🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Nuzi
Bronze Age · culture of Ancient Mesopotamia
ancient Mesopotamian city
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🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Bronze Age · culture of Ancient Mesopotamia
ancient Mesopotamian city
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, romanized: jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world…
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Khor Rori (Arabic: خور روري, romanized: Khawr Rawrī) is a bar-built estuary at the mouth of Wādī Darbāt in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, near Taqah.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Mleiha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mileiha in the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab…
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
The Corycian Cave (; Greek: Κωρύκιον ἄντρον, romanized: Kōrykion antron) is located in central Greece on the southern slopes of Mount Parnassus, in Parnassus National Park, which is situated north of…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Archaeological wonder
The Jelling stone ship is a stone ship, the longest known to have existed, remains of which lie under the two royal barrows at Jelling, Denmark.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Archaeological wonder
Kultepe-2 (also known as II Kultepe) is an ancient settlement in Nakhchivan. It is located about 1.5 km north of the related ancient site of Kultepe-1, or about 10 km north of Nakhchivan (city) on…
🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder
The Peñol de Cerquín (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɲol de seɾˈkin]): "Rock of Cerquín") was a mountaintop Lenca fortress in southern Honduras during the Contact Period (1520–1540).
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts is the foremost structure associated with the history of weather observations in the United States.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Huis ter Nieuwburg or Huis ter Nieuburch ("House at New Borough") was a palace in Rijswijk, Holland, Dutch Republic.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Aramis is a village and archaeological site in north-eastern Ethiopia, where remains of Australopithecus and Ardipithecus (Ardipithecus ramidus) have been found.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
Araracuara is a remote settlement (centro poblado) in the municipality of Solano, Caquetá Department, Colombia, situated on the north bank of the Caquetá River in the western Amazon basin.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
The Armenhoef is a monumental farm on the Oirschotseweg 117 in the North Brabantian town Best in the Netherlands. The Armenhoef is the oldest, still in use farm of North Western Europe.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
Bijaći was a medieval Croatian village, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Trogir. The village developed around the church of St.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Buur Heybe, which translates to "The Hill of the Potter's Sand", is a late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological complex located in the largest granite inselberg in the inter-riverine region of the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Punku or Intipunku (Quechua inti sun, punku door, "sun gate", Hispanicized spellings Intipunco, Intipuncu, Inti Puncu) is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru that was once a…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Canteen Kopje is an archaeological site, formally protected as a grade 2 provincial heritage site, and approved in 2017 for re-grading to national status, situated outside Barkly West in the Northern…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Iñaq Uyu (Aymara, iñaqa a woman of noble caste of the Incas, uyu pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, "pen of the iñaqa, the woman of the noble caste of the Incas", other spellings Iñac Uyu, Iñac Uyo,…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia in regions around the Caspian Sea…
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Khor Fakkan (Arabic: خَوْر فَكَّان, romanized: Khawr Fakkān, lit. 'Creek of the Two Jaws') is a city and an exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Dekhmeye Rawansar or Koshk (Persian: دخمه روانسر) is a rock-cut tomb located near the town of Ravansar, about 57 km northwest of Kermanshah in western Iran.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Abrigo de Santa Elina is a rocky archaeological site located in the Serra das Araras mountain range, in the municipality of Jangada, Mato Grosso, 82 km from Cuiabá, and is considered the second…