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The ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Syracuse, Sicily.

The fountain Cyane, close to the Temple of Zeus in Syracuse, Sicily.

View of the Temple of Hera in Agrigento, Sicily.

View of the ruins of the Temple of Asclepius in Agrigento, Sicily. In the background the Temple of Concordia.

View of the ruins of Temple G, probably dedicated to Zeus, in Selinunte, Sicily.

Ruins of ancient temples in Paestum, Italy.

Landscapes in the Troad, somewhere in between Cape Eski Stambul and the Dardanelles. G denotes the site where the Baths of Alexandria Troad are found.

View from the Eastern side of Alexandria Troas.

Landscape near Geykli in the Troad. In the background Tenedos island.

Foundations on the summit of the hill of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Hills around Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

View of the remains of the ancient theater of Erythrae, ancient city in Asia Minor. In the background the island of Chios.

The ruins of the Temple of Hera on Samos island.

The remains of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma, ancient city of Asia Minor.

The ruins of the Thermae of Gaius Xenophon (Kos) at the Asclepion of Kos island.

Fig. 1. View of Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus). In the background the Castle of Halicarnassus, also called Castle of St. Paul. Fig. 2. View of the ruins of the Temple of Ares in Bodrum (anc. Halicarnassus).

View of the Ptolemaic Temple of Kom Ombo.

View of the Temple of Dedwen, Nubian deity, at the cape of Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan. During the first Christian centuries, this temple served as a church, and it is still called this way.

View of an Egyptian temple at Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan.

View of the Temple of Amada, in Egypt.

View of the Temple of Ramses II, in Wadi es-Sebua, near Aswan.

View of the Hellenistic Temple of Serapis in Meharakka, location between Amada and Wadi es-Sebua.

View of the Temple of Gerf Hussein, dedicated to the Egyptian deities Ptah, Ptah Tatenen, Hathor and Ramses. This temple has been transferred to Kalabsha.