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<P align="justify" class="innertext"><FONT size="5"><B>Lost Cities</B></FONT>      Click on <U>Links</U> below for photo sets. A related page is <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/LostCities-India.htm">Lost 
		       Cities of India</A>.          </p> <P align="justify" class="innertext"> "As a kid, when I first came across 
                 the term ‘lost cities,’ I was mesmerized. A whole city lost? Lost? I’ve seen 
                 many lost cities since then but have lost none of my fascination for them. I 
                 am in Lattakia to visit another – the nearby ruins of Ugarit, the 2nd millennium BCE city 
                 credited with the first and only invention of the alphabet."  [ – From <A class="keyword" href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../../Text/Ugarit/Ugarit.htm">The Lost City of Ugarit</A>]</p> <HR width="100%" size="1" color="#000000" />
               <TABLE width="98%" height="19" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" id="table84"><TBODY><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Dholavira/Dholavira.htm">Dholavira</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Dholavira/Dholavira.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Dholavira/Dholavira58.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Dholavira/Dholavira58_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Lothal/Lothal.htm">Lothal</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Lothal/Lothal.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Lothal/Lothal02.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../WesternIndia/Gujarat/Lothal/Lothal02_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Nagarjunakonda/Nagarjunakonda.htm">Nagarjunakonda</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Nagarjunakonda/Nagarjunakonda.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/Nagarjunakonda/Nagarjunakonda09.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Nagarjunakonda/Nagarjunakonda09_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Shravasti/Shravasti.htm">Shravasti</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Shravasti/Shravasti.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Shravasti/Jetavana06.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Shravasti/Jetavana06_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Khajuraho/Khajuraho.htm">Khajuraho</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Khajuraho/Khajuraho.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Khajuraho/LakshmanTemple22.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Khajuraho/LakshmanTemple22_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="2" align="center" rowspan="2" colspan="2"></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sanchi/Sanchi.htm">Sanchi</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sanchi/Sanchi.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Sanchi/SanchiStupas08.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sanchi/SanchiStupas08_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sarnath/Sarnath.htm">Sarnath</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sarnath/Sarnath.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Sarnath/BuddhaSarnathSermon.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Sarnath/BuddhaSarnathSermon_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Sikkim/Pelling.htm#Rabdentse">Rabdentse</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Sikkim/Pelling.htm#Rabdentse"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../Himalayas/Sikkim/Rabdentse06.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Sikkim/Rabdentse06_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm">Memphis</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="101" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza1.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza1_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/ThebesLuxor/Luxor.htm">Thebes</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/ThebesLuxor/Luxor.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="91" border="2" alt="LuxorTemple2.jpg (194055 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/LuxorTemple2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/AswanAbuSimbel/AbuSimbel.htm">Abu
                     Simbel</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/AswanAbuSimbel/AbuSimbel.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="AbuSimbel2.jpg (103905 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/AbuSimbel2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/AswanAbuSimbel/Yebu.htm">Yebu</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Egypt/AswanAbuSimbel/Yebu.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="77" border="2" alt="RuinsYebu2.jpg (95429 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/RuinsYebu2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Troy.htm">Troy</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Troy.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="93" border="2" alt="The city of Priam, Paris, Hector, and the setting for Homer's Iliad" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/troy8_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="2" align="center" rowspan="2" colspan="2"></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Miletus.htm">Miletus</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Miletus.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="miletus1.jpg (214655 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/miletus1_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Priene.htm">Priene</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Priene.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="90" border="2" alt="priene1.jpg (136339 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/priene1_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Didyma.htm">Didyma</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Didyma.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="90" border="2" alt="didyma2.jpg (127942 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/didyma2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Ephesus.htm">Ephesus</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Ephesus.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="93" border="2" alt="EphesusLibrary3.jpg (145180 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/EphesusLibrary3_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Hierapolis.htm">Hierapolis</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Turkey/AegeanTurkey/Hierapolis.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="92" border="2" alt="Hierapolis1.jpg (126081 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Hierapolis1_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">Syracusa</P> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Italia/Sicilia/Syracuse-Greek-theater.jpg"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="Greek theatre at Syracuse, built around 500 BC" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Syracuse-Greek-theater_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Italia/Sicilia/Sicily.htm">Agrigento</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Italia/Sicilia/Sicily.htm"> <IMG width="91" height="140" border="2" alt="Ancient Greek settlement in southern Sicily, Plato visited several times" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Agrigento-temple-pillars_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/ugarit/Ugarit.htm">Ugarit</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/ugarit/Ugarit.htm"> <IMG width="95" height="140" border="2" alt="The entrance to the royal palace of this early 2nd millennium BC city which invented the only phonetic alphabet ever invented by Man (all the rest are derived from it) " src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/UgaritPalaceEntrance_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/palmyra/Palmyra.htm">Palmyra</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/palmyra/Palmyra.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="This pink sandstone desert city was an important stop for the caravans travelling from the Mediterranean to the countries of the Gulf" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/palmyra1_small.jpg" /></A><P></P></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/DeadCities.htm">Serjilla</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/DeadCities.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="90" border="2" alt="Deserted for about 15 centuries, in Syria" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Serjilla2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/DeadCities.htm">Al-Bara </A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/DeadCities.htm"> <IMG width="93" height="140" border="2" alt="Al-Bara, in Syria, remained predominantly eastern Christian and the seat of a bishopric subordinate to Antioch (modern Turkey) even after the coming of Islam " src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/albara1_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Jordan/petra/Petra.htm">Petra</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Jordan/petra/Petra.htm"> <IMG width="91" height="140" border="2" alt="The ancient city of the Nabateans in modern day Jordan" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/PetraTreasury_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/Afamia.htm">Afamia</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Syria/DeadCitiesAfamia/Afamia.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="92" border="2" alt="Founded by Selucus I, a general in the army of Alexander the (not so) Great. Afamia's peak was in the 2nd century CE when it apparently boasted a population of 500,000." src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/afamia1_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><BR /><P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Jordan/jerash/Jerash.htm">Jerash</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Jordan/jerash/Jerash.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="92" border="2" alt="In the first century BC, Jerash, hitherto a town of 15,000 inhabitants, became part of the Roman province of Syria" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/jerash6_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">Ancient Amman  </p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Jordan/AmmanRomanPath.jpg"> <IMG width="91" height="140" border="2" alt="Colonnade of the forum of ancient, Roman Amman" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/AmmanRomanPath_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/mexico02/Palenque/Palenque.htm">Palenque</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/mexico02/Palenque/Palenque.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="Arguably the most spectacular Mayan ruins in all of the Americas" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Palenque_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Uxmal.htm">Uxmal</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Uxmal.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="Mayan ruins of Uxmal in the Yucatan peninsula" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/uxmal-wide-view_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Chichen.htm">Chichen
                     Itza </A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Chichen.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan peninsula" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/chichen-itza_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Teotihuacan.htm">Teotihuacan</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/Teotihuacan.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" alt="PyramidSun.jpg (133404 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/PyramidSun_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Guatemala/Tikal.htm">Tikal</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Guatemala/Tikal.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="95" border="2" alt="The Mayan ruins of Tikal in the jungles of Guatemala" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Tikal-complex2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Peru/MachuPicchu.htm">Machu
                     Picchu</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Peru/MachuPicchu.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="95" border="2" alt="The prime Inca settlement of their religious elite" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Machupicchu1_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> 
				   <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Peru/Peru.htm">Cuzco</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Peru/Peru.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="95" border="2" alt="Ruins of Sacsayhuaman near Cuzco" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Sacsayhuaman_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/MonteAlban.htm">Monte
                     Alban</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Mexico/MonteAlban.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="92" border="2" alt="The ancient Mayan city of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/MonteAlban2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Olympia/Olympia.htm">Olympia</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Olympia/Olympia.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="The site of the ancient Olympics" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Olympia-site2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Corinth/Corinth.htm">Corinth</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Corinth/Corinth.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="Ruins of the once rich city of Corinth" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/corinth3_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Delphi/Delphi.htm">Delphi</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Delphi/Delphi.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="At least as old as Homer's poems, this was the most sacred place of the ancient Greeks" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Delphi_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Napflio-Epidauros/Epidauros.htm">Epidauros</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Napflio-Epidauros/Epidauros.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="Best preserved theatre of ancient Greece" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Epidauros-theatre2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Mycenae/Mycenae.htm">Mycenae</A></P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Mycenae/Mycenae.htm"> <IMG width="94" height="140" border="2" alt="The castle of Agamamnon, the leader of the combined Greek forces against Troy, 1200 BC" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Mycenae-lion-gate_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Sparta/Mystras.htm">Mystras</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Sparta/Mystras.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="95" border="2" alt="Ruins of the once most powerful Byzantine city on the Peloponnese" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Mystras_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Sparta/Sparta.htm">Sparta</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Sparta/Sparta.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="Desolate ruins of the Acropolis of Sparta amid Olive groves" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Sparta-site2_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Athens/Athens.htm">Athens</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Greece/Athens/Athens.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="96" border="2" alt="Parthenon1.jpg (136438 bytes)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/Parthenon1_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Badami/Badami.htm">Badami</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Badami/Badami.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/Badami/BadamiCaveOne01.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Badami/BadamiCaveOne01_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Ajanta/Ajanta.htm">Ajanta</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Ajanta/Ajanta.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" alt="Cave 2, The Nativity of the Buddha" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/Ajanta/AjantaCaves67.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Ajanta/AjantaCaves67_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Ellora/Ellora.htm">Ellora</A></P> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Ellora/Ellora.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="94" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/South2003/Ellora/Ellora03.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Ellora/Ellora03_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Mahabalipuram/Mahabalipuram.htm">Mamallapuram</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Mahabalipuram/Mahabalipuram.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/Mahabalipuram/ShoreTemple01.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/Mahabalipuram/ShoreTemple01_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Hampi/Hampi.htm">Vijayanagar</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Hampi/Hampi.htm"> <IMG width="140" height="93" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../South India/South2003/Hampi/Vijayanagar14.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../South%20India/South2003/Hampi/Vijayanagar14_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Almora/Almora.htm">Almora</A>
				   </P><P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Almora/Almora.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" alt="In the Kumaon region of Uttaranchal" xthumbnail-orig-image="../Himalayas/Almora/JageshwarTemples11.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../Himalayas/Almora/JageshwarTemples11_small.jpg" /></A></P></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/UdaigiriCaves/Udaigiri.htm">Udaigiri Caves</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/UdaigiriCaves/Udaigiri.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/UdaigiriCaves/UdaigiriCaves03.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/UdaigiriCaves/UdaigiriCaves03_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Bhojpur/Bhojpur.htm">Bhojpur</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Bhojpur/Bhojpur.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Bhojpur/CellphonePujari.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Bhojpur/CellphonePujari_small.jpg" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption">  <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Rajgir/Rajgir.htm">Rajgir</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Rajgir/Rajgir.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Rajgir/CowsReturningHome.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Rajgir/CowsReturningHome_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center">
<P class="caption"> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Nalanda/Nalanda.htm">Nalanda</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Nalanda/Nalanda.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Nalanda/Nalanda48.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Nalanda/Nalanda48_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><BR /><P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Patna/Patna.htm">Patna</A></p> <A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Patna/Patna.htm"> <IMG width="150" height="99" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="../NorthIndia/Patna/Patliputra01.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../NorthIndia/Patna/Patliputra01_small.jpg" /></A></TD><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption"><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../China/Xian/Xian.html">Ancient Xi'an</A></p> <P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../China/Xian/Xian.html"><IMG width="150" height="100" border="2" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Highlights/../China/Xian/TerracottaWarriors13_small.jpg" /></A>
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