08-11-2012, 07:08 PM
Quote:So it was one of your holiday snaps, Nathan? Mine was too.Of course! What else are holidays for?
Nathan Ross
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08-11-2012, 07:08 PM
Quote:So it was one of your holiday snaps, Nathan? Mine was too.Of course! What else are holidays for?
Nathan Ross
08-11-2012, 09:23 PM
Quote:Iskenderun?That's the correct shore of the Mediterranean: the eastern shore. In other words, this is somewhere between Issus and Gaza. Quote:It's Tripoli beach, isn't it, Jona? I presumed you meant the military action of 1943, but you have said "from antiquity". Now you have foxed me. :?No, this is how a very famous ancient site looks today. And if these clues weren't enough, I might as well say the name.
08-11-2012, 09:33 PM
Quote:No, this is how a very famous ancient site looks today.Doh! [attachment=4870]Osprey-AncientSiegeWarfare.jpg[/attachment]
08-11-2012, 11:12 PM
Quote:Yes, indeed, this is how Alexander's causeway at Tyre looks today. Over to you Duncan.Jona Lendering post=318187 Wrote:No, this is how a very famous ancient site looks today.Doh!
08-12-2012, 12:57 AM
Quote:Over to you Duncan.In the spirit of identifying things from unfamiliar views -- e.g. pars pro toto --, can you tell what famous monument this sculptural panel belongs to? [attachment=4871]3.jpg[/attachment]
08-12-2012, 01:12 AM
Quote:I have no idea! I was reminded of the entrance to the hippodrome of Lepcis Magna, but that was square. What is it? It's one of the two large ceramic kilns in Gargaresh.
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
[size=150:1m4mc8o1]WURSTWASSER![/size]
08-12-2012, 01:16 AM
Quote:can you tell what famous monument this sculptural panel belongs to? Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome. One of the two battering rams.
Ildar Kayumov
XLegio Forum (in Russian)
08-12-2012, 01:21 AM
Quote:can you tell what famous monument this sculptural panel belongs to?Arch of Septimius Severus? (ah! Ildar beat me! :-) )
Nathan Ross
08-12-2012, 01:47 AM
Quote:Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome. One of the two battering rams.Ah, Ildar -- you know me too well! :wink: Now it's your turn to fox us with a Russian example!!
08-12-2012, 02:57 AM
Quote:one of the two large ceramic kilns in Gargaresh.Nice, thanks!!
08-12-2012, 08:54 AM
Jona,
Did by chance, Alexander walk that beach... not far from Biblos? ;-)
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians Author of: The Demon's Door Bolt (2011) Forging the Blade (2012) "It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!" Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
08-12-2012, 08:51 PM
Quote:Now it's your turn to fox us with a Russian example!! A Russian? I am afraid that would take too long for you to guess. Perhaps, something easier? Ok, not Russian, but ex-USSR. This building once contained a vеry famous graffiti. Name the ancient Greek city in which this building was located. A hint: the graffiti mentions a name of a goddess. P.S. This is not Scythian Neapolis, Duncan. [attachment=4887]1_2012-08-12.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=4888]2_2012-08-12.jpg[/attachment]
Ildar Kayumov
XLegio Forum (in Russian)
08-12-2012, 09:42 PM
Quote:Name the ancient Greek city in which this building was located.Nymphaion (Kerch peninsula)? (Just a guess, really. :-? )
08-12-2012, 09:59 PM
Quote:I was about to guess the same (the ships painting with the graffiti to Aphrodite?)Ildar post=318253 Wrote:Name the ancient Greek city in which this building was located.Nymphaion (Kerch peninsula)? (Just a guess, really. :-? ) So instead I'll guess Chersonesos...
Nathan Ross
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