🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Duris, Lebanon
Duris (Arabic: دورس, romanized: Dūris), also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km (2 mi).
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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Duris (Arabic: دورس, romanized: Dūris), also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km (2 mi).
🇨🇦 Canada · Earthwork
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 in Canada Region 2, Canada is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
Khvilisha Church is an 8th- or, more likely, 9th-century Georgian Orthodox church located along the southern outskirts and side of the main road through the village of Aspindza in the Aspindza…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Al-Ukhaydir (Arabic: الأخيضر; also spelled al-Akhthar, al-Akhdar, al-Akhider, Akhizer), also known as Haydar or Aqabat, is a site in the Tabuk Province in Saudi Arabia, located southeast of Tabuk.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
The Greek theatre of Syracuse lies on the south slopes of the Temenite hill, overlooking the modern city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, Italy.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Deriana or Daryanah (Arabic: دريانة) is a town in the Benghazi District, of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located 32 km (20 mi) east of Benghazi.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inka Mach'ay (Quechua inka Inca, mach'ay cave, "Inca cave", Hispanicized spellings Incamachay, Inca Machay) is an archaeological site in Bolivia.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Yasif (Arabic: كفر ياسيف, Kufr Yasīf; Hebrew: כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Khirbat Al-Burj was a former Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948. Presently, Khirbat Al-Burj (lit.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Korti or Kurti (Arabic: كورتي) is a town in northern-central Sudan. In the Meroitic period, the city appeared as Cadetum, Cadata or Coetum in Roman sources.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Tod (Arabic: طود aṭ-Ṭūd, from Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ or ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏrty, lit. 'falcon', Ancient Greek: Τουφιον, Latin: Tuphium) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Golden Acre is a shopping mall on the corner of Adderley and Strand Streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Huis Honselaarsdijk is a former palace and country residence of the Dutch Stadtholders and princes of Orange which lies about 2.6 km (2 mi) southwest of the border of The Hague, Netherlands.
🇨🇺 Cuba · Archaeological wonder
Faro Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse located in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1845 on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, an old fortress guarding the harbor of Havana.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Mural Hall Buried 54 — Syria Region 6 in Syria Region 6, Syria is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Ananda Sastralaya (sinhala: ආනන්ද ශාස්ත්රාලය) is a public boys school located in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1890 as Kotte Buddhist English Mixed School.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Lamanon (French pronunciation: [lamanɔ̃]) is a commune located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Archaeological wonder
Argentina Park (Slovene: Argentinski park) is the name of a park in the center of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Carthage Palace (Arabic: قصر قرطاج) is the presidential palace of Tunisia, and the official residence and seat of the President of Tunisia.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Centum Prata is the name of a Roman vicus on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich, whose remains are located in Kempraten (to which the vicus lends its name) in the municipality Rapperswil-Jona, canton…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ein HaBesor (Hebrew: עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר, lit. 'Spring of the Besor') is a moshav in southern Israel.
Kosovo · Archaeological wonder
The Harilaq Fortress (Albanian: Kalaja e Harilaqit; Serbian: Градина) is a hilltop fortification west of the village of Harilaq in Kosovo.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Tunuwiri (Hispanicized spelling Incatunuhuiri) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Puno Province, between the districts Chucuito and Puno, southeast of the…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Dilberjin Tepe, also Dilberjin or Delbarjin (Persian: دلبَرجین), is the modern name for the remains of an ancient town in modern (northern) Afghanistan.