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Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2003
Milfield Reconstructed Henge at Maelmin Heritage Centre submitted by Andy B on 27th Feb 2003. Part of the Burnham family trip to Northumberland, August 2002
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Midas City
Trip No.9 Entry No.8 Date Added: 12th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Midas City submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Dec 2006. The shrine of Cybele or the Midas Monument. August 1993.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Trip No.9 Entry No.7 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh submitted by motist on 10th Jul 2010. Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
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Log Text: Fascinating workshops where they sculpture statues of the Mother Goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave
Trip No.9 Entry No.6 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave submitted by motist on 17th Dec 2006. Tiger Headed rock-cut cave: 5 KM North of Mamallapuram (Mahablipuram) in Tamil Nadu
80 11 39 E 12 37 02 N
Ancient sea port on the golf of Bengal from the beginning of the CE, rock-cut temples and carvings, the capital of the Pallava dynasty (from 630 CE).
Most beautiful rock carvings in India, UNESCO World Heritage
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Log Text: This amazing mandapa contains a shrine that is dedicated to the goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Rome.
Trip No.9 Entry No.5 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Lazio/Roma)
Visited: Would like to visit
Rome. Pantheon submitted by Bjorn on 5th Jun 2007. The Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda in central Rome.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes. More on Early Christian Basilicas here
Delphi Temple
Trip No.9 Entry No.4 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Delphi Temple submitted by davidmorgan on 15th May 2007. The Temple of Apollo.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Aslankaya
Trip No.9 Entry No.3 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Carving
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Aslankaya submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Dec 2006. A beautifully carved Phrygian shrine to Cybele.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Çatalhöyük
Trip No.9 Entry No.2 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Çatalhöyük submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2007. Unexcavated part of Çatalhöyük mound.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Göbekli Tepe
Trip No.9 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
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: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Knowth
Trip No.5 Entry No.12 Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2011
Knowth submitted by Andy B on 9th Dec 2011. One of the wall stones with a finely carved spiral uncovered by archaeologists at Knowth.
Photo: Kevin O'Brien, OPW
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Log Text: Source of the Knowth mace head and lots of rock art - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Meroë Pyramids
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Sudan
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011
Meroë Pyramids submitted by Andy B on 30th Sep 2011. Plan of the pyramid field (North) of Meroe
Source: D. Dunham, The royal cemeteries of Kush IV
redrawn by Udimu
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Wissous
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Ile-de-France:Essonne (91))
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011
Wissous submitted by Andy B on 30th Sep 2011. Trous de poteaux formant l'armature d'un des bâtiments de la ferme gauloise, IIe siècle avant notre ère, Wissous (Essonne), 2011.
D'une superficie au sol d'environ 200 m2, le bâtiment présente une forme allongée arrondie aux extrémités. Le diamètre des poteaux suggère la présence d'au moins un étage. Wissous
© Denis Gliksman/Inrap
Site in Ile-de-France:Essonne (91) France
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Foamhenge (Natural Bridge)
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: United States (Mid Atlantic)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2011
Foamhenge (Natural Bridge) submitted by Creative Commons on 1st Oct 2011. Detail of Foamhenge, a sculpture in Natural Bridge, Virginia. Photo by Ben Schumin on July 1, 2006.
Creative Commons Image
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La Cotte de St Brelade
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Jersey)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2011
La Cotte de St Brelade submitted by Andy B on 1st Oct 2011. La Cotte dé Saint Brélade, public domain image by Man vyi
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Damerham Ceremonial Complex
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Oct 2011
Damerham Ceremonial Complex submitted by Andy B on 3rd Oct 2011. Damerham Excavation 2011 credit: © Damerham Archaeology Project
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Wolstonbury
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (West Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2011
Wolstonbury submitted by Andy B on 4th Oct 2011. Fold: Wolstonbury Hill OS map ref: TQ288136
Rest in FOLD, below Wolstonbury Hill, near Brighton. A dynamic woven ring of coppiced greenwood sitting in the bowl of the valley, FOLD is inspired by traditional sheep enclosures and the Bronze Age earthwork on Wolstonbury Hill: a landscape where five thousand years of forest clearance and animal grazing have allowed the unique ecology of chalk grassland to flourish.
Designed and built by Red Earth lead artists Caitlin Easterby and Simon Pas...
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Vespasian's Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2011
Vespasian's Camp submitted by Andy B on 5th Oct 2011. North bank of Vespasian's Camp, April 5th 2008
Creative Commons image by Psychostevouk
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Goosehill Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (West Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 7th Oct 2011
Goose Hill Camp submitted by Creative Commons on 7th Oct 2011. Goosehill Camp with a haircut, May 31, 2010
The ditch in the foreground is part of a circular rampart, set amongst this ancient yew forest.
Copyright Chris Gunns and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Bathampton
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2011
Bathampton submitted by Andy B on 11th Oct 2011. The Bartington magnetometer in use at the site on Bathampton Down
Image copyright Rod Thomas and John Oswin /
Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society
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Magdalenenbergle
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2011
Magdalenenbergle submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Oct 2011. Magdalenenberg near Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany in the 1980s
Picture declared as public domain by Anita Auer of the Franziskanermuseum, Villingen (via Wikipendia.de)
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