Temple E, the so-called "Temple of Hera", at Selinus

Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site situated on the south coast of Sicily between the valleys of the rivers Belice and Modione in the province of Trapani. Selinunte is the modern Italian name for the ancient Selinus. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1000, 320 KB) Summary Greek temple in Sicily. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1000, 320 KB) Summary Greek temple in Sicily. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Trapani (It. ...

The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only temple E, the so-called "Temple of Hera" has been re-erected. Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ...

History

According to the Athenian historian Thucydides, Selinus was founded by people from Megara Hyblaea, a city on the east coast of Sicily, in the 7th century BC. The city had a very short life (about 200 years). During this time its population grew to a total of about 25,000. A wealthy trade center, Selinus was envied by the Carthaginians. Bust of Thucydides residing in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. ... Megara Hyblaea (perhaps identical with Hybla Major) is the name of an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, situated near Augusta on the east coast, 12 miles NNW of Syracuse, Italy. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 7th century BC started on January 1, 700 BC and ended on December 31, 601 BC. // Overview Events Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria who created the the first systematically collected library at Nineveh A 16th century depiction of the Hanging Gardens of... This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ...

Selinus had an almost permanent conflict with Segesta, which allied itself with Athens. However, the Athenians were defeated by the Syracusans, and Segesta now asked help from Carthage. Diodorus Siculus tells that the Carthaginian commander Hannibal (not to be confused with his more famous namesake), in 409 BC destroyed Selinus after a war that counted about 16,000 deaths and 5,000 prisoners. The city was besieged for nine days by an army of 100,000 Carthaginians. Segesta was the political center of the Elymian people. ... The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian expedition to Sicily from 415 BC to 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. ... Ruins of Roman-era Carthage For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ... Diodorus Siculus (c. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC 410 BC - 409 BC - 408 BC 407 BC...

Cave di Cusa Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1536x1028, 708 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Selinunte ...	Temple E Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1536x1028, 580 KB) Selinunte Column row of temple E Photographer Bernhard J. Scheuvens aka Bjs Date August 2004 Permission photographed by myself Camera Canon EOS 300V with Canon Zoom Lens EF 28-90mm Scan from the film negative File links The...	Temple E Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1000, 320 KB) Summary Greek temple in Sicily. ...	Temple G Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1536x1028, 446 KB) Selinunte Remainders of temple G Photographer Bernhard J. Scheuvens aka Bjs Date August 2004 Permission photographed by myself Camera Canon EOS 300V with Canon Zoom Lens EF 28-90mm Scan from the film negative File links The following...
Akropolis Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1536x1028, 547 KB) Selinunte Acropolis Photographer Bernhard J. Scheuvens aka Bjs Date August 2004 Permission photographed by myself Camera Canon EOS 300V with Canon Zoom Lens EF 28-90mm Scan from the film negative File links The following pages on the...

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