🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khanileh, Kermanshah
Khanileh (Persian: خانيله, also Romanized as Khānīleh; Kurdish: Xaníle) is a village in Dowlatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Ravansar County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
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🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khanileh (Persian: خانيله, also Romanized as Khānīleh; Kurdish: Xaníle) is a village in Dowlatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Ravansar County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
🇦🇹 Austria · Archaeological wonder
The Hofburg (German: [ˈhoːfbʊʁk]) is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khinnis is an Assyrian archaeological site, also known as Bavian (its neighbouring village), in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
The Kondoa Rock-Art Sites or Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings are a series of ancient paintings on rockshelter walls in central Tanzania.
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian (Saka) Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley and the Ukok plateau in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, south of the modern city of Novosibirsk, Russia;…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lake Turkana () is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from Ancient Greek: μάχαιρα, lit. 'makhaira' [a sword]; Hebrew: מכוור; Arabic: قلعة مكاور, romanized: Qala'at Mukawir, lit.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Ard Saouda or Ard es Saoude (Terres Noires) is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located in the Wadi al-Taym, between Rashaya and Marjayoun in Lebanon.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
The Church of the East monastery on Sir Bani Yas is an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates discovered in 1992.
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Archaeological wonder
The Holy Spirit Grotto (La Gruta del Espíritu Santo in Spanish), also known as Corinto Cave, in Corinto, Morazán, El Salvador, is a registered national monument of petroglyphs.
Mandatory Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanised: Yāfō, pronounced [jaˈfo]; Arabic: يَافَا, romanised: Yāfā, pronounced [ˈjaːfaː]), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Jaromarsburg was a cult site for the Slavic tribe of Rani dedicated to the god Svantovit and used from the 9th to the 12th century.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Lempa (Greek: Λέμπα, Turkish: Lemba) is a village in Cyprus located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the town of Paphos.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Sulaymānī (Arabic: تل سليماني) is a hill in Syria. It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Bidaa Bint Saud (Arabic: بِدَع بِنْت سُعُوْد, romanized: Bidaʿ Bint Suʿūd) is an archaeological site in Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E., notable for its Hafit Period tombs,…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Château de Navarre was a château near Évreux in Normandy. The medieval structure was built for Queen Joan II of Navarre (wife of Count Philip of Évreux) and later came into the possession of the…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Naulette, French: Caverne de la Naulette is a large cave located in Wallonia on the left bank of the Lesse, a tributary of the Meuse in the hills above Dinant, Belgium.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
El Castillo de Huarmey (English: "the Castle on the River Huarmey") is a pyramid-like structure on the coast of Peru, in the Ancash Region north of Lima, the most studied section of the archeological…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Iraq ed-Dubb, or the Cave of the Bear, is an early Neolithic archeological site 7 km (4.3 mi) northwest of Ajlun in the Jordan Valley, in modern-day Jordan.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
The Jingtai Mausoleum (Chinese: 景泰陵; pinyin: Jǐngtàilíng) is the mausoleum of the Jingtai Emperor, the seventh emperor of the Ming dynasty.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Ballana (Arabic: بلانة, romanized: Ballāna) was a cemetery in Lower Nubia. It, along with nearby Qustul, were excavated by Walter Bryan Emery between 1928 and 1931 as a rescue project before a second…
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Archaeological wonder
The Banc d'Arguin National Park (Arabic: حوض أركين, romanized: Ḥawḍ ʾArkīn, French: Parc national du Banc d'Arguin) of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Behbeit El Hagar (Ancient Egyptian: Pr-ḥꜣbyt(.t), lit. 'house of festival hall', Coptic: ⲡⲁϩⲃⲉⲓⲑⲓⲟⲥ, Ancient Greek: Πααβηιθις) is a village and an archaeological site in Lower Egypt that contains the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Cularo was the name of the Gallic city which evolved into modern Grenoble. It was renamed Gratianopolis in 381 to honor Roman emperor Gratian.