boat-carvings-sea-networks-iberia-scandinavia/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #bronzeage #petroglyphs
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Bronze Age boat carvings reveal vast sea networks linking Iberia and Scandinavia
Bronze Age boat carvings found on rocks in Spain and Portugal suggest people living along Europe’s Atlantic coast shared ideas, technology, and beliefs across long sea routes more than 3,000 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/boat-carvings-sea-networks-iberia-scandinavia/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #bronzeage #petroglyphs
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Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
-- Franz Kafka⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FranzKafka #Beauty #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
-- Franz Kafka⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FranzKafka #Beauty #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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A poet who knows what it is he wants to say may be sure it's been said already.
-- Hugh Kenner⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HughKenner #Creativity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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A poet who knows what it is he wants to say may be sure it's been said already.
-- Hugh Kenner⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HughKenner #Creativity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power -- it's time.
-- David Crosby⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidCrosby #Time
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power -- it's time.
-- David Crosby⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidCrosby #Time
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.
-- Hippocrates⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Hippocrates #Food #Health
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.
-- Hippocrates⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Hippocrates #Food #Health
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Polls are contributing to a strange new volatility in public opinion... [They have] the effect of hardening opinions that haven't even been formed yet. Poll questions do not invite subtlety or response. This dispels ambiguity, when a lot of thoughts and opinions are ambiguous. And we are polled too often. We are constantly having our temperature taken, like a hypochondriac... Nations that use polls as daily temperature readings inevitably give inauthentic readings, and wind up not reassured but demoralized.
-- Peggy Noonan⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeggyNoonan #Politics #Polls
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Polls are contributing to a strange new volatility in public opinion... [They have] the effect of hardening opinions that haven't even been formed yet. Poll questions do not invite subtlety or response. This dispels ambiguity, when a lot of thoughts and opinions are ambiguous. And we are polled too often. We are constantly having our temperature taken, like a hypochondriac... Nations that use polls as daily temperature readings inevitably give inauthentic readings, and wind up not reassured but demoralized.
-- Peggy Noonan⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeggyNoonan #Politics #Polls
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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This one is old and therefor a bit hard to see from certain angles. I can say it is old because it has brown desert varnish developing on it--and that process takes hundreds of years. I think the older #Petroglyphs in this area have been dated to ~800 years ago.
That said it is spectacular! It shows a humanoid form with a great winged headdress or helmet.
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This one is old and therefor a bit hard to see from certain angles. I can say it is old because it has brown desert varnish developing on it--and that process takes hundreds of years. I think the older #Petroglyphs in this area have been dated to ~800 years ago.
That said it is spectacular! It shows a humanoid form with a great winged headdress or helmet.
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#NineMileCanyon #Fake / Modern #Petroglyphs
I find this one artistic, a bit too artistic to be real.
I think it is a recent fake unless someone knows it is old?
Criteria: Found isolated from other art, bright/fresh appearance, stylistically different from known examples that are 100s of years old.
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#NineMileCanyon #Fake / Modern #Petroglyphs
I find this one artistic, a bit too artistic to be real.
I think it is a recent fake unless someone knows it is old?
Criteria: Found isolated from other art, bright/fresh appearance, stylistically different from known examples that are 100s of years old.
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#NineMileCanyon #Utah #Petroglyphs #RockArt
I like the feeling of "action" in this close-up view!
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#NineMileCanyon #Utah #Petroglyphs #RockArt
I like the feeling of "action" in this close-up view!
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More #NineMileCanyon #Petroglyphs
These two little horned figures appear to be dancing! 🕺 💃
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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More #NineMileCanyon #Petroglyphs
These two little horned figures appear to be dancing! 🕺 💃
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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There was an iconic "Oval Man" figure I'd never seen before repeated in several places.
The most elaborate version was on this magnificent panel. There are sheep, stars, what I think are water/rain symbols, and two human figures that appear to be holding something above their heads. Wow!
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There was an iconic "Oval Man" figure I'd never seen before repeated in several places.
The most elaborate version was on this magnificent panel. There are sheep, stars, what I think are water/rain symbols, and two human figures that appear to be holding something above their heads. Wow!
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#NineMileCanyon "Coyote Placing the Stars" #Petroglyphs
Coyote Placing the Stars covers several vertical surfaes about 100 ft up from the roadway. This is the only #NorthAmerican #RockArt I'm aware of with a direct link to popular #NativeAmerican folklore. There are several versions of this story. Signs at the site indicated the stars fell down and #Coyote placed them back in the sky. Another version says he only re-arranged the stars, placing them into constellations representing his fellow animals.
Note the anthropomorphic figure with a dog shaped head. Also note the grids of small circles representing fields of stars.
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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#NineMileCanyon "Coyote Placing the Stars" #Petroglyphs
Coyote Placing the Stars covers several vertical surfaes about 100 ft up from the roadway. This is the only #NorthAmerican #RockArt I'm aware of with a direct link to popular #NativeAmerican folklore. There are several versions of this story. Signs at the site indicated the stars fell down and #Coyote placed them back in the sky. Another version says he only re-arranged the stars, placing them into constellations representing his fellow animals.
Note the anthropomorphic figure with a dog shaped head. Also note the grids of small circles representing fields of stars.
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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More #Petroglyphs from #NineMileCanyon #Utah
This is a panel high up on the cliff face. There are several big horn sheep, a centipede, fields of stars, and a human figure.
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More #Petroglyphs from #NineMileCanyon #Utah
This is a panel high up on the cliff face. There are several big horn sheep, a centipede, fields of stars, and a human figure.
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Complex panel about 30 ft above us.
Very interesting figures on the left, and right bottom.
#RockArt #History #NaturePhotography
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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Complex panel about 30 ft above us.
Very interesting figures on the left, and right bottom.
#RockArt #History #NaturePhotography
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
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Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
-- Hannah Arendt (The Origins of Totalitarianism)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HannahArendt #Talent #Totalitarianism
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
-- Hannah Arendt (The Origins of Totalitarianism)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HannahArendt #Talent #Totalitarianism
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Starting a new thread with photos from #NineMileCanyon in #Utah.
This is one of the most concentrated collections of #RockArt in the US. Mostly pecked #Petroglyphs that are from 800 to 200 years old, with a few red painted #Pictographs mixed in.
Note there is a new problem with #vandalism to these important artifacts. 🙁 Everyone should work to protect them!
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
#History #NaturePhotography -
Starting a new thread with photos from #NineMileCanyon in #Utah.
This is one of the most concentrated collections of #RockArt in the US. Mostly pecked #Petroglyphs that are from 800 to 200 years old, with a few red painted #Pictographs mixed in.
Note there is a new problem with #vandalism to these important artifacts. 🙁 Everyone should work to protect them!
https://richard.mdpaths.com/travel/road_trip_2026/11_nine_mile_canyon/index.html
#History #NaturePhotography