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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.
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Dougga, Beja, Tunisia. Building remains at the Roman ruins of Dougga.
An image of Volubilis in Morocco, capturing the ancient Roman ruins set against a scenic backdrop. This archaeological site, with its well-preserved mosaics and columns, offers a glimpse into the rich history and cultural blend that characterizes this historic region.
Resti dell'antica città Romana di Gerasa in Giordania. Teatro, strade, circo e templi.
Palestra Ruins, Olympia Site, Peloponnese, Greece
Patara City ancient ruins on Harbour Street. Patara City is outside of Kalkan City on Turkey's coast. Patara was founded in the 5th century BC. and became the largest port of Lycia. Antalya, Turkey
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.
Row of stone pillars in one of the street in the ruins of the ancient city of the Roman Empire in Ephesus
Fulda spring in the Rhön in Hesse
View of Temple of Apollo in antique city of Didyma, Aydin,Turkey
Roman forum in italy with blue sky and clouds in Rome
Roman temple pillar ruins silhouetted against a night sky in Rome, Italy.
Greek Theatre, Teatro Greco, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Acropolis hill with a dramatic sky at sunset with the Parthenon on top.
Ancient Roman time town in Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria. Greco-Roman & Persian Period. Temple of Bel.
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 Ruins of Palmyra, Syria
Old ruins of Gallo Roman amphitheater on famous Fourviere hill, in Lyon city during a sunny summer day. Taken in Rhone department, in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France, Europe.
Athens, Attica, Greece
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
Hierapolis, Turkey - September 14, 2022: Ruins in ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey.
Persepolis ancient city, Shiraz, Iran.
Ancient Jerash. Ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gera at Jordan
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.
Ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis, \n Turkiye
Archaeological site, Beit Shean, Israel
Hierapolis Ancient City, Denizli, Turkey - May 20, 2023: Ruins of the Temple of Apollo.
The Asclepion (Asklepieion) of Pergamum was ancient medical center in Bergama. Founded by a man named Archias, the Asclepion of Pergamum became famous under Galen (131-210 AD), a local physician.
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