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:
Basienis (Qasr el-Azraq)
Basienis: Roman fort in the Arabian Desert, modern Qasr el-Azraq in Jordan. View from south tower Azraq is an oasis in the…Bazira (Barikot)
Bazira (Old Indian: Vajira): citadel in the vallet of the river Swat, captured by Alexander the Great, modern Barikot in Pakistan. …Behistun
Behistun or Bisotun: town in Iran, site of several ancient monuments, including a famous inscription by the Persian king Darius I the Great. The full Persian text is here.The Behistun Inscription …Bekaa Valley
Bekaa: valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. The Bekaa valley from the west The coastal road from Antioch to the south…Belevi Mausoleum
Belevi Mausoleum: Hellenistic tomb near Ephesus, final resting place of Antiochus II Theos. The chamber The Belevi mausoleum was built for Lysimachus,…Bera
Arch of Bera: little honorific arch for the Roman senator Lucius Licinius Sura, erected in the Spanish town of Bera.Twenty kilometers to the east of Tarragona stands, near a village called El Roc de Sant Gaietà, this simple arch. It…Berytus (Beirut)
Berytus (Greek Βηρυτóς): town in Phoenicia, modern Beirut.Bronze and Iron Age Tyche, the "good fortune" of Beirut Beirut is a very ancient…Bethlehem
Bethlehem: town in Judaea, birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth.Bethlehem Bethlehem on the Madaba Map Already mentioned in the Amarna Letters (fourteenth century…Bin Tepe
Bin Tepe: place near Sardes where the kings of Lydia were buried. Bin Tepe, general view The tumuli of the Lydian royal cemetery…Bishapur
Bishapur: important Sasanian city in Iran, founded by king Shapur I, and built by Roman POWs. King Shapur I Bishapur, "the beautiful [city] of Shapur",…Black Sea
Black Sea: Sea between Europa and Asia, in Antiquity called Πόντος Εὔξεινος or Pontus Euxinus, "hospitable sea". It was surrounded by Scythia in the north, Thrace in the southwest, Anatolia in the south, and Colchis in the southeast. Its main outlet was…Blariacum (Blerick)
Blariacum: road-house on the Peutinger map, modern Blerick in the Netherlands.Blariacum is mentioned as a road-house on the Peutinger map and can be identified with modern Blerick. It is situated on the west bank of the Meuse and was situated…