The EB Google Earth Game

[Teleklos Archelaou]

After enjoying the Google Earth game that goes on in the Tavern gameroom, and having messed around with EB locations in Google Earth quite a bit, I thought I'd try this.

I'll show here a shot from Google Earth of either an EB city or a wonder (i.e., "unique building"). You guess which one it is. Feel free to use Google Earth to figure it out, *but* don't cheat and use the EB .kmz file we made available not too long ago. That's no fun.

It shouldn't take too long on most of these. Here's the first one!

[Poulp']

The Acropolis of Athens

I've made a vow and I'll turn into a bookworm if I'm wrong

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alright, I'll get a library card tomorrow

[Horst Nordfink]

I concur.

Well, not on the bookworm bit.

[Chirurgeon]

I concur as well...you can see the shadow of the columns :)

[Sarcasm]

I don't think so, where's the amphitheatre at the foothill? The Parthenon should also be in the larger square, not in the back.

Also, lacks urbanization.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I thought I knew what it was, so I looked it up on Google Earth to be sure and I was right. I won't say, though, since I cheated.

[Geoffrey S]

Allright, if no-one else is going for it. Temple complex of Baalbeck, Lebanon, clearly identifiable due to the hexagonal building on the eastside. Part Phoenician, part Roman at least.

[Thaatu]

Riiiight, on the tip of my tongue. How about if we start from Stonehenge and make our way up from there?

[hoom]

OK so I don't recognize the pic but how can that have been mistaken for the Athens Acropolis?!

[Tellos Athenaios]

People thinking it looks Greek and thinking it looks in ruins. That must be it.

However, having seen some German picutes of this site made in 1936 I can confirm that there´s more to the Akropolis of Athens than just that.

[Geoffrey S]

Oh yeah, it was amazing walking around there.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Allright, if no-one else is going for it. Temple complex of Baalbeck, Lebanon, clearly identifiable due to the hexagonal building on the eastside. Part Phoenician, part Roman at least.

This is the correct answer. It is the Heliopolis.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Right you are!

Total score:
Geoffrey S. - 1
Everyone Else - 0

On to the next one, this time it's a little easier:

[Gaias]

Is that the pyramids of El Kurru in Sudan? The one with where all those nubian kings and queen are buried right? Or am I way off? I think I remember seeing them on Discovery channel.

[Lysander13]

Well maybe were splitting hairs here but technically i believe those are the Pyramids of Gebel Barkal.