The Rules of When on Google Earth are as follows:
Q: What is When on Google Earth?
A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!
Q: How do you play it?
A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.
Q: Who wins?
A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.
Q: What does the winner get?
A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!
Previous winners:
# | Host: | Victor: | Site: | Period: |
1 | Chuck Jones | Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran | Achaemenid period | |
2 | PDD | Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria | 5th-6th c. CE | |
2.1 | Paul Zimmerman | Qal’at al-Bahrain | 16th c. CE | |
3 | Heather Baker | Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen | Minaean | |
4 | Jason Ur | Mohenjo Daro, | ca. 2600-1900 BCE | |
5 | Dan Diffendale | Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico | 1st-5th centuries CE | |
6 | Claire of Geevor Mine | Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales | 77ish to about 390 CE | |
7 | Ivan Cangemi | Carn Euny | ca. 500 BCE-100 CE | |
8 | Southie Sham | Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA | fl. 1050-1200 | |
9 | Dan Diffendale | Gergovia | fl. 1st c. BCE | |
10 | Dorothy King | Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece | ca. 1100 CE | |
11 | Daniel Pett | Utica, Tunisia | 8th century BCE–until 2nd Century CE | |
12 | Neil Silberman | Caesarea Maritima, Israel | 1st century CE–Present | |
13 | Chuck Jones | Graceland, Memphis, TN, United States | 1939 CE–Present | |
14 | Aphaia | Bam Citadel, Iran | pre-6th century BC–19th century CE | |
15 | Daniel Pett | Myrina, Lemnos, Greece | Classical Greek–present | |
16 | Paul Barford | Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka | 1st century BCE | |
17 | Scott McDonough | Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt | Ptolemaic, Mamluk | |
18 | Lindsay Allen | Ani, Turkey | Medieval, 10th-14th centuries CE | |
19 | Heather in Vienna | South Shields, England, UK | Roman Imperial | |
20 | Scott McDonough | Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland | 1748-present | |
21 | Chuck Jones | Derbent, Republic of Dagestan | Sasanian-present | |
22 | Paul Barford | Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary | Roman | |
23 | Geoff Carter | The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire | Neolithic | |
24 | Ferhan Sakal | The Heuneburg, South Germany | Iron Age | |
25 | Lindsay Allen | Sura, Syria | Roman | |
26 | Andrea | Bannerman Castle, Hudson River, US | C20th | |
27 | David Powell | Taposiris Magna, Alexandria, Egypt | C1st bce | |
28 | Billy | Ross Abbey, Galway, Ireland | Medieval | |
29 | Geoff Carter | Great Zimbabwe, Africa | C11th - 14th ce | |
30 | Heather | Elsdon Castle, England | C11th - 12th ce | |
31 | Geoff Carter | Volubilis, Morocco | Roman | |
32 | Paul Barford | Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia | C15th - 6th bce | |
33 | Ferhan Sakal | Arkona, Germany | Medieval | |
34 | | | |
Hmm, but we've had Bam, Iran before http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-on-google-earth-no-14.html
AntwortenLöschenMaybe have another try...
Soory it was already posted as WOGE 14. I will post a new one!!
AntwortenLöschenThanks Paul!
AntwortenLöschenSo, what about that?
AntwortenLöschenWonderful, a giant sperm cell fertilising a green fuzzy egg (Can you tell I've been working too hard today?).
AntwortenLöschenOk you may have right, but since not many sites are covered with a roof contraction, it should be easy to figured out!!
AntwortenLöschenor I thought so :)))
AntwortenLöschenNo guesses?? Well, I'm going to be online again tomorrow at 12 AM CET. Until then I give you a small hint: It's a Tepe in the country of Höyüks!
AntwortenLöschenNot much of a clue. I assumed that already. ;-)
AntwortenLöschenWell, much as I prefer Paul's innovative suggestion, my rather more boring answer is Arslantepe near Malatya in Turkey. Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age occupations, as well as late Roman and Byzantine. Capital of a small Neo-Hittite kingdom in earlier 1st mill.
AntwortenLöschenArslantepe is correct. Well done Heather!
AntwortenLöschenYes, Paul's view is fantastic :) (what an imagination)
lol
So it's your turn Heather.
Don't let us wait too long!!
OK, here is the link to WOGE 35. Happy searching ...
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