When on Google Earth 48

After forty-seven forty-eight attempts I’ve finally won When on Google Earth, which has its own Facebook group. I was tempted to put up a site that’s been puzzling me and see if someone could identify it for me, but that could so easily backfire. Instead here’s a site I know.

Update 1: Perhaps not as easy as I thought, some of these places you either know or you don’t. So you’re not stuck looking at the same picture, I’ll progressively zoom out until someone gets it.

I’ve a couple more images at 1400m and 3000m scales which I’ll upload tomorrow and the day after if no-one gets it. 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
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	8th century BCE–until 2nd Century 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-6th century BC–19th century CE
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, 10th-14th centuries CE
19	Lindsay Allen	Heather in Vienna	South Shields, England, UK	Roman Imperial
20	Heather in Vienna	Scott McDonough	Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland	1748-present
21	Scott McDonough	Chuck Jones	Derbent, Republic of Dagestan	Sasanian-present
22	Chuck Jones	Paul Barford	Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), 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	Viking