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The Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (around 300 BC). Abritus; Aleksandrovo ancient tomb; Aquae Calidae; Armira (Roman villa) Augusta Trayana (Roman ruins of modern Stara Zagora); Bacho Kiro cave
A complex of ruins with varying dates near Bolan Pass. [131] [132] Sechin Bajo: Peru: South America: 3500 BCE Plaza The oldest known building in the Americas. [24] Dolmens of North Caucasus: Russia: Europe: 3000 BCE Tomb There are numerous tombs, some perhaps originating in the Maikop culture, in the North Caucasus. [58] [59] Knap of Howar ...
Church ruins by country (17 C) A. Ruins in Afghanistan (4 P) Ruins in Albania (2 C, 9 P) Ruins in Australia (5 P) Ruins in Austria (1 C, 1 P) Ruins in Azerbaijan (1 C ...
Ixkun is a large site containing many unrestored mounds and ruins and is the best known archaeological site within the municipality of Dolores. [13] It was the capital of one of the four largest kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley. [14] Stela 1 at Ixkun is one of the tallest stone monuments in the entire Petén Basin. [15]
The aforementioned ruins are contained in the Tulum Archaeological Site, an ancient walled city where El Castillo and the Temple of the Frescoes are the two most famous structures.
Salamis, Ancient Greek ruins in Cyprus.. Ruins (from Latin ruina ' a collapse ') are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate destruction by humans, or uncontrollable destruction by natural phenomena.
In 1871–1873 and 1878–1879, 1882 and 1890 (the later two joined by Wilhelm Dörpfeld), he discovered the ruins of a series of ancient cities dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Schliemann was planning for another excavation season in 1891 when he died in December 1890.
Numerous ancient and medieval sites and artifacts, including the ancient cities of Nimrud and Hatra, parts of the wall of Nineveh, the ruins of Bash Tapia Castle and Dair Mar Elia, and artifacts from the Mosul Museum were also destroyed. However, from 2018, a year after IS was defeated and driven out of Mosul, many churches, mosques and ...