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Maladict

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Mysterious.....

Let's recap all the guesses and answers to eliminate or to point in the right direction.

It is:

- a coastal town

- same continent as Italy: Europe.

It's not:

- east of the line Bosphorus-Nile Delta.

- Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, West-Bank or North Africa

- at an island

 

And:

- not likely to be in the nothern part of europe by the look of the picture (assumption)

 

So:

- somewhere in Greece, the Ioninan coast of Turkey, at the Adriatic opposite coast of Italy (not croatia) or coastal area of the black sea.

 

To narrow that a bit down:

Is the city located somewhere along the Via Egnatia?

 

 

Jeroen H de Lange,

Amsterdam

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Not on the Egnatia, it hardly touches the coast anyway.

 

It was destroyed during the Persian invasion.

What you see in the picture are mostly parts rebuilt, expanded and embellished by the Romans.

Many more refineries were added later, but they're not in the picture.

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Not on the Egnatia, it hardly touches the coast anyway.

 

It was destroyed during the Persian invasion.

What you see in the picture are mostly parts rebuilt, expanded and embellished by the Romans.

Many more refineries were added later, but they're not in the picture.

 

So I focus on the Ionian coast, a city that is coastal but doesn't have a harbor (anymore).

Destroyed by Persians.....rebuilt by Romans: Miletus?

 

Jeroen H de Lange,

Amsterdam

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I think I may know this one. If it isn't Glanum (near St Remy de Provence), then it looks an awful lot like it!

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I think I may know this one. If it isn't Glanum (near St Remy de Provence), then it looks an awful lot like it!

 

Vae!

Again a fast one, just like my previous entry.

 

You are right, it's Glanum, a celtic oppidum from 6th-c BC.

Greek influence because of trades with colony Massalia (Marseiile).

 

You're next GhostOfClayton!

 

 

Jeroen H de Lange,

Amsterdam

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Found a decent wifi signal, so here goes.

 

Tricky one this time. . . .

 

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so you get 2 pictures:

 

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It is neither Ostia Antica, nor Paestum. You are on the right continent, but the wrong country. Sounds like you need to narrow it down.

 

Clue 1: It's part of a nice place.

 

Clue 2 to follow when you get a little more desperate.

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GoH that wasn't nice but the clue is a bit obvious since it looks like you have been to the Archeological Museum of Nice-Cimiez which is located on the outskirts of the ancient city of Cemenelum (Cimiez).

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