🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Kanna
Kafr Kanna (Arabic: كفر كنا, Kafr Kanā; Hebrew: כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Bir al-Maksur
Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (Arabic: بئر المكسور; Hebrew: בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west of…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kedesh
Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet Qana
Khirbet Qana (Arabic: خربة قانا), is an archaeological site in the Lower Galilee of Israel. It has remains of a settlement from the Hellenistic period to the Early Arab period.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet Shema
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Boralday North Crest Mound 22 (Boralday Northern Apex Kurgan)
Late Saka (280 BCE) — Boralday late group · Saka Tigrakhauda late (pre-Wusun transition)
82 m northern apex mound 22 at 820 m: 13 m high with panther foil and Han belt hook — Silk Road import in Boralday crest.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beth Alpha
Beth Alpha (Hebrew: בֵּית אַלְפָא, romanized: bēṯ alp̄āʾ) is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa mountains near Beit She'an, in the Northern…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Yasif
Kafr Yasif (Arabic: كفر ياسيف, Kufr Yasīf; Hebrew: כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kfar Bar'am synagogue
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue (Hebrew: כְּפַר בַּרְעָם), also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im,…
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Dazu Beishan Rock Carvings — Chongqing Northern Mountain Gallery
Late Tang to Southern Song (892 – 1178 CE) · Chinese Buddhist with Song gentry patron
Beishan 264 caves with 10k slender Song statues 892–1178 at Dazu north hill.
🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Theuchira (Tocra) North Necropolis
Greek to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Quarry-necropolis north of Tocra with 120 chamber tombs.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Rock art
Mwela Rock Paintings
Later Stone Age to Iron Age (2000 BCE–1500 CE) · Batwa / Bantu
700 Later Stone Age paintings at Mwela Rocks near Kasama — Kasama–Isoka bush gallery.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Duurlig Nars Xiongnu Cemetery – Khentii
Late Iron Age, Xiongnu Empire · Xiongnu (Hunnu) northern imperial elite
Xiongnu elite shaft tombs in Khentii pine forest—Han silk 'Chanyu servant' inscription and lapis 4,000 km trade chain.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Maoz Haim Synagogue
The Maoz Haim Synagogue was a former ancient Jewish synagogue and now archeological site, that is located near Maoz Haim, in the Beit She'an region, in the Jezreel Valley area of the Galilee district…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Claros Oracle North Stoa — Apollo Annex of the Sacred Way
Archaic to Roman Imperial (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek to Roman Asia
North portico with Hadrianic oracle conduit 200 m from Temple of Apollo.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ahicchatra
Mahajanapada 600 BCE → Gupta 4th–6th c CE · Northern Panchala Mahajanapada → Mauryan → Gupta
Ahicchatra — capital of Northern Panchala Mahajanapada (c.600 BCE–1100 CE) near Ramnagar, Bareilly district, excavated 1940s–60s by ASI (V.K. Sinha).
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Uyuk Valley Second Kurgan Terrace (North Arzhan Satellite)
Early Iron Age (Arzhan-Chertomlyk) · Arzhan (Early Scythian / Saka Royal)
Second terrace north of Uyuk River (950 m, 52°03′N 93°51′E) in the Tuva Valley of the Kings, complementing Arzhan 1 (9th c BCE) and Arzhan 2 (7th c BCE) on south terrace and Tunnug 1 (9th c) centre.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Yungang Western Cliffs — Datong Grottoes West End Caves
Northern Wei to Liao (453 – 525 CE peak) · Buddhist Tanyao imperial under Emperor Wencheng
Western 5 caves 40–45 with Tanyao Buddhas 15 m of Northern Wei Pingcheng capital.