#ancient site

[thesilicontribesman]

Reconstruction of the Early Medieval Hiberno-Norse Whithorn Chapel (and Actual Site With Retaining Wall Visible), Whithorn Trust Museum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

[didoofcarthage]

Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain and View of Stonehenge by Willem Schellinks

Dutch, 1642-1678

brown ink with grey-brown wash, over graphite, on paper

British Museum

[artfulfashion]

Vanessa xente for Elle Germany September 2023, photographed by Andreas Ortner

[peacefuldwellings]

Garden of Gethsemane

[tracynade]

Agora of Smyrna,,, if u even care

[jakhustudio]

[ Nazca ] The nazca lines are a massive drawings in the soil - geoglyps, located in the Nazca Desert in Peru. The geometric patterns range from simple designs, to spirals, animals and flowers. A secret site where rituals were performed to obtain water and fertility of crops. [ 1.Monkey with Spiral Tail, 2.Spiral Motif, 3.Spider ] (at Nazca Desert, Peru)

[imperium-romanum]

5,000-Year-Old Temple Emerges from Underwater in Spain | Ancient Origins

An ancient megalithic complex in Spain comparable to England’s Stonehenge has emerged from receding waters in Spain, but within two weeks it might vanish again, forever, if action is not taken now.

By Ashley Cowie

“An ancient megalithic complex in Spain comparable to England’s Stonehenge has emerged from receding waters in Spain, but within two weeks it might vanish again, forever, if action is not taken now.”

“Receding waters in a reservoir outside Peraleda de la Mata in Cáceres, the Arañuelo Field, Spain, have revealed an ancient Bronze Age stone structure dating to the second and third millennium BC, which was believed to have held a ceremonial function. This vast collection of 144 megalithic standing stones with an oval chamber measuring five meters in diameter with an access corridor of 21 meters in length is known as 'Dolmen de Guadalperal’ and archaeologists know it was once damaged by Roman soldiers two millennia ago.”

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[thisforestsolitude]

“Up the hill, sheep bleat, oblivious to human empires rising and falling.” ― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks 

Photo taken at Palatine Hill, Rome, 2017