Nina WillburgerFor #AncientSiteSunday this fabulous aerial photo of the Acropolis at #Athens - a site I would love to be right now!
π· Christos Kapoulas
Prehistoric PortugalFor #AncientSiteSunday here's an amazingly well preserved dolmen in Portugal's Alentejo: the Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja. This enormous megalithic structure only has the top half showing above ground!
Come take a virtual visit by video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSVVULbN4o
Come take a virtual visit by video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSVVULbN4o
For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #TΓΌrkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators.
π· C. Bredfeldt
Forest:ArchaicCollectiveCloud Inversion at Bratton Camp
i'll never forget this one, this was an incredibly special evening
See more in the new episode, which also includes a bit of an explainer on Hillfort types & how they were constructed >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldgdAj-6Fw
The vast Cissbury Ring, West Sussex
One for your sunday morning, new episode exploring the Hillforts of Sussex & the South Downs >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dsEKYf_U00
A nice watch for the evening, our new episode on the Hillforts of the South Downs is here >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrW8TAxR8Zk
π· See if you can spot Harting Beacon its... not the clearest enclosure in the landscape ever
#AncientSiteSunday with Old Winchester Hill, a univallate hillfort surrounding a bronze age barrow cemetery
See more of it in the new episode on the hillforts of Hampshire & the south downs >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrW8TAxR8Zk
It's not every day you get to sit down with Miles Russell & talk about the Dorset Iron Age so a lot of you will understand just how excited I was to do that π
& its quite a relaxing watch too >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpA_Ist5LRY
π· Maiden Castle
For #ancientsitesunday this stunning aerial view of the Parco degli Acquedotti, south east of #Rome. The park is named for its seven aqueducts which supplied the city with water.
Photo: Valentino Ligori
For #AncientSiteSunday let's go to Leptis Magna on the coast of Libya.
It's one of the best preserved #Roman cities.
The city was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians. In Roman times it became one of the most important cities of Roman North Africa and a major trading post. It was the birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus.
π· G. Steinmetz
