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

edit
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.

[Thaatu]

At least it looks Greek. Nah, too big of a world for me to start guessing.

[alatar]

I thought it could be the forum (or whatever is the EB wonder there, but no coliseam...

[Tellos Athenaios]

Forum Romun?! Didn't exist in our time frame. Capitolium? Nah, not urbanized enough.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

No one has it yet? I thought that peculiar shape to the main building would be enough of a unique thing to make it more likely someone would get it.

[Sassem]

is it


Temple of Olympian Zeus

???

[snevets]

It doesn't look Greek to me, the circular building adjoining it is quite odd. Carthaginian perhaps?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

It doesn't look Greek to me, the circular building adjoining it is quite odd. Carthaginian perhaps?

Close.

[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.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah, to me that sure looks like it.

[Geoffrey S]

That's it.

[Anastasios Helios]

It is also very easy to see the land walls of Constantinople using Google Earth

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Gaias and Lysander13 got it right. It really looks a lot like you'd expect it to given the photo even of it in the game

How about another one? They finally got this area covered in good detail very recently, so here we go!

[Sassem]

hi @Teleklos Archelaou

would you please be so kind to give the coordinates of the place if the right answer is given so i can pin it in the blue marble with the right description

Thank you

[Lysander13]

Hmmm....This one has me a little stumped so far.....

[blitzkrieg80]

OMG those are real photos?! they remind me of maps out of Close Combat (oh how i miss that lovely game)... those satellite cameras suck

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I'm not going to cheat this time, so I'll guess.
Olympic Games?