🇷🇸 Serbia · Archaeological wonder
Kosmaj
Kosmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Космај, pronounced [kɔ̌smaːj]) is a mountain south of Belgrade. With an elevation of 626 meters, it is the highest point of the entire Belgrade City area and is nicknamed…
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🇷🇸 Serbia · Archaeological wonder
Kosmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Космај, pronounced [kɔ̌smaːj]) is a mountain south of Belgrade. With an elevation of 626 meters, it is the highest point of the entire Belgrade City area and is nicknamed…
🇧🇿 Belize · Archaeological wonder
Bugle Caye Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Belize. The station was originally established in 1885 and has a focal plane 19 m (62 ft).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Bejucal is a Maya archaeological site in the Petén Department of Guatemala. It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of El Zotz and was subservient to that city.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Ishite-ji (石手寺) is a Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. Its name means Stone Hand Temple (石手寺).
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
The former city of Dehistan/Mashhad-i Misrian (Turkmen: Dehistan), now in the Balkan Region of western Turkmenistan, was a major economic center from the 10th to the 14th centuries CE.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
The Gokstad Mound (Norwegian: Gokstadhaugen) is a large burial mound at Gokstad Farm in Sandefjord (formerly Sandar municipality) in Vestfold County, Norway.
🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Kardhiq Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Kardhiqit) is a ruined Ottoman Turkish hill fortress located in Kardhiq, southern Albania.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Huaca de Chena, also known as the Chena Pukara, is an Inca site on Chena Mountain, in the basin of San Bernardo, at the edge of the Calera de Tango and Maipo Province communes in Chile.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Gaujiena Castle (German: Schloss Adsel; Estonian: Atsele ordulinnus) is a castle in the historical region of Vidzeme, in northern Latvia. It was built between 1236 and 1238.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Gandhi Gram Ghasera or Ghasera is a village in Nuh district of Haryana state in northern India. It is dominated by Meos.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
El Dahir (Somali: Ceel-Daahir) formerly known as El Dofar (Somali: Ceel Doofaar), is a town in Bari, Somalia region of Puntland state of Somalia.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille (Occitan: Abadiá de Sant Victor, Marselha) is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the…
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Bweni is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 33 m (108 ft).
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Ain Qannas or Ein Ganas is an archaeological site located near Al-Murah village in Al-Hasa, Eastern Saudi Arabia. It dates to between the late 6th to early 5th millennium BCE.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient village
Alaminos (Greek: Αλαμινός, Turkish: Aleminyo) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, west of the city of Larnaca.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hypselis or Hypsela (Ancient Greek: Ύψηλή; Coptic: ϣⲱⲧⲡ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Idfa (Arabic: إدفا) is a village in Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt located 6.4 km (4.0 mi) from the nearby city of Sohag.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Großer Waldstein is part of the Waldstein range in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany. It is known primarily for its rock formations caused by spheroidal weathering, its ruined castles and the only…
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Temple complex
The Cim Early Christian Basilica (built in 5th–6th century AD) consists of the archaeological remains of an early Christian–late Roman basilica in Mostar's Crkvine suburb.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Barm-e Delak (Persian: برمدلک), is a site of a Sasanian rock relief located about 10 km southeast of Shiraz, in the Fars province of Iran.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic
The Areni-1 cave complex (Armenian: Արենիի քարանձավ) is an ancient multicomponent site, and late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Hammath Tiberias or Hammat Tiberias (Hebrew: חמת טבריה) is an ancient archaeological site and Israeli national park, located at the southern end of Tiberias along the road to Zemach, on the western…
🇵🇪 Peru · Cave
Inka Mach'ay (Quechua inka Inca, mach'ay cave, "Inca cave", Hispanicized spelling Incamachay, Inca Machay) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border,…