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Ruined Greek and Roman Cities
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Ruined Greek and Roman Cities
full description...Scattered throughout the mediterranean are the remains of ancient cities long ago abandoned by the ancient civilizations that once occupied them. Some were buried by volcanos, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, some were sacked by opposing forces, such as Troy, and some cities were merely abanodoned as geograp ...
Scattered throughout the mediterranean are the remains of ancient cities long ago abandoned by the ancient civilizations that once occupied them. Some were buried by volcanos, such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, some were sacked by opposing forces, such as Troy, and some cities were merely abanodoned as geographical factors changed the livability of the area they were sited.
Which of the ancient cities have you had a chance to explore?
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Ruins of Pompeii
Aerufe suggested:
Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in AD 79.
The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii ...
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agios nikolaos of crete
Bryan DLS suggested:
A marvellous little city on the shores of Crete that has been around since the time of Homer. It is mentioned in the Illiad as one of the 'Hundred towns of Crete'.
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Akrotiri (Santorini)
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Akrotiri is the name of an excavation site of a Greek Bronze Age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini, associated with the Minoan civilization due to close similarities in artifact and fresco styles The excavation is named for a modern Greek village situated on a hill nearby. The name of the site in antiquity is unknown. It was buried by a volcanic eruption in the middle of the second millennium BC (during the Late Minoan IA period). As a result, it is remarkably well-preserved. Frescoes, pottery, furniture, advanced drainage systems and three-storey buildings have been discovered at the site.
Excavated artifacts have been installed in a museum distant from the ...
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Archaeological Site of Delphi
Delphi is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important ...
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Paulapickerill diddit and says:
While in Rome many years ago, I
traveled to the Catacombs of St. Sebastian just a few miles outside of the city....got to see graves of old and famous releigious figures in the church.
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checked off Archaeological Site of Delphi, 16 wanna do it,
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Corinth
Corinth, or Korinth (Greek Κόρινθος, is a city in Greece. In antiquity it was a city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of ...
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Troy
Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Trojan refers to the inhabitants and cult ...
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Ancient Thera (Santorini)
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Ancient Thera is Santorini's classical antiquity city. It is located at a height of 370m on the Mesa vouno mountain that dominates the village of Kamari. Its strategic location offers stunning unrestricted views to the Aegean Sea in almost all directions. Ancient Thera was built during the 9th century BC by Dorian colonists from Sparta lead by Theras who lent his name to Thera, the formal appellation of Santorini. Signs of habitation until the Byzantine era have been found. Ancient Thera had ...
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Ephesus, Turkey
Aerufe suggested:
Ephesus (Turkish Efes) was an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia, near present day Selçuk, Izmir province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek period.
The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BCE), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Temple was destroyed in 401 CE by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom. Emperor Constantine I rebuilt much of the city ...
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Herculanium
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Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is the ruins of an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD, ...
Herculanium
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Ostia Antica
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Ostia Antica is a large archeological site that was the harbour city of ancient Rome, which is approximately 30 kilometers (~20 miles) northeast of the site. "Ostia" in Latin means "mouth". At the mouth of the River Tiber, Ostia was Rome's seaport, but, due to silting and a drop in sea level, the site now lies 3 kilometers (~2 miles) from the sea. The site is noted for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings and magnificent frescoes.
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