History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like. Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected] Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected] Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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HistoryPorn crossover! Excavation of the Ancient Roman Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy, 1927? (lemmy.world)

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Inside the Dolmen de Soto in Spain (lemmy.world)

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Viking burial grounds in Lindholme Hoye, Denmark (lemmy.world)

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Remains of a house in central Georgia, USA, built in 1894 (lemmy.world)

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Eketorp fortress, partially rebuilt, Sweden (lemmy.world)

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Hartashen Megalithic Avenue, Armenia (lemmy.world)

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Aerial view of El Jem (lemmy.world)

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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Roman Africa, modern Tunisia (lemmy.world)

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InhabitedBeauty crossover - Concert held in the amphitheater in El Jem, Tunisia (lemmy.world)

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Ruins of Attock Fort in Pakistan (lemmy.world)

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Grimmenstein Castle, Austria (lemmy.world)

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Bač Fortress. Serbia (sopuli.xyz)

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/6773634

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House in Byzantine Sergilla, modern-day Syria (lemmy.world)

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Gaiola Island, Italy (lemmy.world)

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La Almoloya, archeological site in Spain (lemmy.world)

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Rock of Cashel, Ireland (lemmy.world)

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Remains of the stone fort Dun Aonghasa in Ireland (lemmy.world)

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Remains of the Roman theatre at Caesarea Mauretaniae, modern Algeria (lemmy.world)

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Remains of Acatitlan temple, Mexico (lemmy.world)

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Ruins of Whitby Abbey in the UK (lemmy.world)

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End of the Great Wall of China, Shanhaiguan District (lemmy.world)

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Shrine at the Manmodi Caves, India (lemmy.world)

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Exterior of Yavana Cave, India (lemmy.world)

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Fortress of Masada, Israel, with the siege ramp built by the Romans to take the fortress still partially extant (lemmy.world)

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Goaldi Mosque, Bangladesh (lemmy.world)

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