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  2. Leptis Magna - Wikipedia

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    Today, the site of Leptis Magna is the site of some of the most impressive ruins of the Roman period. Leptis Magna ruins, in the United Kingdom, by the Virginia Water Lake. Part of an ancient temple was brought from Leptis Magna to the British Museum in 1816 and installed at the Fort Belvedere royal residence in England in 1826.

  3. Virginia Water - Wikipedia

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    The Devil's Highway Roman Road, running from London, through Staines-upon-Thames (previously Pontes) to Silchester is thought to run through Virginia Water. Some of the local course has been lost, disappearing at the bottom of Prune Hill, and reappearing at the Leptis Magna ruins in the Great Park.

  4. Virginia Water Lake - Wikipedia

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    Among the lakeside features are the 30-metre-high (100 ft) high Canadian totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Henry Hunt, and Tony Hunt Sr., commemorating the centenary of British Columbia, and a collection of ornamental Roman ruins, transported from the site of Leptis Magna (modern-day Al-Khums) in 1816 and installed at Virginia Water in 1826. [3]

  5. Windsor Great Park - Wikipedia

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    Among the lakeside features are the 30-metre-high (100 ft) high Canadian totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Henry Hunt, and Tony Hunt Sr., commemorating the centenary of British Columbia, and a collection of ornamental Roman ruins, transported from the site of Leptis Magna (modern-day Al-Khums) in 1816 and installed at Virginia Water in 1826.

  6. 1,900-year-old winery — that made drinks for ancient Romans ...

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    Archaeologists found ruins of the wine presses, storage cellars and other production buildings. 1,900-year-old winery — that made drinks for ancient Romans — found in France. See it

  7. Roman Rapids - Wikipedia

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    Roman Rapids is a white-water river rapids ride located in Festa Italia of Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Virginia. It is themed after a canal race through Roman ruins and leaves riders fully soaked after the ride.

  8. Roman ruins reappear from river in drought-stricken Europe ...

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    Dropping water levels revealed a massive complex of Roman ruins in Spain as Europe continues to struggle under a record-breaking drought. Ancient Romans began construction on a military camp in ...

  9. Jamestown Church - Wikipedia

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    In 1699 the churchwardens of James City Parish asked Virginia's General Assembly for money to pay for the "steeple of their church, and towards the repairing of the church". A visitor in 1702 said the Jamestown church had "a tower and a bell". [5] In the 1890s, the tower was strengthened shortly after being acquired by Preservation Virginia.