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Al-Akhdhar is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It is a cemetery containing remains dating from the Umm al-Nar, Wadi Suq, Late Iron Age (Samad), and Islamic periods.
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Baghaberd (Armenian: Բաղաբերդ;) a fortress in the Dzork province of the historical Syunik province of Greater Armenia.
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Baking Pot is a Maya archaeological site located in the Belize River Valley on the southern bank of the river, northeast of modern-day town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize; it is 6…
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Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
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Borgring (older spelling Borrering) also known as Vallø Borgring, is a Danish Viking ring fortress located near Køge on the island of Zealand.
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The Caixa de Rotllan (meaning "Roland's Tomb" in Catalan) is a dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France, dating back to the Neolithic period, during the second half of 3rd…
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The Catacomb of Phaneromeni Church in Larnaca, Cyprus is a catacomb. It is located next to the Panagia Phaneromeni Church. The catacombs belong to the Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa
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Chactún (Maya: Red stone) is the name of an archaeological site of the Mesoamerican Maya civilization in the state of Campeche, Mexico, in the northern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
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The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Serbian: Црква Светих апостола Петра и Павла, romanized: Crkva Svetih apostola Petra i Pavla), commonly known as Church of Saint Peter (Serbian: Црква…
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Cihuatán is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador. It was a very large city located in the extreme south of the Mesoamerican cultural area, and has been dated to the Early…
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Dolno Gradište (Macedonian: Долно Градиште) is a village in North Macedonia. It is located 6 kilometres north of Kočani, at the base of Mount Osogovo and at the northern coast of Lake Gradče.
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Durbi Takusheyi (or Durbi-ta-kusheyi, meaning "tombs of the chief priest") is a burial site and major archaeological landmark situated about 32 km east of Katsina in northern Nigeria.
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El Baúl is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Escuintla Department, Guatemala.
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Entremont is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau.
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The Eye of Kuruman (Afrikaans: Die Oog) is a spring in the town of Kuruman (part of the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality) in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa.
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Ghaba is a Neolithic cemetery mound and African archaeological site located in Central Sudan in the Shendi region of the Nile Valley.
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Giecz [ɡʲɛt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dominowo, within Środa County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
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Girdi Qala and Logardan (a few hundred meters to the north) are adjacent ancient Near East archaeological sites in Sulaymānīyah Governorate in northeast Iraq in the Kurdistan region, parts of a…
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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…
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Gurëzezë is an archaeological site in western Albania.