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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot working on April 08, 2013 in her laboratory in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Sabrina Parot is showing and manipulating a skull and bones excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes. Researches are actually presuming that the skeleton is dating back to Middle Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton probably dating back to Middle Ages, excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes, and subject of researches by Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton probably dating back to Middle Ages, excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes, and subject of researches by Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton probably dating back to Middle Ages, excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes, and subject of researches by Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton probably dating back to Middle Ages, excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes, and subject of researches by Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton probably dating back to Middle Ages, excavated from the Romanesque church Saint Germain de Charonnes, and subject of researches by Archeo-anthropologist Sabrina Parot in Departement Histoire de l'Architecture et Archeologie de Paris et secretariat de la Commission du Vieux Paris (Architecture and Archeology of Paris History Department), Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amesbury Sarcophagus, a Roman stone sarcophagus from the 3rd century AD, discovered by Wessex Archeology in 2007 during the excavation of a large Roman cemetery near Boscombe Down, Amesbury, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The sarcophagus contained the remains of a woman holding a young child in her arms. The use of a stone sarcophagus was rare and reserved only for people of importance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary masks in polychrome wood, Ptolemaic period, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Archaeology Room, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Breastplate from a child's coffin, terracotta, Theban period, found in a large New Kingdom necropolis at Tounah el-Gebel, Egypt, excavated by Raymond Weill, in the Mediterranean Archaeology Room, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isic priestess, 3rd - 4th century, human remains found during excavations 1845-1914 at Antinoopolis, Egypt, a city founded by Emperor Hadrian, by Albert Gayet, in the Mediterranean Archaeology Room, in the Musee Joseph Denais, in Beaufort-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. The museum houses the personal collection of Joseph Denais, humanist, historian and journalist, who created this museum in 1905. The collection covers fine arts, archeology, ethnography and natural history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centro de Arqueologia Subacuatica (CAS) (Center for Underwater Archeology), on La Caleta beach, Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The building was inaugurated in 1926 and was originally the Balneario de Nuestra Senora de la Palma Real, a spa and bathhouse with a central access pavilion and 2 long curved wings built on pillars above the sand. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Caleta beach, and the Centro de Arqueologia Subacuatica (CAS) (Center for Underwater Archeology), Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The building was inaugurated in 1926 and was originally the Balneario de Nuestra Senora de la Palma Real, a spa and bathhouse with a central access pavilion and 2 long curved wings built on pillars above the sand. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centro de Arqueologia Subacuatica (CAS) (Center for Underwater Archeology), on La Caleta beach, at sunset, Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The building was inaugurated in 1926 and was originally the Balneario de Nuestra Senora de la Palma Real, a spa and bathhouse with a central access pavilion and 2 long curved wings built on pillars above the sand. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centro de Arqueologia Subacuatica (CAS) (Center for Underwater Archeology), on La Caleta beach, Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The building was inaugurated in 1926 and was originally the Balneario de Nuestra Senora de la Palma Real, a spa and bathhouse with a central access pavilion and 2 long curved wings built on pillars above the sand. Cadiz is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, and later became a Carthaginian then a Roman city, and Spain's constitution was signed here in 1812. It is situated on a peninsula on the Costa de la Luz. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Native American celebration, painting by Romando Vigil or Tse Ye Mu, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Romando Vigil is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and was a contributor to the murals at the Santa Fe Indian School and also painted for Walt Disney studios. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 1911, photograph, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Cliff Palace, 13th century, is a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, rediscovered in 1888. It is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 1917, photograph, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Cliff Palace, 13th century, is a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, rediscovered in 1888. It is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pottery Making, painting by Romando Vigil or Tse Ye Mu, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Romando Vigil is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and was a contributor to the murals at the Santa Fe Indian School and also painted for Walt Disney studios. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pottery jar with narrow neck and loop handles, with black on white geometric design, made 1200-76 AD, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The jar was found full of corn in February 1955 by Robert and Eugene Ismay of McElmo Canyon Colorado, in a cave. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pueblo Dancers, painting, 1917, by Crescendo Martinez, d. 1918, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The dancers are dressed as eagles and the drummers accompanying them played music and sang throughout the public ceremony. Crescendo Martinez is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and is of the Santa Fe Indian School of Art. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buffalo Dance, a Pueblo ritual performed in most villages, painting probably by Tomas Vigil or Pan Yo Pin, 1889-1960, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Tomas Vigil is from Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, and is of the Santa Fe Indian School of Art. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 1896, A white marble city, photograph by Thomas M McKee, 1854-1939, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Cliff Palace, 13th century, is a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, rediscovered in 1888. It is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model depicting the Great Classic Pueblo Period, 1100-1300 AD, when people moved from small, compact villages on the mesa tops to alcoves where they built cliff dwellings like Spruce Tree House, shown here in the late 13th century, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Native American celebration, painting by Romando Vigil or Tse Ye Mu, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Romando Vigil is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and was a contributor to the murals at the Santa Fe Indian School and also painted for Walt Disney studios. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cliff Palace, 1898, colour photochrom print, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Cliff Palace, 13th century, is a huge multi-storey Native American Puebloan dwelling, housing 125 people, with 23 kivas and 150 rooms, rediscovered in 1888. It is the largest cliff house in the park, possibly used for social and ceremonial purposes and is thought to be part of a larger community encompassing 60 pueblos and 600 people. It is made from sandstone blocks, mortar and wooden beams and was originally painted with earthen plasters. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dancers, painting by Tomas Vigil or Pan Yo Pin, 1889-1960, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Tomas Vigil is from Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, and is of the Santa Fe Indian School of Art. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buffalo dancer following a man in a green shirt carrying a bow, by Alfonso Royal or Awa Tsireh, 1895-1955, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Alfonso Royal is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and is of the Santa Fe Indian School of Art. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rio Grande Pueblo Indian on horseback, painting by Abel Sanchez or Oqwa Pi, 1899-1971, Puebloan artist, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Abel Sanchez is from New Mexico, and is of the Santa Fe Indian School of Art. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model depicting the Developmental Pueblo Period, 750-1100 AD, when the pueblo or village architecture developed, pottery-making flourished, new farming techniques emerged and trade became significant, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. The village shown is from 850 AD and shows Puebloan Indians in a series of connected living and storage rooms, facing South or South West. The pit room in front of the dwellings was used for living or ceremonial purposes. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Discovery of the Two Storey Cliff House in Mancos Canyon by the Jackson Party in 1874, painting, 1936, oil on canvas, by William Henry Jackson at the age of 93, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Jackson was a pioneer photographer who was working in the mountains at Mesa Verde when he met John Moss, a rancher and explorer, who showed him the ancient dwellings in the cliffs. Jackson took the first photographs of the ruins in 1874. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Jordan Valley near the archeological site of Pella, Jordan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of deified emperor Augustus, Gallo-Roman, marble, c. 40 AD, found in Saintes but made in Italy as part of the imperial cult founded by Octavius Augustus, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of deified emperor Augustus, Gallo-Roman, marble, c. 40 AD, found in Saintes but made in Italy as part of the imperial cult founded by Octavius Augustus, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bearded smiling head, Gallo-Roman limestone sculpture from Saintes, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The sculpture may represent Carentonus, guardian of the Charente river. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cippus, used as a funerary monument representing the deceased wearing a tunic with cuculle or hood, atlantes on 2 sides and a male figure swaying and holding a vase and a glass (seen here), Gallo-Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mother goddesses, Gallo-Roman sculpture, 2nd century AD, from Saintes, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. These are personifications of abundance and fertility, holding cornucopia and baskets of fruit. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a woman wearing pearl earrings and a wave shaped crown, Gallo-Roman sculpture, limestone, 2nd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of deified emperor Augustus, Gallo-Roman, marble, c. 40 AD, found in Saintes but made in Italy as part of the imperial cult founded by Octavius Augustus, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statuette of a votive god, limestone, 1st - 2nd century AD, possibly a head-god, trunk-god, worshipped in this area in Roman times, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone corinthian capital, limestone, Gallo-Roman, early 2nd century AD, reused in the town ramparts built in the Lower Empire c. 192-476 AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head, thought to be Julia Livilla, sister of emperor Calligula, marble, Gallo-Roman, 1st century AD, found in Saintes, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Epona, Celtic goddess of riders, riding side-saddle on a horse, carrying a dog on her lap, with a child or slave at her side, Gallo-Roman wooden sculpture, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Box of walnut wood with bronze lock, Gallo-Roman, 3rd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the drawer was a coin of emperor Hadrian, a brooch, 2 stones and an iron stylus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mermaid, fresco fragment, Gallo-Roman, late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cippus, used as a funerary monument representing the deceased wearing a tunic with cuculle or hood, atlantes on 2 sides (seen here) and a male figure swaying and holding a vase and a glass, Gallo-Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, in the Musee Archeologique, an archaeology museum opened 1815 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musician playing an aulos or double flute, stone relief from a scene of Poseidon and his retinue from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of high ranking official, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves and human heads, Hellenistic, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief fragment of a female sitting on an Ionic column, Hellenistic period, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the countryside around Apollonia, seen from the hill of its Eastern fortress, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of Apollo with his sacrificial tripod, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Psyche sculpture, goddess of the soul, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Atlant, a figure of Atlas used as an architectural support, from House G, 2nd - 3rd century AD, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a magistrate, 3rd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a high ranking official, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze on an Attican marble sarcophagus imported to Apollonia in the 3rd century depicting a battle between Greeks and Amazons, (including Achilles and Deidamia), from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele depicting couple wearing long robes with a small slave, late 1st century AD, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele in typical Apollonian style, depicting the descent into hell, 3rd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. Above, the deceased's wife mourns him, while he is led to Hades by Hermes down a ladder, with Charon's boat waiting below to ferry him across the Styx. The judge of hell sits enthroned in the bottom right corner. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele depicting a woman wearing traditional Illyrian clothing, 2nd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele depicting a woman wearing traditional Illyrian clothing, 2nd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a smiling woman with wavy hair, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of an athlete, Hellenistic, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a woman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young girl, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of an aristocratic woman, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait bust of Vilia with inscription, 130 BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tragic mask, Hellenistic, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze on an Attican marble sarcophagus imported to Apollonia in the 3rd century depicting a battle between Greeks and Amazons, (including Achilles and Deidamia), from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze on an Attican marble sarcophagus imported to Apollonia in the 3rd century depicting a battle between Greeks and Amazons, (including Achilles and Deidamia), from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balcony of the North wing with reliefs and statues taken from the nearby Greek Illyrian site of Apollonia, Ardenica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The monastery was founded in 1282 by Andronikos II Palaiologos and is dedicated to the Byzantine victory over the Angevins in Berat during the Siege of Berat of 1280ñ81. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman water spout with pointed arch, 1st century AD, leading to canals under the Eastern fortress and opening into a square with 3 obelisks, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The style of this spout is typically Apollonian and was built under Pax Romana, a time when defence was less important. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman water spout with pointed arch (right, in wall), 1st century AD, leading to canals under the Eastern fortress and opening into a square with 3 obelisks, 1 of which remains, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The style of this spout is typically Apollonian and was built under Pax Romana, a time when defence was less important. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pointed arched doorway in the wall of the Greek tenemos or sanctuary on hill 104, with 2 niches used to receive offerings, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The lance-head style of this arch is typical of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Apollo Obelisk, a Greek monolithic limestone column dedicated to the god Apollo as Agyieus, protector of streets and houses, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The obelisk was found near the library but has been reerected by the wall of the tenemos on hill 104. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman Monument of Agonothetes or Bouleuterion, 2nd century AD, built in the Templum in antis style, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The Bouleuterion was used as a public council meeting house. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman odeon, 2nd century AD, a musical performance area in the form of a small theatre with a capacity of 300 people seated in 15 rows of seats, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portico B or Portico of the 17 niches, a colonnaded street built 4th century BC to link the centre in the South of the city with the agora in the North, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The portico is 72.2m long and 10.5m wide and split into 2 bays by a central colonnade of 36 doric octagonal columns. The end wall has 17 niches which would have housed marble statues. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted roof of a shop near the propylaea or monumental gateway, on the Northern terraces near the tenemos and agora, 1st century AD, made from limestone blocks carved using metal tools, Apollonia, Fier, Albania. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved flower, Hellenistic period, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele with seated female figure, Hellenistic period, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief with hunting scene, with a man on horseback with a spear hunting a wild boar and a dog attacking a lion, Hellenistic period, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved stele, possibly funerary, with inscription and figure, possibly an athlete, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted head of a young man, Roman, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary altar with young boy named Drakon who died aged 6, depicted with his dog and holding an apple and a staff, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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