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Khor Fakkan (Arabic: خَوْر فَكَّان, romanized: Khawr Fakkān, lit. 'Creek of the Two Jaws') is a city and an exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates…
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The Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens are one of the most significant archaeological gastronomic finds in Southeast Asia in the 20th century.
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Manas Ordo (Kyrgyz and Russian: Манас Ордо, [mɑnɑs ordó]) is a modern historical park (with a museum) built around Manas's Kümböz (Kyrgyz: Манастын күмбөзү, [mɑnɑstɯn kymbœzy]; Russian: Кумбез…
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The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.
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Al Bustān (Arabic: البستان) is a village in Muscat, in eastern Oman (23°34'15.02"; 58°36'32.70"E, 8 m altitude). Its cemetery was used during the Samad Late Iron Age.
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Ananda Sastralaya (sinhala: ආනන්ද ශාස්ත්රාලය) is a public boys school located in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1890 as Kotte Buddhist English Mixed School.
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Toronto, Ontario, that was built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
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Brownshill Dolmen (Irish: Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh) is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland.
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Caleta Vítor is a village in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile. Archaeological research discovered that the Caleta Vitor area was already inhabited about 10,000 years ago.
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The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
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Cenabum, Gaul (sometimes written Cenabaum or Genabum) was the name of the capital city of the Carnutes, located near the present French city of Orléans.
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Cerna (German: Asorn) is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia.
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The Chabola de la Hechicera (Spanish for 'The Witch's Hut', Basque: Sorginaren Txabola) is a dolmen in Elvillar, Álava in the Basque Country of Spain.
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Chipaya is a village in Bolivia located in the Sabaya Province (formerly Atahuallpa Province) of the Oruro Department. It is the seat of the Chipaya Municipality. In 2001 it had a population of 363.
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Daepyeong is a complex prehistoric archaeological site located in the Nam River valley near Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
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Damjili (Azerbaijani: Damcılı mağarası) – is a half-circular shaped cave site (6400-6000 BC) in Azerbaijan, where evidence of prehistoric human presence during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic was…
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Darra-e Kūr or Bābā Darwīsh, is an archaeological site in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan.
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Dashtadem Fortress (Armenian: Դաշտադեմի ամրոց)(Qagheni fortress) is a substantial fortress of the 5th to 19th centuries located at the southern outskirts of Dashtadem village in the Aragatsotn…
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Dungur (or Dungur 'Addi Kilte) is a historic site dated to the 7th century CE, located in the city of Axum in modern Ethiopia.
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Dynge Castle (Swedish: Dynge borgruin), also formerly known as Dyngehus, is a castle ruin in central Bohuslän, Sweden.