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Ruins of the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina.

The ruins of Taga Castle, in Tagajō, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The oldest monumentary inscription from Taga Castle dates to 724 CE, but new fortifications were built on the site in later centuries. Taga Castle was subject to...

Arates Monastery in Armenia is built on top of a hill and overlooks the Arates tributary of the Yeghegis River. The monastery's name came from the combination of “ari” ("come" in Armenian) and “tes” ("see" in Armenian...

Ruins at Agarak in what is modern Armenia. This archaeological site was inhabited by people for thousands of years through the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Urartian period.

In this picture, one sees the 11th-century CE Vahramashen Church framed by the ruins of the Amberd Fortress, which was first constructed in the 7th century CE. Both structures are typical of medieval Armenian...

A depiction of the President's House (or White House) in the aftermath of the burning of Washington on 24 August 1814. Watercolor on paper, by George Munger, c. 1814. White House, Washington, D.C.

An 1898 photograph of the ruined fort at Fashoda, Sudan. This was taken at the time of the Fashoda Incident when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for control of the Upper Nile.

Remains of a Buddhist monastery around the Dharmarajika Stupa. The rectangular cells are thought to be rooms where the monks slept. The yellow structure visible in the background is a relatively modern Jain temple...

Kültepe, formerly known as Kanesh and Karum, was part of the network of trading settlements established in central Anatolia by Assyrian merchants from Ashur (northern Mesopotamia) in the early 2nd millennium BCE. This period was...

The ruined gatehouse of Donnington Castle, Berkshire England. Built in 1386, the castle played an important role in the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury in October 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51).