Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Oct 1 2007, 09:51 PM) [snapback]520154[/snapback]</div>

It's open season - that was my only round in the chamber and I gotta (yawn) hit the sack too.

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 2 2007, 01:06 AM) [snapback]520176[/snapback]</div>

I get the same gut reaction about the Buddhist statues.Wikipedia draws a connection to OBL which doesnt surprise me.My final clue was that there was relation to the WTC.

This place is huge in history.Or actually near prehistory . (this is difficult to find ,as Wikipedia has no direct link.There are coordinates with a Google search though.I hope I got it right.)[attachmentid=11817]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 2 2007, 01:35 AM) [snapback]520180[/snapback]</div>

This place was made during the EDIT..300-250 bc NOT bronze age .

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 2 2007, 08:21 AM) [snapback]520312[/snapback]</div>

I assume you mean an earlier form of the settlement shown - much as their burgers taste like they were made in the Bronze Age and kept in storage for sale in the present day, the McDonalds on the corner at upper right is most likely a post-Bronze Age development.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM) [snapback]520364[/snapback]</div>

There's probably not a McDonalds here.You must be hungry .
You are thinking small.After lunch take a look at the big picture and it should come to you.Theres enough clues showing to solve this one.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM) [snapback]520364[/snapback]</div>

SORRY I goofed the date .Its 300 to 250 BC which isnt the bronze age .And it looked 2200 years ago pretty much as it does today.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 3 2007, 09:14 AM) [snapback]520640[/snapback]</div>

Should we be looking at settlements conquered/founded by Alexander the Great?

Or is the historic significance more anthropological than political?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 3 2007, 11:54 AM) [snapback]520657[/snapback]</div>

Probably not conquered/founded by Alexander the Great.
Probably not political significance .
According to Wikipedia it was constructed mainly by using fire and water.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 3 2007, 12:57 PM) [snapback]520700[/snapback]</div>

It took 7 years to complete.I said it was huge in history.Its huge in scope as well.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 3 2007, 04:05 PM) [snapback]520793[/snapback]</div>

You've got me baffled on this one. I still have no idea where to look.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 3 2007, 04:51 PM) [snapback]520853[/snapback]</div>

Sorry a second time ."hungry" wasnt a clue.I was just remarking about the McDonalds comment.

300 to 250 BC.
It looked 2200 years ago, pretty much as it does today.
According to Wikipedia it was constructed mainly by using fire and water.
It took 7 years to complete.I said it was huge in history.Its huge in scope as well.
This place is famous for its engineering.According to Wikipedia
bamboo played a large role in construction.

 

Random guesses here: Great Wall of China? A pyramid? Pompeii?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 3 2007, 03:19 PM) [snapback]520860[/snapback]</div>

Well, that rules out the Great Wall, and none of the original nor medieval seven wonders of the ancient world appear to qualify either. I'm going to have to see what L. Sprague de Camp has to say about this in his "The Ancient Engineers" book, which I just happen to have handy on my bookcase here ---

MB

 

Blast, thought I had it - the great dam at Ma'rib - but nooooooooo

Funny - trying to find something in a BOOK, once you've spent a few years with Google, is VERY tedious! And this book has a thorough index, too - just no facility for SEARCH! Makes you appreciate what people had to go through back in the ancient days when looking something up meant taking a trip to a library. Boy are we spoiled today!

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 3 2007, 07:11 PM) [snapback]520902[/snapback]</div>

Theres also a 'foil wing shape employed. Pretty amazing for that era.

 

Are all of us going to slap our foreheads "Oh but OF COURSE!" when we find this thing out or are we all going to learn something none of us ever knew before?

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 3 2007, 07:15 PM) [snapback]520904[/snapback]</div>

You are on the right stream, just the wrong region and wrong type of structure .
Perhaps this is more obscure than I thought.

 

An aqueduct? A windmill?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 3 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]520915[/snapback]</div>

Im afraid you all might try to slap me.
Now Im seeing its a bit obscure even on Google.Maybe" huge in history" was a bit of an overstatement.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Oct 3 2007, 07:45 PM) [snapback]520921[/snapback]</div>

Technically it is an aqueduct.But if you Google that it probably wont help.