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The Tel Hazor acropolis (upper city)

An aerial view of the acropolis at Hazor. Hazor was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city located in the north of modern day Israel. Recent archaeological excavations have revealed how important this city was in antiquity. [The Hazor Excavations]...

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The "podium" (Hazor)

A Canaanite cultic (or civic) platform, made of basalt found in Area M. The top is made from a single piece of basalt estimated to weigh close to 2 tons. It may have supported a chair or throne as there are four precise circular depressions in the center of the basalt block. Hazor was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city located in the north of ...

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Hypocausts (Italy)

Hypocausts, Fiesole (Roman Faesulae), near Firenze, Italy. These large brick conduits, or hypocausts, carried heated air beneath the floors of this Roman bath complex in the formerly Etruscan town of Faesulae. © 1996 Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Harbor, Efes (ancient Ephesus), near Selçuk, Turkey

Harbor, Efes (ancient Ephesus), near Selçuk, Turkey. The harbor environs of the Roman city of Ephesus, as viewed from the slopes of Mt. Pion, illustrate the silting up of what was a major Roman port. The colonnaded avenue, the Arcadiana, ends at the edge of the harbor proper, but the modern coastline has receded into the distance. The shifting del...

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A milliarium (Roman Milestone),

Barca da Mó, near Caldas do Gerês, Portugal. This Hadrianic milestone is one of several in place along the Roman military road to Bracara Augusta (modern Braga). © 1993 Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Roman Water Pipes, Arles (Roman Arelate), France

A battery of these lead pipes transported a portion of the water supply of the Roman city of Arelate across the broad bed of the swift river Rhône. © 1995 Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Granite obelisk, Istanbul

Granite obelisk, Istanbul (ancient Byzantium, later Constantinople), Turkey. This Egyptian obelisk of the fifteenth century B.C. pharoah Thothmes III was transported to Byzantium from Heliopolis by the emperor Theodosius in the fourth century B.C. There it was erected along the spina (the long, low wall running down the middle of a racecourse, usua...

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Via Domitia

Via Domitia, near Lunel (Roman Ambrussum), France. The Via Domitia, the major Roman road spanning southern France from Italy to Spain constructed 125-121 B.C., crossed the Vidourle river at the Roman town of Ambrussum. © 1995 Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Aqueduct (Turkey)

Ruined aqueduct, Bergama (Greek Pergamon, Roman Pergamum) Turkey. This aqueduct, part of the complex water supply network of the Roman city of Pergamum, was destroyed by an earthquake in 262 A.D. © Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Ephesus - A Panoramic Virtual Tour

Images focusing on ancient Ephesus. HISTORICAL SITES IN TURKEY [Images] [Archaeology]...

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