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Old Westbury White Horse was an earlier chalk hill figure on the Wiltshire landscape near Westbury and Bratton in southern England. It was documented by 1742 and appears in later antiquarian drawings, but the original figure was lost when a new white horse was cut over or replaced it in 1778. The su...

The Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus was a Roman arena built in 29 BC by the consul Titus Statilius Taurus on the Campus Martius in Rome. It is generally identified as the city's first permanent amphitheater, marking a shift from temporary wooden venues to a lasting stone structure. The building was...

The Old Pewsey White Horse was a lost chalk hill figure near Pewsey in Wiltshire, England. It was probably cut in the late eighteenth century, with 1785 commonly given as its approximate date, and later disappeared beneath grass and vegetation. A replacement figure was cut on the same hill in 1937,...

Old Devizes White Horse was a chalk hill figure cut near Devizes in Wiltshire, England, in 1845 by local shoemakers. It was known as the Snobs' Horse because "snob" was a local dialect term for a shoemaker, and the figure later disappeared through neglect and overgrowth. A new Devizes White Horse cu...

Old Litlington White Horse was an earlier chalk hill figure near Litlington in East Sussex, England. It was cut in 1838 and later disappeared; a new white horse was created nearby in 1924 and is the figure visible today. The older image is therefore significant as the predecessor of the surviving Li...

Plymouth Hoe Gogmagog was a giant hill figure cut into turf at Plymouth Hoe in Devon, England, now lost. The figure is known primarily through historical records predating the 17th century. It was associated with the legendary British giant Gogmagog and the foundation myth involving Corineus, a comp...

Pargo Kaling was a massive 15th-century Kumbum stupa located in Lhasa, Tibet, noted for housing 108 chapels before it was largely destroyed during the 20th century.

Pitstone Hill White Horse was a chalk hill figure in Buckinghamshire, England, representing a horse cut into the landscape. It is traditionally dated to about 1809, although the figure's early history is not fully certain. The geoglyph had disappeared from view by the late twentieth century, making...

The Hindhead White Horse was a chalk figure at Combe Head near Hindhead in Surrey, England. The geoglyph depicted a horse and could be seen from Gibbet Hill from about 1909 until it was covered by heath after 1939. It is therefore a lost landscape figure rather than a surviving monument that can be...

Giant of Hindover Hill was a lost Sussex chalk human figure reported in 19th-century accounts near Litlington and compared with the Long Man of Wilmington.

The Amphitheater of Nero was a temporary wooden arena built during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero in the Campus Martius of Rome. It is known from ancient historical accounts rather than from a surviving structure, and its exact form and location are less certain than those of Rome's permanent s...