Santa Elena is a town in southwestern Ecuador, and is the capital of both the province and the canton of the same name. Santa Elena, originally called Sumpa, is located on the Ecuadorian peninsula near the city of Guayaquil. It is regarded as the location of the most important and best documented archaeological site in the country, predominantly due to the discovery of the Lovers of Sumpa.
History of the Site
In 1977 Olaf Holm, the Director of the Anthropology Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador, asked Karen E. Stothert to excavate this pre-ceramic site. Stothert and her team found evidence of Las Vegas, the first Ecuadorian culture. Las Vegas flourished from 8800-4600 BC along the Ecuadorian coast. Archaeologists found numerous artifacts and remains of homes and a garbage dump, but the biggest discovery was a cemetery of about 200 people. Among these remains were the bodies of the Lovers of Sumpa, or Los Amantes de Sumpa. They were found buried, and apparently embracing each other. There is much speculation as to why they died, including being stoned to death, but for most of the world it doesn't matter how they died so much as that they died and were buried together.
Santa Elena was a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina, that was the capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587. It was established under Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the first governor of Spanish Florida. There had been a number of earlier attempts to establish colonies in the area by both the Spanish and the French, who had been inspired by earlier accounts of the plentiful land of Chicora. Menéndez's Santa Elena settlement was intended as the new capital of the Spanish colony of La Florida, shifting the focus of Spanish colonial efforts north from St. Augustine, which had been established in 1565 to oust the French from their colony of Fort Caroline. Santa Elena was ultimately built at the site of the abandoned French outpost of Charlesfort, founded in 1562 by Jean Ribault.
Santa Elena followed the destruction of the French Fort Caroline by Menéndez in 1565. The settlement housed a sizeable community, and became the base of operations for the Jesuits and military working in the northern zone of Spanish Florida. From this base the Spanish founded a number of other ephemeral forts as far inland as the Appalachian Mountains, but resistance from local Native American tribes and the lack of interest of Spain in the area, caused these to be abandoned, relocated or destroyed. Santa Elena was ultimately abandoned in 1587, with its survivors relocating to St. Augustine. The Spanish never pressed their colonial claims to the area again, focusing on other areas of the American continent.
A Special Place Written by Santalina and Cozmo (Music Producer) Oh no here we go again Baby no please don’t go there Because this falling out of your lips Don’t need a list of reasons why Just tell me what’s on your mind Or better yet, don’t say anything O God, just say it, but no lies this time That’s when he took a deep breath And said I love you to death But this ain’t working out I knew this was coming out It was just a matter of when, no doubt But what I want you to know before you walk out this door There’s a special place in my heart that will never die For all my life even after we say goodbye There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time When I miss that look that found its way into my eyes There’s a special place in my heart that will never die For all my life even after we say goodbye There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time When I miss that look that found its way into my eyes Ooh, we’ve been through this road before Never thought it would end for real Been two years, one month and a few days more Back then we were inseparable I just don’t know what happened But we can’t keep fighting this so I guess the feeling is mutual I know you know that I love you with all I got But I wish you the very best to the last tear drop I know in time you’ll figure out what’s right But I really got to go and I want you to know There’s a special place in my heart that will never die For all my life even after we say goodbye There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time When I miss that look that found its way into my eyes There’s a special place in my heart that will never die For all my life even after we say goodbye There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time When I miss that look that found its way into my eyes I’m putting it away, because I know we’ve got to let go (So hard when we’ve been together for so long) I’m putting it away, because I know we’ve got to let go (Sometimes it’s rough, but you’ve got to be strong) These are the hardest times but I’m all right These are the toughest nights but I’ll survive Moving on with my life, no I won’t cry I got do what we know it’s right, It’s time to say goodbye There’s a special place in my heart that will never die (I love but we gotta leave) For all my life even after we say goodbye (I care for you but we both now that we gotta do what’s best for you and me) There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time When I miss that look that found its way into my eyes There’s a special place in my heart that will never die For all my life even after we say goodbye There’s a special place in my mind to reminisce any time
Rino Gino Zueck passed away peacefully on December 20, 2024 in SantaCruz... In 1950, 14-year-old Rino, sister Elena and mother Fiorella followed suit ... In 1960, Rino moved to Santa Cruz, where his sister Elena and family had settled.
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'Goons' ... Some victims were beaten with brass knuckles ... They would ally with mainstream media, namely Arizona Republic reporters Robert Anglen and ElenaSantaCruz, who doggedly pursued the story and eventually tied PrestonLord’s death to the Goons ... ...
"Dapat kahapon pa sana ... (The road should have opened Thursday ... 20) or tomorrow (Dec ... An alternate road for light vehicles is the Sipocot-Camarines Norte or the SantaElena-Capalonga, Daet, Camarines Norte route if they are traveling to or from Manila ... .
GregBurton, Arizona Republic executive editor, said, "Reporters Robert Anglen and ElenaSantaCruz have worked around the clock for more than a year to uncover what police in Gilbert could or would not — widespread, and deadly, teen violence.
'Goons' ... For more than a year, Anglen and reporter ElenaSantaCruz have been dogging the story of how the “Gilbert Goons” terrorized the East Valley, culminating in the October 2023 beating death of 16-year-old PrestonLord ... Don't police know?.
A group of teenage boys pulled up to a house in Gilbert, their phones primed to record a beatdown ... She called the police ... No arrests were made ... ... ElenaSantaCruz is a criminal justice reporter for The Republic. Reach her at [email protected].
By AlexandraValencia... PATROLS, DRONES DEPLOYED ... Fuel pipelines in the provinces of Guayas, SantaElena, Manabi and Esmeraldas, also major hubs for drug transport to the U.S., suffer the most from taps, according to Amores' hydrocarbons crimes unit.
...Mexico and lies at the northern end of the Sierra Madre silver and gold belt which hosts many epithermal silver and gold deposits, including Dolores, SantaElena and Las Chispas at the northern end.
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