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La Hougue des Géonnais
Date Added: 25th May 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Jersey)
Visited: Would like to visit
La Hougue des Géonnais submitted by MAIGO on 15th Jun 2008. This is a lovely place.
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Ōyu
Date Added: 25th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Japan (Honshū)
Visited: Would like to visit
Ōyu submitted by Aska on 6th Feb 2008. The Nonakadō circle (east)
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Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzalcoatl
Date Added: 9th Mar 2014
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Would like to visit
Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzalcoatl submitted by DrewParsons on 7th May 2012. The Temple of Quetzalcoatl photographed during an overland trip from Los Angeles to Belize and Guatemala in December 1992.
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Pierre de Kazeg Ven
Date Added: 9th Jul 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Would like to visit
Pierre de Kazeg Ven submitted by GinnynJohn on 25th Jun 2006. This stone is very difficult to locate - there are few references to it apart from old Breton postcards. It is the remains of a much larger stone that was used as a fertility stone - local women and even Anne of Brittany, all used it's powers of fecundity!
Apparently, viewed from above it is a very rude shape!
Fortunately for Ginny it did not work!
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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
Scottish Crannog Centre
Trip No.8 Entry No.4 Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Would like to visit
Scottish Crannog Centre 007 submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2004. The guide tells us about the excavations and building of the reconstruction before taking us inside the crannog.
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Log Text: Reconstructed crannog shown on BBC History of Celtic Britain
Loft Howe
Trip No.8 Entry No.3 Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Would like to visit
Loft Howe submitted by kelpie on 22nd Jan 2005. A fine example of a square barrow. A visit to the site is a must to appreciate its outline and surrounding ditch.
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Log Text: Good example of an East Yorkshire square Iron Age barrow as described in BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Woolbury
Trip No.8 Entry No.2 Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Woolbury submitted by JimChampion on 29th May 2005. May 2005. Looking north from yet another Beacon Hill - this time in the Farley Mount country park. Woolbury hillfort can be seen in the middle distance, about 4 miles away. The visible southern side is gentle slope (Stockbridge Downs) but the far side is much steeper. It is also possible to see the heavily defended Danebury hillfort from this spot, but it was lost in the haze on this particular afternoon. The patchy sunlight makes interesting luminous patterns on the fields below.
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Log Text: Hillfort very close to Danebury shown in BBC History of Celtic Britain
Danebury Ring
Trip No.8 Entry No.1 Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Danebury Ring submitted by Jimit on 19th Feb 2004. Danebury Hill Fort - the main entrance defensive works.
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Log Text: Here Neil Oliver talks to Sir Barry Cunliffe on a History of Celtic Britain
Butser Ancient Farm
Trip No.7 Entry No.7 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Butser Ancient Farm submitted by JimChampion on 6th May 2007. Looking through one of the entrances to the village enclosure at Butser Ancient Farm. The site is busy with visitors to the Beltain special event. There are several roundhouses in the enclosure, including the Great Roundhouse which is currently being rebuilt.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver tries his hand at ancient farming with David Freeman, and finds out how a grain storage pit works. BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Tre'r Ceiri
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tre'r Ceiri submitted by Billythefish on 3rd Apr 2005. Inside the fort are around 150 hut circles. Here is a group near the main northern entrance, showing the northern rampart wall in the distance.
I loved the atmosphere with the mist swirling about me. I was completely alone, except for the sound of the wind through the stones.
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Log Text: Early Iron Age hillfort visited by Neil Oliver in BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Gurness
Trip No.7 Entry No.5 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Broch of Gurness submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Broch of Gurness HY382268. Another well preserved Broch.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver visits this classic broch from approx 600BC in BBC's History of Celtic Britain
East Chisenbury Midden
Trip No.7 Entry No.4 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Log Text: Neil Oliver and Niall Sharples discuss evidence of feasting in the early Iron Age period and Suddern Farm Man in the BBC's History of Celtic Britain