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El Tajin
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
El Tajin submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Apr 2011. Piramide de los Nichos (Pyramid of Niches) - the most famous structure in El Tajin (phto taken on March 2004).
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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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Erechteion
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2001. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Erechteion submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Temple to Athena and Poseidon next to parthenon.
The Caryatids female figures holding up the Portico are now in the Acropolis Museum, with one more having been taken to the British Museum.
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Hierapolis
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1994. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Hierapolis submitted by AlexHunger on 30th Sep 2007. Roman theatre at the hot springs which have been in use as a spa since antiquity.
The theatre was here to entertain the patients which often stayed for a full year.
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Intipata
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Intipata submitted by Ogham on 3rd Jul 2012. The site as seen from the trail.
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Intipunku
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Intipunku submitted by SolarMegalith on 22nd Nov 2010. Ruins of Intipunku (photo taken on July 2003).
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Istanbul Amenhotep III Obelisk
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1994. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Istanbul Amenhotep III Obelisk submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Oct 2007. Obelisk taken from Egypt during antiquity and now in Istanbul park near the Blue Mosque.
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Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1994. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Istanbul Archaeological Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Oct 2007. This part of the Istanbul Museum, built about 1902 houses the Hellenistic, Roman and byzantine artifacts as well as the items from Lebanon.
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Kabah
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1992. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kabah submitted by davidmorgan on 22nd Feb 2007. The Palace of Masks at Kabah. Over 250 faces of the rain-god Chaac.
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Kaunos
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1992. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kaunos submitted by davidmorgan on 20th Nov 2007. An unknown building, possibly a fountain or a ritual bathing pool, viewed from a temple. The sea used to come up to the lake, where there is a harbour, but it is now behind the hill.
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Khufu's Pyramid
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1985. My rating: Condition 4 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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Knidos
Date Added: 23rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1994. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Knidos submitted by davidmorgan on 16th Jun 2010. The Round Temple from the 2nd century CE, it originally had Corinthian columns. In the background are the two harbours of Knidos, the commercial one on the left and the military on the right.
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Labna
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1992. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Labna submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Mayan Temple complex in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Letoon
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Letoon submitted by davidmorgan on 30th Nov 2006. The flooded porticoes and theatre in the background.
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Llactapata
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Llactapata submitted by Ogham on 6th Jan 2012. The remains of the town can be seen well from the Inca Trail but on this route we never got close to it.
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London Natural History Museum
Date Added: 25th Nov 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1974. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
London Natural History Museum submitted by dodomad on 3rd Feb 2014. Hoxnian anters, bones & hand axe from Swanscombe
Image copyright: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum
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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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Machu Picchu.
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Machu Picchu. submitted by KaiHofmann on 6th May 2013. Machu Picchu.
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Miletus
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Miletus submitted by davidmorgan on 10th May 2007. The huge theatre.
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