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Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Talianki — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Talianki

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tell Karanovo — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Varna Necropolis

Wikipedia · 2024

Varna Necropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetrek.zone

Vinča-Belo Brdo — Trek.zone coordinates

Trek.zone · 2024

Vinča-Belo Brdo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Palmyra — UNESCO World Heritage Centre 23

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Palmyra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitetemplomayor.inah.gob.mx

Templo Mayor — INAH

INAH · 2023 · INAH

Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Hegra (Madā'in Ṣāliḥ) — UNESCO 1293

UNESCO · 2008 · UNESCO

Hegra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Gezer — Biblical Tel UNESCO

UNESCO · 2005 · UNESCO

Gezer

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2005Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Assur — UNESCO 1130

UNESCO · 2003 · UNESCO

Assur

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Paquimé — UNESCO 560

UNESCO · 1998 · UNESCO

Paquimé (Casas Grandes)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1998Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Pre-Columbian City and UNESCO Teotihuacan 414

UNESCO · 1987 · UNESCO

Tetitla Apartment Compound (Teotihuacan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1987Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Basta (archaeological site) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Basta (Arabic: بسطة) is a pre-historic archaeological site and village in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Petra. It is named for the nearby contemporary village of Basta.

Basta

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Beidha (archaeological site) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Beidha (Arabic: البيضا al-baīḍā, "the white one"), also sometimes Bayda, is a major Neolithic archaeological site a few kilometres north of Petra near Siq al-Barid in Jordan.

Beidha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Eridu — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Eridu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Isin — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Isin (Sumerian: 𒉌𒋛𒅔𒆠, romanized: I3-si-inki, modern Arabic: إيشان بحريات Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near…