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Cool !!!

Another ancient site I'd LOVE to visit!!!

 

hi mikey..l been in rome 3 years ago..staying 8 days..and, l did't have time to visit hadrian villa at tivoli..but, next year, villa is on top of the list..

 

Great video, been there a couple years ago big place you need at least half a day to see it all. And one of his coins a Sestertius of his galley.

 

Great coin and photo @Ancient Aussie! I loved Hadrians villa. Beautiful place.

 

curtisimo, don't make me to pack my bags and go..ha ha ..l love ancient rome...

 

Me too! I will be going back in April of 2018 and I am very excited to see as many of the places I missed the first time as possible. How long will you be there?

 

7-8 days..in september..

 

i love old ruins.

 

Beautiful place!

 

Those are YOUNG ruins compared to Gobekli Tepe!!!

 

u are totally right..this is a real mystery..l follow all news about gobekli tepe..

 

Indeed Gobekli Tepe is a fascinating place to read about. Have you been there Brian?

A similarly fascinating ancient site from the Neolithic is Jericho with the famous stone tower from ca. 8000 BC. I got to briefly see Jericho from the car but didn't get a chance to get out and look around when I was there.

 

Nope, not yet. That site, if mem serves me, is 12k yrs old... approx 10k BCE... and very sophisticated... I love that it totally destroys the historical / technical Human timeline into total disarray!

 

I just got back from Rome a couple of weeks ago and was too lazy to arrange the day-trip east to Tivoli. After watching the video I regret my decision! Next time...

 

The fact that there were monumental buildings being built before the widespread adoption of agriculture is pretty amazing. I hope to see it someday. Right now I think the oldest building(s) I have actually been inside of are the Tomb of Agamemnon in Greece and the Throne Room of Knossos at 3,200 and 3,400 years old respectively. Just babies by comparison.

 

tivoli have two major attractions..hadrian villa and villa d'este.. next time,jb..same as me..

 

I am curious if we can truly state “before the widespread adoption of agriculture”. I am of the opinion that all bets are off when folks make specific assertations on Human Timelines.

 

Yeah you are right I know that prehistoric timelines are tricky business. I still find it fascinating to speculate and read about the different theories. What I meant was that the GTepe settlement predates the onset of the Younger Dryas climate event (10,900 BC to 9,700 BC) that MIGHT according to some theories have pushed some of the hunter gatherer cultures like the Netufians to develops more strategic agricultural practices. I was meaning to say with my comment that large building projects constructed by even a semi hunter gatherer culture is way interesting and cool (to me at least )

Okay sorry about the off topic... Hadrian's villa rocks!

 

I was lucky enough to go to Ireland in July for work. On an off day I went to new grange. It is not as old as Gobekli Tepe, but it is Neolithic. It is about 5000 years old. Unfortunately one is not allowed to take photos inside the mound. One had to stoop and turn sideways to get through some of the passages. It is not for the claustrophobic. A truly fascinating site.