This one is posted on behalf of Neil Silberman as he doesn’t have a site. I can’t promise to see all comments coming in tonight, so bear with me. He got the last one right and sent me the correct chronology for Caesarea Maritima, Israel – “it started out at Strato’s Tower sometime in the Hellenistic period, then Herodian, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader… all the way up to the Bosnia/Circassian colony in the 19th century and the golf club/condo complex of today.”
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!
So here goes:
Where on Google Earth 13
Click on the picture for an enlarged version.
Because this will probably be a tough one for you Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists out there, here’s a clue to start with:
This is a famous pilgrimage site and funerary complex located outside the classical world and Near East. As far as I am aware no excavations have ever been conducted there.
You changed the name of the game! It is When on Google Earth (WhenonGE), but never mind! Where on Google Earth is another game : http://www.whereongoogleearth.net/
-Chuck-
Ooops sorry
And waaaaaaay too easy.
Graceland. Memphis TN. Built 1939, inhabited by himself from 1957- August 16, 1977, opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Is that archaeology? Discuss.
Hey, I think I see myself!
Chris Weimer,
University of Memphis
Hmmm … had kinda thought we were meant to do archaeological things …
If you chose to define archaeology in the strictest sense Dorothy, then the rest of us non-classical bozo’s will take our ball and play somewhere else!
Nice one Neill. Always good to remind people that archaeology starts yesterday, and isn’t always a ruin in the middle of a field.
Is the game dead? Long live the game!
you can find lots of amazing and weird google earth spots at
http://caughtfromabove.com
I hope you enjoy
Is WoGE 14 posted anywhere?
Wow guys, I think you effectively killed off WhenOnGE…. anyone going to revive it?
It’s still going – http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/
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