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On this #WorldHeritageDay we are celebrating the World Heritage Sites. 🏛️

I've been lucky enough to visit 133 of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 31 countries!
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#WorldHeritageDay Persepolis in #Iran 🇮🇷whc.unesco.org/en/list/114
#WorldHeritageDay Ephesus in #Turkey 🇹🇷
whc.unesco.org/en/list/1018
#WorldHeritageDay Petra in #Jordan 🇯🇴
whc.unesco.org/en/list/326
#WorldHeritageDay Villa Adriana (Tivoli) in #Italy 🇮🇹
whc.unesco.org/en/list/907
#WorldHeritageDay Frontiers of the Roman Empire in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
whc.unesco.org/en/list/430
#WorldHeritageDay Frontiers of the Roman Empire in #Germany 🇩🇪
whc.unesco.org/en/list/430
#WorldHeritageDay The Acropolis of Athens in #Greece 🇬🇷
whc.unesco.org/en/list/404
#WorldHeritageDay Ephesus in #Turkey 🇹🇷
whc.unesco.org/en/list/1018
#WorldHeritageDay Masada in #Israel 🇮🇱
whc.unesco.org/en/list/1040
#WorldHeritageDay The Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida in #Spain 🇪🇸
whc.unesco.org/en/list/664
#WorldHeritageDay The Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia in #Italy 🇮🇹
whc.unesco.org/en/list/825
#WorldHeritageDay The Roman Monuments of Trier in #Germany 🇩🇪
whc.unesco.org/en/list/367
#WorldHeritageDay Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island #Chile 🇨🇱
whc.unesco.org/en/list/715
#WorldHeritageDay Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments in #France 🇫🇷
whc.unesco.org/en/list/164
#WorldHeritageDay Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum & Torre Annunziata in #Italy
followinghadrianphotography.com/2020/04/01/pom…
#WorldHeritageDay Nemrut Dağ in #Turkey 🇹🇷
followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/21/mou…
#WorldHeritageDay The Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) in #France 🇫🇷
whc.unesco.org/en/list/344
#WorldHeritageDay Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur in #Egypt 🇪🇬
whc.unesco.org/en/list/86
#WorldHeritageDay Pasargadae in #Iran 🇮🇷
followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/10/24/pas…
The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls in #Israel 🇮🇱
whc.unesco.org/en/list/148
#WorldHeritageDay The Amphitheatre of El Jem #Tunisia
whc.unesco.org/en/list/38
#WorldHeritageDay Susa in #Iran 🇮🇷
followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/05/13/cho…
#WorldHeritageDay Butrint in Albania 🇦🇱
followinghadrianphotography.com/2019/01/15/but…
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I was meant to be visiting Lambaesis today where Hadrian reviewed the fighting skills of Rome's African army. He witnessed its manoeuvres and criticised/praised them in speeches to the troops. The army recorded the speeches in an inscription on the parade ground.
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Architectural reconstruction of Lambaesis by French architect and archaeologist Jean-Claude Golvin.
Lambaesis was a huge military settlement and the camp housed the Third Augustan Legion. Hadrian visited the fortress in the early summer of AD 128.
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After observing the army's manoeuvres over the course of 3 days, Hadrian addressed different groups of soldiers in a speech. He praised the Ala I Pannoniorum for their javelin throwing, performed while they were wearing the cuirass. He complimented their prowess, telling them:
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One thing is certain... Antiquity was colourful!
The touring 'Gods in Color' #exhibition has now returned in expanded form to Frankfurt's Liebieghaus museum (Germany), with more than 100 objects including a number of new reconstructions.
Find out more... liebieghaus.de/en/exhibitions…
Experimental colour reconstruction of the so-called Small Herculaneum Woman.
Original from Delos, copy made in the 2nd c. BC of a famous original dating from 300 BC.
#exhibition Gods In Color— Golden Edition. Polychromy in Antiquity, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt.
Alternative colour reconstructions of the so-called Peplos Kore from the Athenian Acropolis made c. 530 BC. Her clothing suggests that she is the cult image of Artemis.
#exhibition Gods In Color— Golden Edition. Polychromy in Antiquity, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt.
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The so-called Colossus of Memnon, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes, was among the main attractions in #Egypt during Graeco-Roman times. They were in fact two colossal statues set up to honour Pharaoh Amenhotep III who ruled during the 18th Dynasty. Image
The statue on the right earned itself the name Colossus of Memnon because it began to sing after its upper part toppled to the ground following an earthquake in 26 BC. At dawn a whistling sound was produced through the cracks that was interpreted as Memnon singing to his mother. Image
Memnon was a hero of the Trojan War, the Ethopian king who was slain by Achilles. He was the son of Eos/Aurora, goddess of dawn.

Image: Eos lifting up the body of her son Memnon. Attic red-figure cup, ca. 490–480 BC.

📸Bibi Saint-Pol, Wikipedia Image
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