🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Lezhë Castle
The Lezhë Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Lezhës) is a castle dominating the city of Lezhë, northern Albania. Its highest point is 186 metres (610 ft).
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Marib
Marib (Arabic: مَأْرِب, romanized: Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 Mryb/Mrb) is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Bou-Hedma National Park
Bou-Hedma National Park is located in both the Gafsa Governorate and Sidi Bouzid Governorate, in Tunisia.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Dumat al-Jandal Mustatil Field
Neolithic (pottery Neolithic, 5000 BCE) · Late Neolithic Arabian pastoralists
70 mustatil rectangles (5000–3500 BCE)—communal cattle-cult enclosures on the Jowf plain.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Kemondo Iron Age Sites
Kemondo Iron Age Sites or KM2 and KM3 are Early Iron Age complex industrial archaeological sites in Kemondo ward, Bukoba Rural District, Kagera Region, Tanzania, excavated by a team led by…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Alto Ramírez Geoglyphs (Lluta Valley)
Formative to Middle Horizon (Alto Ramírez to Cabuza-Tiwanaku) · Alto Ramírez / Cabuza / Tiwanaku valley interface
50+ Alto Ramírez–Cabuza hillside figures (800 BCE–1000 CE) in Lluta Valley Precordillera.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Kalkrieser Berg
Germanic people
The Kalkrieser Berg (also called the Schmittenhöhe) is a hill, 157 m high, between the villages of Venne and Engter in the district of Osnabrück.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Lisht
Ancient Egypt
Lisht or el-Lisht (Arabic: اللشت, romanized: Al-Lišt) is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Vitor Valley Pampa Geoglyphs (Corire–La Cano Sector)
Sihuas–Wari to Late Intermediate · Vitor–Sihuas valley people
Vitor pampa geoglyphs between Arequipa and Majes: 21 etched figures with radial avenues to spring wetland.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Lingqu Canal North Section — Xing'an Qincheng Cut and Pound Lock
Qin (Warring States unification) · Qin Central, Bashu, Baiyue
Xing'an Xiang north 70% vs Lingqu south 30% divide with Huazui spillway and 36 pound locks, 219 BCE Shi Lu Qin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Kafara – Wadi Garawi Old Kingdom Dam
Early Old Kingdom (Djoser–Sneferu) · Old Kingdom Egyptians (Memphite)
World's oldest dam (2650 BCE)—110-m Old Kingdom embankment diverting Wadi Garawi floods.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Hama Norias — Orontes River Water Wheels (Hama Historic Hydraulic System)
Byzantine to Ayyubid–Ottoman palimpsest (Roman origins 4th c BCE–14th c CE continuity) · Byzantine / Ayyubid (Norias mainly Ayyubid 12th–14th c)
Seventeen surviving norias (river-driven water wheels) on Orontes River through Hama (285 m), largest Al-Muhammadiya 21 m diameter (largest noria in world, 1207 Ayyubid), lifting Orontes water 15–21…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Uygarak Kurgan Field (Lower Syr Darya Sakas – Inkardarya Delta)
Early Saka (Uygarak) to Sauromatian · Lower Syr Darya Sakas (Uygarak culture)
Inkardarya delta type-site: 70 low mounds (8-32 m) with standing-stag plaques spanning 300 years.
🇵🇱 Poland · Archaeological wonder
Krakus' Mound
Ancient Celts
Krakus' Mound (in Polish. Kopiec Krakusa), also called Krak's Mound, is a tumulus located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland, and is thought the resting place of Kraków's mythical founder,…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Henchir-Tebel
Henchir-Tebel is a town and archaeological site in Al Qayrawān, Tunisia, near Kairouan Henchir-Tebel is 118 metres above sea level.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Tihama Coastal Kite Field (Jizan–Al Birk littoral, Saudi Arabia)
Neolithic (Tihama Neolithic coastal, 4000–3000 BCE) · Tihama coastal Neolithic (Shell Midden / Jizan foragers)
33 Red Sea littoral kites (4th mill. BCE) with shell middens in pits — unique coast-hunting interface at Jizan.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Adullam-France Park
Adullam-France Park (Hebrew: פארק עדולם-צרפת), also known as Parc de France-Adoulam, is a sprawling park of 50,000 dunams (50 km2; 19 sq mi)(ca.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Herxheim (archaeological site)
The archaeological site of Herxheim, located in the municipality of Herxheim in southwest Germany, was a ritual center and a mass grave formed by people of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK) in…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Tara and Burj Karez System (Pishin Valley, Balochistan)
Early Modern on Iron Age antecedent (Achaemenid wad?) · Baloch / Brahui oasis with Afghan karez diffusion
Balochistan karez (fog-qanat) field (1,680 m, 30°12′N 67°03′E 30.20,67.05) in Pishin Lora valley between Khwaja Amran and Takht-i-Sulaiman ranges; twin karez Tara (1.8 km) and Burj (2.3 km) with…
🇭🇺 Hungary · Archaeological wonder
Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre
Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre is an ancient structure in Budapest, Hungary, the lesser of two located in Obuda. The other is the Aquincum Military Amphitheatre. It was built between 250 AD and 300 AD.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Berenice pet cemetery
The Berenice pet cemetery is a pet cemetery in Berenike, Egypt, dating from the 1st–2nd century CE. It contains the remains of more than 580 individual animals including cats, dogs, and monkeys.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Izki
Izki (Arabic: إِزْكِي) is a town in the Ad Dakhiliyah region of northeastern Oman. It is located at c. 544 m (1,785 ft) altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Dikika
The Dikika is an area of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. A hominin fossil named Selam, a specimen of the Australopithecus afarensis species, was found in this area.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Huara Geoglyph Field
Late Intermediate Tarapaca phase · Tarapaca and Arica caravan cultures
120+ Huara pampa geoglyphs (800-1400 CE) featuring unique 5-m footprint effigies on salar silt.