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Afrasiyab (Uzbek: Afrosiyob),(Persian: افراسياب afrāsiyāb) is an ancient site in Northern Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century (see Siege of Samarkand (1220)). [1] The oldest layers date from the middle of the first millennium BC. [1]
Hatra was the best preserved and most informative example of ancient Arabian architecture. Its plan was circular, [8] and was encircled by inner and outer walls nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in diameter [9] and supported by more than 160 towers. A temenos (τέμενος) surrounded the principal sacred buildings in the city's centre.
Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
Layout map of Akrotiri in the Bronze Age. Pumice, here: northern shelving coast. Eruption of 165 ka buried it all. Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced Greek:) is the site of a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri.
The ruins recently uncovered by archaeologists represent one of the city’s less fortunate temples, officials said. All that remains of the roughly 2,400-year-old temple are its outline, steps ...
Pasargadae (/pə'sɑrgədi/; [a] Persian: پاسارگاد, romanized: Pāsārgād) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC). Today it is an archaeological site located just north of the town of Madar-e-Soleyman and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the northeast of the modern city of Shiraz.
Ruins from the mysteriously abandoned settlement were rediscovered during construction in France. Ancient settlement teeming with treasures was abandoned 1,900 years ago. See it now
From ancient cities to dead Mafia victims, climate change-induced droughts have caused the past to resurface in many places. Human Remains, Ancient Ruins, and More Revealed By Climate Change and ...