History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like. Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected] Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected] Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Ancient Roman thermal baths in Paris, France (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Walls of Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul, with diagram (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Cahir Castle, Ireland (lemmy.world)

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Roman-era temple in Baalbek, Lebanon (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Medieval bridge in Wycoller, England (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Chapel Santa Cruz, Oran, Algeria (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Fort Tolukko, Indonesia (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Carvings by a 18th century AD quarry worker in the Catacombs of Paris (lemmy.world)

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Pre-Inca sarcophagi in Carajía, Peru (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Castle of Coca, Spain (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Tidal island and castle of St. Michael's Mount, Penzance, Cornwall, UK (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Oak trees on top of the Guinigi Tower, Italy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Sudak Fortress, Crimea, Ukraine (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Daulatabad fort, India (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Wooden stairs preserved in a 11th century BCE salt mine, Austria (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Ruins of the castle of Nový Hrádek, Czechia (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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I'm like 44% sure this one isn't AI, unlike the last one

forgive me

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Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, modern-day Mexico (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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15th century AD house of a Christian monk, Suceava, Romania (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Pre-Columbian Aqueduct around Cumbemayo, Peru (lemmy.world)

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Megalithic structures on the Spanish island of Minorca (lemmy.world)

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Inca Terraces in Cusco, Peru (lemmy.world)

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6th century AD baptismal font from Demna, Tunisia (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Priest_Felix_and_the_Baptistery_of_K%C3%A9libia

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Mausoleum in the monastery of Geghard, Armenia (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Ancient underground refuge, Shanxi Province, China (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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Minaret of Jam, Ghor, Afghanistan (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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