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An ancient monument can refer to any early or historical manmade structure or architecture. [1] Certain ancient monuments are of cultural importance for nations and become symbols of international recognition, including the ruins of Baalbek on Lebanese currency, the Angkor Wat on Cambodian currency and the Great Wall of China on the Chinese ...
Rujm el-Hiri is an ancient megalithic monument consisting of concentric circles of stone with a tumulus at center, in the Golan Heights, territory occupied by Israel. It is believed that the site was used as an ancient calendar. At the times of the two equinoxes, the sun's rays would pass between two rocks, at the eastern edge of the compound.
The Christ the Redeemer statue is the most visited monument in Brazil and South America.. A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. [1]
A Neolithic passage grave and an ancient monument of the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne: Dowth: Ireland: Europe: between 3200 and 2900 BCE Tomb The cairn is about 85 metres (280 ft) in diameter and 15 metres (50 ft) high. Skara Brae: United Kingdom Europe: 3180 BCE Settlement Northern Europe's best preserved Neolithic village. [44] [45]
The first reference to a list of seven such monuments was given by Diodorus Siculus. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The epigrammist Antipater of Sidon , [ 7 ] who lived around or before 100 BC, [ 8 ] gave a list of seven "wonders", including six of the present list (substituting the walls of Babylon for the Lighthouse of Alexandria): [ 9 ]
Different ancient Monument types in archaeology. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Cairns (stone mounds) (1 C, 20 P)
The protection given to scheduled monuments is given under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, [1] which is a different law from that used for listed buildings (which fall within the town and country planning system). [1]
This is a list of ancient monuments from Republican and Imperial periods in the city of Rome, Italy. Amphitheaters. Colosseum. Amphitheater of Caligula; Amphitheatrum ...