The Rules of When on Google Earth are as follows:
Q: What is When on Google Earth?
A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!
Q: How do you play it?
A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.
Q: Who wins?
A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.
Q: What does the winner get?
A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!
Previous winners:
# | Host: | Victor: | Site: | Period: |
1 | Chuck Jones | Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran | Achaemenid period | |
2 | PDD | Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria | 5th-6th c. CE | |
2.1 | Paul Zimmerman | Qal’at al-Bahrain | 16th c. CE | |
3 | Heather Baker | Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen | Minaean | |
4 | Jason Ur | Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan | ca. 2600-1900 BCE | |
5 | Dan Diffendale | Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico | 1st-5th centuries CE | |
6 | Claire of Geevor Mine | Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales | 77ish to about 390 CE | |
7 | Ivan Cangemi | Carn Euny, UK | ca. 500 BCE-100 CE | |
8 | Southie Sham | Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA | fl. 1050-1200 | |
9 | Dan Diffendale | Gergovia, France | fl. 1st c. BCE | |
10 | Dorothy King | Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece | ca. 1100 CE | |
11 | Daniel Pett | Utica, Tunisia | 8th century BCE–until 2nd Century CE | |
12 | Neil Silberman | Caesarea Maritima, Israel | 1st century CE–Present | |
13 | Chuck Jones | Graceland, Memphis, TN, USA | 1939 CE–Present | |
14 | Aphaia | Bam Citadel, Iran | pre-6th century BC–19th century CE | |
15 | Daniel Pett | Myrina, Lemnos, Greece | Classical Greek–present | |
16 | Paul Barford | Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka | 1st century BCE | |
17 | Scott McDonough | Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt | Ptolemaic, Mamluk | |
18 | Lindsay Allen | Ani, Turkey | Medieval, 10th-14th centuries CE | |
19 | Heather in Vienna | South Shields, England, UK | Roman Imperial | |
20 | Scott McDonough | Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland | 1748-present | |
21 | Chuck Jones | Derbent, Republic of Dagestan | Sasanian-present | |
22 | Paul Barford | Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary | Roman | |
23 | Geoff Carter | The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire | Neolithic | |
24 | Ferhan Sakal | The Heuneburg, South Germany | Iron Age | |
25 | Lindsay Allen | Sura, Syria | Roman | |
26 | Andrea Kay | Bannerman Castle, Hudson River, US | C20th | |
27 | David Powell | Taposiris Magna, Alexandria, Egypt | C1st bce | |
28 | Billy | Ross Abbey, Galway, Ireland | Medieval | |
29 | Geoff Carter | Great Zimbabwe, Africa | C11th – 14th ce | |
30 | Heather | Elsdon Castle, England | C11th – 12th ce | |
31 | Geoff Carter | Volubilis, Morocco | Roman | |
32 | Paul Barford | Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia | C15th – 6th bce | |
33 | Ferhan Sakal | Arkona, Germany | Medieval | |
34 | Heather | Arslantepe, Turkey | Chalcolithic – Byzantine | |
35 | Ferhan Sakal | Mahabodhi Temple Complex, India | 3rd century B.C. – 6th CE | |
36 | Billy | Borobudur, Buddhist shrine, Indonesia | 9th century B.C. – 6th CE | |
37 | Ferhan Sakal | Browns Island, New Zealand | c. 13th century – 1820 | |
38 | Ferhan Sakal | Andrea Kay | Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn, Oman | 3rd millennium B.C. |
Good luck :)
I think we need a clue...
ReplyDeleteIt's Serabit el-Khadim in tha Sinai. Dug by Sir Flinders Petrie himself.
ReplyDeleteAn ancient temple complex and mining site.
The oldest part of the Hathor temple has been dated to the 12th dynasty and occupation continued until well into the new kingdom.
Excellent Matt B!! Your turn! :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Andrea. I really needed your clues, though. Egyptian archaeology is not really my forté.
ReplyDeleteWOGE 40 is up here:
http://matts-woge.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-on-google-earth-40.html
Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to post that nifty little table I'll be glad to do so.
ReplyDeleteI just copied and pasted, but ended up with messed up margins ... you might try putting it in to word in between for editing.
ReplyDeleteWOGE 41: http://woge41.blogspot.com/
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