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Leluh is a major prehistoric and historic archaeological site, encompassing the remains of a city on Lelu Island, a satellite of the larger island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Another ancient writer, who, perhaps dubiously, identified himself as Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World. [3] The surviving manuscript is incomplete, missing its last pages.
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 ...
Human Remains, Ancient Ruins, and More Revealed By Climate Change and Drought. Erin Kuschner. September 25, 2023 at 4:27 PM ... Related: 30 Beautiful Road Trips That Celebrate American History.
Sagalassos (Greek: Σαγαλασσός), also known as Selgessos (Greek: Σελγησσός) [1] and Sagallesos (Greek: Σαγαλλησός), [2] is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya (ancient Attaleia) and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta.
This rich tradition is manifested in their varied and beautiful complex ceramic and polished stone, obsidian, and jade, such as: arrowheads; human instruments, gods and animals. Metal work impacted the agricultural activity and environmental exploitation, manufactured utilitarian artifacts as well as ornamental and sumptuary objects.
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