🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Gyeongju Historic Areas
Gyeongju Historic Areas (Korean: 경주 역사유적 지구) is a World Heritage Site in Gyeongju, South Korea that was designated by UNESCO in 2000.
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🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Chaman-i Hazouri (Dari: چمن حضوری) or Hazoori Chaman (Pashto: حضوري چمن) is a park in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Gyeongju Historic Areas (Korean: 경주 역사유적 지구) is a World Heritage Site in Gyeongju, South Korea that was designated by UNESCO in 2000.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Roman (124–400 CE) · Roman (Hadrianic)
Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland, Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (124–400 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman (Hadrianic) culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Balawat (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ, beṯ labat) is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province (Iraq).
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, in southern Croatia. In its location in the Roman period was town Varvaria, while during the medieval times it was an important…
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Horgen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈhɔrɡn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Beni Otsmane is a village of Tunisia which lies on the Cape Bon peninsula near the village of Sidi Rais and Korbous.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Late Archaic 1700–1100 BCE (peak 1500–1200 BCE) · Poverty Point culture
Late Archaic earthwork complex (1700–1100 BCE) with six concentric C-shaped ridges (1.2 km outer diameter) and six mounds, including 22 m-high Mound A – one of largest Archaic earthworks in North…
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Warring States to Han Dynasty 7th c BCE – 220 CE (early segments); Ming 1368–1644 (classic brick) · Han Chinese (Qin, Han dynasties)
World's longest wall system (21,196 km including branches) with earliest rammed-earth frontier walls from Warring States and Han (7th c BCE–2nd c CE) preserved in Gansu corridor (Han Dunhuang walls),…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman (1st c BCE – 7th c CE; colony under Hadrian) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis) / Early Christian
Road town on the fertile Medjerda floodplain, Thuburbo Minus became Hadrianic colonia with Capitol, baths, amphitheatre (56×46 m oval) destroyed 1680 for bridge stone, and olive pr...
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder
Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين, romanized: Qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn) is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Kuntur Amaya (Spanish: Cóndor Amaya) is an archaeological site in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Umala Municipality, near Wayllani (Huayllani).
🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Lëkurësi Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Lëkurësit) is a ruined Ottoman Turkish castle near Sarandë, southern Albania.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8 km west of Kaka…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Roman (290–400 CE) · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Pevensey Roman Fort in East Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (290–400 CE) fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Mogollon Tularosa 1275–1300 CE · Mogollon
46 rooms in five caves 1275–1300 CE, Mogollon.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Assyrian Empire
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
4th century
Khirbet Yajouz (or Khirbet Mudraj) is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Magharet el Kantara or Shaw's Cave (Arabic: مغارة القنطرة, arched cave) is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Archaeological wonder
The Aquincum Military Amphitheatre is the greater of two amphitheatres in Budapest, Hungary, the other being the Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre.
