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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Mactaris Numidian Tomb
Date Added: 5th May 2013
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mactaris Numidian Tomb submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2008. Large Numidian Megalithic tomb measuring 12 x 4.5 Meters next to Numidian-Roman City. South Side. It has 6 chambers all next to each other. The style is as if the locals had been influenced by Egyptian mastabas and French Allé Couverte and the odd Maltese temple.
The Numidian Megalithic tombs tend to begin in the 5th century BCE and end in the middle of the 2nd Century BCE.
As much of Mactaris has not been excavated from a 2 Meter layer of dirt, I suspect that there ight be a couple more of...
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Log Text: Large reconstructed megaliths
Mactaris
Date Added: 5th May 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mactaris submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2008. Arch of Trajan
Numidian-Roman City.
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Log Text: Large site with some excellent Roman features
Sukothai
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Thailand
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2008. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers on 11th May 2012.
There are temples and buddhas everywhere
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Log Text: Ancient city in the middle of Thailand - lots of old temples and plenty of Buddha's. A large enough site to warrant hiring a bike
Lunds Backe
Date Added: 11th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Sweden (Östergötland)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lunds Backe submitted by Aska on 1st Oct 2016. The alignments
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Norrby stenar
Date Added: 11th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Sweden (Närke)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Norrby stenar submitted by DrewParsons on 26th Sep 2011. A lovely site comprising almost 50 standing stones most of which are set in four circles. September 2011.
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Mulisko Gaina Harrespila
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Spain (Pais Vasco)
Visited: Yes
Mulisko Gaina Harrespila submitted by irundarra on 17th Sep 2008. Site in GIPUZKOA:
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Pozontarriko Lepoa Trikuharria
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Pais Vasco)
Visited: Yes
Pozontarriko Lepoa Trikuharria submitted by irundarra on 17th Sep 2008. Site in Urnieta (GIPUZKOA):
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