RomanArmyTalk

Look at the photo below. It is ancient, it is world famous, but this is not how you usually see it. What is it?
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The first to give the correct answer, is invited to upload the next question.

What a good idea for a thread!

Is it the back of Hannibal's tomb?

Agrigent?

Is it Pergamon?

Golgotha?

Tarpeian Rock

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Hmmm, looks Turkish and sacred. I would have said the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon, ... except I might have to set the next question! :wink:

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You certainly have some pictures fit for it, I imagine. A close up of the left side of the rampart of Masada would be a good one :p

Nevertheless I like Jona's idea, although I really don't know where this picture was taken.

Two correct answers. Francis Hagan was right, because this is indeed in Pergamon. Duncan Campbell, however, was more specific. It is indeed the foundation of the Altar of Zeus - the "throne of Satan" from the Book of Revelation. This is the more familiar sight.



So now it's Duncan's turn.

WOW hock:

Never seen that before. Is that the museum in Pergamon?

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Never seen that before. Is that the museum in Pergamon?

No, Pergamon museum, Berlin.

Damn, I was close but not close enough! Over to Duncan then!

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I suppose the idea is to show a picture that people might have a chance of recognizing! I toyed with posting an aerial view of an Antonine fort, but -- since it would just be a green field -- that wouldn't be very fair.

What about this one? Although it's a world famous site, you might only have seen this bit as a diagram in a well-known book.
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Any ideas?

Byzantine fortification?

Is it part of Hadrian's Wall, possibly Housesteads Fort?