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Portugal, Algarve, Site of Milreu182 viewsDetail of mosaic.pax
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Jordan, Petra - Ed Deir182 viewsThis is Ed Deir, one of the 'high places' of Petra. There's a rock cut path, you have to climb about 800 steps above Cardo level to get there, but worth it. Early Western visitors called it 'the Monastery', which perhaps it was during Byzantine times, originally though, a Nabataean temple (not a tomb).Abu Galyon
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Jordan, Jerash - Nymphaeum182 viewsGerasa’s Nymphaeum is quite well preserved and must have been spectacular in its prime. Originally there would have been a half-dome covering the top and each niche would have contained a statue. Note the holes in the lower level niches: the sculptures here would have also served as decorative water conduits to fill the basin underneath. Abu Galyon
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum with arch of Constantine in the background182 viewsJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum182 viewshall inside colloseumJ. B.
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Italy, Piombino, Museo Archeologico del Territorio di Populonia182 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.
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Apollo181 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 BCJ. B.
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Italy, Sicily, Syracuse - greek theatre181 viewsbuilt in the 5. century BC
15000 spectrators
one of the largest greek theatresJ. B.
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Portugal, Algarve, Site of Milreu181 viewsremains of the floor of a roman villa (with heating) underneath a 16th cent. farmer housepax
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Turkey, Hierapolis - Easter 2007181 viewsPotator II
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Israel, Caesarea Maritima - the sweet view from Herod's Palace181 views
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Israel, Masada - Roman Encampment and Seige Ramp181 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.
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Jordan, Petra - Silk Tomb180 viewsThe 'Silk Tomb' is hard to photograph and is best visited near sunrise or sunset. Depending on the time of day (i.e. on the angle at which the sunlight strikes the rock) the colours either look vibrant and alive or flat and dull.Abu Galyon
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Israel, Qumran - Refectory180 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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Italy, Populonia - necropole180 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.
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Israel, Jerusalem - Kidron Valley (2)179 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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Italy, Rome, Forum, arch of Septimius Severus and Curia179 viewspitbull
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Athena177 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
built +- 500 BCJ. B.
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis177 viewsJ. B.
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Turkey, Hierapolis - roman bath176 views(northern bath)J. B.
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Israel, Qumran - Miqvah176 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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Greece, Rhodes Acropolis of Lindos176 viewsIn the background you can see the steep steps of medieval time.
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Italy, Rome, Forum from Palatino175 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.J. B.
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Italy, Rome, Forum175 viewsJ. B.
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis175 viewsTomba dei Rilievi
4th century BCJ. B.
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Greece, Thera - Akrotiri 175 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."J. B.
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Italy, Ostia - antica Thermae 175 viewsBohemian
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Greece, Rhodes175 viewssteps to the Acropolis of Lindos on Rhodes
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Greece, Rhodes175 viewsView on the acropolis of Lindos
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Hera174 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
temple built +- 550 BCJ. B.
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Portugal, Algarve, Site of Milreu174 viewsspace for the warm air that heated the floorpax
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Italy, Venice - Grand Canal and St. Marks174 viewsVeiw from the ferry 1999Randygeki(h2)
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Italy, Rome, Forum of Augustus174 viewsIt includes the Temple of Mars UltorJ. B.
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Italy, Paestum, Temple of Athena173 viewsgreek colony Poseidonia
built +- 500 BC
this temple was used as church but temple of Apollo and Hera weren't.J. B.
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South Korea, Woraksan 173 viewsThis giant turtle lays near the Buddha of the future of my other picture, it is approximately 5 m long and 1000 year old.
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Italy, Sicily, Taormina - theatre - Etna in the background172 viewscalled Greek theatre but was built by Romans - maybe greek foundationsJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Pantheon172 viewsbuilt by Agrippa 27 BC
rebuilt by Hadrian into present shape in 123 AD
remains of Neptune's basilicaJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Temple of Hercules Victor172 viewsForum Boarium
built in the later second century BC
In 1132 the temple was converted to a church, known as Santo Stefano alle Carozze.J. B.
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Italy, Rome, Temple of Hadrian172 viewsbuilt by Antoninus Pius in 145 AD
now occupied by the Borsa bankJ. B.
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Italy, Venice - Bridge of Sighs171 viewsBridge of Sighs 1999Randygeki(h2)
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Turkey, Istanbul - Medusa's marble head171 viewsIn the Underground Cistern, was taken from Tarsus in ancient times.
May 2011FlaviusDomitianus
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Israel, Legionary Camp of X Fretensis at Masada171 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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Jordan, Machaerus170 viewsMachaerus is in central Jordan, not far from the Dead Sea. It's one of Herod the Great's hilltop desert fortresses. Not as well-known or impressive as Masada perhaps, but Machaerus has it's own claim to fame: according to Josephus, Machaerus is where John the Baptist was imprisoned and executed.Abu Galyon
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Italy, Volterra - Roman theatre 170 viewsfirst century BCJ. B.
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Greece, Rhodes plan of Lindos170 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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Ukraine - Olbia, Sarmatia, Black Sea Area170 viewsRuins of Olbia, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AncientTownOlvia.jpg (Image in public domain)
Pontic Olbia is an archaeological site of an ancient Greek city on the shore of the Southern Bug estuary (Hypanis) in Ukraine, near the village of Parutyne. The archaeological site is protected as the National Historic and Archaeological Preserve. The preserve is a research and science institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Hellenic city was founded in the 7th century BC by colonists from Miletus. Its harbor was one of the main emporium on the Black Sea for the export of cereals, fish, and slaves to Greece, and for the import of Attic goods to Scythia.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbia_(archaeological_site)
Joe Sermarini
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South Korea, Woraksan - Buddha169 viewsIn the Woraksan mountains I visit this big Buddha carved in the rock, I estimate the high 20 m, but I' m not sure.
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Italy, Rome, Curia Iulia, Forum Romanum169 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, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme - Discobolos168 viewsPalazzo Massimo alle TermeJ. B.
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Italy, Ferentium - Roman theatre168 viewsJ. B.
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Israel, The Herodium Theatre168 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.
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Italy, Populonia - Content of an etruscian grave 167 viewsIn the museum of Piombino there is a Replica of an grave of the Populonia necropole, with the original content of this grave.
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Turkey, Ruins of the main street in Perga, capital of Pamphylia, Asia Minor.167 viewshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphylia. 23 February 2006. Joe Sermarini
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Italy, Rome, Mausoleum of Hadrian and Pons Aelius166 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.J. B.
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Italy, Rome, Temple of Portunus166 viewsForum Boarium
built in 75 BC
converted to church in 872J. B.
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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia166 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.J. B.
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Israel, Qumran - Scriptorium165 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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Italy, Rome, Temple of Saturn165 viewsfounded between 501 BC and 498 BC.
The present ruins are from last incarnation in 283 AD.
Silver and gold was stored there in republic times.
J. B.
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Turkey, Pergamum - Theatre165 viewsThe Hellenistic theatre at Pergamum is extraordinary. It’s built into a steep hill-side, in close proximity to the city’s famous altar of Zeus, as well as to temples dedicated to Athena and Dionysus. But the constraints of the chosen site meant that the theatre could not take the ‘normal’ Greek shape (rather more than a semi-circle). Instead, to fit in the required number of seats, the cavea was extended vertically: there are 78 rows. The result is vertiginous. Abu Galyon
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Italy, Rome, Republican temples164 viewsLargo di Torre Argentina
Wikipedia: "Temple of Juturna built by Gaius Lutatius Catulus after his victory against the Carthaginians in 241 BC. It was later rebuilt into a church, whose apse is still present.
Circular temple with six columns remaining, was built by Quintus Lutatius Catulus in 101 BC to celebrate his victory over Cimbri; it was Aedes Fortunae Huiusce Diei, a temple devoted to the "Luck of the Current Day"."
J. B.
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Italy, Ostia - mosaique164 viewsJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Porta Asinaria164 viewsgate in the Aurelian Walls built 270-273 AD
(near San Giovanni in Laterano)J. B.
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Greece, Rhodes grave of Kleobulos164 viewsHellenistic grave - it was named after one of the seven wise man, Kleobulos who lived in Lindos.
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Turkey, Yakapinar (Mopsos) - Mosaics depicting Noah's Ark in the Misis Mosaic Museum164 viewsMosaics depicting Noah's Ark from ancient Mopsos in the Misis Mosaic Museum.Joe Sermarini
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Italy, Rome, Temple of Apollo Sosianus163 viewsName derives from its final rebuilder: Gaius Sosius.
Construction begun in 34 BC.J. B.
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Italy, Rome, Porticus Octaviae163 viewsBuilt by Augustus in the name of his sister, Octavia Minor, after 27 BC.J. B.
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Lybia, Sabratha - Detail of Scaenae Frons163 viewsA relief in one of the niches of the theatre frontSyltorian
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Israel, The Herodium163 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.
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Italy, Sicily, Syracuse - temple of Apollo162 viewsfrom 6. century BC
adapted to a church in Byzantine times and to a mosque under Arab ruleJ. B.
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Portugal, Algarve, Site of Milreu162 viewsremains of roman villa underneath a 16th cent farmer house, mosaic floorpax
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Turkey, Miletos - Theater162 viewsEaster 2007Potator II
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Italy, Rome, Pyramid of Cestius162 viewsbuilt in 12 BC by Gaius Cestius Epulo
base: 29.6 m (100 Roman feet)
high: 37 m (125 Roman feet)
inscription:
C · CESTIVS · L · F · POB · EPULO · PR · TR · PL
VII · VIR · EPOLONVM
OPVS · APSOLVTVM · EX · TESTAMENTO · DIEBVS · CCCXXX
ARBITRATV
PONTI · P · F · CLA · MELAE · HEREDIS · ET · POTHI · L
inscription from 1663: INSTAVRATVM · AN · DOMINI · MDCLXIIIJ. B.
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Italy, Vulci - cryptoportico162 viewshall in the basement of magnificent aristocrat's residence from the late 2nd century BCJ. B.
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Israel, Masada162 viewsAtop Masada, the Dead Sea and the shores of Jordan in the distant haze.
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Greece, Rhodes Lindos162 viewsRestored Stoa on the acropolis of Lindos
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Portugal, Algarve, Site of Milreu161 viewsTempel at the site of a Villa Rustica, build in the 1st cent. AD.
Transformed into a church and abandoned in the 6th cent.pax
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Italy, Ostia - 161 viewsJ. B.
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Italy, Rome, Theatre of Marcellus161 viewsTheatre was built in 13 BC and was named after Marcus Marcellus, Emperor Augustus's nephew, who died five years before its completion.J. B.
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Italy, Ostia - 161 viewsJ. B.
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Israel, Masada - Looking Down the Roman Seige Ramp161 viewsIndustrious bunch those Romans!
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Italy, Rome, Temple of Venus Genetrix160 viewschurch of Santi Luca e Martina; curia; arch of Septimius Severus
... I think so many different types of building in the one picture you can find only in Rome.J. B.
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Israel, Masada - Walls and Roman Seige Ramp in side view160 views
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Jordan, Petra - Qasr al-Bint159 viewsIt’s known locally by the name of Qasr al-Bint al-Faroun, ‘the Palace of Pharaoh’s Daughter’, but it’s really a Nabataean temple, probably originally dedicated to Dushrat. The Qasr al-Bint is one of the best preserved free-standing buildings in Petra and stands in a sacred precinct at the far end of the city’s Cardo. In front of the temple steps is a substantial open-air altar platform. The area still further in the foreground of the picture is now used as a Bedouin taxi rank, where the tired tourist who no longer wishes to walk can hire a camel or donkey for the trip back to the start of the Siq. Abu Galyon
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Israel, Scythopolis ampitheatre159 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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Italy, Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia159 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.J. B.
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Italy, Ostia - temple of Ceres158 viewsJ. B.
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