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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is an agency of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and one of five volcano observatories operating under the USGS Volcano Hazards Program.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Barda Balka is an archeological site near the Little Zab and Chamchamal in the Iraqi Kurdistan, north of modern-day Iraq.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Elamite rock relief in Naqsh-e Rostam is the oldest rock relief in Naqsh-e Rostam, belonging to the Elam culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum, history museum, and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Coronation of Ardashir II is a rock relief that was carved between 379 and 383 by Ardashir II, the eleventh king of kings (shahanshah) of the Sasanian Empire.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidir (Arabic: حصن الأخيضر) or Abbasid palace of Ukhaider is located roughly 50 km south of Karbala, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Girdi Qala and Logardan (a few hundred meters to the north) are adjacent ancient Near East archaeological sites in Sulaymānīyah Governorate in northeast Iraq in the Kurdistan region, parts of a…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Lake Qaraoun (Arabic: بحيرة القرعون / ALA-LC: Buḥayrat al-Qara‘ūn) is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Belintash (Bulgarian: Белинташ, pronounced as Belantash and Belǎntash in some local Bulgarian dialects) is a small plateau in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria bearing traces of human activity.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Autun (French: [otœ̃] ) is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
The Independence Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Độc Lập), also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall (Vietnamese: Hội trường Thống Nhất), is a…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Henchir-Khachoum is a locality and series of archaeological sites in Sidi Bouzid Governorate modern Tunisia. The ruins are strewn along a tributary of the Oued El Hatech river east of Sbeitla.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Gasr Banat or Gasr Isawi is an archaeological site near Bani Walid in Libya and the location of an Ancient Roman centenarium or "perched" oppidum.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England, by John Laird Sons and Company.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
The Stock Exchange, Antwerp or Handelsbeurs (in Dutch) is a building in Antwerp, Belgium, which opened in 1531 as the world's first purpose-built commodity exchange.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Kinal is a major pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Department of the modern-day Petén Department of northern Guatemala.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
The Berezan island is situated in the Black Sea at the entrance of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Entremont is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiya, or Qapiya in Uru language, Hispanicized spellings Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía) is a mountain in Peru, possibly an extinct…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Archbishop's Palace (Greek: Αρχιεπισκοπικό Μέγαρο, Turkish: Başpiskoposluk Sarayı) is the official residence and office of the archbishop of Cyprus located in Nicosia.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Al Da'asa (Arabic: دعسة) is an archaeological site located on the western coast of Qatar. It is the most extensive Ubaid site in the country. It was excavated by a Danish team in 1961.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
The archaeological site of Al Ashoosh is a third-millennium BC settlement located 70 km (43 mi) south of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
Halych (Ukrainian: Галич, IPA: [ˈɦɑlɪtʃ]; Romanian: Halici; Polish: Halicz; Russian: Галич, romanized: Galich; German: Halytsch, Halitsch or Galitsch; Yiddish: העליטש, romanized: Heylitsh) is a…
