Ottoman fortress above the town of Seljuk, turkey. Near the ancient city of Ephesus
Looking down to the valley from the ruins of Termessos in Southwestern Turkey. this is one of the reasons the city was not captured by Alexander the Great.
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Haigia Sophia (St. Sofia) at night. Built in the 500's as a Christian church, it was converted to a mosque in the 1450's after the capture of the city, and is now a museum.
Blue Mosque, Istanbul. Looking westward from the south end of the Hippodrome.
Big Ben clock tower in London at night
Storm clouds beginning to form over Stonehenge in England.
Roman theater at the ancient site of Side on the southwestern coast of Turkey
Wall of the ancient theater at Kas on Turkish coast.
Cannonballs in gunport of the Venetian Castle, Heraklion, Crete
Palace of Knossos. Sir Aurthur Evans reconstruction of one of the rooms.
Jade mask from Maya Area of Mexico. In Anthropological Museum in Mexico City.
carved stone face in anthropological Museum in Mexico City
Calendar stone found in the Zocalo in Mexico City
Temple of the moon
Carved stone representation of the planet Venus, From Teoteohuacan north of Mexico City. The city was already abandoned when the Aztecs came to power.
Pithoi at Phaestos, Island of crete
Courtyard at Phaestos on the Island of Crete
Pistrinum, or bakery in Pompeii, showing both the grinding mills of volcanic rock and one of the large wood-fired ovens.
Sarcophagus, Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome.
Street in Pompeii with wagon ruts evident
Public latrine in Ostia Antica, the main Roman port city. The narrow channel at your feet was for rinsing off the spongia or "sponge on a stick" that served as toilet paper, and the slot in front was so you could use it without standing up.
Street in Ostia Antica, the ancient Roman port city. One of the best preserved Roman sites in Italy
Remains of a Gymnasium in Perge, in southwestern Turkey. The hypocaust is exposed beneath the floor in the foreground. This is where furnaces sent hot air to warm the floor and walls of the building.
Fresco from the East Wing of the palace of Knossos depicting a contest in which young men and girls would perform sumersaults over the horns of a charging bull. A popular, though dangerous, contest among the Minoans.
Storm clouds at Knossos
Stairwell in the Palace of Knossos
reconstructed portion of Knossos, Crete
The Venetian Fortress in Iraklion, Crete
Venetian Fortress at Iraklion Crete at night
City walls at Iraklion on the island of Crete.
Cannonballs stacked in one of the passages in the Venetian fortress in Iraklion.
Cannon in the Venetian Fortress
Looking out from the ramparts of the Venetian Fortress.
Upper ramparts of the Venetian Fortress.
