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The Haji Piyada Mosque (Dari: مسجد حاجى پياده, lit. 'Mosque of the walking pilgrim') or Noh Gonbad Mosque (Dari: مسجد نُهگنبد, lit.
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The Heidetränk Oppidum near Oberursel in the Taunus in Germany is one of Europe's most important Celtic oppida.
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Iraq ed-Dubb, or the Cave of the Bear, is an early Neolithic archeological site 7 km (4.3 mi) northwest of Ajlun in the Jordan Valley, in modern-day Jordan.
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Khemis Miliana (Arabic: خميس مليانة) is a town in northern Algeria of around 210,000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers.
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Abeen (Arabic: عبين) is a Jordanian village located in Ajloun Governorate in northern Jordan. Administratively, it is part of the Sakrah District within the Qasabah Ajloun Brigade.
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Tel Abel Beth Maacah (Hebrew: תל אבל בית מעכה; Arabic: تل آبل القامع, romanized: Tell Abil el-Qameḥ) is a large archaeological tell with a small upper northern section and a large lower southern one,…
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Ain Harcha ((Arabic: عين حرشة, romanized: ʿAyn Ḥarshah), also spelled Ain Hircha) is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
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Akhmim (Arabic: أخميم, pronounced [ʔæxˈmiːm]; Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲓⲙ, Coptic pronunciation: [xmiːm]; Sahidic/Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲓⲛ Coptic pronunciation: [ʃmiːn]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of…
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Anakalang is a village area (desa) and a small kingdom in the western part of Sumba island, in eastern Indonesia. It is noted for numerous megalithic tombs and its quadrangular adzes.
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Ausafa or Uzappa was a Roman era town, in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis and in late antiquity Byzacena.
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Baidar ech Chamout, Baïdar ech Chamoût or Beidar Chamout is a small village located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Machgara in the Western Beqaa District of Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
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Banganarti (Arabic: بنقنارتي Nobiin: Bángànarti (Island of the Locust) is a small village in Sudan, about halfway between the third and fourth cataract of the Nile.
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Bir el Ater (Arabic: بئر العاتر) is a city located in far eastern Algeria. It is located towards the border with Tunisia, around 87 kilometers south of Tebessa and just beyond the Sahara.
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Birtha (Greek: Βίρθα) was an ancient fortress on the river Tigris, which was said to have been built by Alexander the Great.
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Bumiayu temple compound, or locally known as Candi Bumiayu, is a Sumatran Shivaist Hindu temple complex located near the banks of Lematang river, precisely in Bumiayu village, Tanah Abang district,…
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Bābā Jān Tepe (Tappa), an archeological site in north-eastern Lorestan province (34° north latitude, 47° 56' east longitude), on the southern edge of the Delfān plain at approximately 10 km from…
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The Rodoni Castle or Skanderbeg Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Rodonit; Kalaja e Skënderbeut) is a castle in Albania. Rodoni Castle is at an elevation of 1 metre (3 ft).
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Chernihiv (Ukrainian: Чернігів, IPA: [tʃerˈn⁽ʲ⁾iɦiu̯] ; Russian: Чернигов, romanized: Chernigov, IPA: [tɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf]) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative…
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The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
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Dahr Al-Ahmar (Arabic: ضهر الأحمر, romanized: Dahr al-ʾAḥmar) is a village in Lebanon, situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate.