🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Horgen
Horgen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈhɔrɡn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Beni Otsmane
Beni Otsmane is a village of Tunisia which lies on the Cape Bon peninsula near the village of Sidi Rais and Korbous.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Great Wall of China (Ancient Segments)
Warring States to Han Dynasty 7th c BCE – 220 CE (early segments); Ming 1368–1644 (classic brick) · Han Chinese (Qin, Han dynasties)
World's longest wall system (21,196 km including branches) with earliest rammed-earth frontier walls from Warring States and Han (7th c BCE–2nd c CE) preserved in Gansu corridor (Han Dunhuang walls),…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thuburbo Minus (Tebourba) – Amphitheatre & Capitol
Roman (1st c BCE – 7th c CE; colony under Hadrian) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis) / Early Christian
Road town on the fertile Medjerda floodplain, Thuburbo Minus became Hadrianic colonia with Capitol, baths, amphitheatre (56×46 m oval) destroyed 1680 for bridge stone, and olive pr...
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rawda (tell)
Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder
Jenini
Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Beiteddine Palace
Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين, romanized: Qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn) is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Kuntur Amaya
Kuntur Amaya (Spanish: Cóndor Amaya) is an archaeological site in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Umala Municipality, near Wayllani (Huayllani).
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Abiward
Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8 km west of Kaka…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Pevensey Roman Fort
Roman (290–400 CE) · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Pevensey Roman Fort in East Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (290–400 CE) fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Mogollon Tularosa 1275–1300 CE · Mogollon
46 rooms in five caves 1275–1300 CE, Mogollon.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
Assyrian Empire
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet Yajouz
4th century
Khirbet Yajouz (or Khirbet Mudraj) is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Magharet el Kantara
Magharet el Kantara or Shaw's Cave (Arabic: مغارة القنطرة, arched cave) is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Archaeological wonder
Aquincum Military Amphitheatre
The Aquincum Military Amphitheatre is the greater of two amphitheatres in Budapest, Hungary, the other being the Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Dargun Palace
Dargun Palace, previously Dargun Abbey (German: Schloss Dargun, Kloster Dargun), was a Cistercian monastery in Dargun, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, in the former…
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Ayutthaya Historical Park
Ayutthaya Period 1351–1767 CE · Siamese / Thai (Ayutthayan)
Ruins of second Siamese capital (1351–1767) on an island at confluence of Chao Phraya rivers, with prang-pattern temples like Wat Mahathat (Buddha head in tree roots), Wat Phra Si Sanphet and Wat…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Bir-Abdallah
Bir-Abdallah is a locality in southern Tunisia, in North Africa. It is located at 35° 33' 10" N, 9° 56' 28" E.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Laqaya
Laqaya (Aymara for ruins of a building) is an archaeological site in the Altiplano of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Condorcaga
Condorcaga (possibly from Quechua kuntur condor, qaqa rock) is an archaeological zone in the region of Cajamarca, in Peru. It is situated in the Chota Province, Lajas District.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khone-ye Div
Khone-ye Div (pers خانه دیو, also known as: Khune-ye Div) – An archaeological site located in Iran, in the Razavi Khorasan province (historical land of Khorasan).
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Latium adiectum
Latium adiectum or Latium adjectum (Latin for "Attached" or "Extended Latium") or Latium Novum ("New Latium") was a region of Roman Italy between Monte Circeo and the river Garigliano, south of and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Choquequirao Puquio
Choquequirao Puquio (possibly from Quechua chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara), k'iraw crip, cot, pukyu spring, well) is an archaeological site in Peru.