🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Aartswoud
Aartswoud (West Frisian: Ierswoud) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, part of the municipality of Opmeer. It lies about twelve kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Heerhugowaard.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Orkhon inscriptions
The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual texts in Middle Chinese and Old Turkic, the latter written in the Old Turkic alphabet, carved into two memorial steles erected in the early 8th century by the…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Al-Khazneh
Nabataeans
Al-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة; IPA: [al.xaz.na], "The Treasury"), also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun (treasury of the pharaoh), is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Archaeological wonder
Brasil – Bristol Phantom Isle of 1480 (pre-Hy-Brasil Atlantic)
Medieval cartographic (1325 Dalorto – 1865 nautical) · Dalortic–Bristol cartographic
Circular Bristol-sought phantom west of Ireland named for dyewood — searched 1480–81, circular on Dalorto 1325.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khan Mirjan
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Qurn (Theban Peak)
Middle to Late New Kingdom and beyond (2100–1000 BCE cult) · Ancient Egyptian
420-m natural pyramid capping Thebes, shaping Valley of Kings orientation as Ta Dehent.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
Eocene (40 Ma; geological) — cultural use prehistoric camp spots · No culture — paleontological site plus subneolithic camp scatters
Eocene whale mass-grave Wadi Al-Hitan with 400 Basilosaurus skeletons showing hind legs.
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Estotiland – Corte-Real Phantom Labrador of Zeno
Renaissance (1558 – 1620) · Venetian cartographic
Large hook-shaped Labrador-as-island on Zeno 1558 — large island appearance of Labrador mainland seen offshore.
🇬🇱 Greenland · Archaeological wonder
Grocland – Southern Phantom Greenland on Mercator
Renaissance (1569 Mercator – 1660) · Mercator–Ortelius cartographic
Mercator's duplicate southern Greenland tip as separate island Grocland — tip doubled south of real Greenland.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Makapansgat
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Beautiful Festival of the Valley
ancient history · Ancient Egypt
The Beautiful Festival of the Valley (Egyptian: hb nfr n jnt; Arabic: عيد الوادي الجميل, romanized: Eid al-Wadi al-Jamil) was an ancient Egyptian festival, celebrated annually in Thebes (now Luxor),…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Ordu-Baliq
Ordu-Baliq (meaning "city of the court", "city of the army"; Chinese: 窩魯朵八里), also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Fajada Butte
Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Berdín Palace
The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Galician: Pazo de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Lazarraga Palace
The Lazarraga Palace (Basque: Lazarragatarren jauregia, Spanish: Palacio Lazarraga) is a palace located in Zalduondo, Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Kanka, Uzbekistan
The site of ancient settlement at Kanka (Uzbek: Qanqa), Uzbekistan, is located in 80 km southwest of Tashkent, in the southeastern outskirts of the Eltamgali settlement.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Archaeological wonder
Kinský Palace (Prague)
Kinský Palace (Czech: Palác Kinských, German: Palais Goltz-Kinsky) is a former palace and now an art museum in Prague, Czech Republic.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Lake Michigan Stonehenge – Grand Traverse Bay Stone Circle
Claimed Hopewell? 3000 BCE (natural post-glacial 10000 BCE) · Pseudo Hopewell / Glacial
Claimed 40 ft stone circle at 12 m in Traverse Bay — Michigan DEQ shows glacial lag Recorded context — Period: Claimed Hopewell?
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Arctic Atlantis – Yamal / Gakkel Atlantis Arctic Pole Shift
Claimed 12k BCE temperate (ice 420k) · Pseudo Hapgood / Polar
Yamal 76N claimed temperate Atlantis — Vostok ice proves 420k continuous polar Recorded context — Period: Claimed 12k BCE temperate (ice 420k); Culture: Pseudo Hapgood / Polar; Field status: not…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Omagua – El Dorado Jungle Kingdom on Upper Amazon
Contact Amazon 1542–1639 · Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish
Orellana 1542 densely settled Omagua longhouse chiefdom misread as gold kingdom Recorded context — Period: Contact Amazon 1542–1639; Culture: Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish; Field status: not applicable;…
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Istana Perlis, Kuala Lumpur
The Istana Perlis is the official city-residence of His Majesty, the Raja of Perlis and the royal family, in Kuala Lumpur. It is located at Jalan Tun Razak, close to the Royal Selangor Golf Club.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Avalon – Isle of Apples and Glastonbury Tor Legendary Island
Literary 12th c. (Geoffrey) – 15th c. Malory · Cornish-Welsh Celtic / Anglo-Norman
Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 Otherworld isle where Excalibur forged, Arthur taken after Camlann to be healed by Morgan le F...
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Bagyr
Bagyr is a former village that has been annexed by the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. It is presently a neighborhood of the capital city. Bagyr features archeological sites.
