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Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina

Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina The Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina is located in Uthina , near Tunis, Tunisia .  Building for Uthina began in 40 BC and continued through to 135 AD. The amphitheatre may have been a later addition to what was already a large town.  Also located there were a fortress, cisterns, an aqueduct, a triumphal arch, a theatre, and a basilica with a circular crypt . Coordinates 36.608598,10.169214 Description The amphitheatre, partly buried, measures 113 by 90 meters. The arena measures 58 by 35 metres, giving surface areas of 7988 and 1539 square metres respectively.  There are four entrances, two main entrances at each end, with the seating area supported by three tiers of columns and arches. (Although these are no longer there, measurements and amphitheater descriptions rely on a complete building.) Measurements for the amphitheatre on site are 12 0 by 89 metres, with the arena measuring 67 by 36 metres. The surface areas measure 10680 an d 24...
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Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb

Bryn Celli Ddu Chamber Tomb




Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb is considered a prehistoric tomb with some stone carvings.
There are also a number of Neolithic stones scattered around the tomb, which are located on the Isle of Anglesey.

Bryn Celli Ddu means "the mound in the dark grove." The tomb was archaeologically excavated in the 1920s.


Coordinates
53.207714,-4.236147


Further monuments:
The Bryn Celli Ddu Standing Stone is a short, rounded stone approximately 520 feet away from the Burial Chamber at an angle of 31 degrees toward the southwest.

The Tyddyn-Bach Standing Stone is a tall, neolithic stone along with a clearing approximately 1390 feet away from the Burial Chamber at an angle of 17 degrees toward the northwest.


Description
Bryn Celli Ddu measures about 90 feet wide but is not a complete circle, with a height of about 9 feet. The entrance opens out toward the northeast and currently measures 39°.


Measurements
If the stones are connected and measured from the entrance, they are 160° and 236° clockwise.
Further markings on the tomb measure 6°, 77°, and 80°, or if paired, 30° and 12°.


Analysis
It is most likely that the chambered tomb is more recent than Neolithic and was built in 1447 BCE.
This is because the entrance faces 39° towards the northwest, where the number 39 could be 45°, suggesting an earlier date. However, there is a separation of 10 between marker points on the tomb. If the latitude of 53.2077° is divided and converted to a year, then 1447 BCE is produced.




Conclusion
It is most likely that the Chambered Tomb was built near a Neolithic marker, but they used the latitude angle and 6° from 45° on a circle with other markers to produce the number 10.

Later, a further stone was included, with the Neolithic marker being moved during clearing.



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