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Monte Alban
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Monte Alban submitted by SolarMegalith on 15th Dec 2009. The Great Plaza surrounded by platforms and other buildings (photo taken on March 2004).
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Mitla
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 21st Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Mitla submitted by SolarMegalith on 2nd Mar 2011. The Palace Group in Mitla, one of the most important Zapotec (and later Mixtec) centres (photo taken on March 2002).
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Museo Nacional de Antropología
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Mexico (Mexico Other)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Museo Nacional de Antropología submitted by neolithique02 on 25th Mar 2012. See more photos : http://neolithique02.blog4ever.com/blog/photos-cat-65835-1948634776-visite_du_musee_d_anthropologie_de_mexico__mexique.html
Site in Mexico Other Mexico
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Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition -1 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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Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Sun
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Sun submitted by DrewParsons on 1st Oct 2016. Photographed in December 1989
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Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Moon
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Moon submitted by LivingRocks on 19th Apr 2007. The Pyramid of the Moon from the Pyramid of the Sun.
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Palenque
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 21st Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Palenque submitted by LivingRocks on 14th Apr 2007. The Temple of the Sun.
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Bonampak
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Bonampak submitted by LivingRocks on 11th Apr 2007. Mexico: Temple of the Murals - Room 1
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Yaxchilan
Date Added: 19th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Chiapas)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Yaxchilan submitted by LivingRocks on 21st Apr 2007. Structure 33.
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Baalbek Quarry
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Baalbek Quarry submitted by durhamnature on 11th May 2013. "The size of a bus" from archive.org
Site in Lebanon
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Log Text: The site was cleared and is looked after by the family who run the small gift shop at the site
Beirut National Museum
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Beirut National Museum submitted by Jansold on 13th Oct 2019. Phoenician anthropomorphic sarcophagi
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Log Text: The museum was badly damaged in the war, but has been restored to its former glory
Baalbek Temple
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 9th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Baalbek Temple Forecourt submitted by FleaMarket on 9th Jul 2006. Postcard from about 1925 when Lebanon was still a French Colony. The Roman Temples at Baalbek are built on top of much older ruins.
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Log Text: One of the best Roman sites outside of Italy. The preservation and scale of the temples are really impressive
Byblos
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Byblos submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Jun 2007. Stele of Hathor like Goddess with King Yehawmilk 600 BCE.
Hathor evolved from ishtar, to Astarte, to Ashtoreth and finaly to Hathor on the way from Sumer to Egypt, but the Phoenecias became steadily more influenced by the Egyptians on account of heavy trading activity.
Object in the Louvre in Paris.
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Log Text: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world
Sidon
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 7th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sidon submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Jun 2007. Sarcophagus of King Echmunazor 489-475 BCE.
This sarcophagus is very similar to those of the Egyptian 25th and 26th Dynasty. The Phoenecians became steadily more influenced by the Egyptians on account of heavy trading activity. The stone had to be imported from Egypt and was probably carved there except for the final inscriptions.
Object in the Louvre in Paris.
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Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya
Date Added: 13th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Lebanon
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Access 5
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya submitted by Jansold on 13th Oct 2019. Site in Lebanon
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Tamgaly Petroglyphs
Date Added: 23rd May 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Kazakhstan
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tamgaly Petroglyphs submitted by Jansold on 24th May 2013. The glyphs have been etched into the smooth rock faces with stone or metal tools and consist mainly of various deities, zoomorphic beings and animals.
Site in Kazakhstan
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Petra, Nabataean Town
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Petra, Nabataean Town submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The tomb commonly known as 'The Treasury' and probably the most famous of all the monuments at Petra
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Chianca Dolmen
Date Added: 23rd May 2013
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Puglia)
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Chianca Dolmen submitted by beefree on 3rd Sep 2011. Bisceglie (BT)
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Log Text: A somewhat sad site, litter strewn and within earshot of the roar of traffic on the autostrada.
Matera
Date Added: 23rd May 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Italy (Puglia)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2009. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Matera submitted by Bjorn on 4th Jun 2007. Site in Puglia
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Cross of the Scriptures (Clonmacnoise)
Date Added: 27th Sep 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Offaly)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cross of the Scriptures (Clonmacnoise) submitted by Sunny100 on 6th Sep 2010. The Famous 9th century 'Cross of the Scriptures', a 4 metre tall high cross at the monastic site of Clonmacnois. It has scenes from the life of Christ and other biblical episodes. Also, a panel shows St Ciaran founding the first section of his monastery - which is represented by a tree.
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Log Text: The crosses have been replaced by replicas, and the originals are housed in the museum at the site