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El Mirador
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2011
El Mirador submitted by Andy B on 5th Jul 2011. Archaeological work in progress, El Mirador, Creative Commons image by Geoff Gallice
Original here
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El Zotz
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 24th Jul 2012
El Zotz submitted by Andy B on 24th Jul 2012. Diablo Pyramid, north side. A tracing of an image found at the El Zotz archaeological site in Guatemala depicts the Maya sun god. “The stuccos provide unprecedented insight into how the Maya conceived of the heavens,” said archaeologist Stephen Houston, “how they thought of the sun, and how the sun itself would have been grafted onto the identity of kings and the dynasties that would follow them.”
Credit: Stephen Houston, Brown University Press Release, 18 July 2012.
Site in Gu...
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El Peru - Waka
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2013
El Peru - Waka submitted by Andy B on 24th Jan 2013. An excavator cleans a jade piece found in a burial chamber at the El Peru-Waka archaeological site in the Laguna del Tigre National Park in Peten, north of Guatemala City.
Photo released in June 2012 by the El Peru-Waka Archaeological Project
Site in Guatemala
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Olympia.
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 21st Feb 2013
Olympia. submitted by Andy B on 21st Feb 2013. Temple of Zeus conserved and partially reconstructed using the original remains
Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
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Kalamakia Cave
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2013
Kalamakia Cave submitted by Andy B on 15th Apr 2013. Map of Greece (left) showing the approximate position of Kalamakia cave (right, shown with excavated sediments) and other sites with human remains in the Mani peninsula.
Image credit: Katerina Harvati et al.
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Keros
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Greece (Greek Islands)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2011
Keros submitted by Andy B on 14th Jun 2011. Fragments of cycladic figurines found on the island of Keros.
Image copyright Cambridge-Keros Project
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Tunnel of Eupalinos
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Greece (Greek Islands)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2012
Tunnel of Eupalinos submitted by Andy B on 12th Sep 2012. Inside the Tunnel of Eupalinos (Eupalinian aqueduct) in Samos, Greece
Public domain photo by Moumouza
Site in Greek Islands, Greece
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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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Koutroulou Magoula
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2013
Koutroulou Magoula submitted by Andy B on 24th Jan 2013. Middle Neolithic clay figurines from Koutroulou Magoula.
Credit: University of Southampton
Site in Attica/Central Greece Greece
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Breklum Huegelgrab 2
Trip No.13 Entry No.3 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Would like to visit
Breklum Huegelgrab 2 submitted by holger_rix on 17th Mar 2010. Round Barrow in Breklum.
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Keller Huegelgrab
Trip No.13 Entry No.6 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Would like to visit
Keller Huegelgrab submitted by holger_rix on 8th Mar 2010. Beautiful Round Barrow near a small village called Keller.
My first pictures in 2010.. blue sky and the snow almost gone. (One day later the snow came back, big time)
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Goosefeld Dolmen
Trip No.13 Entry No.10 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Would like to visit
Goosefeld Dolmen submitted by holger_rix on 28th Nov 2010. Goosefeld Dolmen
November 2010
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Sophienhof Dolmen
Trip No.13 Entry No.14 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Would like to visit
Sophienhof Dolmen submitted by holger_rix on 11th Dec 2010. Sophienhof Dolmen
One more of the 'cold' serie.
November 2010
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Poeppendorf Huenengrab
Trip No.13 Entry No.15 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
Visited: Would like to visit
Poeppendorf Huenengrab submitted by holger_rix on 3rd Oct 2011. Poeppendorf Huenengrab
August 2011
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Bornsen Steingrab 1
Trip No.13 Entry No.8 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bornsen Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 17th Nov 2009. Bornsen Steingrab 1
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Altscherbitz Well
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (Saxony)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2013
Altscherbitz Well submitted by Andy B on 4th Mar 2013. The 7000-year-old well of Altscherbitz near Leipzig during the excavation.
Photo Credit: University of Freiburg
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Neu Gaarz Dolmen
Trip No.13 Entry No.18 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Would like to visit
Neu Gaarz Dolmen submitted by krautrock on 31st Aug 2010. Neu Gaarz Dolmen.Telespycam watching Holger.
August 2010
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Zuelow Stralendorf Langbett
Trip No.13 Entry No.7 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Visited: Would like to visit
Zuelow Stralendorf Langbett submitted by holger_rix on 15th Aug 2010. Zuelow Stralendorf Langbett
August 2010
The north, lower end.
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Eyendorf Steingrab 1
Trip No.13 Entry No.1 Date Added: 27th Mar 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Would like to visit
Eyendorf Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock on 26th Aug 2009. Under Holger's shoe a snake. Two seconds later he realize the snake and a scream cut the air in the chamber. What a sound.
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Klecken Langbett
Trip No.13 Entry No.2 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Would like to visit
Klecken Langbett submitted by holger_rix on 18th Oct 2009. Klecken Langbett
September 2009
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