🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Naqlun (Nekloni) Monastery
Late Roman to Mamluk (5th–14th c. CE) · Coptic Christian
Coptic hermitage complex (90 cells) with Church of Gabriel and wall paintings.
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🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Goya Museum (French: Musée Goya) is an art museum located in Castres, France. The museum was originally established in 1840 and was named after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, because it has…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Late Roman to Mamluk (5th–14th c. CE) · Coptic Christian
Coptic hermitage complex (90 cells) with Church of Gabriel and wall paintings.
Atlantic Ocean · Archaeological wonder
Claimed 9600 BCE (gyre weed 1492) · Pseudo Donnelly / Oceanography
Sargasso gyre weed claimed Atlantis — DSDP Leg 41 shows 150 Ma crust Recorded context — Period: Claimed 9600 BCE (gyre weed 1492); Culture: Pseudo Donnelly / Oceanography; Field status: not…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Batroumine (Arabic: بترومين, romanized: Batrūmīn), also spelled Beitroumine, is a small Greek Orthodox village located in north Lebanon.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Kushite (3rd c BCE – 4th c CE; Lion Temple c. 300 BCE) · Kushite (Meroitic, King Arnekhamani)
Vast Kushite labyrinth (180×150 m Great Enclosure with 55 columns) and Lion Temple of Apedemak with vivid reliefs of king and lion-god, possibly elephant training ground; Hintze ex...
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Chad Basin Late Stone Age · Gajiganna culture
Urn-field mound complex defining Gajiganna culture bridging Saharan and sub-Saharan pastoralism before Kanem.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Middle Kingdom (1990–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (12th Dynasty)
Unfinished Sobek temple with 7 shrines on Lake Qarun shore.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Akan gold trade (c. 1000–1750 CE; peak 14th–17th c) · Akan (Bron) / Hausa Wangara merchants
Sprawling 45 ha Akan trading city with four ethnic quarters (Brong, Kramo Wangara Muslim, artisans, market), producing brass crucibles and glass beads for gold–kola caravans to Jen...
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Submerged 65 — Greece Region 5 in Greece Region 5, Greece is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Harbour Mole Submerged Europe 113 — France Region 5 in France Region 5, France is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Inca Imperial, 15th century; possibly Killke antecedents · Inca
Cyclopean fortress-temple complex 2 km northwest of Cusco with three zigzagging dry-stone ramparts of limestone blocks up to 120 tonnes and 9 m high, fitted without mortar with sub-millimeter…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Period Medieval · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Quarry Gallery Submerged 119 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Period Medieval · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 in India Region 10, India is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Galgala is a town in Bari region of Somalia. The town has ancient markings of religious symbols and crosses and ancient remains of a cairns which commonly found in Sanaag and Bari, Somalia regions.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Watana, Intihuatana or Intiwatana (Quechua) is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Pisac District, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Písac.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Incahuasi or Incawasi (possibly from Quechua inka Inca, wasi house) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Cañete Province, Lunahuaná District.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
The archaeological site of Ancient Pap (also known as Balandtepa) is located on the bank of the Syr Darya River in the Namangan Region of Uzbekistan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Aq Kupruk is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
city in Stara Zagora municipality, Stara Zagora oblast, Bulgaria
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
ancient Roman-Berber city situated in present-day Saneg, Algeria
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
city in Veliki Preslav municipality, Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
ancient Greek trade center in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Archaeological wonder
Medieval necropolis near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
