And to keep up with my predecessors, the next site is also situated in a country not yet featured in WOGE.
The Rules of When on Google Earth are as follows:
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!
# | Host: | Victor: | Site: | Period: |
1 | Shawn Graham | Chuck Jones | Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran | Achaemenid period |
2 | Chuck Jones | PDD | Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria | 5th-6th c. CE |
2.1 | Chuck Jones | Paul Zimmerman | Qal’at al-Bahrain | 16th c. CE |
3 | Paul Zimmerman | Heather Baker | Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen | Minaean (1st millennium BCE) |
4 | Heather Baker | Jason Ur | Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan | ca. 2600-1900 BCE |
5 | Jason Ur | Dan Diffendale | Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico | 1st-5th centuries CE |
6 | Dan Diffendale | Claire of Geevor Mine | Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales | 77ish to about 390 CE |
7 | Claire of Geevor Mine | Ivan Cangemi | Carn Euny, UK | ca. 500 BCE-100 CE |
8 | Ivan Cangemi | Southie Sham | Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA | fl. 1050-1200 |
9 | Southie Sham | Dan Diffendale | Gergovia, France | fl. 1st c. BCE |
10 | Dan Diffendale | Dorothy King | Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece | ca. 1100 CE |
11 | Dorothy King | Daniel Pett | Utica, Tunisia | C8th BCE– C2nd CE |
12 | Daniel Pett | Neil Silberman | Caesarea Maritima, Israel | 1st century CE–Present |
13 | Neil Silberman | Chuck Jones | Graceland, Memphis, TN, USA | 1939 CE–Present |
14 | Chuck Jones | Aphaia | Bam Citadel, Iran | pre-C 6th BC–C19thCE |
15 | Aphaia | Daniel Pett | Myrina, Lemnos, Greece | Classical Greek–present |
16 | Daniel Pett | Paul Barford | Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka | 1st century BCE |
17 | Paul Barford | Scott McDonough | Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt | Ptolemaic, Mamluk |
18 | Scott McDonough | Lindsay Allen | Ani, Turkey | Medieval, C10th-14th CE |
19 | Lindsay Allen | Heather in Vienna | South Shields, England, UK | Roman Imperial |
20 | Heather | Scott McDonough | Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Finland | 1748-present |
21 | Scott McDonough | Chuck Jones | Derbent, Republic of Dagestan | Sasanian-present |
22 | Chuck Jones | Paul Barford | Amphitheatre of Aquincum, Hungary | Roman |
23 | Paul Barford | Geoff Carter | The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire | Neolithic |
24 | Geoff Carter | Ferhan Sakal | The Heuneburg, South Germany | Iron Age |
25 | Ferhan Sakal | Lindsay Allen | Sura, Syria | Roman |
26 | Lindsay Allen | Andrea Kay | Bannerman Castle, Hudson River, US | C20th |
27 | Andrea Kay | David Powell | Taposiris Magna, Alexandria, Egypt | C1st bce |
28 | David Powell | Billy | Ross Abbey, Galway, Ireland | Medieval |
29 | Billy | Geoff Carter | Great Zimbabwe, Africa | C11th – 14th ce |
30 | Geoff Carter | Heather | Elsdon Castle, England | C11th – 12th ce |
31 | Heather | Geoff Carter | Volubilis, Morocco | Roman |
32 | Geoff Carter | Paul Barford | Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia | C15th – 6th bce |
33 | Paul Barford | Ferhan Sakal | Arkona, Germany | Medieval |
34 | Ferhan Sakal | Heather | Arslantepe, Turkey | Chalcolithic – Byzantine |
35 | Heather | Ferhan Sakal | Mahabodhi Temple Complex, India | 3rd century B.C. – 6th CE |
36 | Ferhan Sakal | Billy | Borobudur, Buddhist shrine, Indonesia | 9th century B.C. – 6th CE |
37 | Billy | Ferhan Sakal | Browns Island, New Zealand | c. 13th century – 1820 |
38 | Ferhan Sakal | Andrea Kay | Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn, Oman | 3rd millennium B.C. |
39 | Andrea Kay | Matt B. | Serabit el-Khadim, Egypt | 2nd millennium B.C. |
40 | Matt B. | Andrea Kay | Valsgärde grave field, Sweden | Swedish Vendel /Iron Age |
41 | Andrea Kay | Lindsay Allen | Siwa oasis, Egypt | fourth century B.C. -Roman |
42 | Lindsay Allen | David Gill | Castle of Pont Steffan, Wales, UK | Medieval |
43 | David Gill | Nigel | Hay Castle, Wales, UK | 12th century |
44 | Nigel | Heather | Olympos, Turkey | Hellenistic – Roman |
45 | Heather | Ferhan Sakal | Carnuntum, Austria | Roman |
46 | Ferhan Sakal | Troels Myrup | Knossos, Greece | Bronze Age |
47 | Troels Myrup | Alun Salt | Aggersborg, Denmark | Viking |
48 | Alun Salt | Geoff Carter | Marsala, Sicillia. | Punic/Roman |
49 | Geoff Carter | Matt B | Springfield Lyons, UK | LBA (/Saxon) |
50 | MattB | Geoff Carter | Kalkriese in Osnabrück, Germany | Roman |
51 | Geoff Carter | Ferhan Sakal | Grimes Graves, Norfolk, UK | Late neolithic |
52 | Ferhan Sakal | Oliver Mack | Heraqla, ar-rashid,syria | Late C8 ce |
53 | Oliver Mack | Matt B | Welzheim, Germany | Roman |
54 | Matt B | Geoff Carter | Birka, Sweden | Viking |
55 | Geoff Carter | Heather | Nemrut Dagi, Turkey | C1 bce |
56 | Heather | Geoff Carter | Choirokoitia, Cyprus. | Neolithic |
57 | Geoff Carter | Jaime | Woodhenge, UK | Late Neolithic |
58 | Jaime | Geoff Carter | Gorgora Nova, Ethiopia, | C17th (ce). |
59 | Geoff Carter | Nathan T.Elkins | Firouabad, Iran | C3rd ce |
60 | Nathan Elkins | Paul Barford | Portus, Italy | Roman |
61 | Paul Barford | Heather | Delos, Greece | Classical-Hellenistic Greek |
62 | Heather | Geoff Carter | Gordion, Turkey | 1500-700 BCE |
63 | Geoff Carter | CFeagans | Vix, France | 6th-5th C BCE |
64 | CFeagans | Alun Salt | Newark Great Circle, OH | 100 BCE |
65 | Alun Salt | Eloy Cano | Agra, India | 1556-1658 |
66 | Eloy Cano | Troels Myrup | Göbekli Tepe, Turkey | 10-8th millennium BCE |
67 | Troels Myrup | Heather | Kanhave canal, Samsø, Denmark | 8th c. CE/Viking |
68 | Heather | Troels Myrup | Butrint, Albania | 10th c. BCE-18th c. CE |
69 | Troels Myrup | Paul Zimmerman | Birketain, Jordan | Roman |
70 | Paul Z. | Oliver Mack | Cueva de Menga/Viera, Spain | 3rd Mill.BC |