✦Archaeological wonders

🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city

Zilil (Dchar Jdid / Asilah)

Phoenician / Roman · Roman / Mauretanian

Augustan colonia Iulia Constantia Zilil controlling Loukkos–Tangier road and garum coast. Large forum, basilica, theatre embankment and 5th-c church.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Brihadeeswarar Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram

Chola c.1035 CE · Chola Hindu (Tamil)

Gangaikonda Cholapuram Brihadeeswarar (1035, Rajendra Chola I) – sister to Thanjavur: 55m vimana, concave curve vs Thanjavur's straight, 9m Nandi, Simhakeni tank.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus

Cave Sanctuary Africa 88 — Sudan Region 4

Period Iron Age · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus

Cave Sanctuary Africa 88 — Sudan Region 4 in Sudan Region 4, Sudan is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Chennakesava Temple Complex Belur

Hoysala 1117–1210 CE · Hoysala Vaishnava

Chennakesava (1117) – Hoysala Vishnu soapstone flagship commissioned by Vishnuvardhana after Talakad victory.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city

Leontopolis (Tell el-Muqdam / Taremu)

Old Kingdom to Ptolemaic · Egyptian

Lion-god Mahes capital with huge enclosure 1000×800 m and red granite naos of Osorkon II; claimed rival Onias temple at Leontopolis. Dense Late Period lion cemetery with animal catacombs.

North Macedonia · Archaeological wonder

Kapan Han

Kapan Han (Macedonian: Капан ан, romanized: Kapan an, Albanian: Hani i Kapanit, Turkish: Kapan Han) is a han (caravanserai) in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder

Châu Can

Châu Can (Hà Tây) is an archaeological site in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. It was located in Hà Sơn Bình province when it was excavated in 1974, but in 1975 was reorganized into Hà Tây…

🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus

Quarry Gallery Africa 48 — Egypt Region 12

Period Classical · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus

Quarry Gallery Africa 48 — Egypt Region 12 in Egypt Region 12, Egypt is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Casa Malpais Archaeological Park and National Historic Landmark

Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan 1260–1350 CE · Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan

60-room basalt Great House 1260–1350 CE, Great Kiva solar calendar.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Effigy Mounds National Monument

Late Woodland 500–1200 CE, effigies c.700–1100 CE · Late Woodland (Ancestral Ioway/Ho-Chunk?)

31 bear-and-bird effigy mounds marching on Mississippi bluff.

🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder

Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well)

Jubb Yussef (Arabic: جُبّ يُوسُف, Hebrew: גוב יוסף), also known as "Joseph's Well" in English, is an archaeological site in Ramat Korazim in Galilee, Israel.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Fort Hill Earthwork and Nature Preserve

Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition

14.6 ha hilltop enclosure 2.4 km wall, 33 gateways.

🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder

Nombre de Jesús (Patagonia)

Nombre de Jesús was a Spanish town in Patagonia, settled in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Magellan Strait.

🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works

Kallanai South Sluice — Grand Anicut Vennar Distributary Head

Chola Early historic to Medieval (100 – 1030 CE) · Tamil Chola hydraulic statecraft

South Vennar regulator of 2nd-c Chola anicut with Rajendra I inscriptions 1012 CE.

🇨🇳 China · Megalith

Leshan Giant Buddha

Tang Dynasty 713–803 CE · Tang Chinese Buddhist (Maitreya cult)

71 m seated Maitreya monolith (713–803 CE) carved into Lingyun red sandstone cliff at confluence of Min and Dadu rivers, largest premodern Buddha worldwide.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

El Matareya, Cairo

El Matareya (Arabic: المطرية [el.mɑ.tˤɑ.ˈɾej.jɑ]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Group of Monuments at Hampi (Vijayanagara)

Vijayanagara Empire 1336–1565 CE (Sangama to Tuluva) · Vijayanagara Hindu (Telugu-Kannada)

Ruined imperial capital of Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1565 CE) sprawling 25 km² on Tungabhadra River among boulder hills.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Avenue of Sphinxes

Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش), is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue (dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Claros Oracle North Stoa — Apollo Annex of the Sacred Way

Archaic to Roman Imperial (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek to Roman Asia

North portico with Hadrianic oracle conduit 200 m from Temple of Apollo.

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya

Mauryan 260 BCE to Pala 12th c CE; temple late Gupta 5th–6th c · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan → Gupta → Pala)

Holiest Buddhist site where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment c.528 BCE under Bodhi Tree descendant.

🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Hovenweep National Monument

Pueblo III 1200–1300 CE · Ancestral Puebloan

Six Pueblo tower villages 1200–1300 CE, Square Tower.

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Hydraulic works

Aflaj of Al Ain Oasis

Iron Age to present ~1000 BCE–present · Omani/Hafit to UAE bedouin oases

Al Ain 3,000-year aflaj-fed palm oasis irrigating 147,000 palms with time-share water law.

🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex

Phaistos Palace

Minoan 1900–1400 BCE, peak Neopalatial · Minoan

Minoan hilltop palace where undeciphered Phaistos Disc was found in 1908.