🇲🇱 Mali · Archaeological wonder
Kawinza
Kawinza is a village and archaeological site in Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali. It was excavated extensively from 1984 by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.
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🇲🇱 Mali · Archaeological wonder
Kawinza is a village and archaeological site in Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali. It was excavated extensively from 1984 by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Kromdraai (Afrikaans for "crooked turn") is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Dekwaneh (or Dekweneh; Arabic: دكوانة) is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Archaeological wonder
Kroměříž Castle (Czech: Zámek Kroměříž or Arcibiskupský zámek, German: Schloss Kremsier) is a castle in Kroměříž in the Czech Republic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Frightful Cave (Spanish: Cueva Espantosa) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Maray Qalla (Quechua maran, maray batan or grindstone, maray to tear down, to knock down, qalla carved stone, cobblestone; circular spindle disk; cheek, also spelled Maraycalla, Maraycalle) is an…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tipón Canal Aqueduct North in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Megalith
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hillfort Rampart Asia 58 — Mongolia Region 10 in Mongolia Region 10, Mongolia is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Ghor es-Safi, also transliterated Ghawr as-Safi, is an area in the Jordan Valley located in the Wadi al-Hasa. It is situated between the governorates of Karak and Tafilah, near the southern Dead Sea.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר, pronounced Yattir; Arabic: 'Attir عتّير) is a town in Judea mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
Gremi (Georgian: გრემი) is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
The archaeological site of Sabratha is an excavated Numidian and later Roman city situed near present-day Sabratha, Libya.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient city
Late Iron Age port (c.400 BCE–200 CE, bead industry 200 BCE) · Indian Ocean bead-trading port companion to Khao Sam Kaeo
Western Kra Isthmus bead port (400 BCE–200 CE) — Tamil-Brahmi sherds and rouletted ware at Ranong.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Ongamira is a valley located north of the Valle de Punilla and northwest of the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
K'ipakhara (Quechua k'ipa decomposed rests of plants in the field used as fertilizer, khara dung, Hispanicized spelling Quepacara) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Horvat Maʿon (Hebrew) or Tell Maʿin / Khirbet el-Maʿin (Arabic) is an archaeological site located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Gaza and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southeast of Kibbutz Nirim in the…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Al-'Ain al-Sokhna (Arabic: العين السخنة, romanized: al-ʿAyn as-Sukhna Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elˈʕeːn esˈsoxnæ], "the Hot Spring") is a town in the Suez Governorate, lying on the western…
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Palace of the Goyeneche (Spanish: Palacio de los Goyeneche) is a baroque palace located in Illana, Spain.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Qalaat al Thaqab (Arabic: قلعة الثقاب) is an abandoned village in Qatar, in the municipality of Al Shamal, approximately 110 km (68 mi) away from the capital Doha.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Cave of Horrors ('Ma'arat Ha'eimim') or Cave of Horror (Hebrew: מערת האימה, lit. 'Me'arat Ha'Eima') is the nickname given to a refuge cave that archaeologists have catalogued as Nahal Hever Cave 8…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inkachaka or Inka Chaka (Quechua Inka Inca, chaka bridge, "Inca bridge", hispanicized spellings Incachaca, Inca Chaca) is an archaeological site in Bolivia.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Cojitambo is an Inca and pre-Inca archaeological ruin, a popular rock climbing site, and a small village west of Azogues, capital of Canar province of Ecuador.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Ganjali Khan Complex (Persian: مجموعه گنجعلیخان, romanized: Majmou'e-ye Ganjali Khan) is a Safavid era building complex, located in the old city center of Kerman in Iran.