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Ephesus
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ephesus submitted by dodomad on 4th Oct 2015. An amulet figure that has been unearthed during excavations at the Çukuriçi mound in Ephesus has revealed that the ancient city is actually nine millennia old.
Made of black stone and believed to have been used as jewelry, the 2.1-centimeter amulet brings the history of Ephesus 9,000 years back – a full 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.
The figure is now on display at the Ephesus Museum. The museum’s director, Cengiz Topal, said the figure was found in 2013 during �...
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Ephesus Temple of Artemis
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2013. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Ephesus Temple of Artemis submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Oct 2007. Remains of temple of Artemis destroyed already in Antiquity. The site was completely cleared of stones around 400 CE and some columns were used in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
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Ayasuluk Hill
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ayasuluk Hill submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Oct 2007. Location of ancient Azawa city during the time of the Hittites. There is now a Byzantine/turkish fortress on the site as well as the remains of a 4th century CE basilica.
There were recent excavations which found the ancient fortifications as well as Mycanean artifacts when these carved out an enclave between Ephesus and Dydima. A small tholos an ceramics were found here.
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British Museum
Date Added: 25th Nov 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
British Museum submitted by Thorgrim on 1st Apr 2004. The greatest portal to the treasures of the ancient world.
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Cleopatra's Needle (London)
Date Added: 25th Nov 2016
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cleopatra's Needle (London) submitted by Thorgrim on 26th Mar 2006. The oldest man-made object in London can be seen on the Embankment. Its height makes our homegrown standing stones look quite stunted. See main site page for more information
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Taormina
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Sicily (Sicilia))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Taormina submitted by KaiHofmann on 3rd Mar 2011. The Taormina Greek theatre.
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Ortigia Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Italy (Sicily (Sicilia))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ortigia Temple of Apollo submitted by AlexHunger on 9th Dec 2005. 7th Century BCE temple In Siracusa, Sicilly.
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Ortigia Temple of Athena
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Italy (Sicily (Sicilia))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ortigia Temple of Athena submitted by AlexHunger on 9th Dec 2005. former temple In Siracusa, Sicily. Used as structure for the Duomo (cathedral) with a new Baroque facade and the space between the columns filed in with masonry. Rome conquered Sicily in 211 BCE as part of the Second Punic War eventhough Sicilly was largely Greek. The Scientist Archimedes was killed during the conquest of Siracusa
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Patara
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Patara submitted by KaiHofmann on 21st Jun 2010. Patara-Site in Turkey
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Lydae
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 28th Sep 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2
Lydae submitted by Tdiver on 23rd Nov 2016. Lydae, tomb.
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