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Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Apr 2007. 1982 excavations in Downtown Mexico City.
The site was rediscovered under derelict buildings near the cathedral.
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Palenque
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Palenque submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Aug 2008. Site in Mexico: Palenque - less known part of the ruins. Just enter the jungle... and you will be flooded with Pre-Colombian remains!
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Tonina
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tonina submitted by SolarMegalith on 18th Feb 2011. Tonina - structures build on slope of the hill form main part of the complex. Most of the monuments are dated for Classic period (photo taken on March 2002).
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Becan
Date Added: 30th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Becan submitted by SolarMegalith on 24th Aug 2008. Becan - two visible towers are perfect examples of Rio Bec style (you can see similar ones in Xpujil ruins).
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Chicanná
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chicanná submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Feb 2009. Structure XX - this is the highest building at Chicanná, its layout is almost quadrangular, composed of two levels and oriented towards the cardinal points. The lower section has eleven rooms and the upper part four. The principal facade is on the south side.
The facade of the upper temple preserves the remains of the typical motif of the Chenes region: a complete, gigantic, zoomorphic mask. In each of the corners there are columns of masks of the "prominent nose" god which guards the mout...
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Hormiguero
Date Added: 1st Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hormiguero submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Feb 2009. Structure II - a nice fusion of Chenes and Rio Bec styles here.
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Ta' Hammut A
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ta' Hammut A submitted by enkidu41 on 20th Oct 2004. The hollowing out of the chamber to give greater depth can be seen.
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Log Text: All Ta' Hammud dolmens are located within a shooting range.
Ta' Hammut B
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ta' Hammut B submitted by enkidu41 on 20th Oct 2004. In 1976 this was apparently still standing. Not so much fallen as pushed one suspects.
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Ta' Hammut C
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ta' Hammut C submitted by enkidu41 on 20th Oct 2004. From the north-east - but does it matter?!
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Ta' Hammut D
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ta' Hammut D submitted by enkidu41 on 20th Oct 2004. Shot from the south looking over the capstone to the rock cut chamber in the middle background.
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Ta' Hammut cart ruts
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ta' Hammut cart ruts submitted by SolarMegalith on 17th Apr 2013. Cart ruts located NE of Ta' Hammut dolmens (photo taken on March 2013).
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Tarxien
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Tarxien submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. The celebrated prehistoric temple situated in the capital Valletta.
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Borg in-Nadur Temple
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Borg in-Nadur Temple submitted by enkidu41 on 30th Jun 2004. This temple in the south-eastern corner of Malta dates from around 2000 BC at the very end of the temple building phase. A view of the outer wall taken from inside the forecourt from the south-west.
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St George's Bay Cart Ruts
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
St George's Bay Cart Ruts submitted by Jon on 28th Dec 2003.
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Ghar Dalam Cave
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ghar Dalam Cave submitted by AlexHunger on 8th Oct 2004. The interior of the Ghar Dalam Cave was covered with eons worth of remains. The bones can be seen in the museum upstairs. Humans also liverd there as of 5000 BCE. Some sections have been left unexcatvated in order to leave samples for when better technology becomes available.
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Hagar Qim
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hagar Qim submitted by tfar on 3rd Jan 2009. Steel arches erected over Hagar Qim Temple to support the protective bubble that has yet to be installed.
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Mnajdra
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mnajdra submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. A prehistoric temple attractively situated above the cliffs.
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Clapham Junction Cart Ruts
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Clapham Junction Cart Ruts submitted by myf on 31st Jan 2009. Photo taken in April 2005
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Wied Filep B
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wied Filep B submitted by enkidu41 on 3rd Oct 2004. The smaller of 2 dolmens standing about 10' apart near Mosta. The capstone is about 10' long.
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Wied Filep A
Date Added: 26th Mar 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Malta (Mainland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wied Filep A submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. The larger of 2 dolmens standing about 10' apart near Mosta. The massive capstone is 12'6" long by 5'3" wide and stands nearly 5' high.
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