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Olympia.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
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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Log Text: None
Temple of Apollo Ismenios
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Couldn't find on 30th May 2000
Log Text: Despite having roamed around Thebes for two days, I did not find this site, so I cannot tell you what is actually visible. I thought I had found it, but much later realized that I was at a somewhat similar piece of ground on the opposite site of town.
Thebes Museum
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Thebes Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. The Museum in Thebes looked like a mediaval tower built from antique blocks and is recommended by the Michelin Guide for Greece. It is however still being renovated at this time.
Thebes is the legendary city of Cadmus and Oedipus, though only few antique monuments can be found.
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Log Text: A fine modern regional museum, covering Thebes and major sites in Boeotia.
Gla.
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 12th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
Gla. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Greek Hillfort dating back to Mycenae era near Thebes.
South East Gate
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Log Text: We circled the site, admiring the walls and gateways. If anything, the site is more overgrown in 2017 than when davidmorgan visited in 1993.
Vergina
Date Added: 27th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Visited (still working on) on 8th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Vergina submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. The tombs down the road are much more interesting. Photo taken in 1993.
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Log Text: Maps still show the major buildings, tombs, and sanctuaries, but almost all of the ancient city of Aigai is currently closed to visitors. However, you can still hike up to see the fenced off (but visible) theater from the big parking lot on the east side of the modern village of Vergina. From here you have a great view to the north over what was the agora, a portion of the city's eastern wall, and the cemetery complexes.
To the east you can see the modern village of Palatitsia ("palace,") where the 16th century church of St. Demetrius can be seen with ancient column drums making up part of the walls. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23715229
Tennessee State Museum
Trip No.3 Entry No.1 Date Added: 18th Jun 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tennessee State Museum submitted by bat400 on 11th Sep 2007. Tennessee State Museum. Mississippian era effigy jar, described as a "monster". I'm unaware of 2D depictions of such beasts in what's known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex art styles.
Photo by bat400 July 2006.
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Log Text: The section on "the First Tennesseans" takes up only a portion of this downtown city museum. The bulk of the artifacts on display are from the Vanderbilt University collection of Gates Thurston (1835-1912.)
Pella (Greece)
Date Added: 17th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pella (Greece) submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. Not a lot to see here, the mosaics in the museum are good (if they're not on tour).
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Log Text: The main fully excavated and stabilized portions of the city are substantial, but one could wander over all the open areas and sporadic marked tombs outside the city for days. The site of the palace lies uphill from the new museum, and is not open to the public.
The new museum (opened in 2009) is amazing, with very good signage in Greek and English.
Cahokia - Mound 66
Trip No.2 Entry No.10 Date Added: 30th May 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2
Log Text: From aerial photos this is one of the larger mounds at Cahokia. And although it is not on an easily accessible footpath, it can be seen from Forest Blvd., south of the modern Cahokia park. It lies at the southern boundary of the city proper and is 430' by 170' (east-west by north-south) and 25-30 feet high.
In the early 1900's a raised road or causway could be seen extending north from this mound toward the central area of Cahokia. The causeway was more recently confirm by Lidar imaging.
The mound was excavated in the 1920's and a great unfilled trench through the mound can still be seen. This excavation was performed because it appeared that expansion by the nearby rail road was scheduled to completely level the mound. This did not occur.
The mound had been used for burials: both the ancient people of Cahokia and the more recent French colonists.
Fewkes
Trip No.3 Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2007. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Fewkes submitted by bat400 on 4th Aug 2007. Fewkes Site, Tennessee. Mound 2. Photo by bat400, July 2007.
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Log Text: Four visible mounds. They are believed to have been flat topped mounds for building sites, but they have been degraded over the years by plowing that only one is remotely of the classic four sided platform. The other three are rounded off and relatively low.
Placards describe the site briefly.
Castalian Springs Mounds
Trip No.3 Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bledsoe's Lick Mound submitted by bat400 on 29th Jun 2006. The Mississippian platform mound at Castalian Springs, Sumner County, TN (formerly Bledsoe's Lick.)
The conical mound with a flattened top was built on the west end of a broad rectangular platform. The structure is much reduced by plowing over the years. However, the ground has been undisturbed for a number of years. The property is now owned and protected by the state.
Photo by bat400, June 2006.
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Log Text: I visited in 2006 while the Middle Tennessee University was conducting a dig, not of the mound itself, but of the footprint of several buildings which were visible from the traces of postholes and (to less evidence, walls.) Very interesting. Meet Dr. Smith, who was very gracious with his time and explanations.
Harappa
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Pakistan
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Harappa submitted by bat400 on 6th Jun 2012. Artifact: Coach driver 2000B.C. Harappa Indus Valley Civilization. Source and Author: Wikipedia; Miya.m.
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: GNU Free Documentation License. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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Borth Sands Submerged Forest
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Borth Sands Submerged Forest submitted by bat400 on 3rd Dec 2012. Borth Beach Sub Tree, 23 March 2008.
Photo by Author Badgernet. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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Sha'ar HaGolan
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Israel
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Sha'ar HaGolan submitted by bat400 on 10th Sep 2012. Map Location Sha'ar HaGolan Yarmukian settlement in Israel.
Source:
Northeastern Israel and the Golan Heights for location maps.
12 March 2009(2009-03-12)
Source Author Ynhockey [revised by bat400].
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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Tel Beth-Shemesh
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: Israel
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Tel Beth-Shemesh submitted by bat400 on 12th Sep 2012. Middle Bronze gate system at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Isreal.
Date 27 June 2008(2008-06-27) (original upload date)
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia; transfer was stated to be made by User:nettadi.
Original uploader was Dustinroyer at en.wikipedia
Permission
(Reusing this file) CC-BY-3.0.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository.
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Tompullo 2
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Tompullo 2 submitted by bat400 on 24th Sep 2012. Researcher at the entrance to one of the Tompullo chullpas (tombs.) Photo: Courtesy Mateusz Baca, Instytut Genetyki i Biotechnologii, University of Warsaw.
Site in Peru.
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Border Cave
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: South Africa
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Border Cave submitted by bat400 on 26th Sep 2012. Sifting of deposits at mouth of Border Cave, near Ingwavuma, South Africa.
Photo from excavations in the 1970s, dated 2 January 1971, by "Androstachys."
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository.
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Spitzkloof
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: South Africa
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Spitzkloof submitted by bat400 on 10th Oct 2012. Spitzkloof Rockshelter A.
Source: AMEMSA, http://www.amemsa.com/Spitzkloof.html, 2010 Photo Gallery, http://www.amemsa.com/Spitzkloof_files/DSCN0571.jpg.
Site in South Africa.
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Diepkloof
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: South Africa
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Diepkloof submitted by bat400 on 10th Oct 2012. General view of Diepkloof Rock Shelter site, South Africa
Vue générale du site de Diepkloof, Afrique du Sud
Date: 21 November 2009(2009-11-21)
Phototgrapher: Vincent Mourre / Inrap.
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Site in South Africa
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Spruce Hill
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Vitrified Fort
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Spruce Hill submitted by bat400 on 31st Jul 2007. Spruce Hill has more than one gate. This photo was taken through the main, south east gate, facing into the enclosure.
Photo by Hikerdoc, July 2007.
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Cliffs End Ring Ditch
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Cliffs End Ring Ditch submitted by bat400 on 17th Mar 2012. Archaeologists escavate the site of a prehistoric teen girl's grave in Kent, England.
Copyright © 2011 Archaeological Field School.
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