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Then vs Now :

Pyramid of the Moon; ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Mexico.

The 1900 view must have looked like a random mountain, until excavation and clean-up began.

Pyramid of the Moon covers a structure older than Pyramid of the Sun which existed prior to 200 AD. Pyramid's construction between 100-450 AD, completed bilateral symmetry of temple complex.

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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx (1886) painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Napoleon (2023) Directed by Ridley Scott.

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Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet; accounts of Alexander's victory over the last Achaemenid king Darius III at the battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC, and his triumphant entry into Babylon (modern, Iraq)

British Museum

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Florentine Cup (1600 CE), carved from lapis lazuli with gold fittings.

Ashmolean Museum

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St Michaels Mount, Cornwall - England.

St Michael's Mount was given to Benedictine religious order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in 11th Century CE. It's a tidal island that can be reached by a man made causeway between mid-tide and low water.

Castle and chapel have been home of St Aubyn family since 1650. Today it's run by National Trust. Joachim von Ribbentrop allegedly planned to live here after planned German conquest of Britain.

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Cave Painting of Rhinoceroses (32,000–14,000 BC); charcoal on rock, at Chauvet Cave, Ardèche, France.

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Way back in 4th Century BC, in his book ‘The Nicomachean Ethics’, Aristotle sums up the feeling of well-being in one word:
EUDAIMONIA; means “Happiness depends on ourselves” - Aristotle

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Antonine Wall was a defensive structure built by Romans in 140 AD. It runs through what is now central Scotland, located at Rough Castle Roman fort near Falkirk, Scotland.

Structure comprised of a ditch and a turf and timber wall. In front of ditch Romans dug these pits, called lilia.

Their function was to stop enemy having a free advance on wall and to break up attacks. At bottom of pits, Romans fixed sharpened stakes hidden among brushwood.

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Then vs Now :

Rough Castle Roman Fort on Antonine Wall (mid-2nd Century AD), near present-day Falkirk, Scotland.

Castle was built in 142 AD, and was abandoned just decades later. All that can be seen today are earthworks.

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1. Bob Marshall
2. Webbaviation, Jonathan C K Webb

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The mystery of Göbekli Tepe (12,000-10,000 BC); Türkiye :

Archaeologists still don't know how to solve riddle of a place that predates Earth's great civilizations by thousands of years.

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Interior Entrance of Great Temple (1264-1244 BC), located in village of Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt.

Image above is a Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

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Harran known for its unique "beehive" dwellings with cone-shaped roofs on square bases made of clay without wood, in Türkiye.

These 4-5m high houses had same basic style for almost 3000 years. Factors like climate, social and urban structure, spatial organization, construction and materials which effected form of buildings were considered.

It has been discovered through this study that Harran houses can be built rapidly like tents, with burnt or sun-dried shallow bricks.

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The evolution of English language -

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Roman Lycurgus Cup (4th-5th Century CE), a jade green Roman Chalice.⁣
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When you put a source of light inside, it magically changes colour. It appears jade green when lit from front but blood-red when lit from behind or inside.

Now we know that romans dissolve silver and gold particles into glass. These particles are 50 nanometers wide, less than 1000th size of a grain of table salt.

MET Museum

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Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castle of the Holy Angel), a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.

It was initially commissioned by Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE) as a mausoleum for himself and his family.

Building was later used by popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. Structure was once tallest building in Rome.

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Hellenic Inscription (440 BC), containing account of supervisors for construction of Chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Athena Parthenos in Parthenon by sculptor Phidias.

New Acropolis Museum, Athens

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Sumela; a 1600 year old Orthodox Monastery, located at a 1200m height on the steep cliff at Macka region of Trabzon city in Türkiye.

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Ruins of 2nd Century BC; Roman Street in Pompeii, with a pedestrian crossing in the background so as not to get your feet wet in case of rain.

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A 8000 year old, mirror found in Çatalhöyük (Konya); Türkiye, by archaeologist James Melleart.

It was determined that mirror was made of obsidian, which is called volcanic glass and formed by cooling of lava formed as a result of volcanic eruptions.

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You don't realise, how big the Pyramids are, until you see them in person ...

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In the middle of the Saharan desert in Niger region; a 12000-10000 year old petroglyphs depicts giraffe, carved into rocks.

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A modern reconstruction, depicting life near the Pyramids 4600 years ago.

If you look closely, you can see temple structures, fisherman wheeling in their catch of the day, and commodities transported by boat.

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'Stairs of death' are a section of stone steps built by Incas (1438-1533 CE), which lead to top of Huayna Picchu, one of steep mountains that overlooks Machu Picchu, Peru.

Peak of the mountain is 2,693m above sea level and has Inca ruins on top.

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Future Archaeology 😀

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VASIO IULIA VOCONTIORUM VAISON LA ROMAINE - FRANCE

Roman villa known as "Peacock", takes its name from a polychrome mosaic from 1st Century AD, perfectly preserved and of extraordinary beauty. It is considered among the best ever made.

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