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Hierapolis
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2007
Hierapolis submitted by h_fenton on 1st Oct 2007. Roman Theatre at Hierapolis
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2007
Istanbul Archaeological Museum submitted by h_fenton on 2nd Oct 2007. The 'Alexander Sarcophagus', it gets it name from a scene on it that depicts 'Alexander the Great' winning a victory over the Persians. The sarcophagus came from the 'Royal Necropolis of Sidon' in what is now Lebanon and was made in the last quarter of the 4thcenturyBC (325-300BC). there is some argument amongst scholars about who's sarcophagus it was but the traditional view is that it belonged to King Abdalonymos of Sidon.
The Alexander Sarcophagus is on display in Istanbul Archaeological...
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Bosta Beach
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2007
Bosta Beach submitted by h_fenton on 6th Oct 2007. Bosta/Bostagh Iron Age Village. the iron age settlement is to the right of the bay (between path and fence on beach). the photo also shows a reconstructed (1999) Iron Age house which is open to the public a few hours a day at peak times.
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King Stone at the Rollrights
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2007
King Stone at the Rollrights submitted by h_fenton on 10th Nov 2007. 10 November 2007. photo showing the King Stone just below the top of the hill and views out over the valley beyond (looking Northwest)
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Arykanda
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2007
Arykanda submitted by h_fenton on 18th Nov 2007. General view across the lower central part of Arykanda
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Limyra
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 2007
Limyra submitted by h_fenton on 20th Nov 2007. looking across a flooded street.
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Palmyra Valley of the Tombs
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2007
Palmyra Valley of the Tombs submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Nov 2007. view looking west from the top of the Tomb of Elabel. There appears to be some sort of square structure based around a courtyard, possibly with robbed out walls which have been excavated (leaving narrow straight linear trenches) also looks like some of the cells around the courtyard have been excavated.
Anyone know any more?
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Column of Constantine
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2007
Column of Constantine submitted by h_fenton on 24th Nov 2007. The column of Constantine in 2003 before it became shrouded in scaffolding for restoration 2004-2007?
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Barpa Langais
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 26th Nov 2007
Barpa Langais submitted by h_fenton on 26th Nov 2007. Inside Barpa Langais, the scale is 1 metre.
14 May 2006
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Studfold Stone Circle
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Dec 2007
Studfold Stone Circle submitted by h_fenton on 4th Dec 2007. one of the stones of the circle still in position and incorporated into the stone wall which splits this site in two. (viewed from east side)
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Camus Nan Geall
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 5th Dec 2007
Camus Nan Geall submitted by h_fenton on 5th Dec 2007. Collapsed chamber of the chambered cairn at Camas Nan Geall.
19 September 2007
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Petra, Nabataean Town
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Petra, Nabataean Town submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The tomb commonly known as 'The Treasury' and probably the most famous of all the monuments at Petra
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Jerash
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Jerash submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The Oval Plaza / The Forum with collonaded street going off to the north. in the foreground is a Temenos (sacred precinct) which is in front of the Temple of Zeus (out of shot to the right of photographer)
Photo taken from the top tier of the South Theatre looking in north easterly direction.
17 May 2003
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Scrubbity Barrows
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Scrubbity Barrows submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The largest bowl barrow at Scrubbity Barrows. covered in brambles. when i visited the site in jan/feb 2002 the largest barrow (pictured) was the only barrow accessable, the other bowl barrows lay on the other side of a deer fence in an area which was immensly overgrown with regerating plants and trees after being coppiced.
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Thor Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2007
Thor Stone submitted by h_fenton on 16th Dec 2007. Thor Stone at Taston.
Scale is 1 metre long.
visited + photo taken: 16 December 2007
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Churchill Standing Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2007
Churchill Standing Stone submitted by h_fenton on 16th Dec 2007. Churchill standing stone.
Judging from the patterns of weathering on the top of the stone it has been clipped by the hedge cutter a number of times although it looks like the overall height of the stone has not been reduced by more than a couple of centimetres.
at some stage in the history of this stone a piece of iron has been inserted and held in place with some lead the iron has been broken off and has become very corroded, it is too small to be a gate hinge. careful examination of the...
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Hawk Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2007
Hawk Stone submitted by h_fenton on 20th Dec 2007. The Hawk Stone
Pictures numbered 1-5, '1' viewed from the west then pictures at different angles around the stone in an anticlockwise direction until '5' viewed from the north.
'6' close up of the hollow in the top of the stone viewed from the east.
The badly placed scale is 1 metre long.
Photographs taken 16 December 2007.
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Hoar Stone at Enstone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Dec 2007
Hoar Stone at Enstone submitted by h_fenton on 21st Dec 2007. not the best angle but you can sort of see all of the stones (but you may not be able tell them apart)
21 December 2007
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Twyfelfontein
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Namibia
Visited: Yes on 23rd Dec 2007
Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Dec 2007. Country: Namibia
rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, the central figure as well as being engraved has also been polished which is uncommon on this site
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Palmyra
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2007
Palmyra submitted by h_fenton on 28th Dec 2007. Heavy lifting equipment in use during excavations at Palmyra. I'm sure they didn't have such huge cranes in the past.
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