🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Antonia Fortress
The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to protect the Second Temple.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Atlantis on Helgoland – Spanuth Heligoland Atlantis
Claimed Bronze Age 2000 BCE vs Doggerland Mesolithic 8000 BCE · Nordic Bronze / Doggerland Mesolithic
Spanuth Helgoland on Dogger Bank — real Doggerland Mesolithic plain 6200 BCE but no palace Recorded context — Period: Claimed Bronze Age 2000 BCE vs Doggerland Mesolithic 8000 BCE; Culture: Nordic…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Aaqbe
Aaqbe (Levantine Arabic: العقبه, romanized: al-ʿAqbeh), also spelled Akbeh, Aqbe, Akbe, Aaqabet, el-Aaqbe, Akraba, Aaqabet Rashaya or Akabe, is a village and municipality situated 3 kilometres (1.9…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
La Canela – Cinnamon Country of the Amazon (Gonzalo Pizarro)
Claimed 1539 forest resource not city · Spanish resource / Omagua
Gonzalo Pizarro 1539 cinnamon forest east of Andes — sparse not city, triggers Amazon descent Recorded context — Period: Claimed 1539 forest resource not city; Culture: Spanish resource / Omagua;…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Geumseonsa
Geumseonsa (Korean: 금선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea. Believed to have been established before 1405, it is located in 196-1 Gugi-dong in the Jongno District area of…
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Istana Perlis, Kuala Lumpur
The Istana Perlis is the official city-residence of His Majesty, the Raja of Perlis and the royal family, in Kuala Lumpur. It is located at Jalan Tun Razak, close to the Royal Selangor Golf Club.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Avalon – Isle of Apples and Glastonbury Tor Legendary Island
Literary 12th c. (Geoffrey) – 15th c. Malory · Cornish-Welsh Celtic / Anglo-Norman
Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 Otherworld isle where Excalibur forged, Arthur taken after Camlann to be healed by Morgan le F...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Mount Grace Priory
Grade I listed priory in Hambleton, United Kingdom
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Kalutara Chaitya
The Kalutara Chaitya is a Stupa (buddhist shrine) located immediately south of the Kalutara Bridge in the Kalutara District of Sri Lanka.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Kulubnarti
Kulubnarti ("Kulb island") is a 1 mile (1.6 km) long island in northern Sudan. Located on the Nile, around 100 miles (160 km) south of the Egyptian border, it is part of the village of Kulb.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Fontevraud Abbey
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Great Stone Dam
The Great Stone Dam, also called the Lawrence Dam or Lawrence Great Dam, was built between 1845 and 1848 on the site of Bodwell's Falls on the Merrimack River in what became Lawrence, Massachusetts.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Exeter Ship Canal
The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal, is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Temple complex
Cave of the Patriarchs
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized:, lit.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Baidar ech Chamout
Baidar ech Chamout, Baïdar ech Chamoût or Beidar Chamout is a small village located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Machgara in the Western Beqaa District of Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Basra, Morocco
Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة), nicknamed Basra al-Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة الحَمْراءُ, lit. 'Basra the Red'), was a settlement and historic town in northwestern Morocco.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Cajamarquilla
The Cajamarquilla archaeological site is located 25 km inland from the coastal city of Lima, Peru; in the Jicamarca Valley, 6 km north of the Rímac River.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Temple complex
Gialia Monastery
The Gialia Monastery (Georgian: ღალია, Ğalia; Greek: Γιαλιά) is a ruined Georgian Orthodox monastery from the medieval period.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Islamic Cairo
Islamic Cairo (Egyptian Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية el-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers…
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Archaeological wonder
Khisht Tepe
Khisht-tepe, or Khisht-tepa (“Brick hill” in Persian) is a Buddhist archaeological site located in a mountainous area on the left bank of the Obimazar-Yakshu river (tributary of the Pyandj river), in…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Gaya, India
Gaya (IAST: Gayā) is a city, municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh division of the Indian state of Bihar.