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Temple of Hatshepsut
Trip No.6 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 10th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Temple of Hatshepsut submitted by 43559959 on 7th Mar 2012. Temple of Hatshepsut, Standing guard of the causeway leading to the temple.
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Kom Ombo Temple of Sobek
Trip No.6 Date Added: 22nd Feb 2014
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Kom Ombo Temple of Sobek submitted by 43559959 on 22nd Feb 2014. Kom Ombo Temple of Sobek in the evening sun.
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Idfu Temple of Horus
Trip No.6 Date Added: 20th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Idfu Temple of Horus submitted by 43559959 on 17th May 2015. Idfu Temple of Horus, site in Upper Egypt (South).
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Great Sphinx
Trip No.6 Date Added: 19th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Great Sphinx submitted by 43559959 on 18th Apr 2012. Giza. The great Sphinx guarded by the pyramid of Khephren
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Khafre's Pyramid
Trip No.6 Date Added: 19th Apr 2012
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by 43559959 on 18th Apr 2012. Giza. some of the stones comprising the pyramid of Khephren
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Khufu's Pyramid
Trip No.6 Date Added: 19th Apr 2012
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Khufu's Pyramid submitted by 43559959 on 18th Apr 2012. Giza. Cairo and the pyramid of Khufu blends in this shot.
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Sakkara Pyramid
Trip No.6 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sakkara Pyramid submitted by 43559959 on 7th Mar 2012. Sakkara, the first of the great pyramids.
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Jarlshof
Trip No.23 Date Added: 17th Mar 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2004
Jarlshof submitted by LizH on 17th Nov 2004. This picture of Jarlshof shows the beautiful setting of the site, and I think the foreground is the bronze age buildings!
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Log Text: Facinating site despite heavy rain.
Thysdrus
Trip No.26 Date Added: 28th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Yes on 22nd Dec 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Thysdrus submitted by 43559959 on 24th May 2015. El Jem, the second largest amphitheatre in the Roman world.
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Carthage Punic Port
Trip No.26 Date Added: 27th May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carthage Punic Port submitted by 43559959 on 27th May 2016. Carthage Punic Port.
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Ugarit
Trip No.3 Date Added: 28th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2000. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ugarit submitted by 43559959 on 24th May 2015. Overview of Ugarit.
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Ebla.
Trip No.3 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 1999. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ebla. submitted by 43559959 on 6th Feb 2012. Approaching the the Tell Mardikh on New Years Eve 1999
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Log Text: We were furnished with an excellent mechanic/driver at The Byron hotel in Aleppo for the trip to the see the site of the Ebla Archives. Spectacular location in the hills of Northern Syria.
Palmyra
Trip No.3 Date Added: 14th May 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 23rd Dec 1999. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Palmyra submitted by 43559959 on 12th May 2014. Millennium visit to Palmyra. Let's hope Zenobia's city will suvive the current crisis as it survived the wrath of Rome.
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Ephesus
Trip No.34 Date Added: 6th May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 20th May 1993. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ephesus submitted by 43559959 on 6th May 2016. Ephesus. Site in Turkey.
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Phaselis
Trip No.33 Date Added: 6th May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 10th May 1992. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Phaselis submitted by 43559959 on 6th May 2016. Phaselis. Site in Turkey.
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Tulum
Trip No.16 Date Added: 14th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Visited: Yes on 26th Nov 1991. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tulum submitted by 43559959 on 13th May 2012. Interesting place, with a nice beach and good setting in the late 80s.
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Knidos
Date Added: 13th May 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 1991. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Knidos submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. The Round Temple from the 2nd century CE, it originally had Corinthian columns. In the background are the two harbours of Knidos, the commercial one on the left and the military on the right.
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Log Text: A visit to see the city with one harbour in the Aegean and one in the Mediterranean on a photo shoot in Turkey. A hazardous drive to get there as far as I rememeber, but worth it after the late luch with grillef fish and lots of Retzina.
Chichen Itza
Trip No.17 Date Added: 30th May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 1990. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Chichen Itza submitted by 43559959 on 27th May 2012. Ants climbing the great pyramid of Chichen Itza. A most memorable visit. Especially the sacred cenote.
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Taormina
Trip No.32 Date Added: 6th May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Sicily (Sicilia))
Visited: Yes on 10th May 1989. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Taormina submitted by 43559959 on 6th May 2016. Taormina. Great location for a Greek theatre.
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Grotte de Tuc-d'Audobert
Trip No.4 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: France (Midi:Ariège (09))
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 1983. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 1
Grotte de Tuc-d'Audobert submitted by 43559959 on 5th Apr 2012. The quest for the two clay Bisons in Tuc D'Audoubert.
reading the book of Richard E. Leakey, the Making of Mankind from 1982 got my mind spinning reading about the two clay Bisons found in the Tuc D'Audoubert, untouched and unseen for 15.000 years.
The time was back in the early 80's, but the cave was not open to the public and very difficult to find. But the cave was found and a collappsible canoe brought us in there after the long drive from Norway to the environs of Ste.Croix in the fr...
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Log Text: reading the book of Richard E. Leakey, the Making of Mankind from 1982 got my mind spinning reading about the two clay Bisons found in the Tuc D'Audoubert, untouched and unseen for 15.000 years.
The time was back in the early 80's, but the cave was not open to the public and very difficult to find. But the cave was found and a collappsible canoe brought us in there after the long drive from Norway to the environs of Ste.Croix in the french Pyrénées.