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 ENGLAND

The Lake District

 #1066

Caption: Visitors inspect the Castlerigg stone circle, a relic of an ancient time.

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Hadrian's Wall

 

#2683

Caption: Taking the walking path alongside Hadrian's Wall.

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#2685

Caption: Walkers coming along Hadrian's Wall from Steel Rigg, with Peel Crags in the distance.

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#2687

Caption: Close up of the stones in one section of Hadrian's Wall.

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#2688

Caption: The remains of a milecastle near Peel Crags, one of a series of small forts each built a mile apart along Hadrian's Wall.

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#2689

Caption: The remains of a milecastle near Peel Crags, one of a series of small forts each built a mile apart along Hadrian's Wall.

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#2696

Caption: A view from Hadrian's Wall across the Cuddy's Crags section to Sewingshields Crags, where legend has it that King Arthur and his men lie sleeping.

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#2697

Caption: Hadrian's Wall snakes its way across Cuddy's Crags to Houseteads Wood in the distance.

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#2699

Caption: Walkers on the Hadrian's Wall Path relax at a milecastle west of Houseteads Fort.

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#2700

Caption: View from the north-east corner of Houseteads Fort as Hadrian's Wall continues on across the English countryside.

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#2701

Caption: The granary is one of the buildings of which there are significant remains at Houseteads Fort.

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#1073

Caption: Inspecting a significant archaeological find, the Roman bath-house at Vindolanda Fort.

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#1076

Caption: An original milestone, on the ancient Roman road near Hadrian's Wall.

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#1096

Caption Inspecting the toilets. 2000 year old Roman latrines at Houseteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

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#1097

Caption: The excavated granary at Houseteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

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#1098

Caption: The north gate of Houseteads Fort, with Hadrian's Wall heading off into the distance.

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NB. This image appeared as a double page spread in Haute magazine in Korea.

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York

 

 #1004

Caption: Excavations have revealed Roman sarcophagi or stone coffins at the Multangular Tower, which formed part of a fortress built 300AD.

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#1005

Caption: The excavated Roman wall near the Anglian Tower.

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IRELAND

Dingle Peninsula:

 

#924

Caption: Beehive huts from the early Christian period, near Fahan on the Dingle Peninsula.

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#2442jw

Photograph by my associate Janet Wallschutzky

Caption: The beehive huts of the Dingle Peninsula were built using the dry stone technique of corbelling.

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#2469

Caption: A stone marker from long ago, part of the Pilgrims Way up Mount Brandon.

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#2472

Caption: An ancient burial site represented by a ring of stones on Mount Brandon.

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The Connemara:

#2528

Caption: Bronze Age standing stones on a ridge in the Sheeauns area of the Connemara.

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#2529

Caption: With the peat bog washed away by rising sea levels, the stumps of Bronze Age pine trees are exposed on a beach in the Connemara.

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#2535

Caption: A white quartz standing stone marks the burial place of a prominent Bronze Age chieftain.

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#2537

Caption: Bronze Age standing stones on a ridge in the Connemara.

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ITALY:

Pompeii:

 

#1646

Caption: The ruts left by chariots can still be seen in the stone surface of the road.

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#1649

Caption: Archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed the technique of pouring liquid plaster into hollows left in the ash, where bodies had decomposed, to produce these unforgettable plaster cast figures.

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#1650b

Caption: Everyday life indeed. Even the pots and pans are still here.

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#1655

Caption: Looking northward along one ruined street, I see Vesuvius towering in the distance, while my friends talk with our guide Salvatorii.

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#1656

Caption: A household shrine, its images well preserved in an excavated house in the ruins of Pompeii.

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#1657

Caption: The courtyard of a wealthy merchant's house remains much as it was in 79AD, the marble table unaffected by the volcanic ash.

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#1658

  Caption: An intricate mosaic in an excavated house in the ruins of Pompeii.

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#1660

Caption: The public baths, important to the social life of Roman times, are part of the everyday life that is so well preserved in Pompeii.

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Rome:

 

#1672

Caption: The ancient Forum in the centre of Rome.

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#1673

Caption: The ancient Forum in the centre of Rome.

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#1674

Caption: The bowels of the Colosseum from which men and wild animals appeared by elevators to do battle, its sand covered floor long since vanished.

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#1675

Caption: The bowels of the Colosseum from which men and wild animals appeared by elevators to do battle, its sand covered floor long since vanished.

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#1677

Caption: "I did not know that man could build such things," says the African gladiator to his friend Maximus when he first sees the Colosseum.

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#1678

Caption: "I did not know that man could build such things," says the African gladiator to his friend Maximus when he first sees the Colosseum.

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#1679

Caption: "I did not know that man could build such things," says the African gladiator to his friend Maximus when he first sees the Colosseum.

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Sicily:

 

#1552

Caption: Coloured by the setting sun, the ruined Temple of Juno in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples is a reminder of times long past.

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#1557

Caption: The Temple of Concord, the best preserved structure in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples.

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#1558

Caption: The ruins of the Temple of Heracles (or Ercole) in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples.

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#1560a or #1560b

Caption: The ruins of the Temple of Heracles are silhouetted against the setting sun in the Valley of the Temples.

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#1561

Caption: The ruins of the Temple of Heracles are silhouetted against the setting sun in the Valley of the Temples.

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#1565

Caption: How the mighty are fallen. The ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples.

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#1566

Caption: The ruined Temple of Demeter and Persephone, goddesses of the soil and the underworld, in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples.

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#1569

Caption: The Neapolis archaeological area of Syracuse has the largest Greek theatre in Europe, considered the finest example of this type of architecture in existence today.

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#1573

Caption: The Roman Amphitheatre at the Neapolis in Syracuse.

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AUSTRALIA

Northern Territory:

#1249

Caption: The drawing of the Rainbow Serpent on the rock face at Ubirr.

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#1251

Caption: Visitors inspect the main gallery at Ubirr where the ranger explained the significance of the warious aboriginal paintings.

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#1259

Caption: The stick figure paintings of people dancing are just one of the rock art styles at Nourlangie Rock.

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#1260

Caption: Aboriginal paintings on the rocks at Ubirr. Here, the dramatic representation of Nabulwinjbulwinj, a dangerous spirit.

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#1262

Caption: In the Main Gallery at Nourlangie Rock I found the one I had read about, Namarrgon, the lightning man.

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GREECE:

Athens:

#2160

Caption: The Doric columns of the Propylon in central Athens.

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#2289

Caption: The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, an ancient theatre at the Acropolis.

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#2292jw

Photograph by my associate Janet Wallschutzky

Caption: The view from the Propylaea at the Acropolis, looking across to the cityscape of Athens and the Temple of Hephaestus in the ancient Agora.

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#2294

Caption: The Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis in Athens.

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#2295

Caption: The Erechtheion at the ancient Acropolis in Athens.

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#2296

Caption: Getting ready for 2004, the year of the Olympics, cranes and scaffolding adorn the Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis in Athens

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#2298

Caption: Getting ready for 2004, the year of the Olympics, cranes and scaffolding adorn the Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis in Athens

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#2299

Caption: A lioness devours a bull. One of the relics from the earliest Parthenon, now in the Acropolis Museum.

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#2330

Caption: The Temple of Hephaestus in the ancient Agora. View looking down from the Acropolis.

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#2422

Caption: Columns of the temple of Zeus at the Olympieion in Athens.

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#2423

Caption: Columns of the temple of Zeus at the Olympieion in Athens.

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#2425

Caption: Detail of the top section of the columns at the temple of Zeus, at the Olympieion in Athens.

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Peloponnese - Mycenae:

#2179jw

Photograph by my associate Janet Wallschutzky

Caption: The travel writer examines the excavated grave circle at ancient Mycenae.

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#2182

Caption: How the mighty are fallen. The ruined palace of King Agamemnon at Mycenae.

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#2186

Caption: The now-headless lions adorn the top of the Lion Gate at ancient Mycenae.

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Peloponnese - Olympia:

 

#2214

Caption: The Palaestra at ancient Olympia stands as a reminder of how it all began.

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#2215

Caption: In the footsteps of the ancients, tourists inspect the Palaestra at ancient Olympia.

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#2216

Caption: The Palaestra at ancient Olympia stands as a reminder of how it all began

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#2217

Caption: The fallen columns of the Temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia.

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#2220

Caption: Two unlikely Olympic heroes go through their paces on the field of the original stadium at Olympia.

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#2221

Caption: The field of dreams, the ancient stadium at Olympia where once the crowds roared for their heroes.

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#2222

Caption: Through the tunnel, the entrance to the ancient stadium of Olympia.

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#2223

Caption: The ruins of the Temple of Zeus at ancient Olympia.

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#2226

Caption: The Philippeion at ancient Olympia.

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Ionian Islands:

#2402

Caption: The Palaiopolis archaeological site in Corfu town, said to be the ancient palace of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians who sent Ulysses on his way home to Ithaca.

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Northern Greece - Macedonia & Thrace:

#2326

Caption: Inspecting the ancient theatre at Maronia.

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#2327

Caption: The pattern of flowers and grapes in the floor of the House of the Mosaic.

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#2328

Caption: The excavated floor of the House of the Mosaic.

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#2362

Caption: The theatre of ancient Filippi, built by King Filipp of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great.

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#2364

Caption: The theatre of ancient Filippi, built by King Filipp of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great.

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#2374

Caption: The forum of the Greek agora or marketplace at ancient Filippi.

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#2375

Caption: A funeral altar in the graveyard near the Ignatian Way.

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#2376

Caption: Echoing to the footsteps of thousands of Roman soldiers, the Ignatian Way passes by ancient Filippi.

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