08 May, 2011

When on Google Earth 128

Unable to resist temptation any longer, I spotted Heather’s WOGE 127 identifying it as Corinth, Greece, and so now it’s my turn to set a puzzle; be the first to identify the location and date of site in the picture below, and you can host you own When on Google Earth!


NOW WITH EXTRA CLUE!



CLUE. . .
. . It looks like it has been carpet bombed by B52s!

The Rules

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!

More about When on Google Earth

Join, or Please update, the Facebook group here.

For a list of previous winners see Electric Archaeologist here …

Eloy Cano Castro has compiled the first 100 challenges of the game which is available from this link as a KMZ file for Google Earth.

8 comments:

Heather said...

Nice! But I'm going to leave this for someone else.

Geoff Carter said...

Feel free to solve it, - I'll be surprised if nobody gets this.

Geoff Carter said...

As it is high time for a clue - I have added one above.

Edith van den Berg said...

I know, I know: it's Hatra in northern Iraq. It flourished in the second half of the Parthian age.

Geoff Carter said...

Excellent, well done, & congratulations Edith, it is indeed Hatra, a remarkable world heritage site in Iraq.

Over to you . .

Edith van den Berg said...

... and the new challenge is here: http://zetetikos.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/when-on-google-earth-129/

Anonymous said...

Hi Edith, Geoff et al.. The latest WhenonGE link goes to a page not found..

Geoff Carter said...

Thanks,
it looks like Edith has accidentally broken the chain.

WOGE 130 is here; http://structuralarchaeology.blogspot.com/2011/05/when-on-google-earth-130.html