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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Hatadage (Sinhala: හැටදාගේ) is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. It was built by King Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Crossen Palace is a Baroque palace in the municipality of Crossen an der Elster in the east of the German federal state of Thuringia, located between Gera in the south and Zeitz in the north.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Watana, Intiwatana (Quechua, hispanicized spelling Intihuatana) or Pumaqucha (Quechua puma cougar, puma, qucha lake, "puma lake", hispanicized spellings Pomaccocha, Pomacocha, Pumacocha) is an…
Republic of Abkhazia · Archaeological wonder
Anakopia Fortress (Georgian: ანაკოფია, romanized: anak'opia) is an ancient military citadel in New Athos (as it is currently known) in the disputed Abkhazia, Georgia located some 22 km (14 miles) by…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Ashland Dam and Spillway is a historic site at the north end of Ashland Reservoir in Ashland State Park in Ashland, Massachusetts.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Arabic: ٱلْمَوَاقِع ٱلْأَثَرِيَّة فِيْ بَات وَٱلْخُطْم وَٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of…
North Macedonia · Archaeological wonder
Golem Grad (Macedonian: Голем Град), meaning Big City/Town, also known as Snake Island or Pelican Island, is an island in North Macedonia. The island covers an area of more than 20 hectares.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet Tibnah (also Tibneh) is a tell (archaeological mound) located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the West Bank, between the villages Deir Nidham and Nabi Salih.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Chalcolithic to Late Antiquity (5000 BCE – 400 CE; rock city peak 1500–500 BCE) · Thracian (Bessi tribe) to Roman and Byzantine
Rocky massif on the Perperek gold–bearing ridge where Thracians carved a palace-temple complex into the living rock: hall of prophecies claimed as the sanctuary of Dionysus visited by Alexander…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Al-Bireh, El Bire, Biré, El Bireh (Levantine Arabic: البيرة, romanized: el-Bīrreh) or Birra (at the time of the Crusades) is a town in the Rashaya District, south-eastern portion of the Bekaa…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Gala Abu Ahmed is a fortress ruin in lower Wadi Howar, northern Sudan. The 120 by 180 metres (390 ft × 590 ft) facility is located 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of the Nile.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cuchi Machay (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Khuchi Mach'ay or Khuchimach'ay, khuchi pig, mach'ay cave, "pig cave") is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Enfidha (or Dar-el-Bey, Arabic: دار البي ) is a place in north-eastern Tunisia with a population of approximately 10,000. It is visited by tourists on their way to Takrouna.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Horvat ʽAnim (Hebrew: חורבת ענים) or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta (Arabic: خربة غويين التحتا, “Lower Ghuwein”) is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills,…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Delhi Sarai Rohilla (station code: DEE) is a railway station on the Indian Railways network, located 4 kilometres east of the Delhi Junction railway station.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Fafertin (Arabic: فافرتين; Kurdish: Fafirtîn) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem'an region of the Dead Cities.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Gokul Medh is an archaeological site in Bangladesh. It is an excavated mound in the village of Gokul in Bogra Sadar Upazila, Bogra, about 2 km southwest of Mahasthangarh.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Olmecas
Juxtlahuaca (Spanish pronunciation: [xuʃtlaˈwaka]), or Xiuxtlahuaca (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ʃjuʃtɬaˈwaka]), is a cave and archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero containing murals…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Landhaus is a historic building in Dresden, Germany. The house is designed to Saxony region's Landstand, it was built in the Baroque style between 1770 and 1776 by Friedrich August Krubsacius on…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Llaqta Qulluy (Quechua llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), qulluy to die out, become extinct; to fail, "extinct town", also spelled Llaqta Qolloy) is an archaeological site in Peru…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
The Bar'an Temple (Arabic: معبد بران) is a Sabaean temple near Marib, Yemen; also known as the "Throne of Bilqis", it dates back to the 10th century BCE and was dedicated to the god Almaqah.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gråträsk is a village in Sweden. It is located in the western part of Piteå kommun in the south of Norrbotten close to the Lappmarksgränsen, at an isthmus between the lakes Gråträsket (415 square…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca civilization
Cabeza de Vaca is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Tumbes Region, Tumbes Province, Corrales District. Cabeza de Vaca was occupied by Incas.
