tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post7626162297118022011..comments2024-02-17T10:43:52.680-05:00Comments on Tria Corda: When on Google Earth, No. 10Dan Diffendalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07471714853391116478noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-5974833605134662292009-03-12T18:15:00.000-04:002009-03-12T18:15:00.000-04:00Crusader fortresses are amazing so you did not was...Crusader fortresses are amazing so you did not waste your time learning about them!<BR/><BR/>I just posted no. 11 here - http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-on-google-earth-no-11.htmlDorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-53703389046252421122009-03-12T14:11:00.000-04:002009-03-12T14:11:00.000-04:00After spending two days trying to figure this one ...After spending two days trying to figure this one out, I feel I know more about Crusader forts than I ever had before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-74177924014884751612009-03-12T13:59:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:59:00.000-04:00Well done Dorothy! Nice one Dan; a real doozie!Well done Dorothy! Nice one Dan; a real doozie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-38048760354755931802009-03-12T13:25:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:25:00.000-04:00I usually just use a screen capture, Shift+PrintSc...I usually just use a screen capture, Shift+PrintScreen on PC, Control-Command-Shift-3 on Mac, which copies your current screen to the clipboard, and then crop it out in Photoshop or what have you.Dan Diffendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471714853391116478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-35636558540394374582009-03-12T13:18:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:18:00.000-04:00LOL - thank you. Was driving me mad, as knew I had...LOL - thank you. Was driving me mad, as knew I had been there ...<BR/><BR/>Now I just need to work out how to get images off Google Earth ...Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-72604141958333739432009-03-12T13:08:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:08:00.000-04:00We have a winner... Congratulations!We have a winner... Congratulations!Dan Diffendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471714853391116478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-87188916179723041962009-03-12T13:06:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:06:00.000-04:00Built by the Byzantines ca. 1100s, then became Fra...Built by the Byzantines ca. 1100s, then became Frankish, then Venetian, the Ottoman. First occupation unknown on this particular site, but Argos has been inhabited since at least the Mycenean period.Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-26216613756457033692009-03-12T13:03:00.000-04:002009-03-12T13:03:00.000-04:00Doh! It's Kastro Larissa, ancient Argos ...Doh! It's Kastro Larissa, ancient Argos ...Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-23265893294636315572009-03-12T12:51:00.000-04:002009-03-12T12:51:00.000-04:00You might want to consider other areas the Franks ...You might want to consider other areas the Franks turned up...Dan Diffendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471714853391116478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-1343164757834182042009-03-12T11:19:00.000-04:002009-03-12T11:19:00.000-04:00My thoughts were that the double fortifications of...My thoughts were that the double fortifications of that sort were more likely to be near a main caravan road or a mountain pass - rather than a coast ...Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-57911914572355106462009-03-12T11:11:00.000-04:002009-03-12T11:11:00.000-04:00I had thought it was Shawbak. It took me a long t...I had thought it was Shawbak. It took me a long time to actually find it on google earth and then it didn't match. ARG! I went through all the big ones along the Syrian coast and can't find one that matches there either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-81305011843802339952009-03-12T11:09:00.000-04:002009-03-12T11:09:00.000-04:00I am happy to believe that my eyes deceive me, so ...I am happy to believe that my eyes deceive me, so will trust yours!<BR/><BR/>I still think it's Crusader, and probably ancient Syria ... but not one of the famous ones like Krak.Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-29101402057759815362009-03-12T10:55:00.000-04:002009-03-12T10:55:00.000-04:00Dorothy, if you search under Citadel of Salah Ed-D...Dorothy, if you search under Citadel of Salah Ed-Din you'll find it. But I checked, and unless mine eyes doth decieve me, I don't think that's it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-73874389818505969102009-03-12T10:10:00.000-04:002009-03-12T10:10:00.000-04:00I thought it might be somewhere like Qal'at Salah ...I thought it might be somewhere like Qal'at Salah ed-Din, a Crusader fortress built on an old Phoenician site ... but am kinda stumped as cannot find it on Google Earth! LOLDorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-6058306502112557582009-03-11T12:41:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:41:00.000-04:00By much earlier, could it possible be a prehistori...By much earlier, could it possible be a prehistoric tell somewhere in the Levant...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-33039907151751717852009-03-11T12:39:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:39:00.000-04:00Ah, I see you removed your pre-Frankish comment......Ah, I see you removed your pre-Frankish comment... I was wondering; that would have put the castle in the early 5th century! did you mean pre-Carolingian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-51864864033266571122009-03-11T12:38:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:38:00.000-04:00It's roughly Frankish... but the location was occu...It's roughly Frankish... but the location was occupied from much, much earlier.Dan Diffendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471714853391116478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477741.post-32038029033865282862009-03-10T20:01:00.000-04:002009-03-10T20:01:00.000-04:00Hmmm... Frankish castle maybe..?Hmmm... Frankish castle maybe..?Chuck Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882192031767315365noreply@blogger.com