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The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Another ancient writer, who, perhaps dubiously, identified himself as Philo of Byzantium, wrote a short account entitled The Seven Sights of the World. [3] The surviving manuscript is incomplete, missing its last pages.
A complex of ruins with varying dates at Dholavira. [26] [27] [28] It has brick water reservoirs, with steps, circular graves and the ruins of a well planned town. Recent research suggests the beginning of occupation around 3500 BCE (pre-Harappan) and continuity until around 1800 BCE (early part of Late Harappan period). [29] Midhowe Chambered ...
Central Athens (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis, Kerameikos, Pnyx, Colonus, Areopagus, Kallimarmaro Stadium, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Temple of Hephaestus, Ancient Agora of Athens, Roman Forum, Theatre of Dionysus)
Featuring one of the best collections of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the UNESCO World Heritage Site was a major center of culture from 850 A.D. to 1250 A.D. and today houses a number of ...
The ruins at Great Zimbabwe are some of the oldest and largest structures located in Southern Africa, and are the second oldest after nearby Mapungubwe in South Africa. Its most formidable edifice, commonly referred to as the Great Enclosure, has walls as high as 11 m (36 ft) extending approximately 250 m (820 ft).
Archeologists have identified in Chichen Itza thirteen ballcourts for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, [53] but the Great Ball Court about 150 meters (490 ft) to the north-west of the Castillo is the most impressive. It is the largest and best preserved ball court in ancient Mesoamerica. [44] It measures 168 by 70 meters (551 by 230 ft). [54]
The ruins recently uncovered by archaeologists represent one of the city’s less fortunate temples, officials said. All that remains of the roughly 2,400-year-old temple are its outline, steps ...
Pueblo Bonito (Spanish for beautiful town) is the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico.It was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and 1126.