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Mỹ Sơn
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Vietnam
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers on 14th May 2012. Site in Vietnam
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Log Text: Very old, dilapidated ruins - there were far too many tourists there when I visited.
Not so many megalithic structures, more recent ruins in my opinion
Cromeleque dos Almendres
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cromeleque dos Almendres submitted by pmansvelder on 7th Jul 2011. Some standing stones at Almendres Cromlech.
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Log Text: Stone circle set on a hill in Portugal. There are some markings on one of the stones and it appears as though crystals are forming on some of the rocks
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro submitted by Magalhaes on 14th Apr 2006.
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Log Text: A huge dolmen/chamber made from some massive megalithic blocks.
About 5 miles from the henge of Almendres
Menir dos Almendres
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Menir dos Almendres submitted by ocdolmen on 13th Apr 2006. summer 2005
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Log Text: Tall (2.5m) menhir a mile from the henge, a short 5 minute walk from the road
Hacidanisment Menhir
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hacidanisment Menhir submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. It is located near the road.
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Log Text: A menhir next to the road, with graffiti on sadly
Necropolis de Tutugui
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Necropolis de Tutugui submitted by ModernExplorers on 9th Oct 2012. The site is located very close to Galera (Spain).
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Log Text: Interesting if you know what you are looking for but otherwise that the greatest site I have visited
El Pozuelo Dolmen 7
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
El Pozuelo Dolmen 1 submitted by irundarra on 20th Apr 2009. Site in Huelva
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Log Text: Many dolmen decorated over the Spanish countryside, there are some very interesting features such as the stones jutting from the perimeter of the dolmen/mounds.
Myra Rock Cut Tombs
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Myra Rock Cut Tombs submitted by KaiHofmann on 7th Dec 2012. Rock tombs at Myra.
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Log Text: Beautiful rock cut tombs structures and other strudtures, easy to visit from Demre
Chimera
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Chimera submitted by davidmorgan on 24th May 2007. The Chimera's flaming breath.
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Log Text: Fascinating location on the planet, with 15 - 20 flames emanating from the ground
Hierapolis
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hierapolis submitted by AlexHunger on 30th Sep 2007. Roman theatre at the hot springs which have been in use as a spa since antiquity.
The theatre was here to entertain the patients which often stayed for a full year.
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Log Text: Beautiful Roman structures next to the amazing Pamukkale
Eflatun Pinar
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Eflatun Pinar submitted by ModernExplorers on 6th Oct 2012. The monument up close
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Log Text: Interesting site in the middle of Turkey.
Located at a spring with some large megalithic carvings and some artwork that resembles ancient artwork from different continents
Nemrut Dag
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Nemrut Dag submitted by davidmorgan on 30th Nov 2006. Figures on the west terrace.
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Log Text: A very surreal site with large rock heads, bodies and a perimeter wall at the top of Nemrut mountain.
Bazda Cave
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bazda Cave submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. Inside the huge cave
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Log Text: Another of my favourite sites, some amazing construction work to build this cave, some great right-angled pillars and walls
Göbekli Tepe
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
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: A brilliant site to visit - the smoking gun.
Loved the anthropomorphic stones and the animals carved on to the rocks.
The museum in Urfa is a must for the statues on display there
Harran
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
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Log Text: Nothing in the town except for the interesting beehive shaped roofs, not much to see though but worth stopping briefly on your way to Bazda cave
Vaysal Dolmen
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Vaysal Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. Sadly the dolmen is covered with graffiti.
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Log Text: Dolmen made from large stones right next to the road south of Vaysal, shame about the graffiti
Dolmen North Lalapasa
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen North Lalapasa submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A dolmen about 2km north of Lalapasa
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Log Text: Nice dolmen 2km north of town, visible from the road
Lalapasa Dolmen
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lalapasa Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A side view
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Log Text: Interesting dolmen, with a small hole in one of the stones
Perperikon
Date Added: 1st Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Bulgaria
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Perperikon submitted by ModernExplorers on 6th Oct 2012. Walking up the megalithic corridor to the top
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Log Text: Some interesting ruins - columns, ceramic pots, a tower at the top of the hill but the more interesting features were the shapes carved or cut into the rock.
One of my favourite sites around the world
Kokino
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: North Macedonia
Visited: Yes on 26th Jul 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Kokino submitted by Gjore_Cenev on 17th Nov 2004. View of the megalithic observatory at Kokino. Photo copyright Gjore Cenev
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Log Text: Difficult to find site at the top of a mountain