🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Gjirokastër Fortress
Gjirokastër Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Gjirokastrës or Kalaja e Argjirosë) is a fortress in Gjirokastër, Albania (during Ottoman rule it was historically known as Ergiri while Greeks referred to it…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Corycus (Ionia)
Corycus or Korykos (Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in ancient Ionia, near a mountain of the same name.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Amr ibn al-As Mosque
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ, romanized: Masjid ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ) is a mosque, located in the Fustat neighbourhood of Old Cairo, Egypt.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Sahaba
Jebel Sahaba (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلصَّحَابَة, romanized: Jabal Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah, lit. 'Mountain of the Companions'; also Site 117) is a prehistoric cemetery site in the Nile Valley (now submerged in Lake…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Babilonie
The Babilonie is a hillfort of the La Tène culture at a height of 255.6 metres above sea level on the northern edge of a rounded hill in the Wiehen Hills above the Lübbecke village of Obermehnen in…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Behy court tomb
The court tomb of Behy is a megalithic monument in the townland of the same name (Irish: An Bheithigh, meaning 'birch land'), near Belderrig in the north of County Mayo, Ireland.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Archaeological museum of Velzeke
The archaeological museum of Velzeke (Dutch: Archeocentrum Velzeke) is a museum located on the Paddestraat in Velzeke-Ruddershove in Zottegem, Belgium.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Great Wall of Gorgan
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Hamun Lake
Lake Hāmūn (Persian: دریاچه هامون, Daryāche-ye Hāmūn; Pashto: هامون ډنډ), or the Hamoun Oasis, is a seasonal lake and wetlands in the endorheic Sīstān Basin in the Sistan region on the…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Los Altares
Los Altares is a rural commune in Paso de Indios Department, Chubut Province in southern Argentina. As of 2001, it had 123 inhabitants.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Kapthurin Formation
The Kapthurin Formation is a series of Middle Pleistocene sediments associated with the East African Rift Valley.
North Macedonia · Ancient city
Bargala
Bargala (Macedonian: Баргала) is an archaeological site in Karbinci Municipality, North Macedonia, 15.5 km (9.6 mi) east of the city of Štip.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Fortress
Abu Nafisa fort
Abu Nafisa fort is a ruin located on the left bank of the Nile, in Khartoum Province (Sudan). It was built by the rulers of Alwa.
Roman Empire · Archaeological wonder
Aeliae
Aeliae or Æliæ was a Roman-era city in the province of Byzacena. The town must have been of some importance as it was made a bishopric early after the Council of Nicaea and it was a Catholic diocese…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Arch of Dativius Victor
Ancient Rome
The Arch of Dativius Victor in Mainz is one of the most important reconstructed Roman monuments in Germany.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Al-Hira
Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: Hērt ) was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Eles, Tunisia
Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around 35°56′55″N 9°5′50″E, about 13 km northwest of Maktar in Siliana Governorate.
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock shelter
Cueva de los Pincheira
Cueva de los Pincheira is rock shelter located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of Chillán, in Ñuble Region, Central Chile.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Kanna
Kafr Kanna (Arabic: كفر كنا, Kafr Kanā; Hebrew: כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Maadi
Maadi (Egyptian Arabic: المعادى el-Maʿādi [elmæˈʕæːdi]) is a leafy and once suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) upriver…
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1.
Palestinian National Authority · Fortress
Hisham's Palace
Hisham's Palace (Arabic: قصر هشام Qaṣr Hishām), also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar (Arabic: خربة المفجر), is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in…
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Almonacid de la Cuba Dam
The Almonacid de la Cuba Dam is a Roman gravity dam on the Aguasvivas River in Almonacid de la Cuba, Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 1st century AD.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev is a World Heritage-designated area near the end of the Incense Route in the Negev, southern Israel, which connected Arabia to the Mediterranean in the…