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Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2003
Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre submitted by Andy B on 27th Feb 2003. Part of the Burnham family trip to Northumberland, August 2002
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Midas City
Trip No.9 Entry No.8 Date Added: 12th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Midas City submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Dec 2006. The shrine of Cybele or the Midas Monument. August 1993.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Trip No.9 Entry No.7 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh submitted by motist on 10th Jul 2010. Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
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Log Text: Fascinating workshops where they sculpture statues of the Mother Goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave
Trip No.9 Entry No.6 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave submitted by motist on 17th Dec 2006. Tiger Headed rock-cut cave: 5 KM North of Mamallapuram (Mahablipuram) in Tamil Nadu
80 11 39 E 12 37 02 N
Ancient sea port on the golf of Bengal from the beginning of the CE, rock-cut temples and carvings, the capital of the Pallava dynasty (from 630 CE).
Most beautiful rock carvings in India, UNESCO World Heritage
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Log Text: This amazing mandapa contains a shrine that is dedicated to the goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Rome.
Trip No.9 Entry No.5 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Lazio/Roma)
Visited: Would like to visit
Rome. Pantheon submitted by Bjorn on 5th Jun 2007. The Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda in central Rome.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes. More on Early Christian Basilicas here
Delphi Temple
Trip No.9 Entry No.4 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Delphi Temple submitted by davidmorgan on 15th May 2007. The Temple of Apollo.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Aslankaya
Trip No.9 Entry No.3 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Carving
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Aslankaya submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Dec 2006. A beautifully carved Phrygian shrine to Cybele.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Çatalhöyük
Trip No.9 Entry No.2 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Çatalhöyük submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2007. Unexcavated part of Çatalhöyük mound.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Göbekli Tepe
Trip No.9 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Göbekli Tepe submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Aug 2006. Segment D is one of the near circular shaped pillared areas in the best condition of Göbekli Tepe.
There are 5 more, usually smaller such pillared areas on this site, many of the pillars having elaborate carvings.
Göbekli Tepe is apparently a Pre Pottery Neolithic Temple dating back to about 9,000 BCE near the Euphrates in South Eastern Turkey.
With kind permission from Dr. Klaus Schmidt, of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
Original text provided: Anlage D ist die bes...
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Mulfra Quoit
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2012
Mulfra Quoit submitted by Andy B on 8th Mar 2012. Photo taken today. You can just make out the quoit (on the right on top of the hill) with flames approaching
Photo copyright Ian McNeil Cooke, with thanks
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El Hiba
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2012
El Hiba submitted by Andy B on 20th Mar 2012. A general view at El Hibeh showing many looter's pits
Credit: Dr Carol Redmount
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Kanaljorden
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Sweden (Östergötland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2012
Kanaljorden submitted by Andy B on 24th Mar 2012. Tove Björk gently lifts up one of the skulls. Photo credit: Fredrik Hallgren.
Site in Östergötland Sweden
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Gardoms Edge Stone
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2012
Gardoms Edge Stone submitted by Andy B on 28th Mar 2012. Gardom Monolith: Image from the team’s photographic survey (Oct 2011), taken looking directly to the west. Note the triangular shape and flat north facing side.
Credit: D Brown/Nottingham Trent University
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Wadsley Common
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2012
Wadsley Common submitted by Andy B on 30th Mar 2012. The drawing showing the circle of stones.
Photo credit: Wadsley and Loxley Commoners
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Musée du Bretagne
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2012
Musée du Bretagne submitted by Andy B on 30th Mar 2012. The Champs Libres includes the Museum of Brittany, the regional library and space sciences (including a planetarium), in a building designed by architect Portzamparc in the center of Rennes.
Creative Commons image by Dalbera
Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France
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Amesbury History Centre
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2012
submitted by on .
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Knowth
Trip No.5 Entry No.12 Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2011
Knowth submitted by Andy B on 9th Dec 2011. One of the wall stones with a finely carved spiral uncovered by archaeologists at Knowth.
Photo: Kevin O'Brien, OPW
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Log Text: Source of the Knowth mace head and lots of rock art - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Meroë Pyramids
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Sudan
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011
Meroë Pyramids submitted by Andy B on 30th Sep 2011. Plan of the pyramid field (North) of Meroe
Source: D. Dunham, The royal cemeteries of Kush IV
redrawn by Udimu
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Wissous
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Essonne (91))
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011
Wissous submitted by Andy B on 30th Sep 2011. Trous de poteaux formant l'armature d'un des bâtiments de la ferme gauloise, IIe siècle avant notre ère, Wissous (Essonne), 2011.
D'une superficie au sol d'environ 200 m2, le bâtiment présente une forme allongée arrondie aux extrémités. Le diamètre des poteaux suggère la présence d'au moins un étage. Wissous
© Denis Gliksman/Inrap
Site in Ile-de-France:Essonne (91) France
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Foamhenge (Natural Bridge)
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: United States (Mid Atlantic)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2011
Foamhenge (Natural Bridge) submitted by Creative Commons on 1st Oct 2011. Detail of Foamhenge, a sculpture in Natural Bridge, Virginia. Photo by Ben Schumin on July 1, 2006.
Creative Commons Image
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