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Great Enclosure Wall, Great Zimbabwe
A section of the Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. Built in the 13-14th century CE using granite, the wall is 5.5 metres (18 ft.) thick in places and 9.7 metres (32 ft.) high.
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The Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe
View of Great Zimbabwe's 'Great Enclosure'. This is the largest collection of ruins in southern Africa. The Gokomere Empire flourished here from the 11th Century CE to its collapse in the early 15th century CE.
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Great Enclosure Tower, Great Zimbabwe
The conical tower of the Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. Built in the 13-14th century CE using granite, the purpose of the structure is not known.
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Great African Kingdoms
This collection presents a small sampling of the many great African kingdoms that rose and fell from the ancient period when Punt traded with Egypt up through the common era. Each kingdom developed a distinct culture and...
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SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain, a museum ship and former passenger steamship now located in Bristol. It was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. Made by Brunel, for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service...
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The Close-up of the Great Buddha of Kamakura
Completed in 1252 CE, the Great Buddha of Kamakura has survived countless earthquakes, including the devastating 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, and a tsunami in 1498 CE. Since that tsunami, the statue has...
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History of the Etruscan Culture: the First Great Italian Civilization
The Etruscans, who knew themselves as the Rasenna, were a culture that flourished in central Italy in the region of Etruria between the 8th and the 3rd century BCE. They are first mentioned...
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10 Great Castles in England & Wales
The Norman Conquest of 1066 CE brought sophisticated motte and bailey castle architecture to England but it was really in the 12th and 13th centuries CE that stone castle-building reached its zenith. Edward I of...
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Model of the Shrine & Tombs Under the Great Tumulus, Vergina
A model of the shrine and tombs under the Great Tumulus at Vergina. From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019). p49. Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.
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Great Cult Inscription of Arsameia
The Great Cult Inscription contains the history of the founding of Arsameia on the Nymphaios, a royal seat, and the summer capital of the Kingdom of Commagene located at the foot of Mount Nemrut in Eastern Turkey...
