🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Bar'an Temple
The Bar'an Temple (Arabic: معبد بران) is a Sabaean temple near Marib, Yemen; also known as the "Throne of Bilqis", it dates back to the 10th century BCE and was dedicated to the god Almaqah.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gråträsk
Gråträsk is a village in Sweden. It is located in the western part of Piteå kommun in the south of Norrbotten close to the Lappmarksgränsen, at an isthmus between the lakes Gråträsket (415 square…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes
Inca civilization
Cabeza de Vaca is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Tumbes Region, Tumbes Province, Corrales District. Cabeza de Vaca was occupied by Incas.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Himmelstalund
Himmelstalund is a large park/open space in Norrköping, Sweden. The park is known for having one of Sweden's densest collection of petroglyphs, with more than 1,600 rock carvings across 60 panels.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bojjannakonda
Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda are two rock-cut caves of Buddhist origin on adjacent hillocks situated near the village of Sankaram, Anakapalle of ancient Kalinga in the Indian state of Andhra…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huamboy
Huamboy (possibly from Quechua wamp'uy, meaning "to navigate, to sail, to travel by boat") is an archaeological site featuring cemeteries and a village located on a hill of the same name in Peru.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castle of Almourol
The Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River, located in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the municipal…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Enpuku-ji
Enpuku-ji (円福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Bauska Castle
Bauska Castle (Latvian: Bauskas pils; German: Schloss Bauske) is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Rock art
Cojines del Zaque
The Cojines del Zaque (English: "Cushions of the Zaque") is an archeological site of the Muisca located in the city of Tunja, Boyacá, which in the time of the Muisca Confederation was called Hunza.
🇳🇴 Norway · Ancient village
Høllen, Lindesnes
Høllen or Spangereid is a village in Lindesnes Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the narrow isthmus connecting the Lindesnes peninsula to the mainland, about 5…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khorramabad
Khorramabad (Persian: خرمآباد; [xorræmɒːˈbɒːd]; Northern Luri: خۉرمۊه, Northern Luri pronunciation: [xoɾˈmʉ.æ]) is a city in the Central District of Khorramabad County, Lorestan province, Iran,…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Daisen-ji
Daisen-ji (大山寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism, and its honzon is a statue of Jizo Bosatsu.
🇵🇱 Poland · Mound
Kościuszko's Mound
Kościuszko's Mound (Polish: Kopiec Kościuszki) is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modelled…
🇷🇴 Romania · Hydraulic works
Brădișor Dam
Brădișor Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Lotru River situated in Romania. The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill with a clay…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ghantasala, Krishna district
Ghantasala is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is 21 km west of Machilipatnam and 11 km east of Krishna River.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient village
Banganarti
Banganarti (Arabic: بنقنارتي Nobiin: Bángànarti (Island of the Locust) is a small village in Sudan, about halfway between the third and fourth cataract of the Nile.
🇲🇱 Mali · Archaeological wonder
Kawinza
Kawinza is a village and archaeological site in Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali. It was excavated extensively from 1984 by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Ancient city
Cara Sucia (Mesoamerican site)
Cara Sucia is a Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of western El Salvador.
North Macedonia · Ancient city
Idomenae
Idomenae or Idomenai (Ancient Greek: Ἰδομεναί, possibly from Ἰδομενεύς - Idomeneus), also known as Eidomene (Εἰδομενή) or Idomene (Ἰδομένη), or Eidomenae or Eidomenai, or Idomenia, was a town of…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Kromdraai fossil site
Kromdraai (Afrikaans for "crooked turn") is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Scladina
Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Devil's Quoits
The Devil's Quoits (grid reference SP411048) is a henge and stone circle to the south of the village of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, England.