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Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
The site contains a vast undiscovered archaeological, historical and living cultural heritage set in a magnificent landscape, including prehistoric (Chrysocolla) sites, hill forts of early Hindu capitals and remains of the 16th century capital of Gujarat. The site also includes remains of fortifications, palaces, religious buildings, residential areas, agricultural buildings and water facilities dating from the 8th to the 14th centuries. The Kalikamata Temple on top of Pavagadh Hill is considered an important holy site and attracts large numbers of pilgrims throughout the year. The site is the only intact and unaltered pre-Islamic Mughal city.
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Pattadakal in Karnataka represents the pinnacle of eclectic art, which achieved a harmonious blend of northern and southern Indian architectural forms under the Chalukya dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries. An impressive nine Hindu temples can be seen here, as well as a Jain sanctuary. The most striking of these is the Virupaksha Temple, built around 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's victory over the king of the South.
Acropolis, Athens
The Acropolis and its monuments are universal symbols of classical spirit and civilization, and are the greatest architectural and artistic complex that ancient Greece left to the world. In the second half of the fifth century BC, Athens took the lead among the other city-states of the ancient world after its victory over the Persians and the establishment of democracy. In the following era, as thought and art flourished, a group of outstanding artists realized the ambitious plans of the Athenian statesman Pericles and, inspired by the sculptor Phidias, transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and art. The most important monuments were all built in that period: the Parthenon built by Iktinos, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea, the Acropolis designed by Mnesicles and the small Temple of Athena Victory.
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Thebes, the city of the god Amun, was the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. Home to the Karnak and Luxor temples, the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a remarkable testimony to the heyday of Egyptian civilization.
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Thebes, the city of the god Amun, was the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. Home to the Karnak and Luxor temples, the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a remarkable testimony to the heyday of Egyptian civilization.