🇾🇪 Yemen · Temple complex
Great Mosque of Sanaa
The Great Mosque of Sana'a (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ṣanʿāʾ) is an ancient mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, and one of the oldest mosques in the world.
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🇾🇪 Yemen · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Sana'a (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ṣanʿāʾ) is an ancient mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, and one of the oldest mosques in the world.
🇧🇸 Bahamas · Temple complex
Pseudoarchaeology 1975 Valentine claim (claimed 10,000 BCE Atlantis) · Valentine UFO/Atlantis proponents
1975 claim second Bimini 'Mill Reef wall' 1.5 km north of Road — seasonal beachrock sill disproved by worm tubes.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Kataragama Devalaya (Sinhala: රුහුණු මහා කතරගම දේවාලය, lit. 'Ruhuṇu Mahā Kataragama Dēvālaya', Tamil: கதிர்காமம் முருகன் கோயில், lit.
Bhutan · Temple complex
Chorten Kora is an important stupa next to the Khorlo-Chu(Kholongchu) River in Trashi Yangtse, in East Bhutan.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Temple complex
The Djamaa el Kebir or Great Mosque of Algiers (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: djama' el-kebir), is a mosque located in the city of Algiers, Algeria.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
The Grand Mosque of Bursa (Turkish: Bursa Ulu Cami) is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to commemorate his great victory at the Battle of…
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to protect the Second Temple.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Aaqbe (Levantine Arabic: العقبه, romanized: al-ʿAqbeh), also spelled Akbeh, Aqbe, Akbe, Aaqabet, el-Aaqbe, Akraba, Aaqabet Rashaya or Akabe, is a village and municipality situated 3 kilometres (1.9…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Geumseonsa (Korean: 금선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea. Believed to have been established before 1405, it is located in 196-1 Gugi-dong in the Jongno District area of…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Grade I listed priory in Hambleton, United Kingdom
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Kalutara Chaitya is a Stupa (buddhist shrine) located immediately south of the Kalutara Bridge in the Kalutara District of Sri Lanka.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Temple complex
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized:, lit.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Temple complex
The Gialia Monastery (Georgian: ღალია, Ğalia; Greek: Γιαλιά) is a ruined Georgian Orthodox monastery from the medieval period.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Kalawan (originally meaning "The caves") is the name of an archaeological site in the area of Taxila in Pakistan, where it is one of the largest Buddhist establishment.
🇨🇦 Canada · Temple complex
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Toronto, Ontario, that was built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Kiri Vehera is an ancient stupa situated in Monaragala, Kataragama, Sri Lanka. This stupa probably dates back to the 3rd century BC and is believed to have been built by King Mahanaga brother of king…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Aaiha (or Aiha) (Arabic: عيحا, romanized: ʿAyḥā) is a village, plain, lake, and temporary wetland situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour (Russian: Андро́ников монасты́рь, romanized: Andrónikov monastýr', Russian: Спа́со-Андро́ников монасты́рь, romanized: Spáso-Andrónikov monastýr', or Russian:…
🇨🇦 Canada · Temple complex
The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Medieval Solomonic to Gondarine (1313–1748 CE) · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic / Amhara-Tigray
Lake Tana (3,000 km², source of Blue Nile) hosts 37 medieval island and peninsula monasteries (14th–17th c) with circular thatched churches, vivid murals and parchment libraries.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Doseonsa (Korean: 도선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea, named after its supposed founder, Doseon.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Claimed 9600 BCE (Malta temples 3600 BCE, strait 5 Ma) · Pseudo Malta temples / Strait geology
Malta–Sicily bridge claimed Atlantis at 130 m deep — cores show strait always water since 5 Ma Recorded context — Period: Claimed 9600 BCE (Malta temples 3600 BCE, strait 5 Ma); Culture: Pseudo Malta…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Surakarta (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Surakarta; Javanese: Masjid Ageng Karaton Surakarta Hadiningrat) is an 18th-century Javanese mosque in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.