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Khufu's Pyramid
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
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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Log Text: have always thought the great pyramids were in the middle of the desert, really strange to have such an impressive ancient site bordering right on the city.
- found a water bottle full of piss at the base of the grand gallery, almost an impressive feat given how public the tunnel is.
Great Sphinx
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
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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Khafre's Pyramid
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
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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Coldrum
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Coldrum submitted by enkidu41 on 8th Apr 2004. The surviving sarsens of the chamber of large oval-shaped mound tomb, now virtually disappeared. This is the rear of the east-facing chamber. TQ 654 607
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jan 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stonehenge. submitted by dodomad on 30th Sep 2022. This Jōmon cooking pot was built at around the same time as Stonehenge. The Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan exhibition is the first time the pot has gone on display outside Japan.
Photograph: Sam Frost/Sam Frost/English Heritage
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Parthenon
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Parthenon submitted by Antonios on 30th Jul 2008. Site in Attica/Central Greece: Parthenon
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Olympia.
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Olympia. submitted by Andy B on 21st Feb 2013. Temple of Zeus conserved and partially reconstructed using the original remains
Photo: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
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Mycenae.
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Mycenae. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Mycenaean Lions Gate from the front. Achaean hillfort from about 1500 to 1100 BCE and probable starting point of Homer's Iliad. There are numerous tholos tombs in the area.
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Tikal
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Would like to visit
Tikal submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on 29th Apr 2008. Site in Guatemala
Tikal's Temple I, consisting of stepped-pyramid topped with a temple with roof comb.
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Pompeii
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Marche)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Pompeii submitted by raythemapman on 24th Oct 2009. Vesuvius and Amphitheatre. 1944.
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Petra, Nabataean Town
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Would like to visit
Petra, Nabataean Town submitted by neolithique02 on 11th Apr 2012. The Deir.
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The Basilica Cistern, Istanbul
Date Added: 9th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 17th Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
The Basilica Cistern, Istanbul submitted by 43559959 on 26th Jan 2012. An amazing underground waterstorage tank built by Emperor Justinianus(527-565) next to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
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