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The Temple of Zeus at Euromos is to me the perfect ruined Greek temple.  Set in a forest of olive trees just east of the D525 highway between Selcuk (Ephesus) and Bodrum (25 km/16 miles SE of Lake Bafa, 13 km/8 miles NW of Milas), just south of the village of Selimiye (map), the Corinthian temple almost looks like a Hollywood set, except it's for real.  A shrine may have existed here from the 6th century BCE.  Believed to date from the time of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE), the Temple of Zeus Lepsynus and its precinct were excavated by Turkish archeologists starting in 1969. Look carefully and you'll see that some of the columns are unfluted, meaning perhaps that the temple was never finished.  Located about a mile south of the village of Selimiye, the temple area has no services, although there may be a villager selling cold drinks.  Stop for a half-hour's look if you're driving south from ?zmir or Ephesus headed for Milas, Bodrum or Marmaris.  This is actually a much larger archeological site than just the temple. The hillside to the east is littered with ruins, and if you spend an hour hiking around you can find a theater, an agora and massive defensive walls.
The ancient city of Limyra Ancient City in Finike, Antalya. Aerial view. The ancient city of Limyra is located in Saklisu Village of Finike, Antalya, consists of the acropolis with the early period buildings and the flat terrain inside the Roman and East Roman city walls
Palmyra, Syria- 28 November 2008: Ruins of Palmyra city, Syrian deesert. Dating back to the Neolithic era, the city of Palmyra, was a strategically located oasis first attested in the early second millennium BC as a caravan stop for travelers crossing the Syrian Desert. Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the annals of the Assyrian kings, Palmyra was subsequently incorporated into the Seleucid Empire, followed by the Roman Empire which brought it great prosperity. It is saddening that its present Roman ruins, declared by UNESCO as a world heritage site, have come to be endangered in the 21st century by regional military and political strife.
Old ruins in the Turris Libisonis Archaeological Park in Porto Torres, a city in north-west of Sardinia founded during the 1st century BC
Hierapolis, Turkey - September 14, 2022: Ruins in ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey.
Ancient temple of Apollo, Side - Antalya
Hierapolis Ancient City, Denizli, Turkey - May 20, 2023: Ruins of the Temple of Apollo.
Hill fort 'Castro' of Castrolandín, IV BC to I century AC, Cuntis, Pontevedra province, Galicia, Spain. High angle view of an Archaeological excavation horizontal close-up view , forest landscape in the background. .The Hill fort 'Castro' of  Castrolandín is completely public free access.
Ancient Jerash. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gera at Jordan
Tripolis is an ancient city in Buldan, Denizli, Turkey. The majority of the structures reached today are from Roman period dates back to centuries A.D. I-III
Ancient Ruins of Palmyra, Syria
The Doric temple Parthenon at Acropolis hill. Athens, Greece.
Pompeii, Campania, Italy – October 14, 2021: Interior of the Pompeii Archaeological Park
Scenic view of ruins of old city, details of famous historical archaeological site with columns, ancient Roman structure in Jerash, Jordan.
Temple of Juno - Agrigento, Sicily
the Roman Ruins of Palmyra in Palmyra in the east of Syria.
Ruins of greek temple, Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
Palestra Ruins, Olympia Site, Peloponnese, Greece
The classical view from Campidoglio. Imperial Rome - the famous ancient Forum viewed from Campidoglio (one of the seven hills of Rome). Vestiges of the best of Roman architecture in ruins in their famous capital - once considered the centre of the whole civilised world. In the foreground, are the ruins of the Temple of Saturn. Dating back to 497 BC and 42 BC the ruins represent the third incarnation of the temple in 283 AD after fire destroyed the earlier temple. The gold and silver reserves of the Republic of Rome were stored in the Aerarium (Treasury) in this temple. In the far background, the ruins of the Colosseum can be seen. Hundreds of tourists walk past the ruins. Photo shot in the afternoon sunlight; horizontal format. Copy space.
The western thermal baths, called Sultan's Palace during the Ottoman period. Cherchell, Algeria.
Archaeological site, Beit Shean, Israel
Hierapolis was an ancient city founded on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and are now an archaeological site There is a pool, amphitheater, cemetery, etc. in the city.
Athens, Greece - June 10, 2016: The Ancient Agora in central Athens. Photo taken during the day and contains ruins and tourists visiting the site.
Closeup view of Temple of Apollo, Corinth, Greece
Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city in Caria. From Denizli, take highway E87 toward Nazilli; about 15 miles before Nazilli, turn left on the road to Karacasu and Geyre. Aphrodisias is about a mile past the modern village of Geyre.
Turkey Izmir Ephesus Ancient City
Beijing, China - December 10, 2015: Yuanmingyuan Ruins, previous Imperial Garden of Qing Dynasty, built in the 18th and early 19th century, ruined by British and French invaders in 1860.
Jerash, Jordan - November 7, 2022: Square with row of Corinthian columns of Oval Forum Plaza and Cardo Maximus, high angle view
San Lorenzo in Miranda in the Roman Forum
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