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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.
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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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.
Chimiachas
Trip No.2 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2008. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 1
Chimiachas submitted by 43559959 on 2nd Feb 2012. The rock-shelter, Ciervo de Chimiachas at the Chimiachas Ravine in Aragon north of Alquezar.
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Log Text: Difficult to find. Three hours on horseback from the village of Alquézar, Aragon, and then a half hour brisk walk. But well worth it on arrival at the end of the narrow canyon.
Havängsdösen
Trip No.1 Date Added: 25th Apr 2012
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Havängsdösen submitted by greywether on 20th Jul 2005.
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Ales stenar
Trip No.1 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Ales stenar submitted by 43559959 on 4th Jan 2012. Early morning view of Ales Stenar and The Baltic.
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Kungagraven
Trip No.1 Date Added: 10th Apr 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Kivik submitted by 43559959 on 17th Jan 2011. The entrance to the Kivik Grave in southern Sweden.
Did the king buried here around 1300 BC sail to Crete?
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Log Text: Beautifully restored/preserved circular cairn. A facinating burial monument, with to my eyes slabs clearly hinting at minoan conections with southern Sweden
Gillhög
Trip No.1 Date Added: 9th May 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Sweden (Skåne)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Gillhög submitted by greywether on 27th Jul 2005. Looking down the passage.
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Log Text: The first megalithic monument I visited. Made a big impression.