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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Castel del Monte, Apulia, Italy (lemmy.world)

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Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, Portugal (lemmy.world)

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Hell of a view from the governor's house at the top

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Ruins of Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Micronesia (lemmy.world)

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Reconstructed garden in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy (lemmy.world)

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Bagras Castle, Turkiye (lemmy.world)

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Inca gateway, Sachsaywaman, Peru (lemmy.world)

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Maya ball court at the city of Uxmal, modern-day Mexico (lemmy.world)

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Caravanserai of Obruk Han dating back to the 13th century AD, Turkiye (lemmy.world)

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https://artofwayfaring.com/destinations/obruk-han-caravanserai-and-kizoren-sinkhole/

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Thimlich Ohinga, ruins of a fortified settlement in Kenya (lemmy.world)

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Sigiriya fortress, Sri Lanka (lemmy.world)

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Another view of Sumela Monastery, Turkiye (lemmy.world)

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Sumela Monastery, modern Turkiye (lemmy.world)

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Ruins of a Christian baptistry in Butrint, modern-day Albania (lemmy.world)

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Pyramid of the Moon in Mexico, dating to the 4th century AD (lemmy.world)

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Another image of Masada, Israel, showing the earthen ramp the Romans constructed 2000 years ago to siege it (lemmy.world)

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Ruins of the fortress of Masada, Israel (lemmy.world)

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Roman latrine ruins in Ostia, Italy (lemmy.world)

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Well-preserved Neolithic wooden road, the Netherlands (lemmy.world)

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Cyclopean walls at Mycenae, Greece (lemmy.world)

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Ruins in the Greek city of Ephesus (modern-day Turkiye) before and after excavation (lemmy.world)

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Angkor temple, Cambodia (lemmy.world)

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Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, located in modern-day Algeria (also, the community's profile pic) (lemmy.world)

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Remote mountain fortress-monastery of Amba Geshen, Ethiopia (lemmy.world)

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Remains of the Viking fort of Trelleborg, modern-day Denmark (lemmy.world)

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Biete Maryam rock-hewn church, Ethiopia (lemmy.world)

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