🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lamu
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa.
🇪🇬 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.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Khirokitia
Neolithic
Khirokitia (sometimes spelled Choirokoitia; Greek: Χοιροκοιτία [çiɾociˈti.a], suggested meaning Pig-cradle, from χοίρος 'pig, boar' + κοιτίς 'place of origin, cradle') is an archaeological site on…
🇺🇸 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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Jodrell Bank Observatory
astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park
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.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Land of Frankincense
The Land of Frankincense (Arabic: أرض اللبان, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Lubān or Arabic: أرض البخور, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Bakhūr) is a site in Oman on the Incense Road.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Jeffers Petroglyphs
Archaic to Protohistoric (7000 BP–1700 CE) · Paleoindian through Dakota
Midwest's largest petroglyph site: 4000 carvings 7000 BP–1700 CE on quartzite outcrop tracing 7000 years.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Acacus Mountains
The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus (Arabic: تدرارت أكاكوس / ALA-LC: Tadrārt Akākūs) form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Valongo Wharf
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.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Kairouan
Kairouan or Kairwan (UK: KYRE(-uu)-WAHN, US: kair-WAHN), also spelled El Qayrawān (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān, pronounced [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn]; Tunisian Arabic: قيروان, romanized:…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Madara Rider
The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
group of 40 tombs of members of the House of Yi, former rulers of Joseon (now Korea) between 1392–1910
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Sambor Prei Kuk
6th–7th century Archaeological Park in Kampong Thom, Cambodia
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Thracians
vaulted-brickwork tomb in Kazanlak, Bulgaria
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Lower Germanic Limes
The Lower Germanic Limes (Latin: limes ad Germaniam inferiorem, Dutch: Neder-Germaanse Limes, German: Niedergermanischer Limes) is the former frontier between the Roman province of Germania Inferior…
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
The archaeological site of Sabratha is an excavated Numidian and later Roman city situed near present-day Sabratha, Libya.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Sangiran
prehistory
archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia
