🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Al Madam
Al Madam (Arabic: ٱلْمَدَام) is an inland town of the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Al Madam (Arabic: ٱلْمَدَام) is an inland town of the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Archaeological wonder
The Aiwan-e-Sadr (Urdu: ایوانِ صدر, lit. 'President's Palace') is the official residence and workplace of the president of Pakistan.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Kom El Deka (Arabic: كوم الدكة), also known as Kom el-Dikka, is a neighborhood and archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Monte Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Essaqwand Rock Tombs (Persian: گوردخمه اسحاقوند) are three rock-hewn tombs located 25 km southwest of Harsin in Kermanshah province, Iran.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Marmara was a town of ancient Lycia, whose inhabitants put up a ferocious defense to Alexander the Great during his invasion.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Cape of St. Athanasius, also known as Sveti Anastas (Bulgarian: Свети Атанас), is a cape situated on the Black Sea near Byala, Bulgaria.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Asqalan or Askalan is a village in Kunduz Province, in northern Afghanistan. It lies roughly 20 kilometres northwest of Kunduz and is also an archaeological site of an ancient tomb.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nevado de Acay is a 5,950-metre-high (19,520 ft) mountain in Argentina. It is a volcanic intrusion that formed during the Miocene and was later exposed.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Khallet Michte is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gärde is a locality in the north of Offerdal in the historical province Jämtland in the middle of Sweden.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chichakuri (Quechua chichaku, meaning chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans), -(i)ri an Aymara suffix; Hispanicized spelling Chichacori) is an archaeological site in Peru consisting of stone tombs (chullpa),…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Inca-Caranqui is an archaeological site located in the village of Caranqui on the southern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Hatadage (Sinhala: හැටදාගේ) is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. It was built by King Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Crossen Palace is a Baroque palace in the municipality of Crossen an der Elster in the east of the German federal state of Thuringia, located between Gera in the south and Zeitz in the north.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Watana, Intiwatana (Quechua, hispanicized spelling Intihuatana) or Pumaqucha (Quechua puma cougar, puma, qucha lake, "puma lake", hispanicized spellings Pomaccocha, Pomacocha, Pumacocha) is an…
Republic of Abkhazia · Archaeological wonder
Anakopia Fortress (Georgian: ანაკოფია, romanized: anak'opia) is an ancient military citadel in New Athos (as it is currently known) in the disputed Abkhazia, Georgia located some 22 km (14 miles) by…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Ashland Dam and Spillway is a historic site at the north end of Ashland Reservoir in Ashland State Park in Ashland, Massachusetts.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Arabic: ٱلْمَوَاقِع ٱلْأَثَرِيَّة فِيْ بَات وَٱلْخُطْم وَٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of…
North Macedonia · Archaeological wonder
Golem Grad (Macedonian: Голем Град), meaning Big City/Town, also known as Snake Island or Pelican Island, is an island in North Macedonia. The island covers an area of more than 20 hectares.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet Tibnah (also Tibneh) is a tell (archaeological mound) located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the West Bank, between the villages Deir Nidham and Nabi Salih.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Al-Bireh, El Bire, Biré, El Bireh (Levantine Arabic: البيرة, romanized: el-Bīrreh) or Birra (at the time of the Crusades) is a town in the Rashaya District, south-eastern portion of the Bekaa…