Snow Leopards: ‘Seek and Ye Shall Find’
My closest encounter with a snow leopard took place in the Altai Mountains with an ink brush in hand. My eyes locked onto the powerful hind legs and broad paws […]
Category Archives: Rock Art & Ancient Imagery
2/3 Snow Leopard – Ancient Hero of the Bio-cultural Landscape (previous post continued…)
This image is copied from a tattoo image worn by an individual from the Pazyryk culture. The tattoo was found on mummified remains excavated by researcher Rudenko from a permafrost […]
1/3 Snow Leopard – Hero of the bio-cultural landscape
Photographs of snow leopards have recently been published on the UNDP Altai-Sayan Ecoregion site. The fact that snow leopards still inhabit the Altai Mountains fills the soul with hope. Not […]
Happy Christmas from Russia – ‘keeping the arrow poised’
There are some things that I really miss about England such as ‘fish ‘n’ chips’ and a pineapple fritter served in newspaper, Cornwall and the sea but most of […]
‘Kalbak-Tash Rock Art Sanctuary’
‘His soul lies in a gold box hidden in the belly of three small spirit deer.’ Kalbak-Tash Rock Art Sanctuary – Using theatre to interpret ‘narrative composition’ in rock art […]
Pilgrim’s Pages April (UNESCO Conference on Permafrost Burials)
Pilgrim’s Pages April 2006 UNESCO conference, Gorno-Altaisk, “The problem of preserving permafrost burials in the Altai” Unesco have just held a conference at the Gorno-Altaisk (capital) state university on “The […]
Carved Standing Stones ‘kameniye baba’
Many of the carved standing stones from the Turkic period have been removed from the steppes and meadows of Altai. The Altai people deeply feel the loss of these ‘monuments’. […]
The Holy Ground
The Holy Ground Took Care of Everything Recently, I spent five days in a mountain valley, Kosh-Agach region, Altai Republic. Maiya from the Agency for Cultural and Historical Research organised […]
Polishing the Mirror – Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Without doubt the most wonderful part of travelling in Scotland was visiting the megalithic complex at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis. The people on the island are […]
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