🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jawa, Jordan
Jawa is the site of the oldest proto-urban development in Jordan, dating from the late 4th millennium BC (Early Bronze Age).
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jawa is the site of the oldest proto-urban development in Jordan, dating from the late 4th millennium BC (Early Bronze Age).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Glösa is a locality in Alsen in the historical province Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. Glösa is situated in Krokom Municipality, 50 kilometres northwest of Östersund, the capital of Jämtland.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Mansourieh (Arabic: المنصورية translit. al-Manṣūriyyah), also known by various spellings, including: el-Mansourieh, Mansouriyeh, Mansouriyet el-Matn, and el-Mansouria is a town in the Matn District…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Mendut is a ninth-century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hualpayunca (possibly from Quechua wallpa hen, yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) is an archaeological site located in Peru, specifically in the Obas District, region of Huánuco, above the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta (Quechua mawk'a ancient, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), "ancient place", Hispanicized spelling Maucallacta) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Condes de Argillo Palace (Spanish: Palacio de los Condes de Argillo) is a historical building in Morata de Jalón, Aragon, Spain. It was built in 1672-1676 under the direction of Juan de la Marca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from Quechua waqra horn, marka village) is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in Peru.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahlé in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in eastern Lebanon.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intini Uyu Pata or Inti Uyu (Aymara inti sun, uyu pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (Arabic: بئر المكسور; Hebrew: בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Kurit Dam (Persian: سد کریت or سد کوریت) is a decommissioned arch-gravity dam at the edge of Iran's Dasht-e Kavir. It is located 56 km away from Tabas, Iran, near the eponymous village of Kurit.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Duris (Arabic: دورس, romanized: Dūris), also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km (2 mi).
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
Khvilisha Church is an 8th- or, more likely, 9th-century Georgian Orthodox church located along the southern outskirts and side of the main road through the village of Aspindza in the Aspindza…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Al-Ukhaydir (Arabic: الأخيضر; also spelled al-Akhthar, al-Akhdar, al-Akhider, Akhizer), also known as Haydar or Aqabat, is a site in the Tabuk Province in Saudi Arabia, located southeast of Tabuk.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, Italy.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Deriana or Daryanah (Arabic: دريانة) is a town in the Benghazi District, of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located 32 km (20 mi) east of Benghazi.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inka Mach'ay (Quechua inka Inca, mach'ay cave, "Inca cave", Hispanicized spellings Incamachay, Inca Machay) is an archaeological site in Bolivia.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Yasif (Arabic: كفر ياسيف, Kufr Yasīf; Hebrew: כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Khirbat Al-Burj was a former Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948. Presently, Khirbat Al-Burj (lit.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Korti or Kurti (Arabic: كورتي) is a town in northern-central Sudan. In the Meroitic period, the city appeared as Cadetum, Cadata or Coetum in Roman sources.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Tod (Arabic: طود aṭ-Ṭūd, from Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ or ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏrty, lit. 'falcon', Ancient Greek: Τουφιον, Latin: Tuphium) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Golden Acre is a shopping mall on the corner of Adderley and Strand Streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Huis Honselaarsdijk is a former palace and country residence of the Dutch Stadtholders and princes of Orange which lies about 2.6 km (2 mi) southwest of the border of The Hague, Netherlands.