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Newgrange
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Knowth
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Knowth submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Knowth (Newgrange) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Koerbelitz Steingrab
Date Added: 27th Nov 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Koerbelitz Steingrab submitted by KaiHofmann on 30th Jul 2013. The Koerbelitz Dolmen.
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Log Text: On a whim, we turned off the highway when we saw a sign, and then we kept following signs until we arrived. An interesting combination of the tomb and the wind turbines beyond it, I was impressed by the local sense of ownership. In addition to access and a place to park there was a low table for picnics complete with a flower arrangement.
Neues Museum Berlin
Date Added: 12th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2010
Neues Museum Berlin submitted by bat400 on 9th Jun 2010. Neues Museum, Berlin. May 2010. Photo by bat400.
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Aztalan State Park
Date Added: 31st Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Aztalan State Park submitted by bat400 on 31st Mar 2013. The largest mound at Aztalan is a "stepped" pyramidal structure in the southwest corner of the stockade surround.
This is a partial reconstruction of the site as found in the early 1800's. By the 1920's there had been substantial plowing of the site and significant damage by "pot hunters" and those simply "quarrying" the mounds for fill dirt and the remains of burnt wattle and daub from the original stockade.
Photo by bat400, July 2010.
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Log Text: A Cahokia in miniature. Site interpretation is quite good considering that the park is not monitored for much of its opening times (basically dawn to dusk, daily.) At the parking area, a brief guide to the site is available at an honesty box. Placards around the site describe the ruins and reconstructions visible, as well as archaeological findings.
When I visited (late in the day on a Sunday) the small museum was unmanned.
Wickliffe Mounds
Date Added: 6th May 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wickliffe Mounds submitted by Flickr on 2nd Sep 2015. Wickliffe Mounds Image copyright: Fort Massac DAR (Fort Massac DAR), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Large and steady rainfall this spring has flooded two of the three excavation areas normally open to the public. The largest excavation (over what was a long loaf shaped burial mound covering a village surface) is still open, as it the small visitor center.
The site admission fee has been reduced during this period. The friendly staff are still ready to answer your questions.
During the last week of April the only route into the village of Wickliffe is Kentucky State Road 60. The other major routes were either flooded or blocked by a mudslide.
Corinth Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011. My rating: Ambience 3
Corinth Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007.
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Log Text: Saw from outside the boudary, but was unable to visit.
Nafplio Museum
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Nafplio Museum submitted by Antonios on 26th Jun 2008. Vessel (psiktiras) cooler from Tiryns, 2800 BCE.
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Log Text: The museum is relatively small but includes many exciting artefacts, most notably the Dendra Panoply. Many of the displays discuss the locations of the finds. This would be a perfect place to visit before traveling to Tyrns or even Epidaurus.
Epidaurus Temple of Asklepios
Date Added: 7th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Epidaurus Temple of Asklepios submitted by Antonios on 1st Jul 2008. Site in Peloponnese Peninsula Greece: Τholos of Asklepios. Only the underground section is intact, with a diameter of 21.82 metres. Built with big square stones. Possibly used for thechthonic worship of the god associated with the holy serpents of medicine.
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Log Text: The temple is currently under a partial reconstruction. Like the work at the Acropolis in Athens. The new stone has been chosen so that it is obvious what portion is "new".
Sounion Temple of Athena
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Sounion Temple of Athena submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. Foundations of destroyed 5th century BCE Temple of Athena, near Temple of Poseidon.
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Temple of Olympian Zeus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Temple of Olympian Zeus submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Aug 2006. very large Zeus temple in downtown Athens.
Under consruction from 600 BCE to 130 CE. Largely quarried during middle ages.
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Gortyna
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
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Theatre of Dionysus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Theatre of Dionysus submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Ancient theatre just below the Acropolis in Athens.
There are neolithic caves in the cliff-side just above.
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Mycenae.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mycenae. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Mycenaean Lions Gate from the front. Achaean hillfort from about 1500 to 1100 BCE and probable starting point of Homer's Iliad. There are numerous tholos tombs in the area.
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Tiryns.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tiryns. submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Aug 2006. Mycanaen fortress. Former gate.
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Tumulus of the Plataeans
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Tumulus of the Plataeans submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Aug 2006. Tumulus for the Plataeans fallen at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE against the Persians. 7,000 Greeks defeated 20,000 Persians.
The dromos and door appear to be recent.
Near Marathon Museum.
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Temple of Hephaestos
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Temple of Hephaestos submitted by AlexHunger on 22nd Aug 2006. Classic 5th century temple also known as the Theseon, after Theseus, since the midle ages when the pagan gods were forgotten. It is suposed to be the temple in the best condition in Greece, only rivaled by those in Sicilly.
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Treasury of Atreus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Treasury of Atreus submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. Fanciful name give to a Tholos in use around 1250 BCE, long before the Trojan War. This is one of the few accessible tholos that is completely intact. 36 Meter Dromos.
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Tholos Of Clytaemnestra
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tholos of Clytaemnestra submitted by AlexHunger on 27th Aug 2006. fanciful name for a Tholos built about 1220 BCE, well before the Trojan war. This Tholos was found in the early 19th Century and robbed by a Turkish official before Greek independence. At the time the perfectly corbelled roof was damaged, but this has been repaired in 1951 with the original blocks . The Dromos is 37 Meters long and 6 Meters wide while the tomb has a diameter of 13.5 Meters and an original height of 13 meters.
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Tholos Of Aegistus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tholos of Aegistus submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. Schliemann took some liberties when naming the Mycenaean tombs and named them after Homeric characters. This tomb, however dates to about 1500 BCE, roughly 300 years before the Trojan War.
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