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#46
Teutoburg Forest?
Manius Acilius Italicus
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#47
Quote:Here´s a more difficult one, I think :-)

Reste eines römischen Amphitheaters beim ehem. Kastell Hammerschmiede © Astrodoc 2008 Tongue
Ildar Kayumov
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#48
Yes, it is the Dambach "Numeruskastell"´s small Amphitheatre. :-)
The description you provide in the link is wrong, though, there is no "Kastell Hammerschmiede"...
There is a similar find from Künzing:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastell_Künzing
and, of course, Zugmantel (Nathan was very close) :-)
Christian K.

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#49
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caiusbeerquitius post=317643 Wrote:Here´s a more difficult one, I think :-)

Reste eines römischen Amphitheaters beim ehem. Kastell Hammerschmiede © Astrodoc 2008 Tongue
Google image search? If so, tut tut! (I tried that with an earlier image but couldn't find a caption for the photograph. Deeply ashamed...)
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#50
My helmet is off to those who recognized this photo as an "amphitheatre", where there is not more than a ridge with trees. It was a dead ringer for a photo of an area I found of the Teutoburg Forest. Good job Robert.
Manius Acilius Italicus
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#51
Over to Ildar then, I think... :-)
Nathan Ross
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#52
Quote:Yes, it is the Dambach "Numeruskastell"´s small Amphitheatre. :-)
The description you provide in the link is wrong, though, there is no "Kastell Hammerschmiede"...

I did not provide the description — the author of the photograph did. The author also supplied the coordinates and pointed the spot in Google Maps. Indeed, Dambach is nearby, about 2-3 km, but a place under the address of "Hammerschmiede 51, 91725 Ehingen, Bayern" is even closer.

Quote:Google image search? If so, tut tut!

Just Google search. There were some hints as well — blurry remnants of the copyright in the bottom right corner of the photograph, the number in the name of the file (16448893.jpg; this is the ID of the photograph in the "Panoramio" service), and, finally, the term "amphitheatre" (thank you, Nathan).

Quote:Over to Ildar then, I think... :-)

Ok, even though Christian did not pass me the turn, I will submit the next simple question for the quiz. What is behind these towers?

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Ildar Kayumov
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#53
Quote:caiusbeerquitius wrote:

Yes, it is the Dambach "Numeruskastell"´s small Amphitheatre.
The description you provide in the link is wrong, though, there is no "Kastell Hammerschmiede"...


I did not provide the description — the author of the photograph did. The author also supplied the coordinates and pointed the spot in Google Maps. Indeed, Dambach is nearby, about 2-3 km, but a place under the address of "Hammerschmiede 51, 91725 Ehingen, Bayern" is even closer.

Robert Matthew wrote:

Google image search? If so, tut tut!


Just Google search. There were some hints as well — blurry remnants of the copyright in the bottom right corner of the photograph, the number in the name of the file (16448893.jpg; this is the ID of the photograph in the "Panoramio" service), and, finally, the term "amphitheatre" (thank you, Nathan).
Hm. I think you didn´t get the idea of the game. I didn´t think this this was supposed to be an internet-picture-search. The "Hammerschmiede" is a street name nearby, named a a factory that stood close by. The site is "Kastell Dambach". But, whatever. Nice pics you have there.

Quote:Ok, even though Christian did not pass me the turn
I thought a "yes" was enough. Sorry.
Christian K.

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#54
Quote:What is behind these towers?
That's the theater of Bosra in Syria, isn't it?
Jona Lendering
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#55
Quote:That's the theater of Bosra in Syria, isn't it?

Yes. Over to you, Jona!

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Ildar Kayumov
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#56
Great thread Jona - I'm learning lots. Big Grin
Moi Watson

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#57
Quote:Great thread Jona - I'm learning lots. Big Grin
I had not expected it would be this nice.

Well, here's the next question. A famous battlefield. Good luck!
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Jona Lendering
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#58
Thermopylae?
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#59
Actium (Preveza)?
Nathan Ross
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#60
Salamis?
Robert Vermaat
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