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Ancient Ruins (Special Themes) This category is one of the  Top 10 Most Requestedand one of  My Original Selections. |
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1. Parthenon - Greetings to the Olympic Games: Celebrate Humanity Climbing atop the Acropolis in the scorching summer heat of Athens is well worth the effort. The views over the capital are exceptional and the historic playground to explore is one-of-a-kind in the world, even for seasoned travellers to many ancient sites throughout Mediterranean Europe. This temple of Hellenic gods is considered an architecturally perfect masterpiece, a work of art so intricate and well-designed, a palace with intentional skewing of edges to trick the eye with optical illusions to see a perfect shape. Photo Data: File ID - 11715. Camera Model Name - Canon PowerShot S230. Shooting Date/Time - 27.08.2003 13:25:44. Shooting Mode - Auto. Photo Effect Mode - Off. Tv (Shutter Speed) - 1/320. Av (Aperture Value) - 7.1. Metering Mode - Evaluative. Exposure Compensation - 0. ISO Speed - Auto. Lens - 5.4-10.8mm. Focal Length - 5.4mm. Digital Zoom - None. Image Size - 2048x1536. Image Quality - Superfine. Flash - Off. White Balance - Auto. AF Mode - Single AF. File Size - 1507KB. Drive Mode - Self-Timer Operation. |
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2. Villa Jovi At the end of a climb to the top of the island of Capri are the ruins of one of the many villas built by Roman emperors. |
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3. Acrocorynth The high mountain fortress above Corynth demands an exhausting climb to be reached but the size of the fortress is overwhelming. |
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4. Hercvlanevm The roads in these ruins of the Roman Empire near Naples are over 2,000 years old. |
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5. Oracle of Delphi The ancient theatre of this Greek site of pilgrimage faces the temple where the Oracle made its prophecies. |
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6. Pompeji Arena The famous city near Naples was completely destroyed by a violent eruption of the nearby volcano Vesuvio |
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7. Templo de Debod The Egypt people thanked the people of Spain by disassembling an old temple ruin and re-erecting it in the Spanish capital. |
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8. Zeus Temple Ancient Olympia, site of the original Olympic Games, was a place of peace under the watchful eyes of the Hellenic top god. |
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9. Erechtheum Complicated building on Athen's Acropolis, where hand-picked young elite girls worshipped the goddess Athena Polias. |
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10. Greek Theatre The Odeum of Herodes Atticus with the Stoa of Eumenes was the place of ancient plays at the foot of Athen's Acropolis. |