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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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Calcium Deposits (France)

Calcium Deposits, Pont du Gard, near Nîmes (Roman Nemausus), France. These calcium deposits, precipitated from the locally hard water, accumulated in the main channel of the Roman aqueduct bridge Pont du Gard over the centuries during which it was in continuous use as part of the water supply of the Roman city of Nemausus. © 1995 Craig R. Bina ...

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Cromlech (England)

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, near Amesbury, England. Construction of this cromlech, or stone circle, extended from the early bronze age through later centuries. These trilithons of ``sarsen'' granite comprise the inner portion of the circle, with a ring of smaller ``bluestones'' surrounding it. © Craig R. Bina [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Aqueduct (France)

Pont du Gard, near Nîmes (Roman Nemausus), France. This aqueduct bridge, erected in 19 B.C., carried an estimated 30,000 cubic meters of water daily across the Gardon river. The entire aqueduct stretched 50 kilometers from the water source near Uzès to the Roman city of Nemausus. After crossing the Pont du Gard (at a height of 49 meters), the wat...

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Marble obelisk, Istanbul

Marble obelisk, Istanbul (ancient Byzantium, later Constantinople), Turkey. This Roman obelisk was erected in Byzantium along the spina (the long, low wall running down the middle of a racecourse, usually decorated with monuments) of the Hippodrome of Severus (the modern Atmeidan) and was originally covered in bronze plates. Note the presence of si...

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The aquaduct outside of Ceasarea

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The main street in Ancient Corinth

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The Pontius Pilate Inscription in Caesarea

Until recently, there was no contemporary evidence outside the Bible for Pilate's existence (although Tacitus, Josephus, and Philo all wrote about him). Then in 1961, Italian archaeologists excavating the theatre at Caesarea found this stone inscription of Pontius Pilate. Coins have also been found dating from Pilate's rule as governor. [Jesus] [Ar...

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The famous “Corinth Canalâ€..

The Corinth Canal links the Gulf of Corinth in the northwest with the Saronic Gulf in the southeast. The canal is 3.9 miles (6.3 km) long and has a water depth of 26 feet (8 m). Its width varies from a minimum of 69 feet (21 m) at the bottom to 82 feet (25 m) maximum at the water's surface. Before it was built, ships sailing between the Aegean an...

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