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Turkey, Ephesus - street in upper town245 viewsJ. B.
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Greece, Corinth245 viewsApril 2011pitbull
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Herod's Hippodrome245 views
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Italy, Capua - Amphitheatre243 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Ephesus - Library of Celsus243 viewsJ. B.
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Israel, Herodion243 viewsThe Herodion (Har Hordos) was Herod the Great’s summer palace near Jerusalem and – according to Josephus – the place of his burial. (A possible royal sarcophagus was discovered in 2007 but the identification with Herod is not certain.) There are two distinct parts: the Upper Herodion, a fortress complex set within a mountain top, and the Lower Herodion, the palace proper with several ancillary buildings (bath house, stadium, etc.) In the photograph, the Upper Herodion hill dominates the background, while the foreground shows part of a substantial colonnaded pool (70m x 45m) with a gazebo-like structure set at its centre. The area now in use as a car park would have been a formal garden in Herod’s day. Abu Galyon
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum243 viewsbuilt between 70 AD and 80 ADJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum243 views50000 spectators
It has been estimated that about 500000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.J. B.
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Turkey, Cilicia, Olba, Temple of Zeus242 viewsPhoto by Klaus-Peter Simon 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olba_(ancient_city)Joe Sermarini
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Greece, Delphi - The Theatre at Delphi overlooking the Temple of Apollo with the Treasury of the Athenians in the background241 views
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Greece, Delphi - The Stadium at Delphi241 viewsLooking from the marker at the farthest end from the starting line.
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Tunisia, Tunis (Carthage) - bath of Antoninus240 viewsJ. B.
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France, St Romain-en-Gal240 viewsfrescoes and mosaicsvacationchick
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - the less desirable view south from Herod's Palace240 viewsDog's in the palace pool and now this. How the mighty have fallen!
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Greece, Messene - Stadium - votiv column239 viewsJ. B.
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Greece, Mycenian bridge239 viewsbetween Nafplio and EpidaurusJ. B.
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Turkey, Perga - Agora239 viewsPerge’s principal market square is a substantial space (sides approximately 75m) dating mostly from the 2nd century CE and colonnaded on all four sides. At its centre is a small circular temple (just over 13m diameter) of uncertain dedication: presumably either Hermes or (perhaps more likely) Tyche. Abu Galyon
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Greece, Delos - an altar238 views
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Turkey, Perga - Agora (Shop Sign)237 viewsHidden away in one corner of the agora is this rather delightful trading sign. The meat hook and knife presumably indicate that this location was a butcher’s shop. Abu Galyon
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Greece, Delos - On the Ascent of Mt Kinthos237 views
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Jordan, Jerash - Temple of Artemis236 viewsArtemis was the patron goddess of Gerasa, and the temple dedicated to her was one of the city’s grandest monuments. It was reached by ascending an imposing processional Sacred Way, starting from the Cardo. The temple was built during the mid 2nd-century CE and worship continued there until suppressed by Theodosius around 391. Afterwards, in Byzantine times, part of the Sacred Way was converted into a church (the ‘Propylaeum Church’) and the temple courtyard was used as a pottery workshop, while the naos itself was left to crumble quietly away. Abu Galyon
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Greece, Mycenae - tomb of Klytaimnéstra235 viewsJ. B.
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Greece, Delos - On the Ascent to the Summit of Mt Kinthos235 viewsThis sort of material is to be found everywhere on the site of ancient Delos.
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Israel, Sepphoris - 'Mona Lisa' Mosaic234 viewsPart of a Roman mosaic, usually dated to the early 3rd-century CE, from the dining room floor of a mansion in the upper town at Sepphoris. When it was first excavated, the Israeli press named it 'the Mona Lisa of the Galilee'. Over-hype, maybe, but it is certainly attractive.Abu Galyon
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Turkey, Aspendos, Roman theatre, Stage building234 viewsThe scaenae frons is similarly largely undamaged. The stage building had secondary use, first as a caravanserai and later as a residence for the Seljuk governor of the city! Abu Galyon
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Israel, Masada - pile of ancient catapult projectiles - Ouch!234 views
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Greece, Delos - the ancient theatre233 views
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Libya, The theatre of the Roman city of Sabratha231 viewsPhoto made by the author (duimdog) of the theatre of the Roman city of Sabratha in Libya. For more images of Sabratha See also my Sabratha photoset on Flickr.Source: http://flickr.com/photos/duimdog/127614169/in/set-72057594105577693/
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.Joe Sermarini
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Turkey, Ephesus - street leading to harbour230 viewsIn ancient times Ephesus had harbour but alluviums of local river moved coast 5,6 km further.J. B.
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France, St Romain-en-Gal230 viewsroad... did it lead to Rome?vacationchick
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Greece, Mycenae - Lion gate229 viewsJ. B.
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Greece, Delphi - The Charioteer of Delphi229 viewsThe life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. It is now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
The statue was erected at Delphi in 474 BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythian Games, which were held at Delphi every four years in honor of Pythean Apollo.
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Greece, Olympia - epigraphy229 viewsTo be found on the approach to the ancient Olympic stadium.
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Italy, Rome, Original ancient door from Curia228 viewsnow it is in Basilica of St. John Lateran ... seat of Pope until he moved to VaticanJ. B.
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Greece, Olympia - Entrence to Olypmic stadium227 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Perga - Collonaded Street227 viewsPart of the wide (20m) colonnaded boulevard which runs almost the whole length of the lower city (over 500m), testimony to Perge’s importance as a commercial centre. In antiquity both sides of the street would have been lined with fancy shops, and the ‘shopping experience’ was enhanced by an ornamental water canal running down the middle of the road, fed from the nymphaeum which you can see at the far end. Beyond the nymphaeum is the path leading up to the city’s acropolis. Abu Galyon
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Greece, Athens - The Temple of Olympian Zeus 227 views
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Italy, Pompeii - street226 viewsAnother great shot of another street in Pompeii. The stepping stones in the foreground can be found all around the city. As I'm sure you know, water ran constantly through the streets, and pedestrians used these stepping stones to keep their feet dry.Mark Z
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Greece, Olympia - Epigraphy226 viewsTo be found on the approach to the ancient Olympic stadium.
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Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Esquiline Venus224 viewsCapitoline museumsJ. B.
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Greece, Olympia - Temple of Zeus fallen columns223 views
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Greece, Olympia - start line at Olympic stadium222 viewsgrooves hold Athlets' toes during startJ. B.
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Israel, Masada - The room in which lots were drawn222 viewsIn this space during archaeological excavations were found eleven ostroca bearing names in Aramaic script. One of eleven inscribed potsherds (ostraca) containing single names, bears in Aramaic script the name ben Ya’ir, undoubtedly Eleazar ben Ya’ir, leader of Masada’s defenders. The historian Josephus relates that when defense against the Romans seemed hopeless, the men at Masada cast lots to decide the order in which they and their families would commit suicide.
Based on the archaeological evidence it is likely that this was the space in which the lots were drawn and the fateful determinations made.
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Croatia, Ruins of the amphitheater of Solin222 viewsRuins of the amphitheater of Salona, Dalmatia (Solin, Croatia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solin,_CroatiaJoe Sermarini
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Italy, Orvieto - Etruscan temple221 viewsJ. B.
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Greece, Philippi219 viewsPhilippi is site of famous battle. Marcus Antonius and Octavius defeated Brutus and Cassius.
Philippi is also the first place in Europe where St. Paul evangelized. He was kept in prison there too.J. B.
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Greece, Athens, The Acropolis from the Pnyx.219 viewsThe Pnyx, the home of democracy is the sloping area in the foreground, while the Acropolis dominates the background. Here assembled the Athenian citizen body to hear the great Athenian masters of rhetoric and to cast their votes on the most momentous decisions in the history of ancient Athens. The speaker's platform cut from the rear bedrock face of the Pnyx is to be seen in the centre right. As seen here the remains of the Pynx date from its third and final phase of development in the mid-fourth century BC when it was greatly expanded to accommodate the growing citizen body.
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Italy, Pompeii - storage at forum218 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Ephesus - theatre218 viewsJ. B.
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France, St Romain-en-Gal - public toilet218 viewspublic toiletvacationchick
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Turkey, Aphrodisias - Aphrodite's temple with tetrapylon218 viewsMay 2011FlaviusDomitianus
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France, Nimes - Roman tower218 viewsMont Cavalier is crowned by the Tour Magne ("Great Tower"), a ruined Roman tower.vacationchick
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Italy, Cosenza, Sibari (Thurium), Street218 viewsLucania, Thourioi.
Today Sibari (Cosenza), Italy
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Turkey, Ephesus - Library of Celsus217 viewsJ. B.
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France, St Romain-en-Gal217 viewsmosaics and pillarsvacationchick
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Israel, Masada - Remains of a Roman Seige Encampment217 views
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Greece, Olympia - temple of Hera216 viewsJ. B.
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Italy, Pompeii - temple of Apollo216 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Perga - Roman Baths216 viewsThe hot room (caldarium); some traces of the original marble flooring are visible at the far end. Underneath, a well-preserved hypocaust of slightly unusual design, based on pilae tiles formed into arches rather than the more common upright stacks. Abu Galyon
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor216 viewsPost-Theodorian South hall (end of 4th century)
Mosaics were originally part of Theodorian complex destroyed by Attila. Basilica was built on its site in 1031 and mosaics remained untouched under the floor.J. B.
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Israel, Qumran - Tower214 viewsThe remains of the tower at Qumran. The tower is set in the middle of the north side and has a natural function as an observation or guard tower: north looks towards Jericho, and that would be the natural direction from which travellers would approach the settlement. There is no access to the tower at ground level; instead people would have entered higher up, after climbing a flight of stone steps fixed to the south-side exterior wall. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Tzipporri - Tzipporri Mosaic213 viewsA mosaic found in Tzipporri, Israel.Aarmale
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Greece, Olympia - Temple of Hera213 views
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor213 viewsJonas swallowed by sea monster
Post-Theodorian South hall (end of 4th century)
Mosaics were originally part of Theodorian complex destroyed by Attila. Basilica was built on its site in 1031 and mosaics remained untouched under the floor.J. B.
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor213 viewsscene of the Good Shepherd with the Mystic Flock
Christ is portrayed as a beardless young man bearing the lost lamb upon his shoulders. In one hand he holds the syrinx, symbol of the gentless he takes cere of his flock with.
Post-Theodorian South hall (end of 4th century)
Mosaics were originally part of Theodorian complex destroyed by Attila. Basilica was built on its site in 1031 and mosaics remained untouched under the floor.J. B.
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Italy, Rome, Baths of Caracalla211 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_CaracallaJ. B.
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Greece, Corinth -- April 2011211 viewspitbull
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Italy, Aquileia - forum211 viewsJ. B.
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Israel, Jericho - Herod's Palace210 viewsThe ruins at Tulul Abu el-Alaiq, site of Herod the Great’s winter retreat on the outskirts of Jericho. Jericho is over 300m below sea level and hence pleasantly warm in winter, even when it's freezing in Jerusalem. Around 35 BCE, Aristobulus, the last Hasmonaean high-priest and Herod’s brother-in-law, was murdered here on Herod’s orders, drowned in a fish pond. The palace and grounds extended across the Wadi Qilt (the seasonal river-bed in the foreground of the picture), which was spanned by a bridge. Abu Galyon
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France, Nimes - Jardins de la Fontaine210 viewsDecorated with vases and statues, the Jardins de la Fontaine count as one of the major public gardens in Europe. They were laid out in the eighteenth century on the site of the ancient spring, an area that includes the Tour Magne and the Temple of Diana.vacationchick
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Croatia, Salona (Solin) - Baths210 viewsSalona (Solin), Croatia - Baths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solin,_CroatiaJoe Sermarini
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Turkey, Ephesus - Temple of Hadrian - Easter 2007209 viewsPotator II
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Italy, Rome, Baths of Caracalla209 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_CaracallaJ. B.
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Turkey, Ephesus - theatre208 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) - Yerebatan Saray Cistern208 viewsThe cistern was build in the year 542 under the reign of Justinian. It is positioned near the Hagia Sophia museum. The Gorgo (a female monster with serpents instead of hairs- one view can kill) head belongs to an old unknown monument and was used here in this cistern a second time as a base of a column. The cistern consists of 336 columns. But only 2 gorgo heads can be seen in the cistern.
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