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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • National Museum. The archeology's collection includes ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings, mostly taken from excavations at Persepolis and other archeological sites.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A statue probably of Socrates.
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  • Ugento. Archeological Museum. Founded in 1968, this museum is placed in a former 1400s Franciscan convent. It hosts archeological finds dated back between VII Century b.C. and I Century, as well as a rich Messapi collection.
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  • Ophel Archeological Garden. After many archeological expeditions came to the light monumental structures of Herodian period. King Herod the Great rebuilt Scond Temple and expanded sacred enclosure.
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  • Ophel Archeological Garden. After many archeological expeditions came to the light monumental structures of Herodian period. King Herod the Great rebuilt Scond Temple and expanded sacred enclosure.
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  • Ugento. Archeological Museum. Founded in 1968, this museum is placed in a former 1400s Franciscan convent. It hosts archeological finds dated back between VII Century b.C. and I Century, as well as a rich Messapi collection.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a Roman soldier's career record.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A roman legionary tomb. The man, dead in Zadar was originary from Batavia, in the actual Netherland, a symbol of  a multicultural empire.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a beautiful statue of nymph tied to water cults.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a 2.5m-high marble statue of Augustus from the 1st century AD, coming from the town of Nin.
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  • Ugento. Archeological Museum. Founded in 1968, this museum is placed in a former 1400s Franciscan convent. It hosts archeological finds dated back between VII Century b.C. and I Century, as well as a rich Messapi collection.
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  • Ophel Archeological Garden. After many archeological expeditions came to the light monumental structures of Herodian period. King Herod the Great rebuilt Scond Temple and expanded sacred enclosure.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, funerary kit.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A roman eagle related to the Roman army. On the back Socrates.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a 2.6m-high marble statue coming from the town of Nin, probably of Julius Caesar from the 1st century AD
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  • Ugento. Archeological Museum. Founded in 1968, this museum is placed in a former 1400s Franciscan convent. It hosts archeological finds dated back between VII Century b.C. and I Century, as well as a rich Messapi collection.
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  • Sant'Antioco island, the archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca preserves and displays a wide range of artifacts from the island. The main part of the collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • Sant'Antioco island, two Phoenician lions of Hittite or Syriac influence that once protected the gate of the Punic city. The archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca preserves and displays a wide range of artifacts from the island. The main part of the collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • Crotone. Capo Colonna Greek archeological ruins. On the back the lighthouse.
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  • Jalapa. A great Olmec head in the Archeological Museum, one of the most important of Mexico.
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  • Chiclayo: Lambayeque, Bruning Museum. The laboratory where mochica archeological  treasures are restaured.
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  • Mountain landscape from the main archeological area
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  • Quebrada de Humahuaca, Tilcara village. Archeological museum's entrance.
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  • Acqui Terme. Archeological Museum. Table foot with a lion's head.
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  • Acqui Terme. Archeological Museum, tombstones from the Roman necropolis
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  • Sant'Antioco island, the archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca. Tofet steles represented the parents’ thanks of the little dead to the gods for having received the gift of a new birth and the continuation of their descendance. The term Tofet is commonly used to identify a particular type of sanctuary present in the Phoenician and Punic cities of the central Mediterranean. The main part of the museum's collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • Sant'Antioco island, the archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca preserves and displays a wide range of artifacts from the island. The main part of the collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • La Quemada archeological site (12th cent.)
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  • La Quemada archeological site (12th cent.)
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  • Crotone. Capo Colonna Greek archeological ruins. On the back the lighthouse.
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  • Alba, St Joseph church. The subterranean archeological tour of the Roman times. The amphitheater.
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  • Jalapa. A great Olmec head in the Archeological Museum, one of the most important of Mexico.
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  • Chiclayo: Lambayeque, Bruning Museum. The laboratory where mochica archeological  treasures are restaured.
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  • Chiclayo: Lambayeque, Bruning Museum. The laboratory where mochica archeological  treasures are restaured.
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  • The Sacred Valley, Pisac: the inca citadel; terraces, water ducts and steps have been cut out of solid rock, in a magnificent landscape. Local Quechua  community visit the archeological site.
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  • The Sacred Valley, Pisac: the inca citadel; terraces, water ducts and steps have been cut out of solid rock, in a magnificent landscape. Local Quechua  community visit the archeological site.
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  • La Quemada archeological site (12th cent.)
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  • Velia (Cilento coast) archeological site. Velia (Elea) was a Greek city where lived important philosophers like Parmenide, Zeno, and Melissus. One of the most interesting elements of these excavations is the "Porta Rosa" (Pink Gate), unique example of a Greek arch of IV century, a real architectural jewel of that age.
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  • Uadi Sebuah, "Valley of the Lions": the temple built by  Ramses II with archeological excavations remains. Once the Nubia, a region rich in gold, was a necessary link between Equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II. Today only few small cruise ships reach the Nubian monuments, far from the mass tourism of Nile valley.
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  • Acqui Terme. Archeological Museum, tombstones from the Roman necropolis
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  • Sant'Antioco island, the archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca preserves and displays a wide range of artifacts from the island. The main part of the collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • Sant'Antioco island, the archeological museum Ferruccio Barreca preserves and displays a wide range of artifacts from the island. The main part of the collection it’s about the important urban settlement built on the eastern coasts of the island at the beginning of the eighth century. B.C., known by the name of Sulky or Sulci, port benchmark of the territorial district of the south-western Sardinia.
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  • Jalapa. A great Olmec head in the Archeological Museum, one of the most important of Mexico.
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  • La Quemada archeological site (12th cent.)
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  • Velia (Cilento coast) archeological site. Velia (Elea) was a Greek city where lived important philosophers like Parmenide, Zeno, and Melissus. One of the most interesting elements of these excavations is the "Porta Rosa" (Pink Gate), unique example of a Greek arch of IV century, a real architectural jewel of that age.
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  • Roccagloriosa is one of the most traditional villages of Cilento Nat Park. Archeological area with a tomb of the people bearing the name Lucani (Lucanians),  about the middle of the 5th century BC
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  • The Sacred Valley, Pisac: the inca citadel; terraces, water ducts and steps have been cut out of solid rock, in a magnificent landscape. Local Quechua  community visit the archeological site.
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  • Bubastis, policeman protecting this archeological site, a important city where the great deity was the elegant cat-goddess  Bastet. the temple is now just a pile of rubble.
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  • Turquoise coast. Tekirova, old greek city of Phaselis.
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  • Turquoise coast. Myra. Greek theatre.
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  • Mitla, church of St Peter. In the foreground, the Zapotec site of  Church Group consists of rectangular courtyards surrounded by one story rectangular buildings. The Spanish built the Church of San Pablo here, which remains on top of a large pre-Hispanic platform which serves as the church atrium. It was believed that in this group lived the lord and lady of the underworld, so the church was built here to keep the “devil” from escaping.
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  • Alba. Inside a local bank the crossing of decumanus and cardo, the main streets of the Roman city of Alba Pompeia.
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Caherconnell Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well-preserved Celtic stone ringfort (500 to 1500 CE) in the Burren.<br />
From summer 2010, Caherconnell has been home to an archaeological field school where students can learn archaeological techniques from leading archaeologists
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  • Copàn: Patio de los Jaguares. Tunnel under Temple 22.
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  • Uchisar Kale, the network of tunnels carved into volcanic rock of the fortress, visible for miles around.
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  • Turquoise coast. Tekirova, old greek city of Phaselis.
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  • Copàn: Patio de los Jaguares. Tunnel under Temple 22.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain. Some stones came from tombs and ruins of the Roman city.
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  • Tanis 70 km northeast of Zagazig, was a important Egyptian city capital at time of powerful Pharaohs like Pepi I. around 2330 BC. The city was believed until some years ago to be the Biblical city where the Hebrews were persecuted and has been also one location for the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Until today only a small part has been excavated but so far the excavations has revealed the foundations of many temples and a royal necropolis.
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  • Karnak, the Great Temple of Amun.
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  • Karnak, the Great Temple of Amun. Sphinxes.
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  • Karnak, the Great Temple of Amun. The avesome Great Hypostyle Hall  covering an area of 6.000 square meters with an unforgettable forest of towering stone pillars.
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  • Filitosa, circular stone structures on the site, known as torri which may have been used as temples. The site was discovered in 1946 by the owner of the land, Charles-Antoine Cesari and systematic excavations started in 1954. Around 1500 BC, 2-3 metre menhirs were erected, carved with representations of human faces, armour and weapons. About twenty menhirs were erected in Filitosa, approximately half of the total of these monuments in Corsica.. The site was discovered in 1946 by the owner of the land, Charles-Antoine Cesari and systematic excavations started in 1954. Around 1500 BC, 2-3 metre menhirs were erected, carved with representations of human faces, armour and weapons. About twenty menhirs were erected in Filitosa, approximately half of the total of these monuments in Corsica.
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  • Sunset on the canyons that gave access to Petra.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", the most celebrated icon of Petra is opened to the torists on some nights. This ancient Nabatean city is one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • To gather data for his geo-archaeological system (GIS), a assistant of prodfessor Talal Akasheh use a teodolite in front of the Obelisk, one of the most important monuments of the Siq, the small canyon that gives access to Petra. With the next step of the project Akasheh, will complete a website for the Jordanian authorities, who can better manage the site, and academicians . He also intends to create a 3D documentation method as well as a non-destructive technique to study the salt content of the weathered monuments.
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  • The Triclinium, with the most spectacular interior of any monument at Petra, probably a funerary banqueting hall for those buried in the Roman Soldier Tomb opposite.
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  • The Siq, 1.2 km long canyon that was the principal entrance to Petra from the east. in the back the Khazneh, the "Treasury", generally tought to have been the tomb of a Nabatean king.
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  • Yucatàn: Ek Balàm. Human figures on the great pyramid.
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  • Cobà, pelota’s Ball Court.
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  • Labnà, the magnificent archway.
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  • Teocalli, or Templo Mayor, the most important aztec temple of Tenochtitlàn. The aztec god ofDeath, Mictlantecuhtli.
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  • National Museum of Antropology, Maya Civilisation Room.
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  • Villehrmosa. La Venta is a fascinating outdoor park and museum created in 1958, when petroleum exploration threatened the  ancient Olmec settlement of La Venta in western Tabasco. Archaeologists moved the site’s most significant finds, including three colossal stone heads, to Villahermosa. The thrones, identified also as altars, often have a large central niche carved in the base. In La Venta Altar 5, a carved figure emerges from the niche, which symbolizes a cave.
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  • Ruta Bec, Chicanna, Palace’s monstermask façade symbolises Itzamnà, the Mouth of the Serpent.
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  • Edznà, Temple of Five Levels.
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  • Tulum, Temple of the Frescoes.
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  • Chichen Itzà, El Castillo, stairway.
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  • Huaca del Sol, a Mochica  pyramid; it is reckoned to contain between fifty millions and 140 millions  adobe blocks.
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  • Tucumé, "pyramid valley", with more than 20 huacas (adobe pyramids): it was a important ceremonial centre.
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  • Turin, Parco Dora. Parco Dora. Modelled on similar situations in Germany’s Ruhr valley, the park by Latz and Partner sees green areas embrace industrial remains and exhumes the river from which it takes its name.
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  • Chihuahua, Paquimé ruins. Paquimé was the mayor Indian settlement in northern Mexico between 1000 and 1200 AD, with adobe structures similar to the Pueblos of United States Southwest.
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  • Palmyra, general view of the ruins, in the back the temple of Baal.
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  • Palmyra, the Great Columnade, 1.200 meters long. Successful merchants were celebrated with statues mounted on the columns of this colonnade street.
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  • Copàn: Acropolis
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  • Copàn: Stelae of Great Plaza portraying the rulers of Copàn.
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  • Turquoise coast. Olympos old city, tombs pilled by looters.
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