Historical Places
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replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @BradtGuides You definitely should come and visit. Such a beautiful place! #TRLT
AGAIN Q3: Share a photo of the oldest historical place you have visited. via @RTWBarefoot #TRLT
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@TheTravelCamel @BradtGuides <sotto voice> but still not as old as the Standing Stones of Stennness ... </sotto>
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replying to @StuartMHurlbut @StuartMHurlbut @ShebsAlom @BradtGuides What was your fondest memory of staying there? #TRLT
replying to @featherytravels @featherytravels BTW your guidebook was very useful indeed. (for everyone else, see https://t.co/SaDJi7bC5Y for Katie's book on the Inner Hebrides) #TRLT
RT @BradtGuides: A3: The ‘sacred city’ of Choga Zanbil in Iran is an ancient Elamite complex dating from around 1340BC. Founded by the Ela…
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@TheTravelCamel @travelhistory1 It's a series of connected Victorian townhomes with all the original features. No elevator - dining room and a cozy bar.
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replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot A3) Not sure which is the oldest but in the Flagstaff/Sedona region of Arizona you can visit a number of prehistoric Native American ruins. #TRLT
Q3: Share a photo of the oldest historical place that you have visited.
via @RTWBarefoot
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Photo: St. Peter's Their Majesties Chapel
St. George's Bermuda ~ 1612 ~
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @t_jh2009 @sl2016_sl @TheTravelCamel Just don't touch them. Kelpies are sticky + will drag you down to a watery death before eating you if you can't escape #TRLT
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@TheTravelCamel A2: Not really a site; but this is the historical N.Y. Stock Exchange that was moved from Wallstreet, to U.T. at Austin, TX. In use from 1929-1932; but moved in 1981.
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replying to @StuartMHurlbut @StuartMHurlbut @TheTravelCamel @ShebsAlom What a wonderful place to spend your childhood (and a great name for a cat too!) Where are you based now? #trlt
RT @BradtGuides: A3: How about Göbekli Tepe in Turkey? This is the world’s oldest religious sanctuary and has turned our idea of history u…
#trlt A3: Hagar Qim, in Malta, is also one of the oldest buildings in the world, although quite a bit is reconstructed so YMMV!
A3: Maltas’s megalithic temples are some of the oldest stone buildings in the world and by far the most sophisticated. Erected during the 4th and 3rd millennium BC, each magnificent complex offers a unique insight into Malta’s prehistoric culture. #TRLT
https://t.co/Bw9ddAD6fm
replying to @bunkinglife @bunkinglife @LindaPeters64 I was 16 ish when the USSR broke up. #trlt it's a period that fascinates me because I saw it from my lens at the time.
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@TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot A3: Bushman paintings are found in #SouthernAfrica.
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replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @RTWBarefoot A3: Has to be the Wailing Wall (or Western Wall) for me. Jerusalem, Israel. It was constructed in 19 BC! #TRLT
RT @vickyinglis13: @RTWBarefoot @t_jh2009 @sl2016_sl @TheTravelCamel Just don't touch them. Kelpies are sticky + will drag you down to a wa…
replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot A3. Giza Pyramids, I think - or anywhere in Egypt. I think they’re older than Jerash. 🤔. #TRLT
RT @sl2016_sl: @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot A3. Giza Pyramids, I think - or anywhere in Egypt. I think they’re older than Jerash. 🤔. #TR…
RT @DrNeilMatthews: @featherytravels BTW your guidebook was very useful indeed. (for everyone else, see https://t.co/SaDJi7bC5Y for Katie…
RT @TheTravelCamel: A1: When in a historical place, I try to imagine what it would have been like when the history it is famed for was occu…
RT @BradtGuides: A3: How about Göbekli Tepe in Turkey? This is the world’s oldest religious sanctuary and has turned our idea of history u…
replying to @bunkinglife @bunkinglife @HeidiSiefkas @RTWBarefoot Wow,. that is old! #TRLT
replying to @featherytravels @featherytravels That sounds like a fascinating experience! #TRLT
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@SobAlert @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot These are so interesting,. very cool to see!
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A3. These standing stones are the prehistoric Bodach and Cailleach on Gigha (#InnerHebrides surprise, surprise) - thought to represent a man and woman. Similarly to most standing stones around Scotland (and elsewhere), we really don't know how old they are. #trlt
replying to @LindaPeters64 @LindaPeters64 @RTWBarefoot Oh this reminds me of the oldest church I’ve ever seen in the USA : https://t.co/2XVgUYPoyn #trlt
RT @BradtGuides: A3: How about Göbekli Tepe in Turkey? This is the world’s oldest religious sanctuary and has turned our idea of history u…
RT @BradtGuides: A3: Maltas’s megalithic temples are some of the oldest stone buildings in the world and by far the most sophisticated. Er…
RT @featherytravels: A3. These standing stones are the prehistoric Bodach and Cailleach on Gigha (#InnerHebrides surprise, surprise) - thou…
replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas A2 I don't know...but the Tashkent Metro was opened in 1977. #TRLT It was only in 2018 that the Uzbek Government allowed tourists to take photos of it.
RT @FitLifeTravel: @TheTravelCamel A2: Not really a site; but this is the historical N.Y. Stock Exchange that was moved from Wallstreet, to…
RT @bunkinglife: @HeidiSiefkas @RTWBarefoot A3: Has to be the Wailing Wall (or Western Wall) for me. Jerusalem, Israel. It was constructed…
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot This would be so neat to see. #TRLT
RT @sl2016_sl: @TheTravelCamel @RTWBarefoot A3. Giza Pyramids, I think - or anywhere in Egypt. I think they’re older than Jerash. 🤔. #TR…
A3: Estimated to be at least 5,000 years old, Las Geel in Somaliland is home to some of the most impressive rock art anywhere in the world. It comprises about a dozen individual painted shelters that can be seen from miles away! #TRLT
https://t.co/mS0tWW5l99
replying to @DrNeilMatthews @DrNeilMatthews @featherytravels We're glad @featherytravels guide helped you on your adventure! Do you have a favourite place in Skye? #trlt
RT @BradtGuides: A3: Estimated to be at least 5,000 years old, Las Geel in Somaliland is home to some of the most impressive rock art anyw…
replying to @GWMtravels @GWMtravels @HeidiSiefkas @RTWBarefoot I loved visiting L'Anse aux Meadows. We spent an evening in the longhouse with their skald telling tales from the sagas + shared the story of our Viking voyage on @drakenhh across the Atlantic #TRLT
replying to @featherytravels @featherytravels At least they have a good view for standing there forever 😎 #trlt
RT @ramblRramblR: @LindaPeters64 @RTWBarefoot Oh this reminds me of the oldest church I’ve ever seen in the USA : https://t.co/2XVgUYPoyn #…
RT @RTWBarefoot: #trlt A3: Hagar Qim, in Malta, is also one of the oldest buildings in the world, although quite a bit is reconstructed so…