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Mariupol Museum of Local Lore

The Mariupol Museum of Local Lore was a museum of regional history in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine. The museum described the natural conditions of the southern part of the Donetsk region and the history of the region from ancient times to the present. It was destroyed in 2022 during the Siege of Mariupol. Outside the museum were three anthropomorphic stelae, current condition and whereabouts unknown.

Les Mont de Grantez

Fêtes des Dolmens, an all day tour of the dolmens of Jersey, Saturday 16th July 2022. Passage Grave in Jersey with asymmetrical chamber and external side chamber, originally covered by a mound, excavated 1912.

Badbury Rings

Festival of Archaeology events at Badbury Rings, Sat/Sun 16/17th July, more details in the comments on our page. Three well-worn chalk banks and ditches surround 7 hectares of trees inside this Dorset hillfort. Has never been excavated, so details are sketchy at best, although it lies at the junction of two Roman roads. Common to many south-western hillforts, it harbours Arthurian legends.

Georgia Guidestones

Shockingly, the Georgia Guidestones were damaged by an explosion on Wednesday night, caught on CCTV, the monument has now been levelled for safety reasons. More in the comments on our page.. Driving on rural Ga. 77 in northeast Georgia, leads you to this now-destroyed monument. Elbert County stonemasons, not ancient priests, fashioned this circular array of six granite slabs, but its origins are almost as intriguing. In 1979, a mysterious stranger calling himself "Mr. Christian" commissioned the curiosity on the edge of a cow pasture 7.2 miles north of Elberton.

Trehudreth Downs C

A stone setting on Trehudreth Downs, just to the north of the A30 in the middle of Bodmin Moor. Its to the south of the stone row and both of the individual standing stones. (Lots more information on our page, and see the nearby sites list on our page for the other sites) Best not to visit from the A30, take the small roads to Newton Downs on the north side, and head across the moor to the south.

Greenland's Howe (Sleights Moor)

A Bronze Age round barrow in a prominent position overlooking Littlebeck Valley on the eastern edge of Sleights Moor. Whilst very little is left of the mound itself, there is however the remains of what is probably the best cist on the North York Moors. There are also several kerb stones still standing to the north of the cist as well as others which have fallen.

Carchemish

Historical artefacts discovered during excavations by Turkish and Italian teams in the ancient city of Karkamış (Carchemish) in southern Gaziantep province have offered new insights into the region’s history and Assyrian-Hittite interactions, details in the comments on our page. Carchemish is a mound of ruins on the west bank of the Euphrates, at the Syrian-Turkish border. Access to the site is restricted as a Turkish military base was been built on the Carchemish acropolis. Part of the site also lies on Syrian territory. The site has been occupied since the Neolithic period and commanded the strategic ford across the Euphrates and the timber trade.

Dolmen de Roscasquen

A dolmen in Finistère, in the garden of a private property so please ask for permission first.

Sterkfontein

Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought, more in the comments on our page. Caves in South Africa.Numerous early hominin remains have been found at the site over the last few decades. These have been attributed to Australopithecus, early Homo and Paranthropus. The site is open to the public and an on site museum interprets the finds and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Coalsgarth Edge

Rock art near Richmond, North Yorkshire, it's not coming up on the local HER so could well be a new discovery!. Neolithic cups and rings marks on boulder in a field approximately 200m from the footpath. The field is often occupied by cattle and access will not be encouraged by the local farmer so please seek permission before visiting.