Rodinia Profile
I love traveling, geology and visiting historical sites.
Favourite travel destinations: Europe and the Middle East. Hope to explore more of Central Asia in the future, though.
Top of travel list: Saudi Arabia
Favourite archaeological period: Prehistoric, Romans
Favourite geology: the 'oldest rock', Buntsandstein (also take Old Red Sandstone), karst features, ophiolite complexes and generally lovely green mantle rocks.
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Al Zubarah
Rodinia Netherlands - 12-Sep-20
I've visited Al Zubarah twice. The first time was around 2009/2010 when I was living in Qatar for roughly a year. At that time it was not yet a WHS. Substantial parts of that town were uncovered then and it was really fascinating to see the layout and the different houses. When I returned to Qatar in around 2013/2014 I visited again and found that most of the town was covered up again and there were just a few buildings visible, plus a reconstruction. I can imagine that people are disappointed about this as there really is not a lot to see. On the other hand I can understand why this was done: the town is built from beach rock, just right there from the water edge: tower shells and sand grains cemented together by the high calcium content sea water
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- Rodinia
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- Netherlands
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- Baalbek, Lebanon
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Baalbek 5Butrint 5Petra 5Aachen Cathedral 4.5Byblos 4.5Choirokoitia 4.5Persepolis 4.5Riga 4.5Rila Monastery 4.5Rome 4.5Schokland 4.5Stevns Klint 4.5Tallinn 4.5Tyre 4.5Wadi Rum 4.5Westminster 4.5Anjar 4Kotor 4Paphos 4Stećci 4Trogir 4Valletta 4Al Zubarah 3.5Boyana Church 3.5Brugge 3.5Edinburgh 3.5Gelati Monastery 3.5Great Wall 3.5Imperial Palace 3.5Imperial Tombs 3.5Istanbul 3.5Lyon 3.5Meteora 3.5Mostar 3.5Mtskheta 3.5Orange 3.5Pasargadae 3.5Rhodes 3.5Summer Palace 3.5Vatican City 3.5Vilnius 3.5Warsaw 3.5Al Ain 3Belfries 3Bordeaux 3Bryggen 3Kandy 3Prague 3Sigiriya 3Split 3Yazd 3Canal du Midi 2.5Tower of London 2.5Vienna 2.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Cetinje Historic Core (T)
- Church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa, Kourdali (extension to (T)
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
- City of Motovun (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Complex (T)
- Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve (T)
- Khor Dubai (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (T)
- Le noyau historique ou la 'Cuve' de Gand, et les deux abbayes qui sont à son origine (T)
- Les citadelles mosanes (T)
- Levadas of Madeira Island (T)
- Mathiatis South (T)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (T)
- Old Town of Bar (T)
- Petrified Forest of Lesvos (T)
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States (T)
- Svalbard Archipelago (T)
- Tbilisi Historic District (T)
- The Central Axis of Beijing (including Beihai) (T)
- The monastery of Noravank and the upper Amaghou Valley (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus (T)
- Ulcinj Old town (T)
- Vani (T)
- Via Appia 'Regina Viarum' (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
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