🇹🇭 Thailand · Archaeological wonder
Khu Bua
Khu Bua (Thai: คูบัว, pronounced [kʰūː būa̯]) is an archaeological site located in the Khu Bua subdistrict, 12 km southeast of the city of Ratchaburi, Thailand.
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🇹🇭 Thailand · Archaeological wonder
Khu Bua (Thai: คูบัว, pronounced [kʰūː būa̯]) is an archaeological site located in the Khu Bua subdistrict, 12 km southeast of the city of Ratchaburi, Thailand.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Fortress
The Barsbay Tower (Arabic: برج برسباي, romanized: Burj Barsbay), also known as Lions Tower (Arabic: برج السباع, romanized: Burj es-Sibaa), is a small Mamluk military fortress located at the far…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Mound
The Lion's Mound (French: Butte du Lion, lit. "Lion's Hillock/Knoll"; Dutch: Leeuw van Waterloo, lit.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
The Maoz Haim Synagogue was a former ancient Jewish synagogue and now archeological site, that is located near Maoz Haim, in the Beit She'an region, in the Jezreel Valley area of the Galilee district…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Edstone Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 4-mile (6 km) length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. At 475 feet (145 m), Edstone is the longest cast iron aqueduct in England.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var is carved on the flanks of the Zinanah Mt. in the Tang-i Var pass in Hawraman, Iranian Kurdistan, about 50 km southwest of Sanandaj.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon National Park (Hebrew: גן לאומי אשקלון, Arabic: متنزه قومي عسقلان) is an Israeli national park consisting of the ruins of ancient Ascalon and Palestinian village Al-Jura, situated along the…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Adab (Sumerian: 𒌓𒉣𒆠 Adabki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the latter.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the…
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Ancient city
Casa Blanca is a pre-Columbian Maya archeological site in the Chalchuapa archaeological zone in the department of Santa Ana, El Salvador.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute (Zulu for 'Heritage KwaZulu-Natal'), commonly known as 'Amafa', is a provincial heritage resources authority in terms of South Africa's National Heritage…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Axholme Charterhouse or Axholme Priory, also Melwood Priory or Low Melwood Priory, North Lincolnshire, is one of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Daýahatyn (Turkmen pronunciation: [dɑːˌjɑχɑːˈtɯn]), also spelled Dayakhatun (Persian: دایهخاتون), is a medieval caravanserai, sitting on the left bank of the Amu Darya.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Temple complex
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Serbian: Црква Светих апостола Петра и Павла, romanized: Crkva Svetih apostola Petra i Pavla), commonly known as Church of Saint Peter (Serbian: Црква…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Amphicleia or Amphikleia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίκλεια) or Amphicaea or Amphikaia (Ἀμφίκαια) was a Greek town in the north of ancient Phocis, distant 60 stadia from Lilaea, and 15 stadia from Tithronium.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Bilche-Zolote (Ukrainian: Більче-Золоте Bil'che Zolote; Polish: Bilcze Złote; Hebrew: בילצ'ה זלוטה, romanized: Vilche Zlote) is a Ukrainian village located within the Chortkiv Raion (district) of the…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Aquihuecó is an archaeological site in Argentina. It is located by the city of Chos Mahal in the Neuquén province of Argentina. Aquihuecó is the biggest hunter-gatherer burial site in Patagonia.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles (154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago, to the Illinois River at…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Hopkinton Dam and Spillway is a historic site at the eastern end of Hopkinton Reservoir in Hopkinton State Park in Ashland, Massachusetts.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
The Issyk kurgan, in south-eastern Kazakhstan, less than 20 km east from the Talgar alluvial fan, near Issyk, is a burial mound discovered in 1969.
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Arnsburg Abbey (German: Kloster Arnsburg) is a former Cistercian monastery near Lich in the Wetterau, Hesse, Germany. It was founded by monks from Eberbach Abbey in 1174.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Broadlea henge (grid reference NY 21946 74651) is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway. It is one of very few henge monuments in southern Scotland.
North Macedonia · Archaeological wonder
The Kočani medieval towers are located in Kočani, North Macedonia. According to legend, they were probably built in the second half of the 17th century, when the city was under Ottoman administration.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
There are two funerary hypogea in Biniai Nou (Mahón), which were built in the Chalcolithic period (the oldest phase with human presence known so far for the island of Menorca).