🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Abbey library of Saint Gall
The abbey library of St Gall (German: Stiftsbibliothek) is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
The abbey library of St Gall (German: Stiftsbibliothek) is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Adelsö is an island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden, near Björkfjärden. The island is part of Ekerö Municipality and Stockholm County.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder
Los Naranjos is the name for an archaeological region in western Honduras which belongs to the Lenca culture. It lies on the north border of Lake Yojoa.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Kalasan (Indonesian: Candi Kalasan, Javanese: ꦕꦟ꧀ꦝꦶꦏꦭꦱꦤ꧀, Candhi Kalasan), also known as Candi Kalibening, is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia.
🇵🇱 Poland · Archaeological wonder
Bolesławiec (pronounced [bɔlɛˈswavʲɛt͡s]; German: Bunzlau) is a historic city situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Ingoldisthorpe-Low Archaeological Complex in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
The Cetina (pronounced [ˈʦětina]) is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of 101 km (63 mi) and its basin covers an area of 1,463 km2 (565 mi2).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Early Holocene to Late Antiquity (9500 BCE–500 CE) · Holocene Saharan pastoral / Nubian
1000-km Yellow Nile former tributary with 400 Holocene pastoral scatters 9500–2000 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huichún (possibly from Quechua wich'un femur) is an archaeological site in Peru. The National Institute of Culture declared it a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
San Agustín (Spanish pronunciation: [san aɣusˈtin]) is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Huila. The town is located 227 km away from the capital of the department, Neiva.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Akhmim (Arabic: أخميم, pronounced [ʔæxˈmiːm]; Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲓⲙ, Coptic pronunciation: [xmiːm]; Sahidic/Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲓⲛ Coptic pronunciation: [ʃmiːn]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of…
🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Margëlliç Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Margëlliçit) is a castle in the village of Margëlliç near Patos, western Albania. It is a castle that dates from the 7th century AD and is found on top of a hill.
🇦🇺 Australia · Archaeological wonder
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Jebil is a national park in Tunisia situated within the Grand Erg Oriental in the Sahara desert.
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Archaeological wonder
The Carli Mansion (Slovene: palača Carli; Italian: palazzo Carli) is a mansion in Koper, a port town in southwestern Slovenia.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Choto Katra (Bengali: ছোট কাটারা; Small Katra) is one of two Katras built during Mughal rule in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was constructed in 1663 by Subahdar Shaista Khan.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Ileret (also spelled Illeret) is a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. It is located in Northern Kenya, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, north of Sibiloi National Park and near the Ethiopian…
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Freienbach–Hurden Rosshorn, more often called Hurden Rosshorn or simply Rosshorn, is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Carthaginian to Byzantine (4th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman
Sister city to Thuburbo Majus with olive press park (15 presses).
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Archaeological wonder
Belgramoni–Tacco Mansion (Slovene: palača Belgramoni-Tacco; Italian: palazzo Belgramoni-Tacco) is a mansion in the city of Koper, in southwestern Slovenia. It was built around 1600.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Ihlamur Palace (Turkish: Ihlamur Kasrı, lit. Linden Pavilion), is a former imperial Ottoman summer pavilion located in Istanbul, Turkey.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Choquepuquio (possibly from Quechua chuqi metal, gold (Aymara), every kind of precious metal, pukyu spring, well) is an ancient Wari site in Peru in the valley of Cusco.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Diocletianopolis (Ancient Greek: Διοκλητιανούπολις) was a city near Ascalon. It was given the status of a city under the name Diocletianopolis as part of a Roman policy of urbanization, what had been…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Hoedjiespunt is a Middle Pleistocene aged hominid fossil-bearing site on the West coast of South Africa, near the town of Saldanha Bay.