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Landmarks - Lake Titicaca
LAKE TITICACA LAKE TITICACA IS THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD. SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN BOLIVIA AND PERU IT SPANS OVER 8,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES AT A HEIGHT OF OVER 3,800 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
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Ruins Off the Coast of Dwarka Revive Stories of an Ancient Kingdom
According to Hindu legend, a mystical kingdom with 900 palaces made of gold was believed to have existed, with some claiming it to be located underwater off the coast of modern Dwarka, Western India. This ancient city, part of the Char...
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What Karahan Tepe Tells Us About Ancient Civilization
Researchers in Turkey are excavating at Karahan Tepe, which is believed to be much older than Gobekli Tepe, previously considered the oldest site. Karahan Tepe, with its T-shaped obelisks and animal carvings, suggests a prehistoric site...
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Dangerous Extrapolations
Historian and classicist Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Cambridge) highlights the dangers of trying to infer details of the past based upon contemporary archaeological research that could well be much more incomplete than we imagine.
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Turkey, Sardis - Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Sardis, the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, is situated dramatically on the western slopes of the Acropolis. The area might have been sacred to Artemis from the earliest days onward as attested by a...
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Turkey, Sardis ancient city
The Greek historian and father of history, Herodotus, notes that the city was founded by the sons of Hercules, the Heraclides.The earliest reference to Sardis is in The Persians of Aeschylus (472 BC); in the Iliad, the name Hyde seems to...
History Hit
The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: An irrigated oasis
What was this place like? What insights did they find there when excavating? The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 2
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Turkey, Sardis ancient Synagogue
The synagogue was a section of a large bath-gymnasium complex, that was in use for about 450 - 500 years. In the beginning, middle of the 2nd century AD, the rooms the synagogue is situated in were used as changing rooms or resting rooms.
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Turkey, Sardis - ancient Roman bath-gymnasium
The Bath-Gymnasium complex, one of at least two monumental bath buildings in the city, is located near the northwestern city limits and covers 23,000 square meters. In plan, the complex belongs to a Roman bath type called "Imperial"...
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GRECIAN TEMPLE UNEARTHED - ITALY
A Grecian temple to Neptune and Ceres has just been unearthed at Paestum on Italy's coast, 25 miles south of Salerno. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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SEARCH FOR DICK WHITTINGTON'S TOMB
Excavations were recently begun in the bombed church of St. Michael Royal, as it is believed that this is where Dick Whittington is buried. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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Life at the edge of the Roman empire
Northumberland, 10 July 2008
1. Various views of Hadrian's Wall
2 Close up of sign reading "To the Roman remains"
3. Wide of Vindolanda excavation site
4. Set up of director of Excavations Vindolanda, Andrew Birley
5. SOUNDBITE...
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VOICED : Secrets remain locked in Bulgarian historical valley
VOICED : Secrets remain locked in Bulgarian historical valley
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Pbs: Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
PBS Nova Online explores a revolt for religious freedom that took place in the year 132. Travel to the Israeli desert to learn more about the people who lived in the "Cave of Letters". This cave that was discovered in 1960 sheds new...