Place

There were many ancient towns and many have been excavated. Here's an overview of ancient sites, usually with maps and photos of the remains.

There are 619 items in Place:

Priene

Priene: Greek city in western Turkey. Priene,seen from the west The city of Priene was some five centuries old already, and had…

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Ptolemais (Tolmeitha)

Ptolemais: port in the Cyrenaica.Ptolemais was a city in the Cyrenaica. For a very long time, it was not a rival to Cyrene or Apollonia, but it still was an important port. In the fifth centyry, however, when Libyan nomads took…

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Pydna

Pydna: port in Macedonia, best known for a battle between the Romans and Macedonians. Tombstone of a mother and child Pydna was…

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Pyrenees

Pyrenees (Greek Πυρήνη or Πυρηναῖα, Latin Pyrenaei): mountain range between ancient Gaul and Iberia. The Pyrenees Like a straight line between the…

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Qadamgah

Qadamgah: site of an Achaemenid water monument. Frontal view The rock-cut Achaemenid monument at Qadamgah was discovered in 1881 by H.L. Wells.…

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Qsarnaba

Qsarnaba: village in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon, site of a Roman temple. Stairs to the platform The coastal road from Antioch…

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Quadriburgium (Qualburg)

Quadriburgium: Roman fortification along the Rhine limes, modern Qualburg in Germany.Excavations near the modern village Qualburg, situated on a low hill near the Rhine, have shown Roman military presence after the Batavian revolt (69-70 CE) but it is not clear…

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Qumran

Qumran: site where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered.History The "tower": the oldest part of the ruin The Dead Sea Scrolls, a…

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Rainau-Buch

Rainau: town in Germany, known for its Roman auxiliary fort. Rainau-Buch, panorama Rainau-Buch was an ancient Roman infantry fort (castellum) along the…

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