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Pompeii Delphi Hallstatt Herculaneum Mycenae Olympia Capua Pella Alba Longa Avebury

British Isles terminology

Great Britain

island, Europe

The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece

Island, New Caledonia.

Islands and Archipelagos

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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