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Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2012
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi submitted by Andy B on 29th Jun 2012. A corbelled structure (pile of rocks) with an associated circle. Credit: Robert Mason
Site in Syria
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Hasankeyf
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2011
Hasankeyf submitted by Andy B on 8th Jun 2011. A view of the ancient bridge across the Tigris as the river flows through Hasankeyf.
(Courtesy Senol Demir/Flickr Creative Commons)
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Tell Ta’yinat
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2011
Tell Ta’yinat submitted by Andy B on 21st Sep 2011. The stone lion sculpture that adorned the Tayinat citadel gate was uncovered in southeastern Turkey by University of Toronto archaeologists.
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Site in Turkey
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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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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
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
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
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
Titris Höyük
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2012
Titris Höyük submitted by Andy B on 25th May 2012. Mass burial in plastered basin in the Outer Town at Titris Hoyuk.
Image copyright: Titriş Höyük Photographic Archive
Site in Turkey
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Girnavaz
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 21st Oct 2012
Girnavaz submitted by Andy B on 21st Oct 2012. A Stone Age toy car thought to date from 5500 BC
Photo credit: the Museum of Mardin in Ilisu Dam
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Seyitömer Höyük
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2013
Seyitömer Höyük submitted by Andy B on 7th Jul 2013. Hundreds of artifacts found during excavations at Kütahya’s Seyitömer tumulus are being sent to museums for display after their restoration.
Image Credit: The Tay Project. More here.
Site in Turkey
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Derinkuyu Underground City
Date Added: 13th May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2015
Derinkuyu Underground City submitted by Andy B on 24th Nov 2015. Map of Derinkuyu Underground City Site in Turkey
Image copyright: joyful JOY (Joy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Gonur Tepe
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkmenistan
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2013
Gonur Tepe submitted by Andy B on 26th Apr 2013. Inside the complex
Image Credit: Susy's Travels
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Umm al-Quwain 2
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United Arab Emirates
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2012
Umm al-Quwain 2 submitted by Andy B on 5th Jul 2012. The oldest pearl in the world. Credit: Ken Walton/CNRS.
Site in United Arab Emirates
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Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Date Added: 22nd Aug 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Would like to visit
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons on 22nd Aug 2023. Twisty seedpods at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Adenanthera pavonina (Red sandalwood, false wiliwili)
Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr
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Nunalleq
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Alaska)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2013
Nunalleq submitted by Andy B on 28th Aug 2013. A trench from the Nunalleq 2013 excavations
Image credit: Nunalleq 2013
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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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Campus Martius
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2013
Campus Martius submitted by Andy B on 12th Jan 2013. Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, built on the site of the old Campus Martius.
Image copyright Ohio Historical Society
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Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2013
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by Andy B on 12th Jan 2013. Conus Mound was once part of an extensive set of flat topped mounds and earthen walls that covered much of present day Marietta.
Photo copyright Ohio Historical Society
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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.
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