HistoryRuins

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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.

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Remains of a house in central Georgia, USA, built in 1894 (media.piefed.social)

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Hartashen Megalithic Avenue, Armenia (media.piefed.social)

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Citadel of Aleppo, Syria (media.piefed.social)

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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Roman Africa, modern Tunisia (media.piefed.social)

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Aerial view of the Roman amphitheater at El Jem, Tunisia (media.piefed.social)

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Ruins of Attock Fort in Pakistan (media.piefed.social)

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Rock of Cashel, Ireland (media.piefed.social)

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Grimmenstein Castle, Austria (media.piefed.social)

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House in Byzantine Sergilla, modern-day Syria (media.piefed.social)

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Fortress of Masada, Israel, with the siege ramp built by the Romans to take the fortress still partially extant (media.piefed.social)

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Bač Fortress, Serbia (media.piefed.social)

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Remains of the stone fort Dun Aonghasa in Ireland (media.piefed.social)

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Ruins of Whitby Abbey in the UK (media.piefed.social)

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Hattusa, capital of the Hittites, Turkiye, with reconstruction illustration (media.piefed.social)

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Remains of the Roman theatre at Caesarea Mauretaniae, modern Algeria (media.piefed.social)

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Remains of Acatitlan temple, Mexico (media.piefed.social)

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Exterior of Yavana Cave, India (media.piefed.social)

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Shrine at the Manmodi Caves, India (media.piefed.social)

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End of the Great Wall of China, Shanhaiguan District (media.piefed.social)

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Remains of the Roman fortress at Portchester, UK (media.piefed.social)

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Fortress of San Leo, Italy (media.piefed.social)

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Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Mexico (media.piefed.social)

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Goaldi Mosque, Bangladesh (media.piefed.social)

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Bronze-age settlement of Tel Arad, modern-day Israel (media.piefed.social)

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Lycian Tomb of Amyntas, modern-day Turkiye (media.piefed.social)

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