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Echmiadzin Cathedral Mother See — Oldest Cathedral State Church 301 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Echmiadzin Cathedral Mother See — Oldest Cathedral State Church 301

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Farfan — Chimú Administrative Palace Northern Frontier Jequetepeque — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Farfan — Chimú Administrative Palace Northern Frontier Jequetepeque

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Garagay — Chillón Valley Relief Temple with Chavín Feline

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Hasankeyf — New Town Rock-Cut Tombs (Old Town Roman Bridge Foot) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Hasankeyf — New Town Rock-Cut Tombs (Old Town Roman Bridge Foot)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Leptis Magna — Hannibal's House? no — harbour and Hippodrome submergence — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Leptis Magna — Hannibal's House? no — harbour and Hippodrome submergence

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Maresha — Bell Cave Hellenistic Quarry City — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Maresha — Bell Cave Hellenistic Quarry City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Marmashen Monastery — Shirak Cyclopean Wall Fortress Church — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Marmashen Monastery — Shirak Cyclopean Wall Fortress Church

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Old Jarma — Medieval Citadel over Garama — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Old Jarma — Medieval Citadel over Garama

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Petra — Al Khazneh Treasury Annex Tombs — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Petra — Al Khazneh Treasury Annex Tombs

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Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — Wikipedia

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Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?

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Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 — Wikipedia

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Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12

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Skara Brae Boundary Wall Extension — Bay of Skaill Middens — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Skara Brae Boundary Wall Extension — Bay of Skaill Middens

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tatev Monastery — Vorotan Gorge Wings Aerial — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Tatev Monastery — Vorotan Gorge Wings Aerial

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Temple of Garni — Hellenistic Peripteros Armenia — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Temple of Garni — Hellenistic Peripteros Armenia

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tholos do Barro — Torres Vedras Neolithic Tomb — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Tholos do Barro — Torres Vedras Neolithic Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Tumulus Cemetery Temple 78 — Egypt Region 6

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Unstan Chambered Cairn Stenness — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Unstan Chambered Cairn Stenness

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vilcabamba — Espíritu Pampa Lost Inca Capital — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Vilcabamba — Espíritu Pampa Lost Inca Capital

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Chronology and function of Aizanoi — Zeus Temple and Penkalas Bridge Complex

A. B. Smith, C. D. Jones · 2020 · Antiquity

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Aizanoi — Zeus Temple and Penkalas Bridge Complex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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