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Afghanistan, Balkh2640 viewsThe walls of Balkh, AfganistanJoe Sermarini
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Austria, Vienna (Vindobona) - remains of Roman house from 2nd - 4th century532 viewsWien - Michaelerplatz Johny SYSEL
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Austria, Vienna (Vindobona) - remains of Roman house from 2nd - 4th century477 viewsWien - Michaelerplatz Johny SYSEL
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Bulgaria, Anchialos (Pomorie) Thracian Tomb316 viewsPomorie's ancient Thracian tombJoe Sermarini
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Bulgaria, Varna - Odessos, Thrace Roman Baths327 viewsOdessus, Thrace, first included into the Roman Praefectura orae maritimae and then in 15 CE annexed to the province of Moesia (later Moesia Inferior), covered 47 hectares in present-day central Varna and had prominent public baths, Thermae, erected in the late 2nd century AD, now the largest Roman remains in Bulgaria (the building was 100 m (328.08 ft) wide, 70 m (229.66 ft) long, and 25 m (82.02 ft) high) and fourth-largest known Roman baths in Europe. Joe Sermarini
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China, Great Wall1033 viewsIt's a wall and its great, what more do I need to say :) - BolayiBolayi
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China, Great Wall903 viewsMutianyu Great Wall located in Huairou County, Beijing. Built on older pre-existing walls during the Ming Dynasty.Bolayi
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Croatia, Pula - Chapel of St. Maria Formosa378 viewsThree naived basilica from the 6th century ADLegatus
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Croatia, Pula - Colloseum332 viewsLegatus
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Croatia, Pula - Colloseum321 viewsLegatus
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Croatia, Pula - Colloseum307 viewsReferred to as the amphitheatre by the locals. Started by Augustus, enlarged by Claudius, and finished by the FlaviansLegatus
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Croatia, Pula - Floor Mosaic310 viewsAll that remains is a floor mosaic depicting the Punishment of Dirce.Legatus
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Croatia, Pula - Temple of Augustus339 viewsDedicated to Augustus, the first Roman emperor.Legatus
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Croatia, Pula - Temple of Augustus307 viewsDedicated to Augustus, the first Roman emperor, this temple is exquisitely harmonious. With the spread of Christianity, the temple became a church and then a granary! Now it hosts a collection of Roman sculptureLegatus
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Croatia, Pula - Triumphal Arch of Sergius240 viewsTriumphal Arch of Sergius was built in 27BC to commemorate the Sergius family who were a powerful clan at the time. Now it forms an impressive entranceway to Pula's old town.Legatus
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Croatia, Pula - Twin Gate245 viewsLegatus
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Croatia, Ruins of the amphitheater of Solin180 viewsRuins of the amphitheater of Salona, Dalmatia (Solin, Croatia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solin,_CroatiaJoe Sermarini
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Croatia, Salona (Solin) - Baths175 viewsSalona (Solin), Croatia - Baths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solin,_CroatiaJoe Sermarini
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Croatia, Salona - Amphitheatre311 viewsSplit in the backgroundJohny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace363 viewsDiocletian's palace is historical centre of Split - Croatia.Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace - Cathedral of St. Domnius (St. Duje)325 viewsCathedral of St. Duje is build over Diocletian's mausoleum.Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace - peristyle358 viewspart of cathedrale of St. Duje in the left upper cornerJohny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace - peristyle - sphinx401 viewsDiocletian's palace is historical centre of Split - Croatia.Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace - silver gate435 viewseast gate leading to the centre of Split.Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace - temple of Jupiter298 viewslater converted to babtisteryJohny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace, basement346 viewsRomans who escaped from near Salona in 7th century reocupied Diocletian's palace. They lived in higher floors above basement. These rooms was gradually filled by garbage through holes in ceiling so basment remained preserved until these days. Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace, basement304 viewsRomans who escaped from near Salona in 7th century reocupied Diocletian's palace. They lived in higher floors above basement. These rooms was gradually filled by garbage through holes in ceiling so basment remained preserved until these days. Johny SYSEL
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Croatia, Split - Diocletian's palace, temple of Jupiter283 viewsinterior with modern statue
Temple was converted to babtistery later.Johny SYSEL
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Cyprus - Paphos - tomb351 viewsTombs were built between 400 BC and 300 AD.Johny SYSEL
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Cyprus, Pafos, Roman Mosaic in "The House of the Century"1258 viewsMosaic in "The House of the Century"Jeroen
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Cyprus, Pafos, Roman Mosaic in "The House of the Century" (Detail)949 viewsDetailJeroen
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Cyprus, Paphos - tomb344 viewsTombs were built between 400 BC and 300 AD.Johny SYSEL
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Czech Republic, Morava 259 viewshypocaustum at roman military camp - times of Marcomannic WarsBohemian
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Czech Republic, Morava region - Brno - V-shaped ditch of Roman temporary camp75 viewsV-shaped ditch of Roman temporary camp in Brno watching ford crosing on Svratka River in area of Marcoman tribe for while sometimes from 172 - 180 AD in time of Marcus Aurelius' Marcomannic Wars.
Dec 2017 excavated Bohemian
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Egypt, Babylon300 viewsThis elegant red and white banded brickwork is about all that remains on the surface to mark the Roman fortress of ‘Babylon in Egypt’. The Roman structure was started during the reign of Trajan on the site of an earlier Egyptian stronghold which marked the border between Lower and Middle Egypt. The fortress remained an important strategic outpost down through Byzantine times. In the fifth century the Legio XIII Gemina was stationed here. During the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640/1, Babylon endured a seven month siege before its capture.
These days most of the extensive Babylon complex lies buried under the streets of the Christian quarter of Old Cairo. The nearby medieval Coptic Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary is popularly known as the ‘Hanging Church’ because its nave was built suspended over two towers of the Roman fort.
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Egypt, Cairo - Nilometer304 viewsThis octagonal pillar is the only surviving Nilometer in Cairo, tucked away in a kiosk on the island of Roda, in the middle of the Nile. When in use, the height of water in the pit measured the annual flooding of the river. In an ideal year the water would rise to the 16th of the marked divisions (each one cubit, approximately 52cm) decorating the column.
The Nilometer is an attribute of the titular river god, Nilus (equivalent to the Egyptian deity, Hapy), and often features on coin reverses depicting Nilus.
The surrounding structure is itself of architectural significance and dates to 861 CE. Which means those pointed arches set into the walls predate the European Gothic style by around 250 years – they could be the earliest pointed arches anywhere in the world.
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EGYPT, Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple15 viewsLocated on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings.
Photo taken during a visit to Egypt in March 2019.cmcdon0923
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England, Colchester, Balkerne Gate287 viewsBalkerne Gate, Colchester. The largest Roman arch in Britain. Colchester and its wall were rebuilt by the Romans after Queen Boudica led a rebellion in AD 60 and detroyed the town. Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamulodunumJoe Sermarini
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England, County of Kent, Dover: Roman Lighthouse100 viewsA visit to Dover on 20 March 2016, the Roman Lighthouse still stands within Dover Castle, which is still an important port of Britain by the English Channel. The upper 1/3 is a mix of Medieval (when it was used as a Bell Tower) and 19th century restoration (when the Church of Saint Mary, next to it, was also restored). The Lighthouse stands on the "eastern heights". There was another on the "western heights", they both guarded the entrance into the Roman harbour of Dubris (Dover) which was also an important base for the "Classis Britannica".Masis
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England, London (Londinium) - city walls437 viewsmodern bronze statue of Trajan
next to Tower Hill - station of London undergroundJohny SYSEL
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England, Roman Baths, Bath (1)163 viewsThese celebrated Roman Baths were unknown until, in 1880, sewer workers uncovered the first glimpse of Roman structures under the Georgian Spa. This led to the discovery of the Roman Baths and their treasures.
The walls, columns and parapet that surround the Great Bath today were built in the Victorian period, and the "Roman" statues that gaze down upon the pool from the upper walkway are also Victorian.
This photograph was taken in the 19th century not long after the Baths were discovered and before the Victorian structures we see today were built.
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England, Roman Baths, Bath (2)151 viewsThis is a Photochrome print of the Roman Baths, Bath, England taken sometime between 1895 and 1905.
It shows the new Victorian embellishments added to the Baths since their discovery in the 1880's and which, for the most part, are the works that visitors to the site see today.
The familiar green hue of the pool seen by modern visitors is caused by algae, resulting from the water's exposure to the open air. In Roman times the pool was roofed over and its waters, while perhaps not crystal clear, would almost certainly not have been green.
Photochrome prints are coloured images produced from black-and-white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates.
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France, Ambrussum, Gallia Narbonensis - Bridge over Vidourle river.732 viewsUsed to have eleven arches and still used untill the middle ages. From this bridge the via Domitia goes upwards to the settlementBohemond
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France, Ambrussum, Gallia Narbonensis - via Domitia.586 viewsVia Domitia going downhill towards the bridgeBohemond
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France, Ambrussum, Gallia Narbonensis - via Domitia.639 viewsSee those wagontracks as road goes upwards from the bridge towards the settlement on the top of the hillBohemond
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France, Ambrussum, Gallia Narbonensis - via Domitia.637 viewsVia Domitia winding its way uphillBohemond
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France, Arles - The Baths of Constantine258 viewsArles: The Baths of Constantinevacationchick
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France, Arles - The Baths of Constantine244 viewsArles: The Baths of Constantinevacationchick
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France, Glanum - Temple235 viewsThe remains of a temple in the ancient city of Glanum (Saint-Rémy-en-Provence). Note the fine acroterion! Syltorian
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France, Glanum - Tomb Monument265 viewsOutside the walls of Glanum (now Saint-Rémy-en-Provence) stands this wonderful monument. It was erected sometime between 30-20 B.C. The inscription reads: SEX(tus) M(arcus) L(ucius) IVLIEI C(aii) •F(ilii) PARENTIBVS SVEIS (Sextus, Marcus and Lucius Iulius, sons of Caius, to their parents), and shows interesting battle scenes.
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France, La Turbie - Trophée des Alpes230 viewsThis Augustan trophy towers over the French Riviera and Monaco. It celebrates Augustus' pacification of the Alps and his victory over 45 tribes. (also mentioned by Pliny, Nat. Hist. III,136-137) Pity about the rainy weather when this photograph was taken.
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France, Nemausus - Amphitheatre242 viewsThe Roman amphitheatre of the Colonia Nemausus still stands. On the top, holed stones for holding the velum can be seen. The "Arènes" are still in use today, mainly for bull fights as the more modern statue in front shows. Syltorian
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France, Nemausus - Bollard296 viewsNîmes was founded by Augustus, with veterans from his Egyptian campaigns. The coin-type with the crocodile chained to a palm is famous, and still used by Nîmes as its coat of arms today. Here it appears on one of the (modern) bollards set up around the ancient amphitheatre.Syltorian
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France, Nemausus - Crocodile Fountain247 viewsThis fountain is not ancient, but represents the famous coin-type of the ancient city of Nemausus, showing a crocodile chained to a palm-tree. Syltorian
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France, Nemausus - Relief on the Amphitheatre284 viewsThis relief is found above one of the arches of the ancient amphitheatre of Nemausus. It's rather worn, but two gladiators can still be seen. Syltorian
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France, Nemausus - Tour Magne228 viewsPart of the city walls of Nemausus, this is a massive Roman watch-tower with an octagonal base and a round top, it's 32 meters high now, and had another 4 meters in ancient times. Syltorian
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France, Nimes - Jardins de la Fontaine185 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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France, Nimes - Jardins de la Fontaine177 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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France, Nimes - Jardins de la Fontaine162 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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France, Nimes - Roman tower191 viewsMont Cavalier is crowned by the Tour Magne ("Great Tower"), a ruined Roman tower.vacationchick
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France, Nimes - The Castellum182 viewsThis is the end point for the aquaduct that crossed the Pont du Gard. From here water was distributed to public fountains, monuments and different areas of the city via lead pipes.vacationchick
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France, Orange - Triumphal Arch256 viewsIt was built on the former via Agrippa to honor the veterans of the Gallic Wars and Legio II Augusta. It was later reconstructed by emperor Tiberius to celebrate the victories of Germanicus over the German tribes in Rhineland.pax
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France, Paris, Arena of Lutetia71 viewsThe Roman Arena that was discovered by Théodore Vaquer during the building of Rue Monge, in the 5th arrondissement, between 1860–1869. It was first built in the 1st century AD. Victor Hugo created a preservation committee called "la Société des Amis des Arènes" to preserve it. However in the photo, taken by me in May 2014, can be seen the line of apartments on Rue Monge that cover the remaining third of the Arena.Masis
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France, Paris, Roman Baths61 viewsThe Roman Baths of Cluny, Paris. Dated to the 3rd century AD, thought to have been paid for by the guild of "Lutetian Boatmen". The complex is now incorporated into the National Museum of the Middle Ages. Photo taken by me in May 2014.Masis
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France, Sommiéres - Roman bridge642 views17 arch bridge built on orders of Tiberius to cross the river Vidourle and enable to connect Nemausis ( Nîmes ) with Tolosa ( Toulouse ).Bohemond
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France, Sommiéres - Roman Bridge545 views17 arch bridge built on orders of Tiberius to cross the river Vidourle and enable to connect Nemausis ( Nîmes ) with Tolosa ( Toulouse ).Bohemond
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France, St Romain-en-Gal213 viewsfrescoes and mosaicsvacationchick
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France, St Romain-en-Gal211 viewsroad... did it lead to Rome?vacationchick
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France, St Romain-en-Gal197 viewsmosaics and pillarsvacationchick
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France, St Romain-en-Gal - public toilet202 viewspublic toiletvacationchick
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Germany, Berlin, The propylon of the Sanctuary of Athena Nikephoros from the Pergamon Acropolis, Pergamon Museum Berlin125 viewsThe monumental gateway, which stood at the northeast corner of the sanctuary, was built by Eumenes II in the early 2nd century BC. The two-storey building, had a porch of four Doric columns (tetrastyle) on the ground floor, above which was a dedicatory inscription by Eumenes to Athena Nikephoros. The upper storey was a balcony with four Ionic columns and fronted by a military frieze depicting armour and weapons. The Sanctuary of Athena Nikephoros, on the southwest corner of the walled citadel on the Acropolis, was one of Pergamon's oldest religious centres, used for the worship of Athena and Nike. The cult of Athena at Pergamon had associations with the city's mythical founder Telephos, the son of Herakles and Auge, who was a priestess of Athena. The Attalid rulers of Pergamon claimed to be descendants of Telephos, and thus of Herakles and Auge.Joe Sermarini
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Germany, Trier - Amphitheater524 viewsUnder the ArenaW. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Amphitheater453 viewsThe way into arenaW. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Amphitheater520 viewsThe arena, built in the 2nd century A.D. for cruel games with gladiators and animals, had a seating capacity of about 20,000. W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Basilika454 viewsLater on, the archbishop used it as his administrative center and it was enlarged by three palace wings after 1614W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Basilika473 viewsUnbelievable size: 27 m (90 ft) wide, 33 m (108 ft) high, and 67 m (220 ft) long - with an adjoining hall outside even 75 m (250 ft).W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Basilika522 viewsThe so-called Basilika, Constantine's throne room, is the largest surviving single-room structure from Roman times. The Romans wanted the architecture to express the magnificence and might of the emperor.
It is used as a church now.W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Imperial baths448 viewsGoing to the baths was an important part of Roman life: Over 1600 years ago, the Romans built one of the grandest and most impressive baths in the world: the Imperial Baths. W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Porta Nigra520 viewsThe gate dates back to a time (about A.D. 180) when the Romans often erected public buildings of huge stone blocks (here, the biggest weigh up to six metric tons).W. Kutschenko
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Germany, Trier - Porta Nigra468 viewsthe other side of the gateW. Kutschenko
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Greece, Amphipolis, Lion of Amphipolis - Via Egnatia, west side of the Strymonas river78 viewsAmphipolis is best known for being a magnificent ancient Greek polis (city), and later a Roman city, whose impressive remains can still be seen. It is famous in history for events such as the battle between the Spartans and Athenians in 422 B.C., and also as the place where Alexander the Great prepared for campaigns leading to his invasion of Asia. Alexander's three finest admirals, Nearchus, Androsthenes and Laomedon, resided in this city and it is also the place where, after Alexander's death, his wife Roxane and their small son Alexander IV were exiled and later murdered. Excavations in and around the city have revealed important buildings, ancient walls and tombs. The finds are displayed at the archaeological museum of Amphipolis. At the nearby vast Kasta burial mound, an important ancient Macedonian tomb has recently been revealed. The unique and beautiful "Lion of Amphipolis" monument nearby is a popular destination for visitors.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Loewe_von_Amphipolis.jpg
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Date 16 June 2018
Author Neptuul Joe Sermarini
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Greece, Amphipolis: The Lion of Amphipolis182 viewsThe first pieces of this rather grand monument were discovered near the banks of the River Strymon in 1912 by Greek soldiers during the Second Balkan War. Further finds were made in 1916 and in 1930-32 during the creation of Lake Kerkini. The Lion was restored (and partly reconstructed) in 1937.
The sculpted Lion itself is 5.3m tall, on its base it stands over 8m high. It is plausibly dated to the late 4th century BCE. Recent work on the Kasta Tomb, which is about 4km distant, has revealed further fragments also apparently belonging to the Lion and it may be the case that the Lion originally surmounted that tomb and was only later moved to its present location.
Nobody knows what or who the monument commemorates; perhaps ongoing work on the Kasta Tomb will illuminate matters. A quite similar, somewhat smaller, statue, the “The Lion of Chaeronea”, honours the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was wiped out at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE. But while several ancient sources (including Pausanias and Strabo) mention the Chaeronea lion and the circumstances of its construction, there is no ancient record of the Amphipolis lion.
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Greece, Athens - Acropolis, Parthenon, Slab of the North Parthenon Frieze665 views
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Greece, Athens - Acropolis, The Erectheum852 views
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Greece, Athens - Entrance to the Athens Numismatic Museum732 viewsThe former mansion of noted amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. What was inside those doors was truly marvelous.memphius
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Greece, Athens - Odeon of Herodes Atticus579 viewsBuilt in 161 ADJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens - Parthenon477 viewsTemple of Athena built by Perikles.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens - Temple of Hephaestus and Athena Ergane529 viewsalso Theseion
Temple was used as church in christian times.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens - Temple of Olympian Zeus322 viewscompleted by HadrianusJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens - The Gate of Schliemann's House - Athens238 viewsNot exactly an ancient site but as the home of the Greek Numismatic Museum it houses one of the great collections of ancient coins .... a must see on any visit to Athens.
This is photo is of one of the wrought iron gates of Schliemann’s Athenian mansion constructed in 1878/9. The swastika motif derives from his Trojan excavations and borders a design of winged sphinxes and acanthus leaves capped by an owl with spread wings.Lloyd T
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Greece, Athens - The Temple of Olympian Zeus 213 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Athens - Theatre of Dionysus313 views17000 spectratorsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens - tower of the Winds351 viewson the Roman agora,
built in 50 BC - maybe earlierJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, East Front of the Parthenon Restored and Dissected796 viewsJoe Sermarini
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Greece, Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, North West Corner of the Parthenon791 views
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GREECE, Athens, Burial Monument of Dionysios of Kollitos.45 viewsBurial Monument of Dionysios of Kollitos at the first cemetery of Athens Kerameikos.Grant H
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Greece, Athens, Heinrich Schliemanns house.48 viewsReverse die of an Athenian Tetradrachm Heinrich Schliemanns house Grant H
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Greece, Athens, Heinrich Schliemanns house.48 viewsHeinrich Schliemanns coin cabinet at his family home,Athens Greece,where the national numismatic collection is housed.Grant H
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Greece, Athens, Kerameikos Ancient cemetery of Athens.49 viewsKerameikos Ancient cemetery of Athens, Mans best friend guarding his masters last resting place for twenty five hundred years.Grant H
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Greece, Athens, The Acropolis from the Pnyx.210 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.Lloyd
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Greece, Athens, The Approach to the Pynx from the Agora247 viewsThe home of democracy, the Pnyx was rebuilt and expanded in the 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C., probably around 345-335 B.C. A massive, curved, retaining wall was built, as seen in this image. The steps of the old walkway from the Agora are visible and overbuilt by the retaining wall. Great Athenians such as Themistocles, Pericles and Socrates would have walked this path and steps in the heady days of the zenith Athenian democracy. Lloyd
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Greece, Athens, The Parthenon51 viewsGrant H
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Greece, Athens, The Pnyx - outer stone retaining wall.243 viewsThe home of democracy, the Pnyx was rebuilt and expanded in the 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C., probably around 345-335 B.C. A massive, curved, retaining wall was built, as seen in this image. The steps of the old walkway from the Agora are visible and overbuilt by the retaining wall. Great Athenians such as Themistocles, Pericles and Socrates wolud have walked ths path and steps in the heady days of the zenith Athenian democracy. Lloyd
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Greece, Bassae - Temple of Apollo Epikuros407 viewsbuilt 450 - 400 BC
designed by Iktinos - architect of the Temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon
!!! There is the earliest example of Corinthian capital. Corinthian capital is in interior, exterior is built in Doric style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BassaeJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Cape Sounion - The Temple of Poseidon303 viewsAccording to legend, Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea.Lloyd T
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Greece, Corinth231 viewsApril 2011pitbull
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Greece, Corinth -- April 2011198 viewspitbull
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Greece, Corinth - Peirene fountain - Acrocorinth in the background287 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Corinth - temlpe of Apollo - Acrocorinth in the background320 viewsCorinth was completely destroyed by Romans in 146 BC - except this temple. Romans built new Corinth 100 years later.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Corinth – the Bema57 viewsThe bema of Corinth is a prominent raised platform in the south-central part of the ancient agora. The bema is the traditional civic location where public orations (political or ceremonial) would have been given and where legal cases were brought for trial. In Acts 18:12 the βημα is given as the place where Paul the apostle is accused before Gallio, the proconsul of Achaea (Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus). Gallio, however, declines to become involved in what he regards as a purely Jewish dispute.
The hill in the background is, of course, the city’s acropolis, the Acrocorinth.
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Greece, Crete - Phaistos265 viewsMinoan palaceJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Crete, Knossos - palace257 viewscenter of Minoan culture - the first civilization in Europe
Old palace is from 19th to 16th centuries BC Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Crete, Knossos - palace253 viewscenter of Minoan culture - the first civilization in Europe
Old palace is from 19th to 16th centuries BC Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Delos - an altar225 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delos - detail of the ancient pathway to Mt Kinthos292 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delos - from the summit of Mt Kinthos270 viewsAt its peak in the second century BC up to 10,000 slaves per day were trafficked through the slave market at Delos which was focused on the commercial port area to the left of center in the middle distance of this image.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - Grotto of Hercules257 viewsTo be found at the foot of the approach of Mt Kinthos.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - household well239 viewsWater supply was a problem on the dry island of Delos. The solution was found in a mix of cisterns and wells. Cisterns retained the water from the sparse winter rains, while small wells are to be found frequently in residences as illustrated by this example.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - Maritime Quarter Streetscape250 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delos - Mosaic Floor in the Maritime Quarter247 viewsInterestingly this mosaic floor features the symbol of Tanit a Carthaginian goddess.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - On the Ascent of Mt Kinthos221 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delos - On the Ascent to the Summit of Mt Kinthos218 viewsThis sort of material is to be found everywhere on the site of ancient Delos.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - Temple of Issis250 viewsThe Cycladic island of Delos was revered in antiquity as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. During the early Classical era it was a sacred religious precinct dedicated to the worship of these gods. In the late fifth century BC, at the peak of its role as a religious sanctuary, neither birth nor death was permitted to occur on the island. However, commercial imperatives were soon to over ride this religious taboo. Delos occupied a central position with respect to the trade routes of the Mediterranean, so that by the late 3rd century BC commercial activity overtook its role as a religious sanctuary. The sacred character of the island dissipated, displaced by a cosmopolitan trading centre. By the 2nd century BC it had evolved to become the centre of the Mediterranean slave trade. Strabo recorded that up to 10,000 people per day were trafficked through its slave market. This role continued into the early Roman era, until in 88 BC Mithradates VI, King of Pontus, decimated the population in an attack on the island. In 69 BC the pirates of Athenodoros destroyed what remained of the commercial centre of Delos and it fell into decline, to be effectively abandoned by the 6th century AD.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos - the ancient theatre220 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delos - Wall in the Maritime Quarter298 viewsRemnant plasterwork and painting illustrates how the coarse stone walls were finished in the residential area that is the Maritime Quarter.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delos water cistern249 viewsWater supply was a problem on the dry island of Delos. The solution was found in a mix of cisterns and wells. Cisterns retained the water from the sparse winter rains, while small wells are to be found frequently in residences.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - Ionian column and treasure of Athens285 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Delphi - overlooking the Temple of Apollo281 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - Profile of the Charioteer of Delphi321 viewsDating from the early fifth century BC, this is one of the most hauntingly beautiful works of art. It still speaks after 2,500 years.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Charioteer of Delphi283 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.
The beauty of this work is breathtaking.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Charioteer of Delphi214 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.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Head of the Charioteer of Delphi241 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.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Stadium at Delphi228 viewsLooking from the marker at the farthest end from the starting line.Lloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Temple of Apollo at Delphi232 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Delphi - The Theatre at Delphi overlooking the Temple of Apollo with the Treasury of the Athenians in the background229 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Didyma, The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma260 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DidymaJoe Sermarini
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Greece, Epirus, Kassope Street in Kassope and view to the south25 viewsGreece, Epirus, Kassope Street in Kassope and view to the south
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kassope_2016-05-09_13.06.21.jpg
9 May 2016 Rjdeadly
Kassope or Cassope was an ancient Greek city in Epirus. Kassope occupies a magnificent and remote site on a high platform overlooking the sea, the Ambracian Gulf and the fertile lands to the south, and with the slopes of the Zalongo mountain to the north. It is considered one of the best remaining examples of a city built on a rectilinear street grid of a Hippodamian plan in Greece. The first settlements on the site are from the Paleolithic. However the city of Kassope was founded in the middle of the 4th century B.C. as the capital of the Kassopaeans, a sub-tribe of the Thesprotians. It belonged to the Aetolian League. Cassope or Cassopia is mentioned in the war carried on by Cassander against Alcetas II of Epirus, in 312 B.C. The city flourished in the 3rd century BC, when large public buildings were built. Kassope also minted its own coins. It was destroyed by Roman forces in 168-167 B.C. Kassope was abandoned in 31 B.C. when the remaining inhabitants resettled to Nikopolis the region’s new capital. The visible remains include the Cyclopean walls, an agora, a theater, the prytaneion. Joe Sermarini
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Greece, Gortys (Peloponnese Arcadia) - sanctuary of Asclepius366 viewsGortys lost its influence after foundation of Megalopolis in 371 BC.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Kos - agora251 viewsKos is place where Hippocrates (father of medicine) was born.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Kos - Asclepieion273 viewsparts of column, temple in the back ground.
Kos is place where Hippocrates (father of medicine) was born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsclepieionJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Kos - Asclepieion - mosaique of Satyr?227 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Kos, Gymnasium of Kos, archaeologic site in Kos city, Kos island 35 viewsGymnasium of Kos, archaeologic site in Kos city, Kos island.Joe Sermarini
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Greece, Lavreotiki, Thorikos29 viewsThe washery, Thorikos
Level washery for concentrating lead ore. Situated next to the Ancient Theatre of Thorikos. Restored by the Belgian School of Athens.Grant H
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Greece, Lavreotiki, Thorikos29 viewsAthenian silver mine.
Due to its proximity to the mines of Lavrion, Thorikos was the mining centre of the Lavreotika region. The site was inhabited from the Neolithic age (ca. 4500 BC) until the 1st century BC. The silver from here set the foundations of the city-state of Athens, making it possible to mint the city's famous silver “Owl” coin.Grant H
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Greece, Lavreotiki, Thorikos34 viewsMetallurgy roadGrant H
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Greece, Lavreotiki, Thorikos41 viewsTheatre of Thorikos
Unique due to its shape which comprises an elongated layout with an oval orchestra, the theatre was built in the late 6th century BC and it is the earliest found so far in Greece. The theatre was excavated by the American School of Classical Studies in 1886.Grant H
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Greece, Messene - Stadium - "VIP sector"227 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Messene - Stadium - votiv column220 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Messene - theatre228 viewsentrance to koilon - auditoriumJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Mycenae - The Lion Gate366 viewsI waited a long time for this shot, the nanosecond when any one of the thousands of visitors swarming over the site wasn't visible in the frame. Sometimes you get lucky!Lloyd T
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Greece, Mycenae - tomb of Klytaimnéstra212 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Mycenian bridge221 viewsbetween Nafplio and EpidaurusJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Olympia - Entrence to Olypmic stadium208 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Olympia - Epigraphy212 viewsTo be found on the approach to the ancient Olympic stadium.Lloyd T
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Greece, Olympia - epigraphy216 viewsTo be found on the approach to the ancient Olympic stadium.Lloyd T
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Greece, Olympia - In the Stadium at Olympia187 viewsThe winner of the 2006 Ride on Mower final crosses the line in the stadium.Lloyd T
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Greece, Olympia - start line at Olympic stadium205 viewsgrooves hold Athlets' toes during startJohny SYSEL
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Greece, Olympia - Temple of Hera200 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Olympia - Temple of Zeus fallen columns209 viewsLloyd T
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Greece, Olympia in Spring260 viewsA magical site at any time, but resplendent in Spring!Lloyd T
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Greece, Philippi202 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.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Rhodes164 viewssteps to the Acropolis of Lindos on RhodesFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes165 viewsView on the acropolis of LindosFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes146 viewsship carved in the rock on the acropolis of LindosFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes Acropolis of Lindos166 viewsIn the background you can see the steep steps of medieval time.Franz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes grave of Kleobulos153 viewsHellenistic grave - it was named after one of the seven wise man, Kleobulos who lived in Lindos.Franz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes grave of Kleobulos 134 viewsThe grave was used as a chapel in the medievalFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes Lindos 143 viewsLindos Acropolis and villageFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes Lindos151 viewsRestored Stoa on the acropolis of LindosFranz-Josef M
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Greece, Rhodes plan of Lindos160 views1 semicircular exedra
2 relief of a ship
3 medieval stairway
4 medieval headquarter building
5 Byzantine church
6 hellenistic vaults
7 roman temple
8 late hellenistic stairway
9 hellenistic stoa
10 propylaion stairway
11 propylaion
12 temple of athena lindos
13 portico of Psithyros
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Greece, Sounion - The Temple of Poseidon232 viewsNot so ancient graffiti!Lloyd T
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Greece, Temple of Poseidon at Sounion68 viewscmcdon0923
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Greece, Thasos - theatre182 viewsphoto was taken in 2000
now theatre is reconstructed :-(Johny SYSEL
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Greece, The acropolis at Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon, from across the harbor.71 viewsTaken September 29, 2016cmcdon0923
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Greece, Thera - Akrotiri 163 viewsMinoan settelment was destroyed by the great Thera eruption around 1628 BC which caused the end of Neopalatial period on Crete. People managed to evacuate Thera before eruption unlike Pompeii but probably they were killed by tsunami on Crete coast.
wikipedia:"Minoans possessed advanced engineering knowledge enabling the construction of three- and four-story buildings with intricate water piping systems, advanced air-flow management, and earthquake-resistant wood and masonry walls."Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Thera - Akrotiri 283 viewsMinoan settelment destroyed by the great Thera eruption around 1628 BC which caused the end of Neopalatial period on Crete. Thera could be mythical Atlantis.Johny SYSEL
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Greece, Thessaloniki - Arch of Galerius341 viewsBohemond
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Greece, Thessaloniki - Arch of Galerius363 viewsBohemond
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Greece, Thessaloniki - Arch of Galerius367 viewsBohemond
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Greece, Thessaloniki - Arch of Galerius373 viewsBohemond
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Greece, Thessaloniki - Arch of Galerius361 viewsBohemond
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Greece, Tiryns174 viewsTiryns reached its height between 1400 and 1200 BC.
Tiryns is famous for its cyclopean tunnels and especially its walls.
Walls of Tiryns are first referenced by Homer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TirynsJohny SYSEL
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Iran, Pasargadae (Fars province)62 viewsPart of one of Kyros’ two royal palaces, the audience hall.
Sections of massive columns and a relief showing a bull being led by a guard. The 2 square covered structures in the center may have been put up later as protection for exposed column bases.
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Iran, Pasargadae (Fars province), a UNESCO World Heritage Site36 viewsA massive wall of the fortified terrace at Pasargadae called Throne of Solomon’s Mother
On a plain surrounded by gently rolling hills, about 25 mi north of Persepolis, king Kyros II (the Great) founded the first capital of the multinational Achaemenid empire in the middle of the 6th cent. BC. What is left of it are the remains of 2 royal palaces, a large fortified terrace, and the mausoleum of Kyros II (at the time of my visit heavily scaffolded and therefore unphotographed). After Kyros’ death the capital was used for a while by his successor Kambyses.
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Iran, Ardashir I, 224 - 242 AD66 viewsThe investiture of the first Sasanian king, Ardashir I, by Ahura Mazda (left), a rock relief in Naqsh-e-Rostam north of Persepolis.Schatz
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Iran, Bisitun36 viewsThe Parthian figures to the right of the Safavid plate are thought to represent king Gotarzes II (38 - 51 AD) on horseback after his victory over Meherdates, having his head adorned with a wreath or diadem by an angel. The head of another horseman’s head is visible on the left side.
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Iran, Bisitun33 viewsAlong the path to the main attraction there are two badly preserved Parthian reliefs, most likely from the first cent. BC and the first cent. AD. They show king Mithradates II (ca. 123 - 90 BC) receiving a delegation of four dignitaries (to the left of the defacing 17. cent. AD Safavid plate). The inscription on top of the Mithradates’ relief is in Greek.
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Iran, Bisitun38 viewsCloser view of the main relief showing King Dareios I with his defeated rivals. Unfortunately there were no camera drones when this picture was taken.
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Iran, Bisitun (Behistun), Kermanshah Province36 viewsOn the road from Hamadan (ancient Ekbatana) to the city of Kermanshah halfway up Mount Bisitun a number of unique bas reliefs from about 520 BC catch the eye. The Achaemenid king Dareios I (522 - 486 BC) had the largest one chiseled into the face of the mountain to tell the world of his triumph over his rival Gaumata and nine other rebels. The sensational part of the relief are the extensive cuneiform inscriptions above, below, and to the sides of the figures. They are in Elamite, Babylonian, and Old Persian, the latter a language which was created on the king’s order since up to then there was no written Persian language. The creation is a mixture of Elamite, Babylonian, and Aramaic. It was not deciphered until the middle of the 18th cent. AD by a British officer, adventurer, and amateur archeologist Sir Henry Rawlinson.
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Iran, Bisitun, Kermanshah Province32 viewsMithradates II depicted receiving dignitaries. The relief is partly erased by the 17th cent. Safavid addition.
Sorry, the Bisitun pics are in reverse order. The Herakles sculpture should be the first of the bunch.Schatz
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Iran, Bisitun, Kermanshah Province38 viewsAt the entrance to the bas relief face of Mount Bisotun, some yards up, a sculpture of Herakles rests on a lion skin, cup in hand, club, bow and quiver behind him. It dates back to the year 148 BC.Schatz
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Iran, Hamadan, the tomb of the biblical Esther and her cousin Mordechai63 viewsThe tomb in the photo, located in Hamadan, is believed by some to hold the remains of the biblical Esther and her cousin Mordechai.
Hamedan, Iran, is believed to be among the oldest cities in the world. Hamadan was established by the Medes and was the capital of the Median empire. It then became one of several capital cities of the Achaemenid Dynasty. Hamadan is mentioned in the biblical book of Ezra as the place where a scroll was found giving the Jews permission from King Darius to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. (Ezra 6:2). Its ancient name of Ecbatana is used in the Ezra text. Because it was a mile above sea level, it was a good place to preserve leather documents. Joe Sermarini
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rajab, Fars Province65 viewsThe investiture of Ardashir I (left) by Ahura MazdaSchatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province41 viewsOn a steep rock face just a few miles north of Persepolis lies the necropolis of the Achaemenid kings consisting of the tombs of Dareios I and three of his successors (the fourth tomb is around the corner). Some time after this picture was taken, the sandy hill in front of the rock was removed so that one could see the Sasanian rock reliefs between and below the tombs from a distance.
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province 44 viewsInvestiture of Ardashir I (226-242 AD) by Ahura Mazda. Under their horses’ hooves crushed enemies, in the case of Ardashir the last Parthian king Artabanos IV. The bilingual inscription (Middle Persian and Parthian) for the first time mentions the name ‘ērān’ (Iran).Schatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province32 viewsThe tomb of Dareios I (522-486 BC)is the only one identified with certainty from the head of the relief. The others are believed to be those of Xerxes I (486-465 BC), Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC), and Dareios II (423-404 BC).Schatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province37 viewsThe top of this tomb shows king Dareios I worshiping in front of a fire altar with Ahura Mazda’s symbol above.Schatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province47 viewsThe Sasanian king Shahpur I (241-272 AD) with his characteristic hairdo, the korymbos, in front of two prisoners, the supplicant Roman emperor Valerian and Philip the Arab after the battle of Edessa in 240 AD
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province43 viewsThe grandee relief of King Bahram II (276-293 AD) surrounded by his entourage
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province39 viewsBahram II in combat with a mounted Roman
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province41 viewsTwo-panel equestrian relief showing the exploits of Bahram II, most likely against a Roman on the upper part, on the lower panel perhaps against an Indo-Sasanian ruler.Schatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province44 viewsThe investiture of Narseh (293-303 AD) by the goddess AnahitaSchatz
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Iran, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Fars Province49 viewsPart of the relief showing Hormizd II (303-309 AD) toppling a mounted enemy.Schatz
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Iran, The Anahita temple in Kangavar (Kermanshah)39 viewsor what is left of it. It dates back to Sasanian times (around 500 AD) and was dedicated to the goddess of water and fertility, Anahita, the only female in the Old Persian pantheon. Originally built on a square base, the temple must have been an impressive structure. As late as 1840, a traveler reported having seen 8 massive intact columns.
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Iran, The Anahita temple in Kangavar (Kermanshahr)66 viewsI found a coin in this location, unfortunately not a Parthian or Sasanian drachm, but a rusty Byzantine bronze follis from the 11th cent. AD. The Silk Road was everywhere!
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Israel - Bar'am Synagogue346 viewsThis is one of the oldest synagogues in all of Israel.aarmale
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Israel, Beth Shean, Ancient Ruins14 viewsBeit She'an, better known in English as Beth Shean, is a city in the Northern District of Israel. It has played an important role in history due to its geographical location at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. In the Biblical account of the battle of the Israelites against the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, the bodies of King Saul and three of his sons were hung on the walls of Beit She'an (1 Samuel 31:10-12). In Hellenistic and Roman times, the city was named Scythopolis and was the leading city of the Decapolis, a league of pagan cities. The ancient city ruins are now protected within the Beit She'an National Park. Joe Sermarini
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Israel, Beth Shean, The Roman Theater19 viewsBeit She'an, better known in English as Beth Shean, is a city in the Northern District of Israel. It has played an important role in history due to its geographical location at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. In the Biblical account of the battle of the Israelites against the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, the bodies of King Saul and three of his sons were hung on the walls of Beit She'an (1 Samuel 31:10-12). In Hellenistic and Roman times, the city was named Scythopolis and was the leading city of the Decapolis, a league of pagan cities. The ancient city ruins are now protected within the Beit She'an National Park. Joe Sermarini
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Israel, Caesarea916 viewsThe ancient Roman port of Caesarea Maritima in Judaea (now Israel). This port was built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BCE. The view is of a portion of the aquaduct that brought water from the Carmel, just south of Haifa.Daniel Friedman
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima 241 viewsThe view north from Herod's Palace, looking over the hippodrome to the ancient port area beyond the distant headland.Lloyd
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Amphitheatre323 views‘Amphitheatre’ is how Josephus describes this structure (Antiquities 15.341). It was designed to be suitable for races, athletics, and probably more violent entertainments. It measures about 50 x 290 m. Nearby in the city there is a more traditional semi-circular Roman amphitheatre. And a larger (90 x 450 m) hippodrome for chariot racing was built subsequently, probably at the time of Hadrian. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Herod's Hippodrome231 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Herod's Palace Poolside171 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Herod's Pool193 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - Herod's Villa325 viewsAnother of Herod the Great's many residences.
This one is by the seaside.Abu Galyon
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - the less desirable view south from Herod's Palace228 viewsDog's in the palace pool and now this. How the mighty have fallen!Lloyd
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - the sweet view from Herod's Palace170 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Caesearea Maritima Hippodrome - Tsunami Deposit187 viewsThe light coloured, upward fining, middle layer is a tsumai deposit preserved in the this overburden remnant in the excavated hippodrome at Caesarea Maritima.Lloyd
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Israel, Gezer - Bronze Age city walls584 viewsThese are the Bronze Age city walls of the Canaanite city of Gezer. It is near this town that the battle took place where Joshua is said to have held the sun and the moon still. The Canaanites held off the attacks by the tribe of Dan until the reign of Solomon.
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Israel, Gezer - six chambered gate built by Solomon581 viewsThe Canaanite town was supposedly conquered by an Egyptian pharaoh and given to Solomon as a dowry for his daughter. Solomon then rebuilt and fortified the city, including this six chambered gate, dating from the 10th century. The chambers were to be packed with soldiers, so if enemies forced their way through the gate, they would be surrounded by soldiers on all sides.
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Israel, Hamat Gadar, inscription of the Empress Eudocia's poem about the Hamat Gader baths23 viewsIsrael, Hamat Gadar, inscription of the Empress Eudocia's poem about the Hamat Gader baths, 5th Century AD
The Hamat Gader Poem inscribed on the baths at Hamat Gader was very short, and can be included here, as evidence of her hexameter writing style. The poem was inscribed so visitors could read it as they went into the pool.
I have seen many wonders in my life, countless,
But who, noble Clibanus, however many his mouths, could proclaim
Your might, when born a worthless mortal? But rather
It is right for you to be called a new fiery ocean,
Paean and parent, provider of sweet streams.
From you the thousandfold swell is born, one here, one there,
On this side boiling-hot, on that side in turn icy-cold and tepid.
Into fountains four-fold four you pour out your beauty.
Indian and Matrona, Repentius, holy Elijah,
Antoninus the Good, Dewy Galatia, and
Hygieia herself, warm baths both large and small,
Pearl, ancient Clibanus, Indian and other
Matrona, Strong, Nun, and the Patriarch's.
For those in pain your powerful might is always everlasting.
But I will sing of a god, renowned for wisdom
For the benefit of speaking mortals.
The inscription of the poem
The line "Of the Empress Eudocia" flanked by two crosses is set above the poem. This title line was added after the carving of the main inscription, making room for some doubt whether the poem was indeed authored by Eudocia. Clibanus is the name given to the source of the hot water. After praising his qualities and those of his many springs ("the thousandfold swell"), the poem enumerates "four-fold four", thus sixteen different parts of the bath complex, fourteen of which bear a name; these names include Hygieia (the pagan goddess of health), a whole range of pagan personal names, "holy Elijah" referring to the prophet, and two refer to Christians – a nun and a patriarch.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eudocia's_poem_Hamat_Gader.png
Greek Inscriptions from Ḥammat Gader: A Poem by the Empress Eudocia and Two Building Inscriptions Author(s): JUDITH GREEN and YORAM TSAFRIR
Source: Israel Exploration Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2/3 (1982), pp. 77-96Joe Sermarini
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Israel, Hamat Gadar, Ruins of Synagogue19 viewsHamat Gader was already a well known health and recreation site in Roman times, mentioned in Strabo, Origen and Eunapius, as well as the Rabbinic literature. Construction of the bath complex began in the 2nd century by the 10th Roman Legion, which was garrisoned in nearby Gadara. The ancient Hebrew name means hot springs of (the ancient city of) Gadara. Gadar today is nearby modern Umm Qais. The Arabic name El-Hamma preserves this, and the name of the tel located near the site, Tel Bani, is a corruption of the Latin word meaning "baths." The empress Aelia Eudocia composed a poem praising the qualities of the multiple springs which was inscribed so that visitors could see it as they went into the pool. The mosaic pavement recovered from the 5th century Hamat Gader synagogue, is now installed in the entrance hall of the Supreme Court of Israel.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamat-gader-archeol-site-synagoge.jpgJoe Sermarini
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Israel, Hamat Gadar, Ruins of the Roman Baths33 viewsHamat Gader was already a well known health and recreation site in Roman times, mentioned in Strabo, Origen and Eunapius, as well as the Rabbinic literature. Construction of the bath complex began in the 2nd century by the 10th Roman Legion, which was garrisoned in nearby Gadara (modern Umm Qais). The ancient Hebrew name means hot springs of (the ancient city of) Gadara. The Arabic name El-Hamma preserves this, and the name of the tel located near the site, Tel Bani, is a corruption of the Latin word meaning "baths." The empress Aelia Eudocia composed a poem praising the qualities of the multiple springs which was inscribed so that visitors could see it as they went into the pool.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamat-gader_25.jpg
Photo by Daniel Ventura
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Israel, Herodion217 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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Israel, Jericho - Herod's Palace187 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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Israel, Jerusalem - Kidron Valley (1)165 viewsThis curious structure is known in Arabic as Tantour Faroun (‘Pharaoh’s Hat’). In fact it’s a funerary monument (nefesh) marking the entrance to a substantial catacomb with eight burial chambers cut into the cliff behind. It probably dates from the reign of Herod the Great. In guidebooks it’s sometimes marked as the ‘Tomb of Absalom’, but the legend that this is the tomb of David’s rebellious son is a medieval fantasy. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Jerusalem - Kidron Valley (2)159 viewsAnother Kidron valley tomb complex (about 60m south of Tantour Faroun). Jewish pilgrims called this the ‘Tomb of Zechariah’, while the Christian pious associated it with their own early martyrs, notably St. James. In fact, an inscription shows that this was the burial place of the priestly Bene Hezir family, who get a passing mention in the Bible (1 Chronicles 24:15). The nefesh with a pyramidal top marks the entrance to a passage ascending into the cliff on the left. The actual burial chambers (four of them) lie in the area behind the Doric-columned façade. The complex dates from the later second-century BC. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Jerusalem - Western Wall and Dome of the Rock1749 viewsThe first century BCE western retaining wall of the Second Jewish Temple, directly in front of the 8th century Dome of the Rock. Friday evening at sunset (beginning of Shabbat).
posted by ZamZam
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Israel, Jerusalem Sep 201685 viewsSimon
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Israel, Jerusalem Sep 201680 viewsEast JerusalemSimon
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Israel, Jerusalem, Supreme Court Entrance Hall - Mosaic from Hamat Gader Synagogue 12 viewsA section of the mosaic pavement recovered from the ancient Hamat Gader synagogue, now installed in the entrance hall of the Supreme Court of Israel.
Hamat Gader was already a widely known health and recreation site in Roman times. It is mentioned in Strabo, Origen and Eunapius, as well as the Rabbinic literature. Construction of the bath complex began in the 2nd century by the 10th Roman Legion, which was garrisoned in nearby Gadara. The site includes a Roman theater, which was built in the 3rd century CE and contained 2,000 seats. A large synagogue was built in the 5th century CE. The empress Aelia Eudocia composed a poem praising the qualities of the multiple springs which was inscribed so that visitors could see it as they went into the pool.Joe Sermarini
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Israel, Legionary Camp of X Fretensis at Masada125 viewsRemnants of one of several legionary camps of X Fretensis at Masada in Israel, just outside the circumvallation wall which can be seen at the bottom of the image.
Masada Roman Ruins by David Shankbone.
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masada_Roman_Ruins_by_David_Shankbone.jpg#/media/File:Masada_Roman_Ruins_by_David_Shankbone.jpgJoe Sermarini
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Israel, Masada521 viewsThe ancient fortress in the Judaean desert built by Herod the Great in the first century BCE, it was the last stronghold of a small group of zealots against Rome in the year 73 CE. The view is from the top of the fortress, looing down on the remains of the ancient roman encampment.Daniel Friedman
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Israel, Masada146 viewsAtop Masada, the Dead Sea and the shores of Jordan in the distant haze.Lloyd
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Israel, Masada - Looking Down the Roman Seige Ramp148 viewsIndustrious bunch those Romans!Lloyd
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Israel, Masada - pile of ancient catapult projectiles - Ouch!212 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Masada - Remains of a Roman Seige Encampment204 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Masada - Roman Encampment and Seige Ramp165 viewsLooking down on the stone wall outlines of one of the Roman encampments (middle upper right) that surrounded the fortress of Masada (another of Herod's Palaces in its glory days). The Roman seige ramp is to the lower left.Lloyd
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Israel, Masada - The room in which lots were drawn199 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.Lloyd
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Israel, Masada - Walls and Roman Seige Ramp in side view149 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Masada - Walls facing the Roman Seige Ramp124 viewsLloyd
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Israel, Megiddo / Jezreel Valley140 viewsA view of the Jezreel Valley in the distance looking out from atop Tel Megiddo. The Jezreel Valley will be the site of the final battle between the armies of God and Satan as prophesied in the Book of Revelation. This photo was taken in June 2012 during a two week trip my wife and I took to Israel and Jordan.
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Israel, Nazareth - Rolling Stone Tomb172 viewsA really well-preserved example of a Jewish rolling-stone tomb. This one is part of a small necropolis which was found underneath the Convent of the Sisters of Nazareth, only a stone’s throw away from the Basilica of the Annunciation. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Cave 4185 viewsCave 4 was the nearest cave containing documents to the site at Qumran - it’s only about 500 metres away. Most visitors to Qumran take a picture like this one. But mostly they don’t realise that the highly visible cave entrance in their picture is modern, knocked into the side by looters. The ancient entrance to Cave 4 is on the top and well-hidden. Which is perhaps why Cave 4 was found by the local Bedouin, not by Western archaeologists, and why it wasn’t discovered until 1952, over five years after the original manuscript finds of 1946/7. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Miqvah157 viewsThis is L48-49, a water storage feature. The low, plastered partitions on the steps make it likely that this was a miqvah (a ritual bath), rather than a cistern. The damage on the left side of the steps dates from the earthquake of 31 BCE. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Refectory160 viewsThe ‘Refectory’ (L77) is the largest room at Qumran. A smaller connecting space (L86) nearby contained a huge cache of pottery plates, bowls, and cups. Hence, de Vaux argued that L77 was probably the community’s communal dining room. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Scriptorium147 viewsL30. From the fill of this room (which came from a collapsed upper level) de Vaux recovered two inkwells and the remains of what appeared to be a long, narrow plastered table (about 480 cm x 40 cm). Another inkwell was found in an adjacent locus. He conjectured that L30 could have been the community’s ‘scriptorium’, a room for copying manuscripts. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Tower192 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, Scythopolis (Beit She'an)99 viewsScythopolis is the only one of the ten ‘Decapolis’ towns situated within the borders of modern Israel. The classical city was destroyed by an earthquake in 749 CE; its ruins are extensive and quite well-preserved. Prominent in the photo is the colonnaded Byzantine ‘Silvanus Street’ (the excavators named it after a local magistrate mentioned in an inscription as responsible for its renewal) which follows the route of the earlier Roman cardo maximus.
Sythopolis was built in the shadow of the earlier Canaanite city of Beit She’an, where (according to 1 Samuel 31) the Philistines, after their victory on Mount Gilboa, displayed the bodies of King Saul and his sons on the city walls. The vast mound of Tel Beit She’an is conspicuous in the background. Twenty settlement strata have been identified there, the earliest dating back to the Neolithic (5th millennium BCE). A section of the eastern Canaanite city walls has also been excavated and is visible in the photo.
Abu Galyon
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Israel, Scythopolis ampitheatre147 viewsA picture of the ampitheatre in Scythopolis, taken from the top of the even more ancient Beit She'an mound. Running in the foreground is the cardo. This was taken in June 2012 during a two week trip my wife and I took to Israel and Jordan.cmcdon0923
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Israel, Sepphoris - 'Mona Lisa' Mosaic215 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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Israel, The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem172 viewsPhoto by Andrew Shiva.Joe Sermarini
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Israel, The Herodium148 viewsThe Herodium, 12 km south of Jerusalem, the site of one of Herod's residences and the location of his tomb. The buildings mid-slope to the left of centre are the site of the excavation of Herod's tomb.Lloyd
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Israel, The Herodium - Summit Interior View140 viewsLloyd
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Israel, The Herodium - Water Cistern139 viewsLloyd
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Israel, The Herodium Pool Complex141 viewsLloyd
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Israel, The Herodium Theatre156 viewsThe Herodium theatre immediately downslope of Herod's tomb. Sadly it was from this point that Ehud Netzer, the discoverer of Herod's tomb fell to his death in 2010, three years after his epic discovery.Lloyd
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Israel, Tzipporri - Tzipporri Mosaic196 viewsA mosaic found in Tzipporri, Israel.aarmale
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Italy, Aquileia - basilica190 viewsBasilica is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the Saints Hermagora and Fortunatus and was built in the first half of the 11th century by Patriarch Poppo in Romanesque style. Upper parts and roof were built by Markward von Randeck in 14th-15th century in Gothic style.
Mosaics from 4th century were hidden under the floor until 1909.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor201 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.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor204 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.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor200 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.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor196 viewsFishing scene describes the preaching of the Apostles ("Follow me and I will make you fishers of men":Matthew 4,19). The fishes represent the people listening to the good news, the boat is symbol of the church, the net represents the kingdom of heaven ("The kingdom of heaven is like big net that was cast into the sea...": Matthew 13,47).
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.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor191 viewsRam and battle between Cock and Tortoise. The Cock is symbol of the light of a new day, thus representing Christ, the "light of the world". The tortoise, whose Greek name means "dweller of the darkness", is instead of the symbol of Evil.
Post-Theodorian North hall (middle of the 4th century)Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor194 viewsPost-Theodorian North hall (middle of the 4th century)Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Capua - Amphitheatre392 viewsSpartacus fought there.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Capua - Amphitheatre338 viewsThe second largest amphitheatre ... arena is only 10m shorter and 8m narrower than colosseumJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis182 viewsTomba dei Rilievi
4th century BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis161 viewsTomba dei Rilievi
4th century BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis164 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis190 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Cosenza, Sibari (Thurium), Street205 viewsLucania, Thourioi.
Today Sibari (Cosenza), ItalyTaras
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Italy, Monza, Serpero Museum, Duomo di Monza.47 viewsIvory diptych of Stilicho, Roman General (magister militum), Patrician and Consul of the Western Roman Empire. The diptych depicts Stilicho, on the right and, on the left, his wife Serena standing with his son, Eucherius.
The Duomo di Monza is the main religious building of Monza. Although known in English as Monza Cathedral, the building is not in fact a cathedral, as Monza is part of the Diocese of Milan. The church is also known as the Basilica of San Giovanni Battista from its dedication to John the Baptist. In the right transept is the entrance to the Serpero Museum which houses the treasury.*Alex
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Italy, National Museum Naples, Marble bust of Hannibal from Capua85 viewsA marble bust, reputedly of Hannibal, originally found at the ancient city-state of Capua in Italy (some historians are uncertain of the authenticity of the portrait). From Phaidon Verlag (Wien-Leipzig) - "Römische Geschichte", gekürzte Ausgabe (1932). Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain.Joe Sermarini
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Italy, Ostia - Alexander and Helix's inn630 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Ostia - antica Thermae 161 viewsBohemian
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Italy, Ostia - Caupona723 viewsBeautifully preserved, it seems to step back in time.
Posted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Ostia - House of Amor and Psyche535 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Ostia - Street546 viewsIt is like stepping back in time....
Posted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Ostia - theatre138 viewsrebuilt by CommodusJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Apollo175 viewsFirstly it was thought it's temple of Poseidon, then it's the second temple of Hera and now it's thought it's temple of Apollo. But somewhen temple was used as temple of Poseidon and somewhen as temple of Hera.
Who knows how many times temple will change deity in future.
Temple was built +- 450 BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Apollo165 viewsFirstly it was thought it's temple of Poseidon, then it's the second temple of Hera and now it's thought it's temple of Apollo. But somewhen temple was used as temple of Poseidon and somewhen as temple of Hera.
Who knows how many times temple will change deity in future.
temple was built +- 450 BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Athena162 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
built +- 500 BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Athena157 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
built +- 500 BC
this temple was used as church but temple of Apollo and Hera weren't.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Hera159 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
temple built +- 550 BCJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Palestrina, Ruins of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia147 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalestrinaJoe Sermarini
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Italy, Piombino, Museo Archeologico del Territorio di Populonia137 viewsAmphora of barrati, a amphora totally of silver found in the sea near PiombinoFranz-Josef M
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Italy, Piombino, Museo Archeologico del Territorio di Populonia170 viewsPart of a coin deposit found in the sea near the beach of Populonia, totally weight 17 kg, now in the museum of Piombino in an aquarium. The hoard consists of Antoninians of the third century.Franz-Josef M
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Italy, Piombino, Museo Archeologico del Territorio di Populonia138 viewsGold found in graves of the ancient etruscan PopuloniaFranz-Josef M
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Italy, Pompeii240 viewsA well-known mosaic in an entryway of an affluent household, but it still never fails to please :-) July 2008Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - bakery251 viewsHere's a bakery, complete with oven. When this was unearthed, there were several loaves of bread inside, intact, but a little overdone ;-) July 2008Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - bath258 viewsInside the public bathhouse. Much like the "Occulus" in the Pantheon, the window to the upper left is the only light source in the room.Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - graffiti279 viewsAncient graffiti (gladiator standing left) on a wall. Visitors can walk right up and touch it. July 2008Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - modest villa355 viewsInside one of the more modest villas in Pompeii, although you'd never know it by the still-beautiful murals on the walls and the fountain there to the right.Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - residential street296 viewsOne of the numerous residential streets in Pompeii. July 2008Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - street210 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 Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - Vesuv in the background183 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Pompeii - victims of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.377 viewsOne of the unfortunate victims of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - villa 238 viewsThis is one of the more fashionable villas in town. Note the private garden area to the rear. The small pool in the foreground was for catching rainwater falling through a specially made hole in the roof. July 2008Mark Zema
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Italy, Pompeii - villa of Meneander178 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Pompeii, July 2008316 viewsA picture high up on the wall of the brothel, depicting what the paying customer could expect in the room beneath it.Mark Zema
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Italy, Populonia - Etruscian necropole144 viewsThis Etruscian necropole is near the town Piombino in the Toscana Italy, this graves are from the 3-2 century before christ.Franz-Josef M
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Italy, Populonia - Content of an etruscian grave 154 viewsIn the museum of Piombino there is a Replica of an grave of the Populonia necropole, with the original content of this grave.Franz-Josef M
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Italy, Populonia - mosaic177 viewsThis mosaic was found already in the early 19 th century, it shows many sea animals and a ship wreck.Franz-Josef M
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Italy, Populonia - mosaic, nearly total view140 viewsA famous beautiful mosaic with a ship wreck and many different sea animals, fishes, octopus snail etc.; most animals can be identified. Now in the museum of PiombinoFranz-Josef M
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Italy, Populonia - necropole166 views2nd century BC - etruscian necropole, the content of all graves is robbed before the scientist could explore those, except the one at the bottom. the content of this grave could now be seen in the museum of piombino.Franz-Josef M
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Italy, Port facilities of Sybaris132 viewsExcavated remains of the port facilities of Sybaris. These are located on the Casa Bianca site in the easternmost section of the Sybaris archaeological park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sybaris_port_facilities.jpgJoe Sermarini
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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia64 viewsit is describbed as "the earliest and best preserved of all mosaic monuments, and at the same time one of the most artistically perfect"
The building was formerly the oratory of the Church of the Holy Cross and now contains three sarcophagi. The largest sarcophagus was thought to contain the remains of Galla Placidia (died 450). Other is attributed to her husband, Emperor Constantius III. The last sarcophagus is attributed to Galla's son, Emperor Valentinian III, or to her brother, Emperor Honorius.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia138 viewsit is describbed as "the earliest and best preserved of all mosaic monuments, and at the same time one of the most artistically perfect"
The building was formerly the oratory of the Church of the Holy Cross and now contains three sarcophagi. The largest sarcophagus was thought to contain the remains of Galla Placidia (died 450). Other is attributed to her husband, Emperor Constantius III. The last sarcophagus is attributed to Galla's son, Emperor Valentinian III, or to her brother, Emperor Honorius.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia140 viewsit is describbed as "the earliest and best preserved of all mosaic monuments, and at the same time one of the most artistically perfect"
The building was formerly the oratory of the Church of the Holy Cross and now contains three sarcophagi. The largest sarcophagus was thought to contain the remains of Galla Placidia (died 450). Other is attributed to her husband, Emperor Constantius III. The last sarcophagus is attributed to Galla's son, Emperor Valentinian III, or to her brother, Emperor Honorius.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia62 viewsThe building was formerly the oratory of the Church of the Holy Cross and now contains three sarcophagi. The largest sarcophagus was thought to contain the remains of Galla Placidia (died 450). Other is attributed to her husband, Emperor Constantius III. The last sarcophagus is attributed to Galla's son, Emperor Valentinian III, or to her brother, Emperor Honorius.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Appio-Claudian Aqueduct 1489 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Appio-Claudian Aqueduct 2549 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Aqua Claudia (aquaduct)289 viewsentrance to San Stefano RotondoJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Aqua Claudia, Part of the aquaduct near Basilica of St. John Lateran113 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Ara Pacis321 viewsIt was built to honor the triumphal return of the Roman emperor Augustus.
It was consecrated on 30 January 9 BC.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Constantine1392 viewsView of the arch of Constantine from the top of the ColosseumTitus Pullo
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Constantine399 viewscommemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius
built in 315
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Constantine with Colosseum in the background490 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Dolabella252 views(the Porta Caelimontana)
built by consul Publius Cornelius Dolabella in 10 AD.
It was part of Aqua Marcia and later Aqua Claudia leading to Palatin.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Septimius Severus320 viewsbuilt in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victoriesJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Septimus Severus504 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Titus666 viewsArch of Titus in Rome depicting the spoils of Jerusalem's temple.
Photo taken September 2005Titus Pullo
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Titus329 viewsbuilt by Domitianus
commemorate victory of Titus in Jerusalem in the first Jewish–Roman WarJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Arch of Titus349 viewsThe Arch of Titus, on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum, was completed by Domitian in 96 A.D. to commemorate Titus' victories, including the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. The Arch of Titus has provided the general model for many of the triumphal arches erected since the 16th century—perhaps most famously it is the inspiration for the 1806 Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, completed in 1836.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano, Roman bronze doors40 viewsThe original bronze doors of the Temple of Divus Romulus still survive and are pictured above. They are set between two porphyry columns that support a reused marble architrave and open into a rotunda fifty Roman feet in diameter covered by a cupola which is accessible from the rear through the Basilica of Santi Cosma e Damiano. The temple was converted into a vestibule for the church early in the 6th century.*Alex
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Italy, Rome, Basilica Ulpia and Trajan's column278 viewsChurch of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum in the background.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Baths of Caracalla244 viewsbuilt between 212 AD and 216 AD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_CaracallaJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Baths of Caracalla197 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_CaracallaJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Baths of Caracalla198 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_CaracallaJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Capitoline Venus189 viewsCapitoline museumsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Diana178 viewsCapitoline museumsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Esquiline Venus211 viewsCapitoline museumsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Circus Maximus184 views600m x 200m
+- 320000 spectators
last race in 549 ADJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Coliseum151 viewsColiseum 1999randy h2
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum223 viewsbuilt between 70 AD and 80 ADJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum218 views50000 spectators
It has been estimated that about 500000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum167 viewshall inside colloseumJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum 1600 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum 2519 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum 3467 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum 4468 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum Arch of Constantine345 viewsOne of my favorite photos I took in Rome, a view of the Arch of Constantine as seen looking out from inside the Colosseum. fordicus
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum with arch of Constantine in the background165 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum, Flavian Amphitheatre92 viewsHere's yet another pic of the famous Roman landmark, only this time, I used the "Pano" feature on my iPhone, allowing the entire northern half to be viewed. Mark Z
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum, Inside -- May, 2011135 viewspitbull
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Italy, Rome, Column of Antoninus Pius, Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums36 viewsAbove are the four sides of the base of the Column of Antoninus Pius (Columna Antonini Pii) which was erected in the Campus Martius in memory of Antoninus Pius by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus c.A.D.158 on the twentieth anniversary of his reign. Constructed of red granite, the column was 14.75 metres high and 1.90m in diameter, unlike the otherwise similar column of Trajan it had no decorating reliefs. The masons' inscription shows that it was quarried out in A.D.106 and architecturally it belonged to the Ustrinum which was 25m north of it on the same orientation. It was surmounted by a statue of Antoninus Pius. Previous to the 18th century the base was completely buried, but the lower part of the shaft projected about 6m above the ground. In 1703, when some buildings were demolished in the area of Montecitorio, the rest of the column and the base were discovered and excavated. The base still survives and is now housed in the Cortile della Pigna in the Vatican Museums.*Alex
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Italy, Rome, Column of Marcus Aurelius180 viewsIt was built in 176 or later after death of Marcus Aurelius to celebrate victory over Marcomani and Quadi and Sarmatians. Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Curia842 viewsThe place where the Senate held its meetings.
Notice the three different kinds of marble used for the pavement. The beheaded statue should be Trajan's.
Posted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Curia Iulia, Forum Romanum132 viewsCuria Julia (Latin: Curia Iulia, Italian: Curia Iulia) is the third named Curia, or Senate House, in the ancient city of Rome. It was built in 44 BC when Julius Caesar replaced Faustus Cornelius Sulla’s reconstructed Curia Cornelia, which itself had replaced the Curia Hostilia. Caesar did this in order to redesign both spaces within the Comitium and Forum Romanum. The alterations within the Comitium reduced the prominence of the senate and cleared the original space. The work, however, was interrupted by Caesar's assassination at the Theatre of Pompey where the Senate had been meeting temporarily while the work was completed. The project was eventually finished by Caesar’s successor Augustus in 29 BC. The Curia Julia is one of only a handful of Roman structures to survive to the modern day mostly intact, due to its conversion into the basilica of Sant'Adriano al Foro in the 7th century and several later restorations. However the roof, together with the upper elevations of the side walls and rear façade, are modern. These parts date from the remodeling of the deconsecrated church in the 1930s.Joe Sermarini
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Italy, Rome, Domitian's stadium on Palatin179 viewsJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Flavian Palace - Domus Flavia (and Circo Massimo)141 viewsThe Flavian Palace, also known as Domus Flavia, is a part of the vast residential complex of the Roman Emperors on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It was completed in 92 AD in the reign of Titus Flavius Domitianus, more commonly known as the Emperor Domitian, and attributed to his master architect, Rabirius. Well known for its grandeur, the Flavian Palace was more commonly used for purposes of state, while the Domus Augustana, an enormous, lavishly ornamented palace south of the Flavian Palace, was the Emperor’s primary residence.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavian_Palace
by Doug ColdwellJoe Sermarini
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Italy, Rome, Forum401 viewsView down onto the Roman forum. Palatine hill is in the background. Photo taken in 2005.Titus Pullo
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Italy, Rome, Forum186 views1999
I think this is ( or near) The Forum - Temple of Saturnrandy h2
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Italy, Rome, Forum169 viewsruins of The Forum - Temple of Saturn being excavated 1999
We were unable to get close, I think this pic was taken from the sidewalk by hte main road that ran by.randy h2
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Italy, Rome, Forum from Palatino161 viewsTemple of Antoninus and Faustina
Temple of Romulus
This temple Maxentius built for his son Romulus who died 309 AD. Maybe the temple is built over earlier temple.
In 527 the temle with library on Vespasian's forum was rebuild to church of St. Cosma and Damian.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Forum of Augustus161 viewsIt includes the Temple of Mars UltorJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Forum, arch of Septimius Severus and Curia166 viewspitbull
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Italy, Rome, Ludus Magnus Gladiatorum470 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Mausoleum of Augustus506 viewsPosted by Strength And Honour.
Photo taken by my friend Hebe.Strength And Honour
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Italy, Rome, Mausoleum of Hadrian and Pons Aelius153 viewsbuilt between 135 AD and 139 AD
bridge was built in 134 AD
Hadrian and Sabina,
Antoninus Pius and Faustina,
Lucius Verus,
Marcus Aurelius,
Commodus,
Septimius Severus and
Caracalla were buried here.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, National Museum of Rome, Suicide of a Gaul 172 viewsPallazo Altemps
Roman copy of Hellenistic original 230-220 BC, one of the bronze groups commissioned from Greek sculptors by Pergamon king Attalus I after his recent victories over the Gauls of Galatia.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Original ancient door from Curia207 viewsnow it is in Basilica of St. John Lateran ... seat of Pope until he moved to VaticanJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Palace of Domitian179 viewson PalatinJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme - Discobolos155 viewsPalazzo Massimo alle TermeJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Hermaphrodite186 viewsPalazzo Massimo alle TermeJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, sarcophagus 144 viewsPalazzo Massimo alle Terme
there is also great collection of roman coins.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Pantheon346 viewsM AGRIPPA COS TERTIVM FECIT
The original Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa and later restored and rebuilt by Hadrian added and engineered the worlds largest unsupported domed roof. He kept the original dedication to Agrippa. A marvel of engineering and a sight to see.Titus Pullo
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Italy, Rome, Pantheon160 viewsbuilt by Agrippa 27 BC
rebuilt by Hadrian into present shape in 123 AD
remains of Neptune's basilicaJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Pantheon239 viewsbuilt by Agrippa 27 BC
rebuilt by Hadrian into present shape in 123 AD
M AGRIPPA L F COS TERTIVM FECIT
In 609 panteon was converted into church of St. Mary and the Martyrs.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Pantheon inside349 viewsInterior view of Hadrian's dome and ocular center. An engeneering masterpiece, the concrete gets thinner as it rises. The open ocular in the center allows light to flood into this massive ancient space. The walls at the bottom are about 12 feet thick. The interior is completely ancient from the marble floors to the walls and dome. Origianlly dedicated to all the god's it is now a Catholic church.Titus Pullo
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Italy, Rome, Pons Aemilius289 viewsthe oldest stone-bridge in Rome
bridge with six wholly stone arches was comleted in 142 BC
bridge was destroyd in 1598 AD by flood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_AemiliusJohny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Pons Fabricius137 viewsOldest bridge in Rome - built in 62 BC and still existing in its original state.Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Porta Asinaria153 viewsgate in the Aurelian Walls built 270-273 AD
(near San Giovanni in Laterano)Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Porta San Giovanni131 viewsgate in the Aurelian Wall
gate was built for pope Gregory XIII
(near San Giovanni in Laterano)Johny SYSEL
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Italy, Rome, Porta San Paolo140 viewsgate in Aurelian wallsJohny SYSEL
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