🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Camera Obscura (San Francisco)
The Camera Obscura is a large-scale camera obscura, in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Merke Turkic Sanctuaries
The Turkic Sanctuaries of Merke (Kazakh: Мерке түрік ордасы, romanized: Merke türik ordası) are located in southern Kazakhstan, roughly 37 km south of present-day Merke in the Jambyl Province.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
Haut de la Garenne
The Jersey Accommodation and Activity Centre is a building just north of Gorey in the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Walraversijde
Walraversijde is an abandoned medieval fishing village on the Belgian coast, near Ostend. It was rediscovered in 1992 in a dune area, near a medieval dyke.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Isog
Isog (possibly from Quechua isu skin sickness caused by a certain mite (mange), -q a suffix) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Syke Geoglyph
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Ancient City of Syke Geoglyph in Sicily, Italy is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Choquequirao
Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)
Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Misapata
Hatun Misapata or Misapata (Quechua hatun big, misa table, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, also spelled Qatun Mesapata or Mesapata) is an archaeological site in the…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Uzappa
Roman (1st–7th c. CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Colonia with circus and amphitheatre on imperial saltus.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Shoroon Bumbagar tomb
The Shoroon Bumbagar tomb is an ancient tomb in Zaamar, Töv Province, 160 km (99 mi) west of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) north-east from the banks of the Tuul River and close to the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
El Ingenio Petroglyphs
Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca
Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca complex at Písac
The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge above the modern…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Spy Cave
Spy Cave (French: Grotte de Spy) is located in Wallonia near Spy in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur Province, Belgium above the left bank of the Orneau River.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Björkö (Ekerö)
Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12 in Sudan Region 12, Sudan is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 in Iraq Region 4, Iraq is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dilwara Temples Mount Abu
Chaulukya-Solanki 11th–13th c. · Jain Śvetāmbara (Solanki)
Dilwara – five Jain Śvetāmbara marble temples on Mount Abu plateau (1031–1582): Vimal Vasahi (Adinatha, 1031 Vimal Shah, Chalukya craftsmen) with lotus ceiling pendent dome carved as concentric lace;…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
Châu Can
Châu Can (Hà Tây) is an archaeological site in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. It was located in Hà Sơn Bình province when it was excavated in 1974, but in 1975 was reorganized into Hà Tây…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well)
Jubb Yussef (Arabic: جُبّ يُوسُف, Hebrew: גוב יוסף), also known as "Joseph's Well" in English, is an archaeological site in Ramat Korazim in Galilee, Israel.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nombre de Jesús (Patagonia)
Nombre de Jesús was a Spanish town in Patagonia, settled in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Magellan Strait.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Avenue of Sphinxes
Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش), is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue (dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been…
🇺🇸 United States · Megalith
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
Late Prehistoric 1200–1700 CE · Plains Indians
24 m medicine wheel 28 spokes, solstice alignments.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Dosariyah
Dosariyah is an archeological site in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, dating to the late 6th and early 5th millennium BCE.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Agarak, Aragatsotn
Agarak (Armenian: Ագարակ) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is located on Amberd River.