🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Heraclea Minoa
Heraclea Minoa (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα, Hērákleia Minṓia; Italian: Eraclea Minoa) was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia situated on the southern coast of Sicily near the mouth of the…
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🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Heraclea Minoa (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Μινῴα, Hērákleia Minṓia; Italian: Eraclea Minoa) was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia situated on the southern coast of Sicily near the mouth of the…
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Submerged site
Pseudoarchaeology (2018–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Richat extension)
Second Richat Semsiyat dome pseudo-harbour at 400 m asl – sandstone dome fracture south of main eye.
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Lenggong or Lenggong Valley (Malay: Lembah Lenggong) is a geographical area defined by the mountain ranges of Bintang in the west and Titiwangsa to its east.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
The Dieng Plateau, often called simply Dieng (Javanese: ꦣꦶꦲꦾꦁ; Javanese pronunciation: [dijénɡ]) is a plateau in Central Java, Indonesia that forms the floor of the caldera complex on the Dieng…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Kumma or Semna East is an archaeological site in Sudan. Established in the mid-12th Dynasty of Egypt, it served as a fortress of ancient Egypt in Nubia.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
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.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Cro-Magnon ( kroh-MAN-yon or kroh-MAG-nən; French: abri de Cro-Magnon [abʁi d(ə) kʁomaɲɔ̃]; Occitan: abric de Cròsmanhon) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter in the…
🇮🇹 Italy · Fortress
The Castello di Punta Pagana is a 17th-century fort located on the homonymous Punta Pagana, within the grounds of Villa Pagana in Rapallo, within the Metropolitan City of Genoa in Italy.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Apis (Greek: Ἄπις, named for the god Apis), was an ancient seaport town (Polyb. Exc. Leg. 115) on the north coast of Africa, about 18 km west of Paraetonium, sometimes considered located within…
🇨🇺 Cuba · Submerged site
Pseudoarchaeology (2021–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Guanahacabibes fringe)
Cuban second-platform moray-eel harbour mirage at 700 m – fractured Miocene reef misread as walls.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Argištiḫinili (Urartian: ar-gi-iš-ti-ḫi-ni-li) was a town in the ancient kingdom of Urartu, established during the expansion of the Urartians in the Transcaucasus under their king Argishti I, and…
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Archaeological wonder
Baba-Dervish (azərb. Baba-Dərviş) is an ancient settlement in the western part of Qazax District in Azerbaijan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St Martin of Tours.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Achilleion (Ancient Greek: Ἀχίλλειον, romanized: Achilleion; Latin: Achilleum) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara or Kelaniya Temple is a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east of Colombo.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cave
The Con Moong cave (Vietnamese: Hang Con Moong, "beast" cave) is located in the Cúc Phương National Park, just south of Mọ village, in the Thanh Hóa Province, northern Vietnam.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Daphnus or Daphnous (Ancient Greek: Δαφνοῦς) was a city on the Euboean Sea, originally belonging to ancient Phocis, which thus extended from the Corinthian Gulf to the Euboean sea.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Scientific 1864–1912 (Sclater), Tamil revival 1890s–1940s (Kandam literature) · Tamil Sangam myth + Victorian zoogeography
Tamil Lemuria south of Cape Comorin — Sclater's 1864 lemur bridge remade as 49-Sangam drowned continent.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
The Land of Frankincense (Arabic: أرض اللبان, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Lubān or Arabic: أرض البخور, romanized: ʿArḍ al-Bakhūr) is a site in Oman on the Incense Road.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Ichijō-ji (一乗寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Sakamoto neighborhood of the city of Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Langweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋvaɪlɐ] ) is an archaeological site situated in the Merzbach Valley on the Aldenhovener Plateau of western Germany.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cholleidae or Cholleidai (Ancient Greek: Χολλεῖδαι), or Chollidae or Chollidai (Χολλίδαι), was a deme of ancient Attica.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
The Dolmen del prado de Lácara ('Dolmen of the Meadow of Lácara') is a megalithic monument known as a passage tomb. It is located northwest of the Spanish city of Merida, in the province of Badajoz.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Cave
Hunugalagala is a Limestone cave, which is located in Haldummulla, Badulla District of Sri Lanka. It is assumed that this rock formation has been formed millions of years ago.