🇰🇷 Korea · Archaeological wonder
Geumgwanchong
Geumgwanchong (Korean: 금관총; Hanja: 金冠塚; lit. 'Gold crown tomb') is a Silla-era tumulus in modern-day Gyeongju, South Korea. Gyeongju was the capital of Silla.
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🇰🇷 Korea · Archaeological wonder
Geumgwanchong (Korean: 금관총; Hanja: 金冠塚; lit. 'Gold crown tomb') is a Silla-era tumulus in modern-day Gyeongju, South Korea. Gyeongju was the capital of Silla.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in the Judaean Foothills of central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Al-Azhar Park (Arabic: حديقة الأزهر, romanized: Ḥadīqat al-Azhar) is a public park located in qism al-Darb al-Ahmar, in Historic Cairo, Egypt.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Mdoukha (Arabic: مذوخا, romanized: Mdūkhā) is a village and municipality 72 kilometres (45 mi) east of Beirut in the Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.
🇫🇮 Finland · Archaeological wonder
Middle Ages
Mankby was a Medieval village in Finland under the Swedish rule. It's nowadays located in the Espoonkartano district of the city of Espoo, and extensive archaeological excavations have occurred there…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Alassa (Greek: Άλασσα) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, north of the Kouris Dam, on the main road from Limassol to Kakopetria.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Archaeological wonder
The Blučina burial is a Migration Period princely burial at Blučina in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. It was excavated in 1953 by Karel Tihelka (1898–1973).
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Muweilah (Arabic: مويلح) is an archaeological site in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. it is located in what is now the suburb of Al Jurainah near Sharjah University City.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Castril palace (also House of Castril) is a Renaissance style palace located in Sacromonte, a district of the Spanish city of Granada. It was built in 1539.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Jidali fort was a cross-shaped fort of the Dervish era located in the town of Jidali in Sanaag, Somalia and is also the first place in Africa to be bombed via aerial bombardment by a tally of four…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rabatha (Arabic الربذة) is a settlement in Saudi Arabia located some 200 km to the north-east of Medina on the pilgrim route from Kufa to Mecca, known as Darb Zubaydah.
🇵🇭 Philippines · Archaeological wonder
The Buenavista Protected Landscape is a conservation area and an archaeological site located on Bondoc Peninsula in the southern Luzon province of Quezon in the Philippines.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Archaeological wonder
The Cherŭng Royal Tomb, also known as Jeneung Royal Tomb, is a 15th-century mausoleum located in Chi-dong, Panmun-guyok Kaesong, North Korea.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Alampra or Alambra (Greek: Αλάμπρα; Turkish: Alampra) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
The Casa de Nariño (Spanish pronunciation: ['ka sa ðe 'na ri]), literally the House of Nariño, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Colombia.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Hamadab is a ruined Kushite city located in central Sudan. It was founded around the 3rd century BC and remained inhabited until the 4th century AD.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Mycenaean Greece · Mycenaean Greece
The Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge is a Mycenaean bridge near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros in Argolis on the Peloponnese, Greece.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue (Hebrew: כְּפַר בַּרְעָם), also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im,…
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (simplified Chinese: 明清皇家陵寝; traditional Chinese: 明清皇家陵寢; pinyin: Míng Qīng Huángjiā Língqǐn) is the designation under which the UNESCO has included…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Aabeby (Arabic: جبل عبيبي) is an archaeological site approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of Sidon, to the west of the road north to Qraye in Lebanon.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Archaeological wonder
The Mausoleum of Tangun (Korean: 단군릉; Hanja: 檀君陵) is an ancient burial site in Kangdong near Pyongyang, North Korea.
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
The Kokel Culture (1st-5th centuries CE) is a post-Xiongnu culture, from Southern Siberia, in what is now the modern-day Tuva Republic.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Roman Empire
Lugdunum Convenarum was a Roman town in the central Pyrenees, on the site of modern Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges in the Haute-Garonne department of southern France.