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🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Pitumarka (hispanicized spelling Machu Pitumarca, Machupitumarca) is an archaeological site with ruins of walls in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
Le Pinacle is a protruding pinnacle of rock, at the coastal edge of a Les Landes in the north-west of Jersey, with remains and ruins at its base dating from five periods including the Neolithic and…
🇹🇩 Chad · Ancient city
Early Islamic / Sahelian · Kanembu / Sayfawa Kanem
Dune-shrouded metropolis of Kanem (Sayfawa dynasty, 700–1380 CE) of 30,000 at lake-high stand, hub of trans-Saharan slave–gold–textile trade with Ifriqiya.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Berber-Punic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Berber-Punic-Roman civitas beneath Sfax with salting vats and church mosaics.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Wari Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE · Wari (Huari imperial)
Wari mausoleum 64 tombs gold queens 600–800 CE, intact 2012.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Minoan Neopalatial 1700–1450 BCE, origin 1900 BCE Old Palace · Minoan civilization
Minoan palatial maze of 1300 rooms - Labyrinth origin and Europe's first advanced palace.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ein el-Jarba is a two-period settlement with remains dating to the Early Chalcolithic (6th millennium BC) and the Early Bronze Age IB (4th millennium BC).
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kfar Monash (Hebrew: כפר מונש, lit. 'Monash Village') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the northern part of the Sharon plain and covering 2,700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of…
Parthian Empire · Archaeological wonder
Asaak, Arsacia (Latin) or Arshak (Parthian) was an ancient city which was a capital and royal necropolis of the Parthian Empire. Many of the Parthian kings such as Arsaces I were crowned in Asaak.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Roman (85–410 CE) · Roman
Vindolanda Roman Fort in Northumberland, South of Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (85–410 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Gandhara 6th c BCE–5th c CE (Achaemenid to late Kushan) · Gandharan / multi-empire (Persian, Greek, Buddhist)
Palimpsest city spanning Gandhara civilization 6th c BCE–5th c CE with three successive cities (Bhir Mound, Sirkap, Sirsukh) and Buddhist monastery complex Dharmarajika.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Zagwe dynasty · Ethiopian Orthodox
11 medieval monolithic rock-cut churches chiselled from tuff into trenches, connected by tunnels, built for King Lalibela as New Jerusalem pilgrimage site; UNESCO 1978.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Wari → Inca 1100–1480 CE · Wari → Inca
13 terraces 13 fountains laminar flow, Inca estate.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman · Roman
Auxilia castra of Cohors II Sardorum on Auzia–Lemellef road controlling Tell–Plateaux pass. Fort 180×140 m with canabae, baths, Gordian III rebuild inscription.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Tampu or Inkatampu (Quechua inka Inca, tampu inn, "Inca inn", Hispanicized and mixed spellings Incatambo, Inkatambo, Inca Tambo) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Bigeh (Arabic: بجح; Ancient Egyptian znmwt) is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Civitas Popthensis was an ancient Roman-Berber city located in the present-day Henchir Kssiba area in the municipality of Ouled Moumen in Souk Ahras Province, Algeria.
🇬🇧 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.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Dargun Palace, previously Dargun Abbey (German: Schloss Dargun, Kloster Dargun), was a Cistercian monastery in Dargun, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, in the former…
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Warring States to Ming · Qin/Han/Ming
Great Wall at Badaling & Jiayuguan in Beijing & Gansu, China is a Warring States to Ming archaeological wonder attributed to Qin/Han/Ming culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 438).
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Late Iron Age / Akan · Akan-Bono
Crowned hilltop capital of Bono (Bono Manso) 13th–18th c, mother of Akan gold kingdoms (Mampong, Asante).
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Pueblo II 1076–1125 CE · Chacoan
Chacoan Great House at 2310 m, lunar standstill alignment 1076–1093 CE.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
The Holy Cross Church (Norwegian: Korskirken) was a small medieval parish church for the northern part of the Old Town of Oslo, Norway.
