This one is posted on behalf of Neil Silberman as he doesn’t have a site. I can’t promise to see all comments coming in tonight, so bear with me. He got the last one right and sent me the correct chronology for Caesarea Maritima, Israel – “it started out at Strato’s Tower sometime in the Hellenistic period, then Herodian, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader… all the way up to the Bosnia/Circassian colony in the 19th century and the golf club/condo complex of today.”
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!
So here goes:
Where on Google Earth 13
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OpenCalais helped to tag this with: Bosnia; • Google • Neil Silberman; • Strato's Tower;
Possibly related posts: When on Google Earth [part 12] • When on Google Earth 16 • Celtic Coin Index data now on Online Archaeology map •
Because this will probably be a tough one for you Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists out there, here’s a clue to start with:
This is a famous pilgrimage site and funerary complex located outside the classical world and Near East. As far as I am aware no excavations have ever been conducted there.
Comment by Neil Silberman — March 18, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
You changed the name of the game! It is When on Google Earth (WhenonGE), but never mind! Where on Google Earth is another game : http://www.whereongoogleearth.net/
-Chuck-
Comment by Chuck Jones — March 18, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
Ooops sorry
Comment by Daniel Pett — March 18, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
And waaaaaaay too easy.
Graceland. Memphis TN. Built 1939, inhabited by himself from 1957- August 16, 1977, opened to the public in 1982, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.
Comment by Chuck Jones — March 18, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
Is that archaeology? Discuss.
Comment by Daniel Pett — March 18, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
Hey, I think I see myself!
Chris Weimer,
University of Memphis
Comment by Chris Weimer — March 18, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
Hmmm … had kinda thought we were meant to do archaeological things …
Comment by Dorothy King — March 18, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
If you chose to define archaeology in the strictest sense Dorothy, then the rest of us non-classical bozo’s will take our ball and play somewhere else!
Nice one Neill. Always good to remind people that archaeology starts yesterday, and isn’t always a ruin in the middle of a field.
Comment by The King — March 18, 2009 @ 11:54 pm
Is the game dead? Long live the game!
Comment by The King — March 22, 2009 @ 5:17 am
you can find lots of amazing and weird google earth spots at
http://caughtfromabove.com
I hope you enjoy
Comment by zhok — March 23, 2009 @ 10:48 am
Is WoGE 14 posted anywhere?
Comment by Gwynhyffar — March 24, 2009 @ 3:35 am
Wow guys, I think you effectively killed off WhenOnGE…. anyone going to revive it?
Comment by Bobbo — March 26, 2009 @ 12:48 am
It’s still going – http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/
Comment by Daniel Pett — March 26, 2009 @ 8:07 am
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