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🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Libohovë Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Libohovës) is an Ottoman-era castle in Libohovë, Gjirokastër county, southern Albania.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Le Mas-d'Azil (French pronunciation: [lə mas dazil]; Occitan: Lo Mas d'Asilh) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
The Columns of Rajajil (Arabic: أعمدة الرجاجيل) is an archaeological site of sandstone pillars in the Al Jawf Region of Saudi Arabia, dated to the Chalcolithic period approximately 6,000 years ago.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Begusarai is a city in the Indian state of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Early to Late Natufian (13,500–11,500 BP) · Natufian
Natufian rockshelter with earliest escarpment plant cultivation and cult basin prefiguring PPN shrines.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Maheshwar I Chalcolithic 1400–600 BCE → II Early Historic 600 BCE–400 CE → IV Holkar 1760 CE · Maheshwar Chalcolithic → Satavahana → Holkar Maratha
Historic Mahishmati–Maheshwar city on Narmada (1400 BCE–1760 CE) — Chalcolithic below Holkar fort and Maheshwari textile loom.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Kidal (Indonesian: Candi Kidal) is a Hindu temple built under the Singhasari dynasty. It is situated in the Rejokidal village in the Tumpang district of East Java, approximately 20 km east of Malang.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Neolithic 1750–1000 → Bronze Age 1000–400 → Iron Age 400 BCE–500 CE · Mun Valley Neolithic → Ban Chiang Bronze → Iron Age (Isan)
Ban Non Wat — 5000-year moated farming village (1750 BCE–500 CE, Neolithic→Iron Age) 50 km NE Nakhon Ratchasima, Mun floodplain, excavated 2002–12 Higham and Higham (Otago).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Hepthalite 5th–7th c CE (Tokharistan Hepthalite) · Hepthalite Bactria (White Huns Tokharistan)
Balalyk Tepe — Hephthalite wall-painting palace (6th c CE) 30 km north Termez, excavated 1950s Stavisky.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Late Antique · Roman Byzantine Egyptian
Bagawat Necropolis Kharga Oasis at Western Desert, Kharga Oasis, Egypt is a Late Antique necropolis of the Roman Byzantine Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi Early 300 BCE → Middle 100 BCE → Late 100–300 CE → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Yamato central chiefdom)
Yamato 42 ha double-moated Yayoi town (300 BCE–300 CE) at Karako–Kagi — 1.8 km moat with 107 houses and 70 Dotaku molds.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Sorath Harappan 2500–1700 BCE (Rojdi A→B→C) · Sorath Harappan (Possehl) — interior Saurashtra variant
Rojdi — Sorath Harappan farming village (2500–1700 BCE) 15 km SE Gondal, interior Saurashtra, excavated 1982–86 by G.L. Possehl and B. Raval (Penn–Gujarat State Dept).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2600 BCE–8th c CE; peak Middle and New Kingdom) · Ancient Egyptian / Greek
Thoth metropolis 15 ha with twin pylon-city and baboon colossi of Thutmose III in quartzite.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Katsina-Ala is a city and local government area (LGA) of Benue State, Nigeria where the A344 highway starts.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Savda–Malwa–Jorwe 1900–1000 BCE → Early Historic 300 BCE–300 CE · Savda-Chalcolithic → Malwa–Jorwe → Satavahana
Tapti Chalcolithic–Early Historic sequence (1900 BCE–300 CE) with Indo-Roman amphorae at Dhule ford.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2300 BCE–19th c; peak Roman) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman-Egyptian / Islamic oasis
Western Desert 100-km oasis with Muzawaka painted zodiac tombs and Ain Asil Old Kingdom governor palace.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El Qattah, also known as Qattah or El-Qattah, is an ancient Egyptian site in Lower Egypt, roughly 10 miles northwest of Letopolis.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Marid Castle (Arabic: قَصْر مَارِد, Qaṣr Mārid, literally "the rebellious castle") is a historic military fortress located in the city of Dumat al-Jandal in the Al-Jawf region of Saudi Arabia, about…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Pedra Pintada or "Painted Rock" is a large rock formation in the state of Roraima, Brazil.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Eythra is a former settlement near Leipzig, Germany. It is archaeologically important because it is one of the sites of Europe's oldest civilisation.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
The Istana Jahar was a royal residence in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. It was built in 1855 by Sultan Muhammad II of Kelantan for his grandson Raja Bendahara Long Kundor.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Klimonas is an archaeological site dating to the 9th millennium BC. Discovered in Cyprus at Ayios Tychonas in the Limassol District, Klimonas is the oldest known farming village in the world.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (122-431 CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Roman military
Plateau fort Rapidum.
