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Ancient Settlements of the Garamantes
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Libya
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2011
Ancient Settlements of the Garamantes submitted by Andy B on 27th Nov 2011. A satellite image of area of desert with archaeological interpretation of features: fortifications are outlined in black, areas of dwellings are in red and oasis gardens are in green.
Copyright 2011 Google, image copyright 2011 DigitalGlobe.
Site in Libya
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Meillionydd double ringwork
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2011
Meillionydd double ringwork submitted by Andy B on 6th Dec 2011. Meillionydd dig, 2011
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Hohlefels Höhle
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2011
Hohlefels Höhle submitted by Andy B on 9th Dec 2011. Hohle Fels 2009. a) a painted fragment of limestone, perhaps originating from the wall of the cave. b) a limestone cobble with parallel lines of red dots. Photo: Marina Malina, University of Tübingen
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2011
Royal Albert Memorial Museum submitted by Andy B on 15th Dec 2011. An artists impression of the new ground floor galleries.
Downstairs, visitors can discover Devon and Exeter from the dawn of time to the present through the geology, archaeology, art, costume and local history collections.
The journey starts 400 million years ago with a dramatic story of geological events and traces the arrival of people and their effect on the landscape. Why did the Romans build a fortress next to the Exe, and why did the economic fortunes of Exeter ebb and flow for...
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L’Erée habitation site
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Guernsey)
Visited: Yes on 19th Dec 2011
L’Erée habitation site submitted by Andy B on 19th Dec 2011. The site open day held on Sept 11th 2011
Image copyright Neolithic Stepping Stones
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Neolithic sites of Villers-Carbonnel
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Picardie:Somme (80))
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2011
Neolithic sites of Villers-Carbonnel submitted by Andy B on 20th Dec 2011. Three views of the statuette
Image copyright: Dominique Bossut/Inrap
Site in Picardie:Somme (80) France
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Asikli Hoyuk
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2012
Asikli Hoyuk submitted by Andy B on 2nd Jan 2012. The obsidian bracelet from Aşıklı Höyük.
Left: Digital reconstruction of the bracelet proposed by Mohamed Ben Tkaya (LTDS)
Right:
a. Shape and dimensions,
b. Symmetry of the object.
© Obsidian Use Project Archives.
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Alpena-Amberley Ridge Game Drives
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2012
Alpena-Amberley Ridge Game Drives submitted by dodomad on 2nd Jan 2012. Divers examining boulders at the bottom of Lake Huron that served as caribou drive lanes for prehistoric hunters.
Photo courtesy of Tane Casserly via University of Michegan News, http://ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/9-videos/20120-u-m-divers-retrieve-prehistoric-wood-from-lake-huron
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Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jan 2012
Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery submitted by Andy B on 6th Jan 2012. Neolithic cup-and-ring stone found near Alton Towers donated to Leek museum
The stone with council arts events co-ordinator Alison Thomas (left) and Council leader Sybil Ralphs.
Photo copyright Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
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Mudumala
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: India
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2012
Mudumala submitted by Andy B on 9th Jan 2012. What could be an early representation of the Great Bear constellation dating back to around 500 B.C. has been discovered on a piece of rock at Mudumula village of Mahabubnagar district by the University of Hyderabad.
Site in India
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Mount Sadahurip
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Indonesia
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2012
Mount Sadahurip submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2012. Mount Sadahurip pyramid shaped hill. You can see conical shapes in the background of the image which are natural cinder cones. Perhaps the structure is a volcanic cinder cone that has been transformed into a pyramidal structure by making the sides into triangular surfaces.
From a suggestion by SunkenCiv
Site in Indonesia
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The Armitt
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2012
The Armitt submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2012. The Armitt Museum and Art Gallery
Image copyright: Armitt Museum and Art Gallery
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National Maritime Museum, Cornwall
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2012
National Maritime Museum, Cornwall submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jan 2012. Andy Wyke of the National Maritime Museum, boat builder Brian Cumby and Professor Robert Van de Noort from the University of Exeter ahead of their building project
Image copyright National Maritime Museum Cornwall
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Nakovana Cave
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Croatia
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2012
Nakovana Cave submitted by Andy B on 25th Jan 2012. A research team has discovered what may be the oldest astrologer's board, engraved with zodiac signs and used to determine a person's horoscope.
Image copyright Staso Forenbaher
Site in Croatia
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Town Creek Indian Mound
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2012
Town Creek Indian Mound submitted by Creative Commons on 25th Jan 2012. English: Town Creek Indian Mound, a ceremonial mound built by the Pee Dee. North Carolina, USA.
Creative Commons image by Zachary Williams
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Mynydd y Betws
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2012
Mynydd y Betws submitted by SandyG on 4th Feb 2012. Located on common land to the east of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Mynydd y Betws Wind Farm was granted planning consent in 2009.
The wind farm will consist of 15 turbines with a tip height of 110 meters and an installed capacity of up to 45MW.
Image copyright Cambrian Renewable Energy Limited
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Carnac Discovery Centre
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2012
Carnac Discovery Centre submitted by Andy B on 7th Feb 2012. Carnac Discovery Centre solstice event at Crucuno Crucuno cromlech
Image copyright Howard Crowhurst, Carnac Discovery Centre
Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Milber Down Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2012
Milber Down Camp submitted by Andy B on 8th Feb 2012. The inner bank (left) and outer bank (right) of Milber Down Camp
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Caves of Nerja
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2012
Caves of Nerja submitted by Andy B on 12th Feb 2012. The newly dated cave painting featuring two seals from the Caves of Nerja
Image copyright the Caves of Nerja
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Hill of Jonah
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Israel
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2012
Hill of Jonah submitted by Andy B on 14th Feb 2012. The excavation on top of the Hill of Jonah where the prophet, who was swallowed by a whale or fish, is believed by some to have been buried. It uncovered thick stone walls, in the center, believed to belong to a fortress occupied at around the time of the prophet, roughly 3,000 years ago. However there is no evidence as yet that Jonah was buried there.
CREDIT: Sa'ar Ganor, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority
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