https://ancientdan.com/2019/05/05/pisidian-antioch-genesis-of-the-accepting-church/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2012-05-23-17-53-21.jpgAntiocha Pisidia: aqueductAntiocha Pisidia: aqueduct (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-23)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2012-05-23-17-28-25a.jpgAntiocha Pisidia: St Paul ChurchAntiocha Pisidia: St Paul Church (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-23)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2012-05-23-16-37-39a.jpgAntiocha Pisidia: Temple of AugustusAntiocha Pisidia: Temple of Augustus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-23)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2012-05-23-16-36-52a.jpgAntiocha Pisidia: Temple of AugustusAntiocha Pisidia: Temple of Augustus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-23)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-15-36-59ac.jpgAqueductAntiocha Pisidia; Aqueduct (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-15-06-50acv.jpgBaths -Antiocha Pisidia: Baths (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-15-06-50ach.jpgBaths -Antiocha Pisidia: Baths (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-14-33-13.jpgTemple of AugustusAntiocha Pisidia: Temple of Augustus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-14-12-49ac.jpg2009-03-17 14-12-49acAntiocha Pisidia: St. Paul Church (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)2025-04-02T15:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/olli/2025-03-10T02:37:39+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/2020/03/18/life-b-c-before-charmin-toilet-practices-in-the-roman-world-or-how-i-learned-to-love-the-covid-19-toilet-paper-crisis/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-11-09-13-49-38ac.jpgOstia: Baths of the Seven SagesPhilosopher and toilet patrons on the wall of the Baths of the Seven Sages, Ostia (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-11-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/toilet-resize.jpgtoilet-resizeAn artist's reconstruction of a Roman-period toilet; tastefully done, but with a a plumbing error: the “dip-your-sponge-stick” water channel is depicted as having two entry water sources, when evidence indicates the water flow was one-way (in one side, out the other)—which meant that the prime spot to sit was next to the water inlet . . . (this pic has been duplicated a few times online so that I am not able to determine the original producer for proper credit . . . so, yes, I hoarded the toilet pic from the internet)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-11-09-13-50-09c.jpgOstia: Baths of the Seven SagesThales gives scatological instruction in the Baths of the Seven Sages, Ostia (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-11-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-11-09-13-49-38a.jpgOstia: Baths of the Seven SagesPhilosopher and toilet patrons on the wall of the Baths of the Seven Sages, Ostia (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-11-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-11-09-13-05-57.jpgOstia: Public latrinesAncient public toilets at Ostia (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-11-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2013-05-19-12-33-20.jpgPhilippi: LatrineAncient public latrine at Philippi in Macedonia, Greece (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-05-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2012-05-20-09-00-10.jpgEphesus: Scholastika Baths, toiletToilets of the Scholastika Baths in Ephesus (Turkey): detail of the "fixtures" and "plumbing" (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-20)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2012-05-20-08-59-32c.jpgEphesus: Scholastika Baths, toiletToilets of the Scholastika Baths in Ephesus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2012-05-20)2024-08-06T13:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2024/04/07/another-chance-can-a-total-eclipse-again-bring-peace/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2022-05-19-17-35-57c.jpgKerkenesKerkeneshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2022-05-19-18-02-01ac16x9-1.jpgKerkenesKerkeneshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2022-05-19-17-38-43c.jpgKerkenesKerkeneshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2022-05-19-18-02-01ac16x9.jpgKerkenesKerkenes2024-04-07T13:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/about/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/indianajones.jpgindianajoneshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13411783_10153677399778354_1085321880179316474_o.jpg13411783_10153677399778354_1085321880179316474_oA "fountain house" at Gerga . . .https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13415520_10153677400618354_8765783214214833035_o.jpg13415520_10153677400618354_8765783214214833035_o. . . reading "GERGA" on the roof of the fountain househttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13235163_637550967471_6311634738530995471_o.jpg13235163_637550967471_6311634738530995471_oThe "Devil's Causeway" in Northern Ireland with Feliciahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/13230133_10206159180290910_6792377180990577499_n.jpg13230133_10206159180290910_6792377180990577499_nIrish tumulus https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12657305_1122278497782701_6115353932437222386_o.jpg12657305_1122278497782701_6115353932437222386_ohttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/11540944_732640633547980_2140405148304060082_n-e1488649842122.jpg11540944_732640633547980_2140405148304060082_nhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/10540861_945859618757924_981645816709936587_n.jpg10540861_945859618757924_981645816709936587_nNot a cat person!https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/10978556_10200256747338622_5338080503694764447_n.jpg10978556_10200256747338622_5338080503694764447_nAncient Dan in the 2010shttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/10854204_10202349494497371_838709154901632674_o.jpg10854204_10202349494497371_838709154901632674_o2024-04-06T20:18:46+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/2023/08/14/the-dog-days-of-summer-ancient-malaria-and-global-warming-2/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2009-08-04-06-27-42c16x9.jpg2009-08-04-06-27-42c16x92023-08-14T22:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2023/01/26/a-path-away-from-hatred/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b020c.jpg2000-07 - Auschwitz II-Birkenau - B020chttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b027_p1.jpg2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b027_p1https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b034_p1.jpg2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b034_p1https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b020_p1.jpg2000-07-auschwitz-ii-birkenau-b020_p1https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-i-b008_p1.jpg2000-07-auschwitz-i-b008_p1https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-auschwitz-i-a022_p1.jpg2000-07-auschwitz-i-a022_p1https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2000-07-dachau-b014.jpg2000-07-dachau-b0142023-08-04T04:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2020/02/21/what-might-have-been-the-gaius-caesar-cenotaph-at-limyra/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-16-23-59a.jpgLimyra: Byzantine Walls, "Ptolemaion"Byzantine wall built across the middle of the Hellenistic "Ptolemaion" structure (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-15-53-03.jpgLimyra: TheaterLimyra: Theater (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-15-41-39ac.jpgLimyra: E NecropolisLimyra: E Necropolishttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-16-14-06d.jpgLimyra: Gaius Caesar CenotaphGaius Caesar Cenotaph (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-16-08-26d.jpgLimyra: Gaius Caesar CenotaphGaius Caesar Cenotaph (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-16-06-29.jpgLimyra: Gaius Caesar CenotaphLimyra: Remains of the Gaius Caesar Cenotaph (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-07-09-16-01-18ac16x9.jpgLimyraLimyra: view from the theater to the remains of the Gaius Caesar Cenotaph (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-07-09)2023-02-28T15:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2020/04/05/seeking-answers-to-an-unknown-future-in-the-distant-past/2023-01-27T13:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2023/01/08/how-david-defeats-goliath/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tculogo_purple_5x7-01.jpgtculogo_purple_5x7-01https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/georgiatech_rgb.pnggeorgiatech_rgbhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/slingers.pngslingershttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/slingstone.jpgslingstonehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/khirbet-qeiyafa.jpgkhirbet-qeiyafahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/elah.jpgelah2023-01-09T22:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/08/26/zero/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/flyingheritage.jpgFlyingHeritageThe Atlanta Museum Zero in the Flying Heritage & (photo courtesy Randy Malmstrom)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/12.jpg12The "Akutan Zero," recovered in the Aleutian Islands in 1942 (photo: U.S. Navy)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7.jpg7https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/3.jpg3https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2008-05-27-17-30-12-003b.jpg2008-05-27 17-30-12-003bMy Dad, Daniel C Browning Jr (yes, we have EXACTLY the same name) with his first plane, about 1935 https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1978-03-xx-b-05a.jpg1978-03-xx B-05aRemains of a WWII Japanese Naval fighter aircraft, Mitsubishi A6M Reisen, allied codenamed "Zeke," but popularly known as "Zero," behind the Atlanta Musuem in March 1978 https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1978-03-xx-b-04_p1.jpg1978-03-xx B-04_p1Japanese Zero behind the Atlanta Museum in March 1978 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1978-03-xx-b-02_p1.jpgMitsubishi A6M5 type 52 "Zeke" ("Zero") fighter, behind Atlanta MuseumMitsubishi A6M5 type 52 "Zeke" ("Zero") fighter, behind Atlanta Museum (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1978-03-xx-b-01_p1.jpgMitsubishi A6M5 type 52 "Zeke" ("Zero") fighter, behind Atlanta MuseumRemains of a WWII Japanese Naval fighter aircraft, Mitsubishi A6M Reisen, allied codenamed "Zeke," but popularly known as "Zero," behind the Atlanta Musuem in March 1978 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr) [Note the sign in the background]2022-11-01T02:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2021/09/12/twists-and-turns-of-life-or-a-labyrinth-in-iceland-part-2-calming-rituals-or-magic-devices/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-06-23-15-25-09c-1920-1080.jpgDritvik Djúpalónssandur: Remains of Epine GY7 Fishing TrawlerDritvik Djúpalónssandur: Remains of Epine GY7 Fishing Trawler2021-10-08T13:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2021/08/07/trolls-christianity-and-excrement-bay/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-06-23-14-51-37cc.jpgDritvik labyrinthDritvik labyrinthhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-06-23-14-51-09cc.jpgDritvik labyrinthDritvik labyrinth2021-10-08T04:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/11/pic-of-the-day-2017-12-10-and-2015-07-11-lord-help/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-11-05-26-09.jpg2015-07-11 05-26-09https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-11-13-04-03a.jpgCnidus-KnidosCnidus-Knidoshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-11-12-57-35-e1626818776905.jpgCnidus-Knidos: Apollo and Round TempleCnidus-Knidos: Apollo and Round Templehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-12-10-19-15-02.jpg2017-12-10 19-15-02The new labyrinth at UBC, Hattiesburg.https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-12-10-18-28-17.jpg2017-12-10 18-28-172021-07-31T03:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2021/07/12/storming-ashore/2021-07-20T21:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/02/19/pic-of-the-day-2019-02-20-the-rachel/2021-07-15T12:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/04/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-03/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-03-17-56-11.jpg2017-10-03 17-56-11The "Central Shrine" of Sumatar at sunset (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-03-17-05-00c.jpgDCIM101GOPRO"Pognon's Cave" with its greatly-vandalized figures and inscriptions (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-03-15-23-16.jpg2017-10-03 15-23-16Outlying structure V, possibly a temple to Venus at Sumatar. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-03-18-03-07a.jpg2017-10-03 18-03-07aThe Moon rises and the Sun sets over Sumatar in this awkward panorama. 2021-07-06T03:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/09/13/not-quite-ready-for-prime-time-the-belevi-monument/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014-05-18-12-57-59ac1.jpg2014-05-18 12-57-59acBelevi Monument DCB: Taken at Latitude/Longitude:38.014768/27.472199. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_38.014768_27.472199.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015-07-12-19-08-50.jpgBelevi MonumentBelevi Monumenthttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014-05-18-13-04-56.jpg2014-05-18 13-04-56Detail of stepped base on N side of Belevi Monumenthttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014-05-18-13-04-19.jpg2014-05-18 13-04-19Stepped base on the W sidehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-13-11-22.jpgBelevi MonumentThe funerary chamber on the N side; taken as a panorama in order to avoid the pesky tree (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/d7bea62d26d807ec50056965dfd2e67a.jpgd7bea62d26d807ec50056965dfd2e67ahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-13-24-02.jpgBelevi MonumentView from the atop the Belevi Monument: the corner stone at left center has the mancala board (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014-05-18-12-53-01.jpg2014-05-18 12-53-01Belevi Monument: game board Taken at Latitude/Longitude:38.014747/27.472173. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_38.014747_27.472173.html"> (Map link)</a>2021-07-06T03:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/09/11/you-dont-get-this-on-the-bus-tour-an-introduction/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2015-07-04-11-38-19c.jpgRoman Road N of TarsusRoman Road N of Tarsushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cilicia-syn-04-2015-07-04-11-38-19c.jpgRoman Road N of TarsusRoman Road N of Tarsus2021-02-05T05:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/10/13/a-man-named-doris/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-10-41-2.jpg2019-10-11 16-10-41The Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-10-41-1.jpg2019-10-11 16-10-41https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-17-15_resize.jpg2019-10-11 16-17-15_resizeStatue of Doris Miller standing "on deck" at the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-13-08-00-45c.jpgdefaultStatue of Doris Miller at the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-13-08-06-37.jpgdefaultThe Doris Miller Memorial in Waco from above (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-13)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-13-08-02-36c.jpgdefaultThe Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-13)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-17-15-1.jpg2019-10-11 16-17-15Statue of Doris Miller standing "on deck" at the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-17-15.jpg2019-10-11 16-17-15Statue of Doris Miller standing "on deck" at the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-12-20.jpg2019-10-11 16-12-20The Doris Miller Memorial in Waco, TX (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-11-16-09-03.jpg2019-10-11 16-09-03(photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-11)2021-02-04T02:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/02/17/the-fate-of-rome-and-russian-trolls-a-very-very-short-book-review/2020-11-09T03:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/08/05/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-8-a-warning-to-us-all/2020-10-26T20:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/27/what-happened-on-easter-island-and-why-should-we-care/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2015-11-03-06-31-51.jpgSuseita-HipposChurch ruins at Hippos above the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee; note the columns lying fallen in the same direction, a result of the earthquake of 749 https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1966-07-c211-panamacitybch.jpg1966-07-C211-PanamaCityBchYours truly at Jungle Land, an amazingly kitschy attraction in Panama City Beach, on Florida's "Miracle Strip" in 1966; the "perilous Journey to the Center of the Earth" (sometimes led by bikini babes) included a large plaster moai head, and I bought a ceramic one in the gift shop that day which stayed on my desk as a pencil-holder through my college days (current whereabouts unknown--I blame my brother-in-law Bruce for its disappearance) 2020-10-26T20:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/20/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-6-the-fall-of-the-moai/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-08-34-14.jpgOne MakhiAhu One Makhi (photo by Felicia J Browning; © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-15-12-39-51t.jpgVaihuMoai fallen in a prone position at Vaihu https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-14-25-05.jpgTe Piro Kura: ParoParo, the tallest moai ever erected on an ahu, in its final fallen state at Te Piro Kura on the northeast coast of Rapa Nui 2020-10-26T20:29:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/15/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-5-hats-make-the-moai/2020-10-26T20:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/12/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-4-the-mystery-of-moai-moving/2020-10-26T20:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/08/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-3-the-making-of-a-moai/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-10-12-37-51a.jpgRano Raraku: "el Gigante"(photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-10-12-37-51.jpgRano Raraku: "el Gigante"Huge unfinished moai at Rano Raraku; called locally "el Gigante"https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-10-10-40-59.jpgRano Raraku: "el Gigante"Rano Raraku: "el Gigante"https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-10-10-19-29.jpgRano RarakuRoughed out but unfinished moai still attached to natural rock at Rano Raraku (photo Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-12-10-43-44.jpgAhu Huri A UrengaAhu Huri A Urengahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-12-10-43-16.jpgAhu Huri A UrengaAhu Huri A Urengahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-09-16-02-32.jpgSebastian Englert Anthropological Museum; female moaiSebastian Englert Anthropological Museum; female moaihttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2-83-2018-03-10-15-05-40.jpgTongariki: older Moai fragments from Ahu platformOlder and smaller moai fragments from Ahu Tongariki's plaform2020-10-26T19:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/01/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-2-easter-island-moai-and-ahu/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-53-2018-03-09-20-31-54ca.jpgTahai: Ahu Ko Te RikuAhu Ko Te Riku, with its lone moai at Tahai https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rapa_nui-ahu_moai.jpgRapa_Nui-Ahu_MoaiAhu and Moai of Easter Island, with inset showing isolated location in the South Pacific (map © Daniel C Browning Jr)2020-10-26T19:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/06/29/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-1-easter-island-and-the-end-of-the-world/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-03-10-12-43-37.jpgRano RarakuRano Rarakuhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-03-10-12-44-49.jpgRano RarakuRano Rarakuhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-03-10-11-02-06_1.jpgRano RarakuRano Rarakuhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-03-10-09-25-49.jpgRano RarakuRano Rarakuhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-03-10-17-03-47t.jpgAkahangaAkahangahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1-51-2018-03-10-11-18-361.jpgRano RarakuRano Raraku2020-10-26T19:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/pic-of-the-day-map/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mapcapture-1.jpgmapcapturehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mapcapture.jpgmapcapture2020-10-24T03:27:57+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/2020/05/05/rolling-the-dice-in-uncertain-times/2020-05-06T13:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2020/04/12/an-easter-ritual-figurine-of-unknown-function/2020-04-16T12:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2020/03/15/beware-the-ides-of-march-the-hazards-of-tax-day-a-monument-to-a-dead-roman/2020-03-15T20:31:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2020/03/14/the-influence-of-the-memory-of-romans-who-died-while-traveling-the-maison-carree/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-08-13-46-30.jpg2020-03-08 13-46-30The Maison Carrée in Nîmes (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2020-03-08)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-08-13-45-34r.jpg2020-03-08 13-45-34rThe Maison Carrée in Nîmes (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2020-03-08)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-08-13-42-32.jpg2020-03-08 13-42-32The Maison Carrée in Nîmes (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2020-03-08)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-08-13-38-20r.jpg2020-03-08 13-38-20rThe Maison Carrée in Nîmes (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2020-03-08)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-08-13-33-01.jpg2020-03-08 13-33-01The Maison Carrée in Nîmes (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2020-03-08)2020-03-15T00:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/12/24/the-winter-solstice-and-christmas-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-about-how-to-express-christmas-greetings-and-love-the-season/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Christ-Helios-mosaic-Vatican.jpgChrist Helios mosaic; VaticanChrist as Helios mosaic, Mausoleum M of Vatican Scavi Necropolis below St. Peter's (sadly, not my photo; I've been in Mausoleum M several times, but photos are not allowed . . . photo: Vatican)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015-10-31-16-07-36.jpgSepphoris: SynagogueSepphoris Synagogue: floor mosaic with Helios/Sol at the center of Zodiac (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-10-31)2019-12-27T00:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/12/21/the-winter-solstice-and-halcyon-days/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/display-image-php_124_orig.jpgdisplay-image-php_124_orig2019-12-26T04:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/10/22/mississippis-ground-zero-monument/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-03-11-07-16.jpg2019-10-03 11-07-16Plaque on the more prominent side of the Surface Ground Zero monument at the Salmon Site, Mississippi (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-03)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/salmon-site-1.jpgSalmon SiteThe Salmon Site (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, 2018)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/s18773_sal_monrpt-1.jpgS18773_SAL_MonRptPlan of the Salmon Site, showing the outline of the subterranean Tatum Salt Dome, test wells, and Surface Ground Zero (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, Environmental Monitoring Report, Salmon, Mississippi, Site 2017, September 2018)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/crosssection.jpgCrossSectionCross-section of the Salmon Site (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, 2018)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-03-11-28-06a.jpgdefaultSurface Ground Zero at the Salmon Site (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-03)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-03-11-06-54a.jpg2019-10-03 11-06-54aSurface Ground Zero monument at the Salmon Site, Mississippi; three monitoring wells are visible beyond the monument (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-03)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-03-11-05-52c.jpg2019-10-03 11-05-52cSealed shaft immediately adjacent to the Ground Zero monument at the Salmon Site, Mississippi (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-03)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-10-03-11-03-03cac.jpg2019-10-03 11-03-03cacSurface Ground Zero at the Salmon Site (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-10-03)2019-10-23T13:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/12/20/winter-solstice-and-days-of-rebirth/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-05-16-17-20-18-2.jpgCarrowkeel passage tomb G; panorama looking out from chamber (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-16)Carrowkeel passage tomb G; panorama looking out from chamber (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-16)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-05-09-14-10-31.jpgBrú na Bóinne: NewgrangeBrú na Bóinne: Newgrangehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-05-09-14-18-12ca.jpgBrú na Bóinne: NewgrangeBrú na Bóinne: Newgrange, looking NE (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-05-09-13-35-47r.jpgBrú na Bóinne: NewgrangeNewgrange passage tomb; view of entrance from SE (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-05-09-13-33-17rca.jpgBrú na Bóinne: NewgrangeNewgrange; entrance to the tomb passage, with “window box” above (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-09)2019-09-22T19:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/08/18/an-august-mausoleum-or-august/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mausoleum-of-augustus-june2011-1.jpgMausoleum of Augustus-June2011The Masoleum of Augustus from Google Earth, June 2011https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mausoleum-of-augustus-2019-1.jpgMausoleum of Augustus-2019The Masoleum of Augustus from Google Earth, Spring 2019https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ancient-rome-scale-model-plastico-di-roma-imperiale-5ce3e462c387a__880.jpgancient-rome-scale-model-plastico-di-roma-imperiale-5ce3e462c387a__880The Mausoleum of Augustus as reconstructed in the Model Plastico di Roma, a 1:250 scale model of Imperial Rome now in the Museum of Roman Civilization, which is . . . closed now, for several years (pic shamelessly appropriated online because Ancient Dan cannot access the actual model)2019-09-05T16:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/08/17/trumps-ultima-thule-and-some-seemingly-unrelated-pics-of-the-day/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/500ml_dark_island2x.png500ml_dark_island2xhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-07-14-21-12-44ca.jpgMaeshowe Chambered TombMaeshowe Chambered Tomb (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-07-14)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-07-15-06-06-58.jpgRing of BrodgarRing of Brodgar from above; unlike Avebury, there are no stones within the henge (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-07-15)2019-08-20T21:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/08/09/monuments-to-dead-romans-the-sekerhane-kosku-pic-of-the-day-2019-08-08/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-06-27-12-14-22c.jpgdefaultThe structure known locally as Şekerhane Köşkü; very likely a cenotaph for the Emperor Trajan, who died in Selinus in AD 117 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-06-27).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-06-27-12-12-04ca.jpgdefaultThe structure known locally as Şekerhane Köşkü; very likely a cenotaph for the Emperor Trajan, who died in Selinus (modern Gazipaşa, Turkey) in AD 117 (aerial image by Tıröd Ğnihcnüh; © AncientDan.com). 2019-08-19T14:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/06/16/the-ark-a-refuge/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-07-11-37-24.jpg2019-06-07 11-37-24Shem (the putative scholar of the group) kicks back with a scroll in his quarters aboard the Ark Encounter (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-06-07)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-07-11-35-57.jpg2019-06-07 11-35-57Japheth and his conspicuously white-skinned wife, "Rayneh" in their quarters on the Ark Encounter reconstruction (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2019-06-07)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-07-10-57-45.jpg2019-06-07 10-57-45Panorama of Deck 2 of the Ark replica, with Mrs Ancient Dan and a reconstruction of storage magazines that would be the envy of any "prepper" (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-05-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-07-10-33-28.jpg2019-06-07 10-33-28View of the Ark replica from the bow end, showing the entrance queue (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-05-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-06-07-10-18-13.jpg2019-06-07 10-18-13The Noah's Ark replica at the Ark Encounter theme park (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-05-21)2019-08-09T05:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/musings/2019-06-24T10:24:13+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/2019/05/12/lystra-human-nature-on-display-pic-of-the-day-12-may-2019/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2014-05-21-10-27-53ca.jpg2014-05-21 10-27-53caLystra in full Spring bloom (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-05-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-14-42-51.jpgTemple of AugustusAntiochia Pisidia: one of the many bull and garland fragments from the Temple of Augustus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2014-05-21-10-47-37ac.jpg2014-05-21 10-47-37acView from the crest of the mound at Lystra with worked fiedls below (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-05-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-10-38-08.jpg2009-03-17 10-38-08A modern recreation of the stoning of Paul just outside of Lystra; note the stone in flight at left center (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2009-03-17-10-10-38c.jpg2009-03-17 10-10-38cThe mound, or Hüyük of Lystra, with random students distributed for scale (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2009-03-17)2019-05-13T01:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/03/24/the-hazards-of-tax-day-pic-of-the-day-2019-03-24/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-02-21-11-43-53c.jpgPalatine: View to ForumPanorama of the Roman Forum from the Palatine Hill (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-02-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-02-21-11-43-13ca.jpgPalatine: View to ForumThe central Roman Forum from the Palatine Hill; the Temple of Divus Julius is the ugly brown mass at lower center (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-02-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/an00107083_003_l-e1553467084493.jpgan00107083_003_lSilver denarius issued by Brutus (on obverse); with (reverse) "Ides of March" under Pileus (freedom cap) and two daggers (photo: British Museum)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-02-21-12-21-23.jpgRoman Forum: Temple of the Divine JuliusAltar associated with the Temple to Divus Julius, concealed from the crowds by the wall on the right; note the floral offerings on top, and many coins wherein folks apparently “rendered unto Caesar” (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-02-21)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-02-21-12-21-18.jpgRoman Forum: Temple of the Divine JuliusRoman Forum: Temple of the Divine Julius Taken at Latitude/Longitude:41.892146/12.485931. 0.29 km North-West Campitelli Latium Italyhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-02-21-12-19-17.jpgRoman Forum: Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Temple of the Divine JuliusThe remains of the Temple to Divus Julius (foreground) in the Roman Forum; it is hard to get a pic clear of people because the railing in front of the nondescript ruins make a convenient spot for groups to wait around (as you can see here, unaware of the significance); note the later Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina (converted to a church) in the background (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-02-21)2019-04-17T03:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/04/15/is-paris-burning-pics-for-notre-dame/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2014-10-31-13-39-31sa.jpg:The rose windows get all the glory, but I really like the ones around the apse at the E end (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-10-31)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2014-10-31-14-01-19_1.jpg:Notre Dame from the Pont de l'Archevêché, a "Love Lock" bridge, with students on a layover blitz-tour in 2014 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2014-10-31)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2014-10-31-13-31-05ca.jpg:One of the rose windows of Notre Dame (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-05-28)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1999-03-12-001.jpg1999-03-12 001Boobah, the Princess, and Mrs Ancient Dan across the Seine from Notre Dame, 12 March 1999 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2015-05-28-10-51-30.jpgParis: Notre DameNotre Dame in happier times (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-05-28)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2015-05-28-10-25-13c.jpgParis: Notre DameOne of the rose windows of Notre Dame (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-05-28)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2015-05-28-10-17-02.jpgParis: Notre Dame; Lillie Blackmon, Meghan GaglianoStudents at a votive candle stand inside Notre Dame with one of the rose windows behind (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-05-28)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2015-05-28-10-09-17.jpgParis: Notre DameParis: Notre Dame2019-04-16T03:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/03/17/pics-of-st-patricks-day-how-the-irish-saved-civility/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-10-17-42-05a.jpgArdmoreArdmore: Church Cemetery and Tower (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-10)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-18-14-11-19ac.jpg2016-05-18 14-11-19acOn of my favorite pics of Mrs A.D. and me: together on the rocks of life, but taking it one step at a time (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-18)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-18-14-08-30.jpg2016-05-18 14-08-30The Devil's Causeway, another of the many natural wonders of [Northern] Ireland; sadly, the Korean Tour group and the gaggle of OU fans would neither help me recreate the "Houses of the Holy" Led Zeppelin album cover, nor get out of the way for my pics . . . (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-18)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-17-12-45-19rc.jpgLough Derg; The Purgatory of St PatrickFirst, the pic-out to St. Patrick: he gestures to Station Island in Lough Derg, site of St Patrick's Purgatory. On the island, Patrick was shown a cave leading to Purgatory. The island became a center of Christian pilgrimage with penitential stations for preparation to visit that waystation of the Underworld! Those who know me well are aware that I am fascinated with ancient spots considered entrances to the Netherworld . . . but, sadly, the cave has been sealed and covered since 1632 and only genuine pilgrims are allowed out the island today (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-17)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-14-19-19-52c.jpgCliffs of MoherThe Cliffs of Moher on Ireland's west coast, one of the many natural beauty wonders of the country (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-14)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-14-14-43-51.jpgKilmacdaughMrs A.D.'s pre-trip image of Ireland: super-green pastures with livestock; (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-09)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-14-12-59-21c.jpgMeggagh Wedge TombMrs A.D.'s pre-trip image of Ireland: super-green pastures with livestock; uphill from The Burren [Meggah Wedge Tomb included as a bonus] (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-14)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-14-12-36-25.jpgParknabinnia Wedge TombMore green pastures and livestock . . . and another of the many megalithic monuments: Parknabinnia Wedge Tomb (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-14)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-13-17-56-28c.jpgCarrigafoyle CastleCarrigafoyle Castle, one of the many monumental medieval ruins in the country (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-13)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2016-05-11-15-13-28ac.jpgDrombeg Stone CircleMrs A.D.'s pre-trip image of Ireland: super-green pastures with livestock in the distance; like this scene with the Drombeg Stone Circle in the foreground, one of the many megalithic monuments in the country (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2016-05-15)2019-03-17T22:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/03/10/the-road-between-jerusalem-and-jericho-and-the-road-between-discrimination-and-acceptance-pic-of-the-day-2019-03-10/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2015-11-06-15-47-30.jpgWadi QeltWadi Qelt (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-11-06)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2015-11-06-15-40-35c.jpgWadi QeltWadi Qelt (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2015-11-06)2019-03-15T14:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/03/03/pic-of-the-day-2019-03-03-dry-dry-desert-2-the-sun-temple-of-niuserre/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2010-06-26-16-11-38.jpgSun Temple of Niuserre ("Delight of Re")Fragment of an inscription with the hieroglyph for “obelisk” (bottom) among the ruins of the Sun Temple of Niuserrē (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2010-06-26)2019-03-04T03:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/02/28/pic-of-the-day-2019-02-28-fading-winter-receding-ice-and-lost-sleep/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2018-07-11-09-04-47.jpg2018-07-11 09-04-47The North Sawyer Glacier; Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-07-11)2019-02-28T23:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/02/05/pic-of-the-day-%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%82-dimitrios-the-shipwreck-of-state-2/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2013-05-23-18-53-54c.jpgGithio shipwreckThe Dimitrios under a cloud of uncertainty on Valtaki Beach near Githio, Greece (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2013-05-23)2019-02-05T03:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/02/03/pic-of-the-day-2019-02-03-stadiums-with-a-past/2019-02-04T04:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/28/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-28-the-shipwreck-of-state/2019-01-29T01:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/15/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-take-me-to-the-river/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rapa_nui-ahu_moai-1.jpgrapa_nui-ahu_moaihttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-03-10-13-41-45c.jpgTongarikiAhu Tongariki, Rapi Nui (Easter Island, Chile): guardians of fresh water? (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-03-13)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-03-10-16-04-34ca-1.jpgAhu Hanga TetengaAhu Hanga Tetenga, SE coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island): a mostly-buried and barely perceptible water pipe, highlighted slightly in this pic, runs from the short cliff behind the sign, under a line of stones, and off to the left (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-03-10)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-03-10-16-24-59.jpgAhu Hanga TetengaAhu Hanga Tetenga, SE coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with two fallen moai; the water pump reference in the text is out of frame below and to right (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-03-10)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-03-10-16-09-44.jpgAhu Hanga TetengaAhu Hanga Tetenga, SE coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island); note two moai, one fallen from middle of ahu on left and one broken on top (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-03-10)2019-01-22T20:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/08/20/can-a-total-eclipse-bring-world-peace/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/nasa-map-28-march-5841.jpgNASA map 28 March -584https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/nasa-map-28-march-584.jpgNASA map 28 March -584https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2013-05-28-10-13-23.jpg2013-05-28 10-13-23Antikytheira Shipwreck: Taken at Latitude/Longitude:37.988009/23.733771. 0.52 km South Piraeus Attica Greece <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_37.988009_23.733771.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2013-05-28-10-10-19.jpg2013-05-28 10-10-19he Antikythera Mechanism, main fragment, "front" (left) and "back" (right); in a special exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens in 2013 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2014-05-16-13-40-06c.jpg2014-05-16 13-40-06cSardis: Bin Tepe, Lydian tumuli Taken at Latitude/Longitude:38.576903/28.010196. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_38.576903_28.010196.html"> (Map link)</a>2019-01-21T03:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/14/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-14-dolmens-in-spain/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017-03-17-14-50-19.jpgGorafe 134Gorafe 134; Parque Megalítico de Gorafe, Grenada Province, Spain [Ancient Dan added for scale] (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2017-03-17)2019-01-14T20:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/13/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-13-domens-sic-you-might-get-on-the-bus-tour/2019-01-14T02:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/12/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-12-balykeel-dolmen-you-also-dont-get-this-on-the-bus-tour/2019-01-14T02:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/11/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-11-dolmens-and-tombs-you-dont-get-this-on-the-bus-tour/2019-01-13T03:12:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/10/04/pic-of-the-day-2018-10-03-sela-and-the-rock/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-54-56c.jpgSela: Shane McInnisSela: Shane McInnishttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-45-54.jpgSela:View from near the top of Sela; there is that road again, and just below the end of the road is my wife, wondering what possessed us to climb The Rock https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-15-01-18.jpgSela: Nabonidus InscriptionA Babylonian inscription, in the rectangular frame on the stone face at top center, features a Babylonian king (probably Nabonidus), symbols of Babylonian deities, and an illegible cuneiform text https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-54-56.jpgSela: Shane McInnisWonder at Sela (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr, 2018-03-12)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-14-09-49.jpgSela: Shane McInnisOne of many rock-cut structures at Sela https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-37-40.jpgSela:Remains of the entry gate of the plateau at Sela https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-30-17.jpgSela: Katy BynumSela: Katy Bynumhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-26-20.jpgSela: Stacey FigueiredoSela: Stacey Figueiredohttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-25-44.jpgSela: Stacey FigueiredoSela: Stacey Figueiredohttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2015-03-12-13-17-52.jpgSela: Katy BynumSela: Katy Bynum2019-01-05T15:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2019/01/03/pic-of-the-day-2019-01-03-dry-dry-desert/2019-01-04T04:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/12/25/pic-of-the-day-christmas-2018/2019-01-03T20:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/12/28/pic-of-the-day-the-massacre-of-the-innocents-28-december-2018/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015-11-08-11-35-53.jpgHerodium: Lower CityHerodium: Lower Cityhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015-11-08-10-38-06-crop.jpgHerodiumHerodium from the north (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)2019-01-03T15:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/musings/pic-of-the-day/2019-01-03T05:47:10+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/2018/09/09/the-lost-derelict-aircraft/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hawaii2004-07-09-mokuleiabeachf05.jpgHawaii2004-07-09-MokuleiaBeachF05Assorted plane crash debrishttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hawaii2004-07-09-062-mokuleiabeach.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAInverted aft fuselage of Lockheed L-1011 2018-09-12T14:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/09/06/fear-and-dying-every-day-a-very-very-short-book-review/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fear.jpgFearBob Woodward's new book about the Trump White Househttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2015-05-22-11-52-37.jpgCorinth: Nero statueBust of the Emperor Nero, from the Julian Basilica in Corinth, about AD 60 (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-09-06-08-34-44c.jpg2018-09-06 08-34-44cMy copy of Dying Every Day and Seneca's anonymous work, The Apocolocyntosis, or The "Gourdification" of Claudius 2018-09-06T17:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/09/02/the-aftereffects-of-storms/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/resim9.jpgresim9duhhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2011-05-28-17-11-30a.jpgGordion: tumuliTumuli and anemone poppies at Gordionhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2011-05-28-15-17-24.jpg:The replica Breguet 14 of the Sivrihisar Uçağı monument; and the edge of the lurking thunderstom (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2011-05-28-12-29-25.jpgMidas city:With the assailant moving away to the Northeast; Mark Nicovich stands drenched and battered on the acropolis plateau of Midas City, a Phrygian site named for the most famous Phrygian king (late morning of 28 May 2011; 2018-09-03T03:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/08/14/a-relic-of-the-forgotten-and-cold-wars-that-now-seem-less-forgotten-and-cold/2023-07-11T01:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/08/17/adada/2018-08-17T20:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2018/07/20/the-talking-heads-of-rapa-nui-part-6-the-fall-of-the-moai-2/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-08-42-591.jpg2018-03-11 08-42-59https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-adicon_square.pngcropped-adicon_square.pnghttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-08-43-18.jpg2018-03-11 08-43-18https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-15-12-39-51t1.jpgVaihuhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-10-17-03-47t.jpgAkahangahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-14-25-051.jpgTe Piro Kura: Parohttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-08-34-141.jpgOne MakhiContemplating collapse; Ahu One Makhi (photo by Felicia J Browning; © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-40-figure0331.jpg1-40-Figure033https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-03-11-08-42-59.jpgFeatured Image -- 1380https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-41-william-hodges-a-view-of-the-monuments-of-easter-island-rapanui1.jpg1-41-william-hodges-a-view-of-the-monuments-of-easter-island-rapanui2018-07-20T21:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/05/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-04-an-ancient-garden-statue-center/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-04-16-07-19.jpgYesemekMountain gods with moon discs; basalt statuary at Yesemek (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-04-16-02-07.jpgYesemekA lion-man (or is it a bear-man?) relief at Yesemek (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-04-16-28-05.jpgYesemekBasalt carvings at Yesemekhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-04-16-23-31.jpgYesemekA Sphnix statue in basalt at Yesemek (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).2018-07-02T01:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/08/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-05-putting-man-on-a-pedestal/2018-07-02T01:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/12/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-06-interfaith-interaction-in-ancient-rough-cilicia/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-06-11-25-49t.jpgÇatıörenÇatıören, viewed from the South, with locations of the Temple of Hermes, Jewish synagogue, and Christian church indicated (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-05-30-18-10-36a.jpgÇatıören: Temple of HermesTemple of Hermes in 2016, taken from the tower above the Jewish synagogue at Çatıören (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-06-12-20-52.jpgÇatıören: synagogueLintel with carved menorah over doorway of Çatıören synagogue (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-06-12-52-15.jpgKorykos: Necropolis 3Korykos: Necropolis 3https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-06-12-49-32.jpgKorykos: Necropolis 3A Jewish sarcophagus (with menorah on the "horn" of the lid) lies adjacent to a Christian one (cross on the side) in the Korykos Necropolis (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-06-12-22-22.jpgÇatıören: synagogueApparent synagogue at Çatıören; identified as such by a Menorah carved into the doorway lintel (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr). 2018-07-02T01:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/13/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-08-belatedly/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-08-18-59-47.jpgIstanbulHagia Sophia in the twilight (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-08-18-03-01.jpgIstanbul: Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia in the pre-sunset light (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).2018-07-02T01:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/15/pic-of-the-day-2017-12-14-books-are-a-good-thing/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/paul-3mj-ephesus15-2009-03-19-02-34-55.jpgPaul-3MJ-Ephesus15-2009-03-19 02-34-55-https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-17-15-41-40.jpg2014-05-17 15-41-40Nysa: Library Taken at Latitude/Longitude:37.902529/28.143535. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_37.902529_28.143535.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-16-10-58-32.jpg2014-05-16 10-58-32Pergamum: Acropolis, Theater Pergamum: Acropolis, Theater Taken at Latitude/Longitude:39.132676/27.182783. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_39.132676_27.182783.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-16-10-37-05.jpg2014-05-16 10-37-05Pergamum: Acropolis Pergamum: Acropolis Taken at Latitude/Longitude:39.132291/27.184397. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_39.132291_27.184397.html"> (Map link)</a>2018-07-02T01:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/09/27/shaken-and-also-stirred/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-026-mexicocitya1.jpg1985-10-026-MexicoCityaMakeshift shelters in a public space along a major artery in central Mexico City after the 1985 quake. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-033-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-033-MexicoCityaThe Results: thousands residents of Tepito get a meal at the Texas Baptist Men's disaster relief unit. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-031-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-031-MexicoCityaResidents of Tepito, lined up for meals, next to "my" delivery box-van, at the Texas Baptist Men's disaster relief unit.https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-030-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-030-MexicoCityaTexas Baptist Men's Disaster Relief mobile kitchen set up in the soccer field of the community center in the Tepito barrio; note the ham radio antenna, the only means of communication. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-029-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-029-MexicoCityaThe working area behind the mobile kitchen unit. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-028-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-028-MexicoCityahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-026-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-026-MexicoCityahttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-024-mexicocitya.jpg1985-10-024-MexicoCityaThe Chevy box-van used to transfer supplies from government warehouses to various state Baptist Men's mobile kitchen disaster relief units in Mexico City, following the 19 Sept 1985 earthquake; and it's driver, AncientDan, and translator, Greg. https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985-10-002-mexicocityc.jpg1985-10-002-MexicoCitycA destroyed building with rescue workers on top in the aftermath of the 19 September 1985 Mexico City earthquake. 2018-07-02T01:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/13/pic-of-the-day-2017-12-12-the-light-of-freedom/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-09-29-14-35-57.jpgBoğazköy MuseumBoğazköy Museumhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-11-07-16-18-16c.jpgJerusalem; Israel MuseumJerusalem; Israel Museumhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-11-03-10-42-15.jpgCapernaum: SynagogueCapernaum: Synagoguehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-10-31-13-43-43.jpgBeth Shearim: "Cave of the Coffins"Beth Shearim: "Cave of the Coffins"https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-18-15-34-04.jpg2014-05-18 15-34-04Priene: Synagogue, menorah; Laura Scovel Taken at Latitude/Longitude:37.658570/27.295362. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_37.658570_27.295362.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2013-11-09-14-15-54.jpgOstia: SynagogueOstia: Synagogue2018-07-02T01:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/24/pic-of-the-day-2017-12-24-st-nicks-not-so-final-resting-place-part-1/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-10-46-59.jpgMyra: Church of St NicolausMyra: Church of St Nicolaushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-19-17-39-12.jpg2014-05-19 17-39-12Myra: Taken at Latitude/Longitude:36.243652/29.985606. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_36.243652_29.985606.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-19-17-19-08.jpg2014-05-19 17-19-08Myra: Church of St Nicholas, Tomb Taken at Latitude/Longitude:36.244736/29.985308. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_36.244736_29.985308.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-19-17-18-43.jpg2014-05-19 17-18-43Myra: Church of St Nicholas, Tomb Taken at Latitude/Longitude:36.244736/29.985308. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_36.244736_29.985308.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-31-18.jpgMyra: TheaterShock by the ruins themselves (I feel the same way . . . ; photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-28-01c.jpgMyra: TheaterSexy picture taking in the theater of ancient Myra (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-27-14c.jpgMyra: TheaterSeductive picture taking in the theater of ancient Myra (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-22-26c.jpgMyra: TheaterMyra: Theaterhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-18-23.jpgMyra: western tombsMyra: western tombshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-18-14c.jpgMyra: western tombsMyra: western tombs2018-06-30T03:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/25/pic-of-the-day-2017-12-25-st-nicks-not-so-final-resting-place-part-2-the-city-of-myra/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-44-57.jpgMyra: Northern tombsThe Northern Tombs of ancient Myra, isolated from the crowds https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-09-17-32-35.jpgAdriake: SynagogueThe synagogue at Andriake, the port for Myra https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-09-17-27-04c.jpgAdriake: SynagogueMenorah relief decoration in the Andriake synagogue (I think this is a reproduction, as the original is in the adjacent museum, not yet open when I took this) https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-07-09-17-26-45.jpgAdriake: SynagogueAdriake: Synagoguehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-05-19-17-16-56.jpg2014-05-19 17-16-56Myra: Church of St Nicholas Taken at Latitude/Longitude:36.244673/29.985468. km <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_36.244673_29.985468.html"> (Map link)</a>https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-23-26c.jpgMyra: TheaterMyra: Theaterhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-18-231.jpgMyra: western tombsMyra: western tombshttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-11-18-14c1.jpgMyra: western tombsStylish genturing for the camera at the western tombs of Myra (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)2018-06-30T03:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/12/26/the-places-and-faces-of-st-nicholas-st-nicks-not-so-final-resting-place-part-3-pic-of-the-day-2017-12-26/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/santas21.jpgMyra:Myra:https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-10-53-08.jpgMyra: Church of St NicolausMyra: Church of St Nicolaushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-10-52-33.jpgMyra: Church of St NicolausMyra: Church of St Nicolaushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-10-38-57.jpgMyra: Church of St NicolausMyra: Church of St Nicolaushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2011-05-26-10-31-36.jpgMyra: Church of St NicolausMyra: Church of St Nicolaus2018-06-30T03:26:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/08/24/afterthoughts-on-eclipses-and-their-impact/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/darksideofthemoon.jpgDarkSideoftheMoon2023-09-23T03:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/03/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-01-2/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-13-20-21cr.jpg2017-10-02 13-20-21crKarasis; from the apex of the "lower castle" (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-12-50-06.jpg2017-10-02 12-50-06Closeup of the elephant relief https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-02-12-49-18.jpg2017-10-02 12-49-18Inside face of the more southerly large tower (right center in the main photo) with an elephant in relief over the main doorway (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).2017-10-04T05:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/10/01/pic-of-the-day-2017-10-01/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-01-15-10-24.jpg2017-10-01 15-10-24On of the rock-carved chambers near the church at Çanlı Kilise https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-01-15-57-10.jpg2017-10-01 15-57-10Çanlı Kilise, named for the beautiful Byzantine church at right centerhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-10-01-15-44-08.jpg2017-10-01 15-44-08David Maltsberger emerging from a rather long access tunnel to an underground chamber with apparent graves 2017-10-01T21:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/09/30/pic-of-the-day-2017-09-29/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-29-15-51-30.jpg2017-09-29 15-51-30The Sphinx Gate from inside Hattusas; looking east inside the city wall (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr).https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-09-29-16-11-56r.jpg2017-09-29 16-11-56rYerkapi: the monumental wall, gate, and glacis system at Hattusa, capital of the Late Bronze Age Hittite Empire 2017-09-30T20:33:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/2017/09/18/a-serendipitous-adventure-the-belevi-tumlus/https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-15-11-21_2c.jpgAftermath of Adventure at the Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Belevi TumulusAftermath of Adventure at the Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kasper-tumulus_von_belevi-archaologischer_anzeiger-1975-abb7.jpgKasper-Tumulus_Von_Belevi-Archaologischer_Anzeiger-1975-Abb7Plan of the Belevi Tumulus; after Kasparhttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-14-12-35.jpgBelevi Monument (the stone massif at lower center-left); from the Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Belevi Monument (the stone massif at lower center-left); from the Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-14-25-47a.jpgStacey entering the first burial chamber; note the "crown molding" and offset ceiling (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Stacey entering the first burial chamber; note the "crown molding" and offset ceiling (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-14-34-51.jpgSecond burial chamber, with the corbelled arch ceiling (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Second burial chamber, with the corbelled arch ceiling (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-15-05-53.jpgShane and Stacey at the anteroom before the first burial chamber (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Shane and Stacey at the anteroom before the first burial chamber (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-14-16-55.jpgEntrance passage to Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Entrance passage to Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)https://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-14-04-35.jpgStacey at the circuit wall of the Belevi TumulusStacey at the circuit wall of the Belevi Tumulushttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-15-16-33.jpgStacey and Shane at the Tumulus entrance passageStacey and Shane at the Tumulus entrance passagehttps://ancientdan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-27-15-13-32_1.jpgAftermath of Adventure at the Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)Aftermath of Adventure at the Belevi Tumulus (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)2017-09-28T06:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ancientdan.com/contact/2017-09-11T03:40:10+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.com/musings/you-dont-get-this-on-the-bus-tour/2017-09-11T03:34:02+00:00weekly0.6https://ancientdan.comdaily1.02025-04-02T15:26:14+00:00