Quote:I had never seen these watercolours, but I am glad I have now -- they are wonderful.
Yes, they are!
Quote:Over to you, Duncan :-D
I must insist on passing this one over to Jona -- I would never have thought of Hallstatt.
I thought I had seen these posted on RAT once before...but had no idea where they were from!
Quote:I must insist on passing this one over to Jona -- I would never have thought of Hallstatt.
That's very gentlemanlike, so I will reply with a VERY easy question. This is a place in Lebanon. Bronze Age walls to the left, remains of a Crusader tower near the harbor, in the background. Where can this be? And which famous ancient visitor had to wait on this very spot for a month?
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I'll guess Ancient Tyre with an impatient Alexander the Great on the shore.
Quote:I'll guess Ancient Tyre with an impatient Alexander the Great on the shore.
No, Tyre, today, looks
like this. The new photo was taken about hundred kilometers to the north.
Oh damn... not Tyre but... Antioch maybe?
Sidon?
Quote:Oh damn... not Tyre but... Antioch maybe?
Sidon?
Somewhere in between. Sidon is 35 km north of Tyre; Antioch 350.
Quote:The new photo was taken about hundred kilometers to the north.
... which would be round about Beirut (ancient Berytus)? I suppose Titus must have hung around here in November AD 70 before returning to Rome in triumph. But I have a nagging feeling that he is not the person you mean. :unsure:
Byblos is about 100 km north...
Quote:Byblos is about 100 km north...
Yup, it's Byblos. The famous visitor was
Wen Amun, who wrote one of the most interesting texts from ancient Egypt.
Over to you Byron.
Didn't Evan mention Byblos about three posts back?
Quote:Didn't Evan mention Byblos about three posts back?
Yes. Sorry Byron. (Possible explanation: I have a fever.)
Over to you Evan!
Wohoo Finally, now i have to come up with an obscure archaeological site! Give me a little bit...
EDIT:
This one isn't obscure, but the best i can do.
Here's a hint: I like walls.
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