🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder
Jenini
Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…
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🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder
Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين, romanized: Qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn) is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Kuntur Amaya (Spanish: Cóndor Amaya) is an archaeological site in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Umala Municipality, near Wayllani (Huayllani).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Big Mound City (8PB48) is a prehistoric site near Canal Point, Florida, United States. It is located 10 miles east of Canal Point, off U.S. Route 98. On May 24, 1973, it was added to the U.S.
🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Lëkurësi Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Lëkurësit) is a ruined Ottoman Turkish castle near Sarandë, southern Albania.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8 km west of Kaka…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bava Pyara caves (also known as Baba Pyara caves) are an example of ancient man-made caverns.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Horneck Castle is also known as Burg Horneck, Deutschordenschloss Horneck and Schloss Horneck.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Arbal also known as Domaine d'Arbal, is a village in Oran Province, Algeria, North Africa. Arbal is 167 m above sea level and 26 km south of Oran, on the southern side of the Sebkha d'Oran lakes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Dun Carloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland (grid reference NB18994122).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Grogarnsberget or Grogarnsberg (lit. "The Grogarn Mountain" more appropriate "Grogarn Hill") is a plateau hill on the Östergarn coast, on the Swedish island of Gotland.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world.
Trinidad and Tobago · Hydraulic works
The Caroni–Arena Dam is the largest dam in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the Arena Forest Reserve, south of Arima, in the eastern Caroni Plains.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacombs of San Sebastiano are a hypogeum cemetery in Rome, Italy, rising along Via Appia Antica, in the Ardeatino Quarter.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Assyrian Empire
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
4th century
Khirbet Yajouz (or Khirbet Mudraj) is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Magharet el Kantara or Shaw's Cave (Arabic: مغارة القنطرة, arched cave) is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Archaeological wonder
The Aquincum Military Amphitheatre is the greater of two amphitheatres in Budapest, Hungary, the other being the Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Bir-Abdallah is a locality in southern Tunisia, in North Africa. It is located at 35° 33' 10" N, 9° 56' 28" E.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
The ancient archaeological site of Bunjikat (Russian: Бунджикат Tajik: Бунҷикат), also named Shahriston, is located near the town of Bunjikat, in the Shahristan Pass at the entrance of the Ferghana…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Laqaya (Aymara for ruins of a building) is an archaeological site in the Altiplano of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Condorcaga (possibly from Quechua kuntur condor, qaqa rock) is an archaeological zone in the region of Cajamarca, in Peru. It is situated in the Chota Province, Lajas District.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Dun Dornaigil is an Iron Age broch in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands (grid reference NC45714501). It is in Strathmore on the eastern bank of the Strathmore River.