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    Visit  Shali Fortress, Siwa, Egypt

    Visit Shali Fortress, Siwa, Egypt

    The ancient fortress of Siwa, known as the Shali Ghadi (Shali being the name of the town, and Ghadi meaning "remote"), was built on natural rock (an inselberg) and made of kershif (salt and mud-brick) and palm logs. After it was damaged by three days of heavy rains in 1926 it was abandoned for similar unreinforced construction housing on the plain surrounding it, and ...
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    See Shanqal Fort, Turubah, Saudi Arabia

    See Shanqal Fort, Turubah, Saudi Arabia

    Shanqal Fort (Arabic: قلعة شنقل‎) is a ruined fort near the city of Turubah, Saudi Arabia. The fort is located in the village of Al-Labt, to the east of Turubah valley within the Makkah Region. It is built on the rocky slope which consists the northwestern border of the territory of Al-Baqum tribe, and it reaches 1133 meters above the sea level. Historians conside...
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    Hike Sheiks Canyon (Cedar Mesa), Utah

    Hike Sheiks Canyon (Cedar Mesa), Utah

    Sheiks Canyon is a short, steep canyon that enters Grand Gulch between Todie and Bullet Canyons. Yellow House ruins is in the canyon. Trail is not for beginners. The trail is steep and in places very hard to follow. The trailhead is on a access road is west of Utah 261 at just about mile marker 24.2.
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    Visit Sherborne, England

    Visit Sherborne, England

    Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, 6 miles east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 (as of 2001). 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or older. Sherborne is famous for its historic buildings, including...
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    Visit Shisr, Oman (UNESCO site)

    Visit Shisr, Oman (UNESCO site)

    Shisr is one of the archaeological site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site along the Frankincense trail in Oman. The UNESCO citations reads: "The frankincense trees of Wadi Dawkah and the remains of the caravan oasis of Shisr/Wubar and the affiliated ports of Khor Rori and Al-Balid vividly illustrate the trade in frankincense that flourished in this region for many cen...
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    Visit Shivta National Park, Negev Desert, Israel (UNESCO site)

    Visit Shivta National Park, Negev Desert, Israel (UNESCO site)

    Shivta is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba. Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005. Long considered a classic Nabataean town on the ancient spice route, archaeologists are now considering the possibility that Shivta was a Byzantine agricultural colony and a way station for pilgrims en rou...
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    Visit Shore Temple, India (UNESCO Site)

    Visit Shore Temple, India (UNESCO Site)

    The Shore Temple (built in 700–728 AD) is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. It was built on a promontory sticking out into the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram, a village south of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. At the time of its creat...
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    Hike to Shovel Down Stone Row, Dartmoor, England

    Hike to Shovel Down Stone Row, Dartmoor, England

    Shovel Down is an area of Dartmoor in Devon that is covered in megaliths including the remains of several stone rows, the Fourfold Stone Circle, and several standing stones. The Shovel Down stone row complex (grid reference SX66968660) occupies the northern and southern slopes of a broad east-west ridge of unenclosed moorland. It is of probable Bronze Age date. Approx...
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    See Shunet El Zebib, Abydos, Egypt

    See Shunet El Zebib, Abydos, Egypt

    Shunet El Zebib (lit. "raisin barn" or "storage of the raisins"), alternatively named Shuneh and Middle Fort, is a large mudbrick structure located at Abydos in Upper Egypt. The edifice dates to the Second Dynasty (c. 2700 BC.), and was built by the ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) Khasekhemwy. Shunet El Zebib is made of hardened mudbricks. It consists of two rectangul...
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    See Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, Shushtar, Iran (UNESCO site)

    See Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, Shushtar, Iran (UNESCO site)

    The Band-e Kaisar, Pol-e Kaisar ("Caesar's bridge"), Bridge of Valerian or Shadirwan was an ancient arch bridge in Shushtar, Iran, and the first in the country to combine it with a dam. Built by a Roman workforce in the 3rd century AD on Sassanid order, it was also the most eastern Roman bridge and Roman dam, lying deep in Persian territory. Its dual-purpose desi...
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    Visit Side, Turkey

    Visit Side, Turkey

    Side is a city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in the country. It lies near Manavgat and the village of Selimiye, 75 km from Antalya) in the province of Antalya. It is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 20 km east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Today, as in ...
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    Visit Sillustani, Peru

    Visit Sillustani, Peru

    Sillustani is a pre-Incan burial ground on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures calledchullpas, are the vestiges of the Colla people, Aymara who were conquered by the Inca in the 15th century. The structures housed the remains of complete family groups, although they were probably limited to nobil...
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    Visit Simena Castle Ruins, Kaleköy, Demre/Antalya, Türkiye

    Visit Simena Castle Ruins, Kaleköy, Demre/Antalya, Türkiye

    Simena (Ancient Greek: Σίμηνα) was a town on the coast of ancient Lycia, located 60 stadia from Aperlae. The Stadiasmus Maris Magni calls the town Somena (Σόμηνα). Its site is located near Kaleköy, Turkey. Grave inscriptions and coin finds indicate that the town existed in the fourth century BC. Part of the ancient city...
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    Visit Sirmione & Lugana Vecchia, Italy (UNESCO site)

    Visit Sirmione & Lugana Vecchia, Italy (UNESCO site)

    Sirmione is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy). It is bounded by the comunes of Desenzano del Garda (Lombardy) and Peschiera del Garda in the province of Verona and the region of Veneto. It has a historical centre which is located on the Sirmio peninsula that divides the lower part of Lake Garda. The prehistoric settlement at Lugana Vecc...
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    Visit Sirwah, Yemen

    Visit Sirwah, Yemen

    Sirwah was, after Ma'rib, the most important economical and political center of the Kingdom of Saba at the beginning of the 1st century BC, on the Arabian Peninsula. Ṣirwāḥ was surrounded by a fortified wall. The city layout inside the oasis included a number of large buildings. The ruins of Ṣirwāḥ are located 40 km west of Ma'rib. The town was well protected by ...
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