🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Baraqish
Barāqish or Barāgish or Aythel (Arabic: براقش) is a town in north-western Yemen, 120 miles to the east of Sanaa in al Jawf Governorate on a high hill.
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🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Barāqish or Barāgish or Aythel (Arabic: براقش) is a town in north-western Yemen, 120 miles to the east of Sanaa in al Jawf Governorate on a high hill.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
The Diocese of Cusira is a home suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Cusira was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena, and is identifiable with Kessera (Kesra) in the…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Temple complex
The Dzhumaya Mosque (Bulgarian: Джумая джамия, lit. 'Ulu Dzhumaya Mosque'; Turkish: Hüdavendigâr Camii or Cuma Camii), also known as the Friday Mosque, is a mosque located in Plovdiv, in the Plovdiv…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Apliki (Greek: Απλίκι; Turkish: Aplıç) is a small village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 2.5 km North-East of Palaichori Oreinis and is at an altitude of 720 meters above sea level.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Artashat (Armenian: Արտաշատ), Hellenized as Artaxata (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτάξατα) and Artaxiasata (Ἀρταξιάσατα), was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Megalith
The Parque Arqueológico do Solstício (Solstice Archaeological Park), referred to in academic sources as AP-CA-18, is an archaeological park located in Amapá state, Brazil, near the city of Calçoene.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Deeghawapi (Pali: Dīghavāpī, "long reservoir") is a Buddhist sacred shrine and an archaeological site in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka, historical records dating back to the 3rd century BCE.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Lori Fortress (Armenian: Լոռի բերդ)(Georgian: ლორეს ციხე) is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Alazia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαζία) was a city of ancient Mysia near the River Odrysses, which flows out of Lake Dascylitis from the west through the plain of Mygdonia and empties into the Rhyndacus.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient village
Ayodhyapuri (Nepali: अयोध्यापुरी) is a former village development committee and now a part of Madi Municipality in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province of southern Nepal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: كوم أمبو; Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲃⲱ əmbō or ⲛ̄ⲃⲱ ənbō; Ancient Greek: Ὄμβοι Omboi or Ὄμβος Ombos; or Latin: Ambo and Ombi) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Apollonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was the ancient chief town of Chalcidice in Macedonia, situated north of Olynthus, and a little south of the Chalcidian mountains.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Chorazin (Greek: Χοραζίν; also Chorazain) or Korazim (Hebrew: כורזים) was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Rock art
Jebel Jassassiyeh (Arabic: جبل الجساسية, romanized: Jabal al Jasāsīyah) is an area with early petroglyphs, residential ruins and pottery remnants (from the 15th century) in northeast Qatar.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Dahshur (in English often called Dashur; Arabic: دهشور Dahšūr pronounced [dɑhˈʃuːɾ]) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat…
🇬🇪 Georgia · Temple complex
David Gareji (Georgian: დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Claimed 14,000–10,000 BCE gods' arrival; literary 1976 invention · Claimed Ugha Mongulala with 'Gods' (von Däniken flavored)
Tatunca's 13-gated underground Purus valley city for Ugha Mongulala — traced to German-born Günther Hauck, murdered journalist source.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Intiyuq K'uchu (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Archaeological wonder
Anak Tomb No. 3 is a chamber tomb of Goguryeo located in Anak, South Hwanghae, North Korea. It is known for mural paintings and an epitaph. It is part of the Complex of Koguryo Tombs.
🇪🇸 Spain · Fortress
The castle of Bullas is a castle located in Peña Rubia de Cehegín, Bullas, Murcia. Of muslim origin, it was built between the XII and XIII centuries, before the Castillian conquest.
North Macedonia · Ancient city
Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Λυγκηστίς; Latin: Heraclea Lyncestis; Macedonian: Хераклеја Линкестис), was an ancient Greek city in Macedon,…
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Gibeah (; Hebrew: גִּבְעָה Gīḇəʿā; Hebrew: גִּבְעַת Gīḇəʿaṯ) is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Basa (variation: Jabal Basa) is a village in Sudan. It lies 250 kilometres (160 mi) northeast of Khartoum in Butana, upstream of Wadi Hawa, near Meroë and the Nile.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast.