name this site!

maineman · Dec 8, 2008

hint: tallest free standing roman columns in existence

Thorn · Dec 8, 2008

Isn't that part of the Coliseum?

I'd also guessed Parthenon but I think that's in Greece.

Damocles · Dec 8, 2008

Baalbek... or Heliopolis. (Same place).

they built it on top of a previous construction...

maineman · Dec 8, 2008

Damocles said:
Baalbek... or Heliopolis. (Same place).

they built it on top of a previous construction...

well done damo!

Here is another from the same site. for extra credit, name the roman god this temple honors.

evince · Dec 9, 2008

Hey maineman I was just asking about where you were the other day.

maineman · Dec 9, 2008

glad to be back

evince · Dec 9, 2008

Glad to see you back.

Now if we can just talk Care and Immie into coming back.

Thorn · Dec 9, 2008

I confess -- I looked it up. It's the Temple of Bacchus. There's also a reference to the Temple of Jupiter.

Cancel 2016.2 · Dec 9, 2008

maineman said:
well done damo!

Here is another from the same site. for extra credit, name the roman god this temple honors.

they built it in my honor in a previous life

maineman · Dec 9, 2008

Thorn said:
I confess -- I looked it up. It's the Temple of Bacchus. There's also a reference to the Temple of Jupiter.

that is correct. I took those pictures in 1981

Thorn · Dec 9, 2008

maineman said:
that is correct. I took those pictures in 1981

Wow. Good sharp focus. What did you use? I found that color film didn't really reach an acceptable quality until about '93 or '94!

maineman · Dec 9, 2008

Thorn said:
Wow. Good sharp focus. What did you use? I found that color film didn't really reach an acceptable quality until about '93 or '94!

my Pentax MX... with Kodak 100 asa film... I think...

it might have been my Pentax ME with 200 asa... It's been a long time.