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Alinda
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2010
Alinda submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. The agora at Alinda
I'm afraid this is the closest I got at the end of an afternoon riding round Mount Latmos.
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Myous
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2010
Myous submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. Little remains of Myous, even the Byzantine fort overlooking the site is in ruins.
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Termessos
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2010
Termessos submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. The tomb with lions in the north-east necropolis.
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Gumuskesen
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2010
Gumuskesen submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. The Gümüşkesen Mausoleum.
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Karain Cave
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2010
Karain Cave submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. Inside Karain Cave.
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Hacimusalar Hoyuk
Trip No.16 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2010
Hacimusalar Hoyuk submitted by davidmorgan on 17th Jun 2010. Hacımusalar Höyük.
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Acanceh
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2009
Acanceh submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Feb 2009. The main pyramid at Acanceh.
I enjoyed visiting this town, everyone was very friendly.
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Becan
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2009
Becan submitted by davidmorgan on 2nd Feb 2009. Site map of Becán.
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Balamkú
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2009
Balamkú submitted by davidmorgan on 2nd Feb 2009. A wonderful stucco figure on the frieze inside The House Of The Four Kings at Balamkú dating from ~600 CE. Discovered in 1990, the frieze had remained hidden until then because another structure had been built over the top of it.
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Chicanná
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2009
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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Xcambo
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2009
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Feb 2009. Powerful people controlled the salt trade from here.
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Kohunlich
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2009
Kohunlich submitted by davidmorgan on 2nd Feb 2009. The Temple of the King seen from the Acropolis.
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Hormiguero
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2009
Hormiguero submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Feb 2009. Structure II - a nice fusion of Chenes and Rio Bec styles here.
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Xpuhil
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2009
Xpuhil submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Feb 2009. Structure I - also known as the Building of the Three Towers. It constitutes an atypical example of the Rio Bec style due to the presence of the third, or central, tower. It has a maximum height of 18m and its centre line runs more than 53m along a perfect north-south alignment.
From the site information board. (It looks a few degrees off on Google Earth).
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Calakmul
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2009
Calakmul submitted by davidmorgan on 10th Feb 2009. Structure II - the main pyramid. This structure is colossal, there's another tier above what you can see here. Best seen from the air.
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Kinichná
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2009
Kinichná submitted by davidmorgan on 11th Feb 2009. Arriving at the second level of the pyramid at Kinichná.
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Balankanche Cave
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2009
Balankanche Cave submitted by davidmorgan on 18th Feb 2009. Offerings surround the world tree - "Large bi-conical earthenware censers rustically decorated and with the face of Tlaloc painted upon it with bright colours such as blue, red, black, green and white".
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Chacchoben
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2009
Chacchoben submitted by davidmorgan on 24th Feb 2009. Templo 1 - one of the pyramid temples built on the Gran Basamento.
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Cadianda
Trip No.14 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2008
Cadianda submitted by davidmorgan on 17th Jul 2008. The Roman stadium.
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Sardis Temple of Artemis
Trip No.13 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2007
Sardis Temple of Artemis submitted by davidmorgan on 18th Nov 2007. Another view of the temple.
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