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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Excavations of ancient ruins outside the modern Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on its feet, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies on the archaeological site of Makrygianni and the ruins of a part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organisation of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on June 21, 2009. Nearly 4,000 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Chinese woman modelling clothes in temple ruins, Ta Prohm, Angkor temple complex. <br />
Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Ta Prohm has been largely left to the clutches of the living jungle. With its dynamic interaction between nature and man-made art, this atmospheric temple is a favorite for many - who can't help but feel a little like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft (which was filmed here) as they pick through the rubble.<br />
Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII.
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  • Chinese woman modelling clothes in temple ruins, Ta Prohm, Angkor temple complex. <br />
Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Ta Prohm has been largely left to the clutches of the living jungle. With its dynamic interaction between nature and man-made art, this atmospheric temple is a favorite for many - who can't help but feel a little like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft (which was filmed here) as they pick through the rubble.<br />
Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII.
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  • Tourist in ruined doorway in Ta Prohm, Angkor temple complex<br />
Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Ta Prohm has been largely left to the clutches of the living jungle. With its dynamic interaction between nature and man-made art, this atmospheric temple is a favorite for many - who can't help but feel a little like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft (which was filmed here) as they pick through the rubble.<br />
Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII.
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  • A chef lights a cigarette and relaxes at a table picturing the ancient ruins of Gerrha, in front of a panorama of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon outside a Lebanese cafe in London's Soho. The panoramic landscape of this Lebanese landmark plus the juxtaposition of the ruins make an incongruous detail in this modern central London street known for its restaurants, cafes and media businesses.
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  • The Bekaa Valley and ancient ruins of Gerrha in Lebanon outside a Lebanese cafe in London's Soho. The panoramic landscape of this Lebanese landmark plus the juxtaposition of the ruins make an incongruous detail in this modern central London street known for its restaurants, cafes and media businesses.
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  • A Chinese women take a selfie photo from her phone dressed in white bridal dresses standing by the ancient ruins of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia. A second woman, also dressed as a bride, stands on the stone wall with a DSLR camera.
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  • A Chinese women take a selfie photo from her phone dressed in white bridal dresses standing by the ancient ruins of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia. A second woman, also dressed as a bride, stands on the stone wall with a DSLR camera.  photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images
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  • Tourists in the area known as The Ancient Agora of Athens. In ancient times a market and assembly place, now a series of ancient ruins and restored buildings which give a sence of Athenian life in days gone by. Rebuilt in the 5th century BC after being destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Area known as The Ancient Agora of Athens. In ancient times a market and assembly place, now a series of ancient ruins and restored buildings which give a sence of Athenian life in days gone by. Rebuilt in the 5th century BC after being destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Area known as The Ancient Agora of Athens. In ancient times a market and assembly place, now a series of ancient ruins and restored buildings which give a sence of Athenian life in days gone by. Rebuilt in the 5th century BC after being destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Area known as The Ancient Agora of Athens. In ancient times a market and assembly place, now a series of ancient ruins and restored buildings which give a sence of Athenian life in days gone by. Rebuilt in the 5th century BC after being destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110919ancient agora of athensA.jpg
  • Young boy Buddhist monks walk past tourists through the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat temple grounds Siem Reap, Cambodia. Angkor Wat is one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. It was built in the 12th century initially as a Hindu temple which then transformed into a Buddhist temple by the end of the 12th century.
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  • A reconstructed Roman temple using light and smoke machines, the Mithraeum, in the Bloomberg SPACE on the 24th September in London in the United Kingdom. The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a buildings construction in 1954
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  • A reconstructed Roman temple using light and smoke machines, the Mithraeum, in the Bloomberg SPACE on the 24th September in London in the United Kingdom. The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a buildings construction in 1954
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  • A statue of the Goddess Shahiro outseide her shrine<br />
Hatra is today known as al-Hadr and is an ancient ruined city in the al-Jazira region of Iraq. It is a World Heritage site and  was founded as an Assyrian city by the Seleucid Empire some time in the 3rd century BCE. A religious and trading centre of the Parthian empire, it flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries BCE. Hatra is the best preserved and most informative example of a Parthian city
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  • Reliefs on the wall of a building in Hatra, Iraq<br />
Hatra is today known as al-Hadr and is an ancient ruined city in the al-Jazira region of Iraq. It is a World Heritage site and  was founded as an Assyrian city by the Seleucid Empire some time in the 3rd century BCE. A religious and trading centre of the Parthian empire, it flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries BCE. Hatra is the best preserved and most informative example of a Parthian city
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  • Buddhist monk looking at bas reliefs on the outer wall of the outer gallery of Bayon Temple, Ankor which features a series of bas-reliefs depicting historical events and scenes from the everyday life of the Angkorian Khmer.
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  • Elephant rides at the South gate to Ankor Thom.
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  • Unmortered stones set as part of the wall in the Baphuon Temple, Ankor Thom
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  • Boys fishing in the lake by the Baphuon Temple, Ankor Thom
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  • Tree root growing into the stucture of a temple in Preah Khan. Hidden deep in the jungles of Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, Preah Khan is a vast temple complex sprawling across nearly 140 acres. Built by the Khmer king Jayavarman the seventh in the late twelfth century as a monastery and center for learning, it was once the heart of a city of nearly 100,000.<br />
The temple is still largely unrestored: the initial clearing was from 1927 to 1932, and partial anastylosis was carried out in 1939. Since then free-standing statues have been removed for safe-keeping, and there has been further consolidation and restoration work. Throughout, the conservators have attempted to balance restoration and maintenance of the wild condition in which the temple was discovered
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  • Tree root growing into the stucture of a temple in Preah Khan. Hidden deep in the jungles of Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, Preah Khan is a vast temple complex sprawling across nearly 140 acres. Built by the Khmer king Jayavarman the seventh in the late twelfth century as a monastery and center for learning, it was once the heart of a city of nearly 100,000.<br />
The temple is still largely unrestored: the initial clearing was from 1927 to 1932, and partial anastylosis was carried out in 1939. Since then free-standing statues have been removed for safe-keeping, and there has been further consolidation and restoration work. Throughout, the conservators have attempted to balance restoration and maintenance of the wild condition in which the temple was discovered
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  • Bas relief in the stone of hands pulling a Nagra (giant serpant) on the South Bridge crossing the moat to Ankor Thom. The entrance to Angkor Thom is lined with demons pulling a giant snake. <br />
Jayavarman VII rebuilt the city of Angkor as Angkor Thom about 2 generations after Suryavarman II lived.
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  • Bayon Temple, Ankor.<br />
Bayon is known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point. The curious smiling image, thought by many to be a portrait of Jayavarman himself, has been dubbed by some the "Mona Lisa of Southeast Asia." There are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own.
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  • Unmortered stones set as part of the wall in the Bayon Temple, Ankor.
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  • Bayon Temple, Ankor.<br />
Bayon is known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point. The curious smiling image, thought by many to be a portrait of Jayavarman himself, has been dubbed by some the "Mona Lisa of Southeast Asia." There are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own.
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  • Dangerous tree, Ta Prohm, Angkor temple complex.<br />
Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Ta Prohm has been largely left to the clutches of the living jungle. With its dynamic interaction between nature and man-made art, this atmospheric temple is a favorite for many - who can't help but feel a little like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft (which was filmed here) as they pick through the rubble.<br />
Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII.
    _F3A7089_1_1_1.jpg
  • Hidden deep in the jungles of Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, Preah Khan is a vast temple complex sprawling across nearly 140 acres. Built by the Khmer king Jayavarman the seventh in the late twelfth century as a monastery and center for learning, it was once the heart of a city of nearly 100,000.<br />
The temple is still largely unrestored: the initial clearing was from 1927 to 1932, and partial anastylosis was carried out in 1939. Since then free-standing statues have been removed for safe-keeping, and there has been further consolidation and restoration work. Throughout, the conservators have attempted to balance restoration and maintenance of the wild condition in which the temple was discovered
    _F3A7332_1_1_1.jpg
  • Bayon Temple, Ankor.<br />
Bayon is known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point. The curious smiling image, thought by many to be a portrait of Jayavarman himself, has been dubbed by some the "Mona Lisa of Southeast Asia." There are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own.
    _F3A7158_1_1.jpg
  • Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Ta Prohm has been largely left to the clutches of the living jungle. With its dynamic interaction between nature and man-made art, this atmospheric temple is a favorite for many - who can't help but feel a little like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft (which was filmed here) as they pick through the rubble.<br />
Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII.
    _F3A7074_1_1_1.jpg
  • The ruined city of Ouadane with it's ancient mosque. Ouadane was  founded in in the 10th century by the Berber tribe Idalwa el Hadji and soon became an important caravan and trading centre. A Portuguese trading post was established in 1487, but the town declined from the sixteenth century. The old town, a World Heritage Site, though in ruins, is still substantially intact, while a small modern settlement lies outside its gate.
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  • The ruined city of Ouadane with it's ancient mosque. Ouadane was  founded in in the 10th century by the Berber tribe Idalwa el Hadji and soon became an important caravan and trading centre. A Portuguese trading post was established in 1487, but the town declined from the sixteenth century. The old town, a World Heritage Site, though in ruins, is still substantially intact, while a small modern settlement lies outside its gate.
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  • Details of a mystical creature on the walls of the ancient city of Babylon.<br />
Babylon, an ancient city mention in the Bible is dated at around the 24th Century BC. <br />
In 1985, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins (because of this, artifacts and other finds may well be under the city by now), investing in both restoration and new construction. To the dismay of archaeologists, he inscribed his name on many of the bricks in imitation of Nebuchadnezzar. One frequent inscription reads: "This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify Iraq".
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  • Ruins of ancient windmills around Exogi, Ithaca, Greece. Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea to the west of continental Greece. Ithacas main island has an area of 96 square kilometres. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands.
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  • Ruins of ancient windmills around Exogi, Ithaca, Greece. Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea to the west of continental Greece. Ithacas main island has an area of 96 square kilometres. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands.
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  • Guatemalan men fixing a roof. Tikal is a ruins of an ancient Maya city, archaeologists believe it was called Yax Mutal, and is one of the largest pre-Columbian Maya sites and a UNESCO World heritage site. Located in the department of El Petén and part of Tikal National Park, it is a popular tourist site, accessed by most from the nearby Flores, Guatemala.
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  • Tikal is a ruins of an ancient Maya city, archaeologists believe it was called Yax Mutal, and is one of the largest pre-Columbian Maya sites and a UNESCO World heritage site. Located in the department of El Petén and part of Tikal National Park, it is a popular tourist site, accessed by most from the nearby Flores, Guatemala.
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  • Wide landscape of the 12th-century ruins Augustinian monastery—now generally known as Bolton Priory. It sits within the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, adjacent to the village of Bolton Abbey. The monastery was founded in 1154 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. The land at Bolton, as well as other resources, were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154. It is now a popular loaction for families and walkers who can trek the River Wharfe upstream into ancient woodland.
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  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
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  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
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  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
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  • restored walls of the Temple complex in the ancient city of Babylon.<br />
Babylon, an ancient city mention in the Bible is dated at around the 24th Century BC. <br />
In 1985, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins (because of this, artifacts and other finds may well be under the city by now), investing in both restoration and new construction. To the dismay of archaeologists, he inscribed his name on many of the bricks in imitation of Nebuchadnezzar. One frequent inscription reads: "This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify Iraq".
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  • Mexican Papantla Flyers perform a pre-Hispanic ritual dedicated to their sun god, a leap from a 90 foot pole, on 15th May 1996, the Tulum ruins, Yucatan, Mexico. Dressed in their native costumes these men lash themselves to this towering pole with a leather bindings and soar off into space backwards and upside down in the ultimate leap of faith. The Papantla Flyers are Totonac Indians performing an ancient fertility ceremony. As they slowly descend to earth, the 13 revolutions made by the four flyers equal the 52-year span of the Aztec century. They represent earth, water, fire and air and the interweaving of these four elements symbolizes the creation of new life. A fifth man is left on top, dancing on this tiny nine-inch platform while simultaneously playing both a pre-Columbian flute and drum.
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  • A close-up detail of the ruins of the Altar at the Aedes Genii Augusti temple at Pompeii. Roman citizens seen on a relief at the side of the forum in the ancient city of Pompei. Being built or renovated around the time of the volcanic eruption in 79 AD, this detail is from the white marble altar depicting the sacrifice of a bull and we see the scene depicting a marketplace where Romans of the empire buy and sell their wares.
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium'. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad006-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad003-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • 1980s Sri Lankan schoolgirls in clean white uniforms and visiting the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, stand alongside the Shiva Devale temple, on 12th Arpil 1980, at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Shiva Devale No 2 is the oldest structure in Polonnaruwa and dates from the brief Chola period, when the Indian invaders established the city. Built in the 11th century, this Hindu temple built entirely of stone. Within in the sanctum is a stone carved lingam or phallus, a symbol of Hindu god Diva. In front of the temple is the Nandi bull, God Shiva’s vehicle. Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka’s splendid medieval capital was established as the first city of the land in the 11th Century, A.D.
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  • A woman in a red dress and bright pink hat poses for a photograph over the ancient site of Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.  The temples were made of brick towers on a sandstone platform.
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  • A woman in a red dress and bright pink hat stands in front of the central tower of the ancient Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia. <br />
The tower is made of brick and perches on a sandstone platform. This tower is dedicated to Jayavarman II, the founder of the Khmer empire.
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  • A Budhist shrine with a Buddha statues and ornate decorations within the central tower of the ancient Preah Ko temple, Roluos, Svay Chek District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.  The tower is made of brick and is dedicated to Jayavarman II, the founder of the Khmer empire.
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  • A woman, dressed in a white bridal dress, takes a photo whilst balancing on the ancient stone wall of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.
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  • A woman in a white bridal dress takes a photo whilst standing on the ancient stone structure of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.
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  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • Monte Alban, also known as Danipaguache is an ancient Zaoptec site in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • Traffic streaks past a floodlit Roman Colosseum on Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome Italy. With traffic streaking past this ancient building in a modern-day Italian capital. The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world.
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  • Tourists with umbrellas visit Angkor Thom, ancient Hindu temples, in the monsoon season at Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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  • In the peristyle of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii is a fresco  where an ancient painted mural to the Greek Goddess Urania was unearthed from volcanic ash after 2,000 years. In Greek mythology, Urania which stems from the Greek word for 'heavenly' or 'of heaven', was the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus, usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand, she can foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars and is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, the frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • In an archaeologists' shed at the site of further excavations in Pompeii, Italy, the bones of an ancient Roman citizen is spread out on a metal sheet after being uncovered from Volcanic ash and pumice. Pompeii was buried beneath metres of toxic material from Mount Versuvius in May AD79 and this person was suffocated then crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be examined for desease yielding clues as to its lifestyle and eating habits. The skeletal remains are clearly identifiable with spinal column vertibrae, one jaw still containing teeth and various pieces of bone have been recovered. Many bodies littered a rooftop here proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • The upright remains of a Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. Within the chapel, erected on a modern base, is the lower part of a cross-shaft 1.33m high above ground. On the front there has been a Crucifix; below this a large plant scroll terminates in a griffin. At the foot is a galley with sail set. This cross dates to between 1500 and 1560 and the ruined chapel is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown though it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish.
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  • Temple of Olympian Zeus with the areas of Mets and Pangrati behind. The Temple of Olympian Zeus also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal ruined temple in the centre of the Greek capital Athens that was dedicated to Zeus, king of the Olympian gods. Construction began in the 6th century BC during the rule of the Athenian tyrants, who envisaged building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD some 638 years after the project had begun. During the Roman periods it was renowned as the largest temple in Greece and housed one of the largest cult statues in the ancient world. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
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  • Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
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  • Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
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  • A woman stops as she explores the deserted Via Stabiana in Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A man is silhouetted in an archway in the Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • People walk past a statue in the almost-deserted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A couple walk through the almost-deserted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A woman walks past a statue in the almost-desterted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
    UK-Wales-Anglesey-Beaumaris-Castle-5...jpg
  • Beaumaris Castle, the greatest castle never built, on 17th of February 2020 in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. Beaumaris castle was a fortress built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282. It is a symmetrical masterpiece that was never quite finished.
    UK-Wales-Anglesey-Beaumaris-Castle-5...jpg
  • A couple sit in the sun by soe columns in the Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A lone woman walks down the steps of the Great Theatre at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A couple cast long shadows as they walk through the nearly-deserted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • Peeople walk in front of an arch in the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A woman walks past a statue in the Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • Three young women tourists pose for a photograph in the nearly-deserted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • Figures are silhouetted in an archway in the Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A dog stands on a street in the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • A woman walks past a statue in the Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • People explore the almost-deserted Forum at the Pompeii Archeological Park on Friday 6th March 2020 in Pompei, Italy. Park officials estimate that visitor numbers are down to a sixth of what they would normally be as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, which has prompted the closure of all Italian schools and universities, and the postponing of many sporting events. .
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  • Bolivia. June 2013. Tiwanaco, which was the capital of a pre-Hispanic empire.
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  • Bolivia. June 2013. Tiwanaco, which was the capital of a pre-Hispanic empire.
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  • Bolivia. June 2013. Tiwanaco, which was the capital of a pre-Hispanic empire.
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  • Tourists look for prime positions to photograph the Great Sphinx and Cheops Pyramid at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Cheops are thought to have been built in around 2600 BC. Carved out of the surrounding limestone bedrock, the Great Sphinx is a statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion; he faces due east and sits with a small temple between his paws.
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  • View of The Theatre of Dionysus is a major open-air theatre and one of the earliest preserved in Athens. It was used for festivals in honor of the god Dionysus. It is commonly confused with the later and better-preserved Odeon of Herodes Atticus, located at the southwest slope of the Acropolis. In 534 BCE, the tyrant Peisistratus transferred the City Dionysia festival from the rural district of Eleutherae. The plays that formed a part of these festivals were at first performed on a flat circular area in the Agora of Athens, but were transferred around 500 BCE to the Theatre, located on the sloping southern side of the Acropolis, nearby a temple to Dionysus Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheater with a three-story stone front wall and a wooden roof, and was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheater with a three-story stone front wall and a wooden roof, and was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • The "lost city" of Angkor first attracted the interest of Europeans in the 1800s after Cambodia was colonized by the French. Today, Angkor Wat continues to draw thousands of visitors anxious to see this remarkable ancient temple in the jungle.<br />
In addition to many tourists, Buddhist monks are daily visitors to Angkor Wat, their bright orange robes making a vivid contrast with the grey stone of the temple.
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  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • A stone statue of Buddha with a yellow tunic material draped over his shoulder in a walkway leading to the Bayon Temple in the ancient Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, South East Asia.
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  • Two 17th century slabs, each 2.00m in length, bearing full-length effigies of a man and woman in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the north portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory.
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  • Two 17th century slabs, each 2.00m in length, bearing full-length effigies of a man and woman in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the north portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory.
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