Tag: archaeology

  • San Antonio’s Missions declared a World Heritage site

    Alamo with Moon (Al Rendon photo, courtesy San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau) Tracy L. Barnett, Special for USA TODAY Five cherished portals to America’s Spanish colonial past have just been elevated to the stature of Machu Picchu, Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal with Sunday’s decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations…