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  • Ruins of a Roman era building on the lower level of the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_103.jpg
  • View of abandoned and scattered ruins overgrown with foliage within the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_071.jpg
  • View of abandoned and scattered ruins overgrown with foliage within the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_070.jpg
  • Ruins of a Roman era building on the lower level of the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_102.jpg
  • View of abandoned and scattered ruins overgrown with foliage within the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_069.jpg
  • View of abandoned and scattered ruins overgrown with foliage within the ancient city. Termessos, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Termessos_068.jpg
  • Phaselis. Turkey. View of ruins at the Central or Military harbour, situated in the north-eastern side of the city. The harbour was the smallest of the city. The ancient Lycian city of Phaselis is located in the Antalya Province in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Phaselis_004.jpg
  • Building ruins on the first terrace of the archaeological site of the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Arykanda_117.jpg
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of ruins of the so called governor’s house which are under cover for preservation. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_014.tif
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_073.jpg
  • View of palm trees and the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea from the evocative ruins of the archeological site at Selinunte. Sicily. Italy.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_065.tif
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_080.jpg
  • Ruins of the horses stables of Kanli Ali Aga on the Acropolis of the Acropolis of the Ancient Lycian city of Tlos in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Tlos_056.jpg
  • Harbour agora. Stoa ruins. Kaunos. Turkey. The ancient site of Kaunos (or Caunos), is situated a few kilometres west of the tourist town of Dalyan. Kaunos and Dalyan are located along the picturesque Dalyan River in the Mugla Province between Marmaris and Fethiye, on the south-western coast of Turkey.
    Turkey_Kaunos_070.jpg
  • Rhamnous. Greece. View of the blue waters of Southern Euboea Gulf and the ruins of the 5th century BC fortress town. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping.
    Greece_Ramnous_014.tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the romantic ruins of the Roman Forum which was the centre of political, commercial and judicial life in ancient Rome. In the middle foreground is the Temple of Saturn and eight of its un-fluted granite columns, to the left are the remaining three high columns of the Temple of Vespasian and behind is the white marble triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus (Arco di Settimio Severo) was erected in 203 AD to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the emperor’s accession.
    Roman_Fourm_Rome_Italy-060.tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the ruins of the once bustling heart of ancient Rome, the Roman Forum, with the Arch of Titus in the middle of frame and the Colosseum in the background.
    Roman_Fourm_Rome_Italy-008.tif
  • View of palm trees and the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea from the evocative ruins of the archeological site at Selinunte. Sicily. Italy.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_064.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of ruins of the so called governor’s house which are under cover for preservation. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_015.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of mosaic paved ruins of an once grand enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_014.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of ruins of enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city. Laying in an extremely fertile region the ancient Roman city of Bulla Regia is famed for its unique and distinctive underground villas built by the wealthy Romans in the second and third centuries AD to escape the baking Tunisian summer heat.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_006.tif
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_085.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_084.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_081.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_077.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_075.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_074.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_070.jpg
  • Ruins of the horses stables of Kanli Ali Aga on the Acropolis of the Acropolis of the Ancient Lycian city of Tlos in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Tlos_057.jpg
  • Ruins of the 19th century mansion of Kanli Ali Aga on the Acropolis of the Acropolis of the Ancient Lycian city of Tlos in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Tlos_055.jpg
  • Ruins of the 19th century mansion of Kanli Ali Aga on the Acropolis of the Acropolis of the Ancient Lycian city of Tlos in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Tlos_054.jpg
  • Ruins of the 19th century mansion of Kanli Ali Aga on the Acropolis of the Acropolis of the Ancient Lycian city of Tlos in Southern Turkey.
    Turkey_Tlos_053.jpg
  • This image was captured at the extensive ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, which was one of the six principle cities of Lycia (Lycian League) and the site of a major sanctuary of Apollo, possibly second only to that of Delphi. The archaeological site of Patara is situated near the modern small town of Gelemiş, in the Antalya Province along the south western (Turquoise) coast of Turkey.  The Patara sandy white Beach alongside the ruins is considered one of the best beaches in Turkey.
    Turkey_Patara_107.jpg
  • Harbour agora. Stoa ruins. Kaunos. Turkey. The ancient site of Kaunos (or Caunos), is situated a few kilometres west of the tourist town of Dalyan. Kaunos and Dalyan are located along the picturesque Dalyan River in the Mugla Province between Marmaris and Fethiye, on the south-western coast of Turkey.
    Turkey_Kaunos_069.jpg
  • Hierapolis. Turkey. View of the ruins of a 6th century basilica church in the ancient city.
    Turkey_Hierapolis_093.tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the ruins of the once bustling heart of ancient Rome, the Roman Forum, with the Arch of Titus in the middle of frame and the Colosseum in the background.
    Roman_Fourm_Rome_Italy-003.tif
  • View of palm trees and the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea from the evocative ruins of the archeological site at Selinunte. Sicily. Italy.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_063.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of ruins of the so called governor’s house which are under cover for preservation. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_013.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of ruins of the baths, market and the capitol in the distance at the ancient city. Situated in north-western Tunisia and lying in an extremely fertile region the ancient Roman city of Bulla Regia is famed for its unique and distinctive underground villas built by the wealthy Romans in the second and third centuries AD to escape the baking Tunisian summer heat.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_033.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of mosaic paved ruins of an once grand enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city. Laying in an extremely fertile region the ancient Roman city of Bulla Regia is famed for its unique and distinctive underground villas built by the wealthy Romans in the second and third centuries AD to escape the baking Tunisian summer heat.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_010.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of mosaic paved ruins of an once grand enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_009.tif
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of mosaic paved ruins of an once grand enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city. Laying in an extremely fertile region the ancient Roman city of Bulla Regia is famed for its unique and distinctive underground villas built by the wealthy Romans in the second and third centuries AD to escape the baking Tunisian summer heat.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_008.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya. View of submerged ruins of Apollonia. In the background is Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
    Libya_Apollonia_053.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya. View of submerged ruins of Apollonia. In the background is Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
    Libya_Apollonia_052.tif
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_079.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_078.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_076.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_072.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_071.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey.  View of the nave and semicircular apse ruins of a large basilica. The basilica was originally built in the early Christian period and then abandoned and then renovated and reused in the Byzantine period. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_069.jpg
  • View of masonry and ruins of a small building, possible a temple, on the lower acropolis terrace. Pinara Turkey.
    Turkey_Pinara_148.jpg
  • Harbour agora ruins. Kaunos. Turkey. The ancient site of Kaunos (or Caunos), is situated a few kilometres west of the tourist town of Dalyan. Kaunos and Dalyan are located along the picturesque Dalyan River in the Mugla Province between Marmaris and Fethiye, on the south-western coast of Turkey.
    Turkey_Kaunos_082.jpg
  • Harbour agora ruins. Kaunos. Turkey. The ancient site of Kaunos (or Caunos), is situated a few kilometres west of the tourist town of Dalyan. Kaunos and Dalyan are located along the picturesque Dalyan River in the Mugla Province between Marmaris and Fethiye, on the south-western coast of Turkey.
    Turkey_Kaunos_081.jpg
  • Hierapolis. Turkey. View of the ruins of a 6th century basilica church in the ancient city.
    Turkey_Hierapolis_095.tif
  • Hierapolis. Turkey. View of the ruins of a 6th century basilica church in the ancient city.
    Turkey_Hierapolis_094.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A column base and toppled ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_019.tif
  • Rhamnous. Greece. View of the blue waters of Southern Euboea Gulf and the ruins of the 5th century BC fortress town. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping. T
    Greece_Ramnous_015.tif
  • Rhamnous. Greece. View of the blue waters of Southern Euboea Gulf and the ruins of the 5th century BC fortress town. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping.
    Greece_Ramnous_013.tif
  • Fortress ruins. Ramnous. Attica. Greece. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping.
    Greece_Ramnous_010.tif
  • Fortress ruins. Ramnous. Attica. Greece. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping.
    Greece_Ramnous_009.tif
  • This image was captured at the beautifully situated and extensive archaeological site of ancient Pinara. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minare, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
    Turkey_Pinara_145.jpg
  • This image was captured at the extensive ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, which was one of the six principle cities of Lycia (Lycian League) and the site of a major sanctuary of Apollo, possibly second only to that of Delphi. The archaeological site of Patara is situated near the modern small town of Gelemiş, in the Antalya Province along the south western (Turquoise) coast of Turkey.  The Patara sandy white Beach alongside the ruins is considered one of the best beaches in Turkey.
    Turkey_Patara_108 (1).jpg
  • This image was captured at the extensive ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, which was one of the six principle cities of Lycia (Lycian League) and the site of a major sanctuary of Apollo, possibly second only to that of Delphi. The archaeological site of Patara is situated near the modern small town of Gelemiş, in the Antalya Province along the south western (Turquoise) coast of Turkey.  The Patara sandy white Beach alongside the ruins is considered one of the best beaches in Turkey.
    Turkey_Patara_106.jpg
  • The Basilica Stoa ruins, built in the 1st century AD during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Ephesus. Turkey. Used as a commercial centre of commerce and courthouse, the Basilica was over 160 metres long and had a wooden roof and three naves which were separated by two rows of columns topped by Corinthian capitals. It stands between the Odeon and state Agora.
    Turkey-Ephesus_163.jpg
  • The Basilica Stoa ruins, built in the 1st century AD during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Ephesus. Turkey. Used as a commercial centre of commerce and courthouse, the Basilica was over 160 metres long and had a wooden roof and three naves which were separated by two rows of columns topped by Corinthian capitals. It stands between the Odeon and state Agora.
    Turkey-Ephesus_162.jpg
  • Ruins of the Heroon or Sacred precinct of the cult of the rulers on the Acropolis. Ancient Pergamum modern day Bergama, Turkey. The Herron was originally constructed during the Hellenistic period and then was restored by the Romans.
    Turkey_Pergamum_Acropolis_120.jpg
  • Palaces ruins and VIP residences on the upper Acropolis of ancient Pergamum modern day Bergama, Turkey.
    Turkey_Pergamum_Acropolis_068.jpg
  • Palaces ruins and VIP residences on the upper Acropolis of ancient Pergamum modern day Bergama, Turkey.
    Turkey_Pergamum_Acropolis_066.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. Ancient ruins of buildings and temples. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_068.jpg
  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of mosaic paved ruins of an once grand enclosure that consisted of water channels surrounding a central garden in the ancient Roman city. Laying in an extremely fertile region the ancient Roman city of Bulla Regia is famed for its unique and distinctive underground villas built by the wealthy Romans in the second and third centuries AD to escape the baking Tunisian summer heat.
    Tunisia_Bulla_Regia_013.tif
  • Ruins of the Heroon or Sacred precinct of the cult of the rulers on the Acropolis. Ancient Pergamum modern day Bergama, Turkey. The Herron was originally constructed during the Hellenistic period and then was restored by the Romans.
    Turkey_Pergamum_Acropolis_121.jpg
  • Palaces ruins and VIP residences on the upper Acropolis of ancient Pergamum modern day Bergama, Turkey.
    Turkey_Pergamum_Acropolis_067.jpg
  • Delos . Greece.  View of weather beaten limestone stoa ruins on the Terrace of the Foreign Gods.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_116.jpg
  • The Basilica Stoa ruins, built in the 1st century AD during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Ephesus. Turkey. Used as a commercial centre of commerce and courthouse, the Basilica was over 160 metres long and had a wooden roof and three naves which were separated by two rows of columns topped by Corinthian capitals. It stands between the Odeon and state Agora.
    Turkey-Ephesus_161.jpg
  • A stairway and doorway to ruined buildings on Horseshoe Hill, northern section of the city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. This area originally was reserved for a monumental grave of Hermaios, a Lykian Governor. Following the collapse of the monuments, a medium sized bath was erected as wasa ironsmiths workshop. It is not clear from the ruins to determine exactly which building was which.
    Turkey_Arykanda_168.jpg
  • Ruined buildings on Horseshoe Hill, northern section of the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. This area originally was reserved for a monumental grave of Hermaios, a Lykian Governor. Following the collapse of the monuments, a medium sized bath was erected as wasa ironsmiths workshop. It is not clear from the ruins to determine exactly which building was which.
    Turkey_Arykanda_167.jpg
  • Ruined buildings on Horseshoe Hill, northern section of the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. This area originally was reserved for a monumental grave of Hermaios, a Lykian Governor. Following the collapse of the monuments, a medium sized bath was erected as wasa ironsmiths workshop. It is not clear from the ruins to determine exactly which building was which.
    Turkey_Arykanda_166.jpg
  • Ruined building on Horseshoe Hill, northern section of the city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. This area originally was reserved for a monumental grave of Hermaios, a Lykian Governor. Following the collapse of the monuments, a medium sized bath was erected as wasa ironsmiths workshop. It is not clear from the ruins to determine exactly which building was which.
    Turkey_Arykanda_169.jpg
  • Apamea. Syria.  View of column remains with unique twisting corkscrew fluting of a ruined building along the Colonnaded Street of the ancient city of Apamea.
    Syria_Apamea_058.tif
  • Ruins of a three aisled Early Christian Basilica built over the ruins of the workshop of Pheidias. Ancient Olympia, Greece. The basilica dates from around 451 AD. The workshop of the great Greek sculptor Pheidias was built with same dimensions as the cella of the Temple of Zeus and was where the great sculptor created the colossal 12 metre high chryselephantine statue of Zeus. Excavation in the 1950’s revealed objects belonging to Pheidias, including tools and clay moulds for the statue and a cup bearing his name on the base. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_117.tif
  • Ruins of a three aisled Early Christian Basilica built over the ruins of the workshop of Pheidias. Ancient Olympia, Greece. The basilica dates from around 451 AD. The workshop of the great Greek sculptor Pheidias was built with same dimensions as the cella of the Temple of Zeus and was where the great sculptor created the colossal 12 metre high chryselephantine statue of Zeus. Excavation in the 1950’s revealed objects belonging to Pheidias, including tools and clay moulds for the statue and a cup bearing his name on the base. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_010.tif
  • Ruins of a three aisled Early Christian Basilica built over the ruins of the workshop of Pheidias. Ancient Olympia, Greece. The basilica dates from around 451 AD. The workshop of the great Greek sculptor Pheidias was built with same dimensions as the cella of the Temple of Zeus and was where the great sculptor created the colossal 12 metre high chryselephantine statue of Zeus. Excavation in the 1950’s revealed objects belonging to Pheidias, including tools and clay moulds for the statue and a cup bearing his name on the base. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_118.tif
  • The Gymnasium - Palestra dated to the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. at the ancient city of Sikyon. Peloponnese. Greece. Located in the southwestern part of the Agora, the monumental complex spread over 2 levels, connected by three staircases. In the background on the right are the ruins of the Bouleuterion and then Stoa. To the upper left are the Temple ruins.
    Greece_Ancient_Sicyon_022.tif
  • Ancient Greek inscription on a ruined building on Horseshoe Hill, northern section of the city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. This area originally was reserved for a monumental grave of Hermaios, a Lykian Governor. Following the collapse of the monuments, a medium sized bath was erected as wasa ironsmiths workshop. It is not clear from the ruins to determine exactly which building was which.
    Turkey_Arykanda_170.jpg
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View over excavated ruins to the Odeon and the modern building sheltering the blocks of Law code Gortys. Scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain lays the Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys which is a former ancient capital of Crete.  Gortyn prospered during the period of the Dorian city states in the 6th century BC and achieved the status of the capital of Crete after the Roman invasion in 67 BC. It kept this title until the Arab conquest in 828 AD. Gortyn is said to have sheltered Hannibal after his defeat in 189 BC at Magnesia.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_010.tif
  • Palatine Hill. Rome. Italy. View from the ancient ruins of Palatine Hill across the Tiber River to the colorful Trastevere neighbourhood and Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo). One of the Seven Hills of Rome, Palatine Hill is the site of majestic ruins of many ancient imperial palaces and associated with Rome’s mythical founders, Romulus and his twin Remus.
    Palatine_Hill_Rome_Italy_004.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_053.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. Ruins of a fountain found along Via Trionfale (the Cardo). The site of Leptis Magna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_105.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_054.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_056.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_052.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins of stone blocks and marble column stumps from the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View along an excavated path that borders (to the right) the jumbled ruins of the vast Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. Originally built in the 1st century BC to house the Roman governor of the newly formed province of Crete and Cyrenaica, the complex included a basilican hall used as law courts, private residences and a shrine dedicated to Augustus. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the jumbled ruins including fallen marble columns of the northern stoa of the imperial temple beside the Praetorium complex at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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  • Bulla Regia. Tunisia.  View of the ruins of the Memmian Baths in the ancient city. The baths are named after the Julia Memmia, the wife of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and the sheer scale of its ruins indicates the prosperity of the ancient town enjoyed.
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  • Turkey. Selcuk. View of the Ayasuluk hill arched Gate of Persecution which leads to the ruins of the Basilica of St John. The gate was built between the seventh and eighth centuries AD was part of the defensive fortifications erected to protect the fortress against Arab raids. The gateway leads to the ruins of the Basilica of St John built by the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD on the site of earlier shrine. It is believed to contain the tomb of St John the Evangelist located under the main central dome.
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  • Ruins of a Temple at the Hellenistic Sanctuary of Temple of Apollo Pythios. Ancient Thera. Santorini. Greece. A 6th century AD three-aisled basilica with a double narthex and apse is built on the ruins of the temple.
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  • Ruins of a Temple at the Hellenistic Sanctuary of Temple of Apollo Pythios. Ancient Thera. Santorini. Greece. A 6th century AD three-aisled basilica with a double narthex and apse is built on the ruins of the temple.
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  • Ruins at the Sanctuary of Temple of Apollo Pythios. Ancient Thera. Santorini. Greece. The sanctuary was developed during the Hellenistic period in honour of the God Apollo Pythios.  A 6th century AD three-aisled basilica with a double narthex and apse is built on the ruins of a Hellenistic temple.
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  • Palatine Hill. Rome. Italy. View of the ruins of the oval fountain which was part of the Domus Flavia, leading out from the Imperial palace banqueting hall triclinium. One of the Seven Hills of Rome, Palatine Hill is the site of majestic ruins of many ancient imperial palaces and associated with Rome’s mythical founders, Romulus and his twin Remus.
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