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Rhamnus or Rhamnous (Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνοῦς) or Rhamnuntus or Rhamnountos (Ῥαμνοῦντος) was a deme of ancient Attica, belonging to the tribe Aeantis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is described in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a fortified place; [ 5 ] and it appears from a decree in Demosthenes [ 6 ] to have been regarded as one of the ...
The Themis of Rhamnous as displayed in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The Themis of Rhamnous is a statue found in 1890 in Rhamnous, identified as the goddess Themis and dated to around 300 BCE on the basis of a dedicatory inscription on its base. It is displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens with inventory number ...
Rhamnus or Rhamnous (Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνοῦς) was a harbour on the west coast of ancient Crete near the promontory Chersonesus. [1] Pliny the Elder, on the contrary, places it in the interior of the island. [2] The site of Rhamnus is located at Ormos Stomiou. [3]
This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories. Afghanistan. Aï Khānum; Bagram; Buddhas of Bamiyan; Hadda; ... Rhamnus, Attica;
Rhamnus may refer to: Rhamnus (city), or Rhamnous, an ancient Greek city in Attica; Rhamnus (Crete), or Rhamnous, an ancient Greek town in Crete; Rhamnus, an augur killed by Nisus and Euryalus in book IX of The Aeneid; Rhamnus or buckthorns, a plant genus; 9316 Rhamnus, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1988; Mount Rhamnus, a mountain in ...
The site is quite extensive and contains tunnels believed to have been in use during the Bar Kokhba revolt. Tombs from the Second Temple period, agricultural features and cisterns (now covered with iron gratings) can be seen on the site. Many lentisk mastic trees (Pistacia lentiscus) and buckthorns (Rhamnus lycioides) cover the site.
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The Domebo site (also referred to as Domebo Canyon) is located in the west-central region of Oklahoma known as Caddo County. Caddo County has more than 451 archaeological sites. One hundred and fifteen of those sites date to the Plains Village era (A.D. 1000 to 1500). [3] In contrast, the Domebo site dates to approximately 11,000 years ago.