Archaeological sites Archaeological sites Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 48 miles (78,000 km) southwest of Athens. The isthmus, which was in ancient times traversed by hauling ships over the rocky ridge on sledges, is now cut by a canal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corinth"
Cueva de las Manos ( Spanish for Cave of the Hands) is a cave located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km south from the town of Perito Moreno, within the borders of the Francisco P. Moreno National Park, which includes many sites of archaeological and paleontogical importance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cueva de las Manos"
Epiphania was a city in Cilicia Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in Asia Minor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epiphania, Cilicia"
Etowah Indian Mounds is an archaeological site in Bartow County, Georgia south of Cartersville, Georgia in the United States. The site sits on the north shore of the Etowah River. Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site is managed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. There are three main mounds at the site and three lesser known mounds. The community was inhabited from about 1000-1550 CE by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Etowah Indian Mounds"
Filitosa is a megalithic site in southern Corsica, France. The period of occupation spans from the end of the Neolithic era and the beginning of the Bronze Age, until around the Roman times in Corsica. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filitosa"
Gamla Uppsala ("Old Uppsala") is a parish and a town outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991. It was the seat of the Swedish kings before the Middle Ages and figures extensively in Norse mythology and legends. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gamla Uppsala"
Ġgantija (also Ggantia) is a megalithic temple complex on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (part of Malta). The two temples of Ġgantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, which were erected during the Neolithic Age (c. 3600-2500 BCE). At more than 6000 years old, the Ġgantija temples are the world's oldest free-standing structures, and the world's oldest religious structures, pre-dating the Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge. The temples were possibly the site of an Earth Mother Goddess Fertility Cult, with numerous figurines and statues found on site believed to be connected with that cult. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ġgantija" Please tell your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com
Glanum was a Roman city in Provence, southern France, on the flanks of the Alpilles range of mountains in today's Bouches-du-Rhone départment. It was situated about 20 km (12 miles) south of the modern city of Avignon, and is just south of the town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glanum"
Golan (aka Gaulonitis; gō´lan; גּולן, gōlān; Γαυλανῖτις, Gaulanítis) was a city in the territory allotted to Manasseh in Bashan, the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River ( Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8); assigned with its “suburbs” to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:27; 1Chronicles 6:71). It must have been a great and important city in its day; but the site cannot now be determined with any certainty. It was known to Josephus (Ant., XIII, xv, 3). Near Golan Alexander was ambushed by Obodas, king of the Arabians; and his army, crowded together in a narrow and deep valley, was broken in pieces by the multitude of camels (BJ, I, iv, 4). This incident is located at Gadara in Ant, XIII, xiii, 5. Later, Golan was destroyed by Alexander. It had already given its name to a large district, Gaulanitis (BJ, III, iii, 1, 5; IV, i, 1). It formed the eastern boundary of Galilee. It was part of the tetrarchy of Philip (Ant., XVII, viii, 1; XVIII, iv, 6). The city was known to Eusebius as “a large village,” giving its name to the surrounding country ( Onomasticon, under the word Γαυλών, Gaulō̇n). This country must have corresponded roughly with the modern Jaulān, in which the ancient name is preserved. The boundaries of the province today are Mt. Hermon on the north, Jordan and the Sea of Galilee on the west, Wādy Yarmūk on the south, and Nahr ‛Allān on the East. This plateau, which in the North is about 3,000 ft. high, slopes gradually southward to a height of about 1,000 ft. It is entirely volcanic, and there are many cone-like peaks of extinct volcanoes, especially toward the North. It affords good pasturage, and has long been a favorite summer grazing-ground of the nomads. Traces of ancient forests remain, but for the most part today it is treeless. To the east of the Sea of Galilee the soil is deep and rich. Splendid crops of wheat are grown here, and olives flourish in the hollows. The country is furrowed by deep valleys that carry the water southwestward into the Sea of Galilee. This region has not yet been subjected to thorough examination, but many important ruins have been found, which tell of a plentiful and prosperous population in times long past. The best description of these, and of the region generally, will be found in Schumacher's The Jaulan, and Across the Jordan. To him also we owe the excellent maps which carry us eastward to the province of el-Ḥaurān. ...more on Wikipedia about "Golan"
Götavirke (Geatish Dyke) are the remains of a defensive wall going from north to south between to villages called Västra Husby ( ) and Hylinge ( ) in Östergötland in present-day Sweden. Consequently the wall covers the distance between the lakes Asplången ( ) and Lillsjön ( ). North of Asplången there are remains of several ancient hill forts that may have been part of the defensive line. South of Lake Lillsjön, the terrain is so hard to pass that it hardly needed any defenses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Götavirke"
Gran Dolina is a cave in the Atapuerca hills of Spain. Archaeologists have found five or six hominids on this site dating to between 800,000 to 1 million years ago. These remains are some of the oldest hominids ever found in Europe ( Dmanisi is older). It is still debated as to which species these fossils belong to, either Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, or a new species called Homo antecessor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gran Dolina"
Great Zimbabwe is the name given to the remains of an ancient Southern African city, located at 20°16′S 30°54′E in present-day Zimbabwe which was once the centre of a vast empire known as the Munhumutapa Empire (also called Monomotapa Empire). This empire ruled territory now falling within the modern states of Zimbabwe (which took its name from this city) and Mozambique. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Zimbabwe"
Hadar is a site on the Awash River in Ethiopia, in the Afar Triangle. It is most famous for being the site of the discovery of Lucy, a three million year old fossilised specimen of Australopithecus afarensis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hadar, Ethiopia"
Hassle ( ) is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hassle"
Hazrat-e Turkestan (modern name Türkistan in Kazakh) is a city in the Southern region of Kazakhstan, near the Syr Darya river. It has a population of 85,600 and is situated 100 miles north-west of Taraz on the Trans-Aral Railway between Ak-Mechet (Perovsk) to the north and Tashkent to the south ( ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hazrat-e Turkestan"
Helgö is an island in lake Mälaren, Sweden. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helgö"
Heliopolis ( Greek Ἡλίου πόλις) was one of the most ancient cities of Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome. Confusingly, its name also refers (in European languages) to an unrelated modern suburb of Cairo, properly known as مصر الجديدة, Miṣr al-ǧidīdah (literally "New Egypt"). The ancient city stood five miles east of the Nile north of the apex of the Delta at عين شمس ˁAyn Šams near the Cairene suburb of al-Maṭariyyah; the modern city of Heliopolis is some distance away. In ancient times it was the principal seat of sun-worship, thus its name, which means town of the sun in Greek. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heliopolis"
Herculaneum (in modern Italian formerly Resina, but since 1969 Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town of the Italian region of Campania. It is today most famous for having been preserved, along with Pompeii, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius beginning on August 24, A.D. 79 that destroyed the towns, burying them in superheated pyroclastic material that has solidified into volcanic tufa. The pyroclastic flow instantly killed all residents who had not escaped before it struck. In contrast to Pompeii, the bodies of those killed at Herculaneum are not preserved in casts; however, hundreds of skeletons have been discovered, mostly on what was once the ancient beach. Herculaneum was a smaller town with a wealthier population than Pompeii at the time of its destruction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Herculaneum"
Preserved at the Hohokam Pima National Monument are archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hohokam Pima National Monument"
The House of the Virgin Mary is a Christian shrine located in the vicinity of Ephesus, Turkey (7 km from Selçuk). It is believed by many Christians and Muslims that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken to this stone house by Saint John after the crucifixion of Jesus, and lived there until her assumption into Heaven according to Roman Catholics. Other Christian denominations recognize this spot as her burial place. ...more on Wikipedia about "House of the Virgin Mary"
Hovenweep National Monument straddles the Colorado-Utah border west of Cortez, Colorado. President Warren G. Harding proclaimed Hovenweep a unit of the National Park System on March 2, 1923. The Monument consists of six clusters of Native American ruins. Four of these are in Colorado: Holly Canyon, Hackberry Canyon, Cutthroat Castle and Goodman Point. In Utah, the two sets of ruins are known as Square Tower and Cajon. The modest Monument headquarters is located at Square Tower Group on the mostly unpaved road between Pleasant View, Colorado and Hatch Trading Post, Utah. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hovenweep National Monument"
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The Hypogeum in Ħal-Saflieni, Paola, Malta, is an subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C. Thought to be originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times. It is the only prehistoric underground temple in the world. The Hypogeum was depicted on a 2 cents 5 mils stamp issued in the Maltese Islands in 1980 to commemorate the acceptance by UNESCO of this unique structure in the World Heritage site list. It was closed to visitors between 1992 and 1996 for restoration works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni"
Incallajta is a monumental tahuantinsuyu ( Inca Empire) site in central Bolivia, approximately 130 kilometers east of Cochabamba. It was most recently excavated by Larry Coben. Also spelled Inkallakta, Incallacta and Incallajta, the name literally means "Inca Village." ...more on Wikipedia about "Incallajta"
:For other meanings of the word Jericho, see: Jericho (disambiguation) ...more on Wikipedia about "Jericho"
Joara was a large Native American settlement located in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. The location of the archaeological site is northwest of Morganton on Henderson Mill Road and portions have been excavated by the Upper Catawba Valley Archaeology Project, consisting of archaeologists from Warren Wilson College, Southern Illinois University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joara" The text you are reading is from shortopedia Archaeological_sites
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