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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 986

Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 986 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.

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🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Theveste (Tébessa) – Legionary Colonia

Berber / Roman / Byzantine · Roman / Berber

Veteran colony of Legio III Augusta controlling Hauts Plateaux–Aurès corridor. Tetrapylon Arch of Caracalla (214 CE), amphitheatre, basilica of St Crispina (76 m) with catacombs, Byzantine walls with…

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Zabalam

ED to Ur III (c.3000–2004 BCE; peak Shara temple) · Sumerian (Zabalam, Shara cult) → Akkadian → Ur III

Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) is the cult city of goddess Inanna of Zabalam (later Shara). Excavated by Iraqi team revealing Shara temple platform (EB), ED houses and...