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Skara Brae
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2018
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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Salt Knowe
Date Added: 20th Jan 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2018
Salt Knowe submitted by SandyG on 8th Oct 2015. View from north east. (9th June 2015).
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Charnwood Museum
Date Added: 20th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2017
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Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Date Added: 20th Jan 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2015
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup on 22nd Apr 2013. An outcrop on Beacon hill, A good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort and/or a much older stone axe factory?
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Log Text: Visited frequently 2015-2019
Drombeg Stone Circle
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010
Drombeg Stone Circle submitted by Ebor on 30th Apr 2016. Drombeg by night
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Log Text: Visited in 2010 with Lou & the legendary Roy Harper
Khufu's Pyramid
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4
Khufu's Pyramid submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. Largest of the pyramids with a height of 146 Meters, sides of 230 Meters and an angle of 51.5 degrees. It is the only surviving 7 wonders of the world.
There are 3 chambers and a grand Gallery angled passage.
4th Dynasty Pharao Khufu was the son of Sneferu who finally mastered the art and logistics of building pyramids.
There is only one small ivory statue of Khufu in existance, which is exhibited in the Cairo museum.
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Khafre's Pyramid
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Feb 2005. The most awesome experience is to enter the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza. Is it just a coincidence that Giza is located exactly 30 degrees and zero minutes from the equator? (Cairo is 30 degrees 1 minute North) Just think about it - some time before 2,500 BC, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom placed the Sphinx and the great pyramids exactly one third of the way up from the equator and two thirds of the way down from the north pole. With all that space to go at - it must have been deliberate and pro...
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Great Sphinx
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Great Sphinx submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. Egyptologists generally claim that the Sphinx has the face of Khafre, while others claim the rock formation is much older.
The Egyptian authorities are about to start a refurbishment of the neck, shoulder and breast area, hence the scaffolding.
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Giza Valley Temple
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Giza Valley Temple submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. 4th Dynasty Temple next to Great Sphinx and leading up to Khafra's Pyramid via a causeway.
The core of the temple is limestone, but the inner and outer blocks are Aswan granite. The hypostyle hall has 16 Collumns.
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Menkaure's Pyramid
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Menkaure's Pyramid submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Feb 2005. The romance and mystery of the Pyramids at Giza. Get there at dawn - this scene will be heaving with tourists and coaches within an hour or two. Go back to our main Khufu's Pyramid page for more on this location.
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Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 18th May 2009
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities submitted by Andy B on 17th May 2016. Some artifacts repatriated from the UK, part of the Repatriated objects exhibition held in 2015
Photo credit: Riham Mahmoud
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Tombs of the Nobles, Aswan
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2009
Tombs of the Nobles, Aswan submitted by Swinside on 21st Nov 2017. One of the pink granite tombs in the Tombs of the Nobles, Aswan
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Aswan Museum, Elephantine Island
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009
Aswan Museum, Elephantine Island submitted by Orcinus on 18th Jan 2021. Pharaoh in Aswan Museum, 2009
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Southwell Minster
Date Added: 16th Oct 2021
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Nottinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2007
Southwell Minster submitted by Anne T on 26th Oct 2015. The front face of the tympanum, thought to come from the original Saxon building, which sits above the door on the west wall of the north transept. The carving shows St Michael warding off a dragon and is said to date from 1100.
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Poulnabrone
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2003
Poulnabrone submitted by SteveC on 13th Oct 2010. Poulnabrone Dolmen September sunset
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Tulum
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2002
Tulum submitted by davidmorgan on 28th May 2007. The Temple of the Frescoes.
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Warham Camp
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Warham Camp submitted by h_fenton on 14th Mar 2014. Warham Camp viewed from the north west.
Kite Aerial Photograph
9 March 2014
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Nottingham Castle Museum
Date Added: 16th Oct 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Nottinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2000
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St Lawrence (Eyam)
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 1992
St Lawrence (Eyam) submitted by TimPrevett on 11th Jan 2004. The wonderfully carved Anglian cross in the churchyard of St Lawrence in Eyam. SK 21787639
The cross is a Grade 1 listed Anglian high cross dating probably to the 8th century. There are carvings of plant scrolls and leaves on the shaft. On the upper half of the western face are carvings of figures which appear to represent the Virgin Mary with the child.
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Pompeii
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Marche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 1991
Pompeii submitted by raythemapman on 24th Oct 2009. Vesuvius and Amphitheatre. 1944.
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