🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Acacus Mountains
The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus (Arabic: تدرارت أكاكوس / ALA-LC: Tadrārt Akākūs) form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Temple complex
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ruse Province, Bulgaria
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 under the direction of Thurstan, archbishop of York, and over the next four centuries…
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Rock art
Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve
Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve (Azerbaijani: Qobustan dövlət tarixi-bədii qoruğu) is a protected historic and natural site in Azerbaijan, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Valongo Wharf
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Panaramitee Rock Engravings
Mid Holocene to Contact (3000 BCE – 1850 CE) · Aboriginal Australian (Wilyakali, surrounding Western Desert groups)
South Australian type site of Panaramitee track-circle style 3000 BCE–contact.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs
Basketmaker to Historic Ute (500 BCE – 1850 CE) · Basketmaker-Anasazi (Ancestral Pueblo), Fremont, Navajo, Ute
Utah Wingate cliff 650 figures 500 BCE–19th c. palimpsest from Basketmaker to Ute.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Kairouan
Kairouan or Kairwan (UK: KYRE(-uu)-WAHN, US: kair-WAHN), also spelled El Qayrawān (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān, pronounced [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn]; Tunisian Arabic: قيروان, romanized:…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Matmata — Berber Pit Dwellings
Ancient to Modern troglodyte (4th c BCE–present) · Berber (Matmata) / Punic?
Matmata is the Berber pit-dwelling village 600 m on Djebel Dahar plateau where houses are 6–10 m diameter circular pits 7 m deep dug into limestone with 3–4 excavated rooms around central courtyard…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Madara Rider
The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
group of 40 tombs of members of the House of Yi, former rulers of Joseon (now Korea) between 1392–1910
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Poverty Point
Poverty Point culture
prehistoric site of the Poverty Point culture in northeastern Louisiana, United States
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Sambor Prei Kuk
6th–7th century Archaeological Park in Kampong Thom, Cambodia
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Novodevichy Convent
convent and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Moscow, Russia
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Thracians
vaulted-brickwork tomb in Kazanlak, Bulgaria
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock art
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
paleolithic archaeological site in Portugal
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Lower Germanic Limes
The Lower Germanic Limes (Latin: limes ad Germaniam inferiorem, Dutch: Neder-Germaanse Limes, German: Niedergermanischer Limes) is the former frontier between the Roman province of Germania Inferior…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital
Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifası) was built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small Anatolian town of Divriği, now in Sivas…