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Quiz - Jona Lendering - 07-30-2012

Look at the photo below. It is ancient, it is world famous, but this is not how you usually see it. What is it?
[attachment=4741]1.jpg[/attachment]
The first to give the correct answer, is invited to upload the next question.


Re: Quiz - Epictetus - 07-30-2012

What a good idea for a thread!

Is it the back of Hannibal's tomb?


Re: Quiz - caiusbeerquitius - 07-30-2012

Agrigent?


Re: Quiz - Longovicium - 07-30-2012

Is it Pergamon?


Re: Quiz - Redguru - 07-30-2012

Golgotha?


Re: Quiz - Redguru - 07-30-2012

Tarpeian Rock


Re: Quiz - D B Campbell - 07-30-2012

Quote:The first to give the correct answer, is invited to upload the next question.
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:


Re: Quiz - jvrjenivs - 07-31-2012

Quote:... except I might have to set the next question! :wink:

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.


Re: Quiz - Jona Lendering - 07-31-2012

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.

[Image: pergamon_altar_pergamonmuseum4.JPG]

So now it's Duncan's turn.


Re: Quiz - Gaius Julius Caesar - 07-31-2012

WOW Confusedhock:

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


Re: Quiz - jvrjenivs - 07-31-2012

Quote:WOW Confusedhock:

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

No, Pergamon museum, Berlin.


Re: Quiz - Longovicium - 07-31-2012

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


Re: Quiz - D B Campbell - 07-31-2012

Quote:Over to Duncan then!
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.
[attachment=4742]2.jpg[/attachment]
Any ideas?


Re: Quiz - Gaius Julius Caesar - 07-31-2012

Byzantine fortification?


Re: Quiz - Manius Acilius Italicus - 07-31-2012

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