🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Andronikov Monastery
Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour (Russian: Андро́ников монасты́рь, romanized: Andrónikov monastýr', Russian: Спа́со-Андро́ников монасты́рь, romanized: Spáso-Andrónikov monastýr', or Russian:…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Meropis – Theopompus' Parody Atlantis in the Atlantic
Classical literature (350 BCE Theopompus – quoted 2nd c. CE Aelian) · Chian Greek paradoxography
Theopompus 350 BCE satirical Atlantic island with two million-man cities — direct parody of Plato's Atlantis two generations later.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Sparlösa Runestone — Vårgårda
Vendel–Viking transition (c.800 CE) · Swedish (Västergötland Geatish)
The Sparlösa stone (c.800 CE), 1.77 m Västergötland gneiss standing 177 cm tall beside Sparlösa church north of Vara, is Sweden's second most famous runestone after Rök, inscribed on four sides and…
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Hyperborea – Land Beyond the North Wind
Archaic to Hellenistic literature (688 BCE earliest to 4th c. via Callimachus) · Greek poetical–geographic tradition
Pindar–Herodotus utopia beyond the North Wind where hyperboreans send first-fruits to Delos and Apollo winters.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bayburt
Bayburt is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River. It is the seat of Bayburt Province and Bayburt District. Its population is 48,036 (2021).
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Submerged site
Bosnian-Ravne Underwater Pyramid – Visoko Valley Flooded Pyramid Pseudo
Pseudoarchaeology (2020–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Bosnian pyramid extension)
Bosnian pyramid underwater-base pseudo – Ravne karst seep at 8 m fill misread as pyramid harbour.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet edh-Dharih
Khirbet edh-Dharih (Arabic: خربة الذريح) is a multi-period archaeological site which mainly flourished during the Nabataean period, when a prosperous settlement with a religious sanctuary stood there.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Merak Temple
Merak temple, or locally known as Candi Merak, is a 10th-century Javanese Shivaist Hindu temple complex located in Karangnongko village, in Klaten Regency, northwest from Klaten town, Central Java,…
🇯🇵 Japan · Archaeological wonder
Yamaguchi Yonaguni Second Terrace – Sanninudai Extended Claim
Pseudoarchaeology 1992– claim (proposed 10,000 BCE Atlantis Mu) · Kimura Atlantis/Mu school
1992 second 'central castle' claim 2 km from Yonaguni main — sandstone fracture sea-stack misread as stepped podium at –15 m.
🇵🇫 Pacific Ocean · Archaeological wonder
Mu – James Churchward's Lost Pacific Continent Claim
Pseudoarchaeology 1926 book (claimed 50,000–12,000 BCE empire) · Churchward pseudo–Theosophy
1926 lost mid-Pacific continent 5000×3000 miles peopled 64 million — abyssal plain basalt 80 Ma proves none.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intikancha (Puno)
Intikancha (Quechua inti sun, kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, "sun yard", Hispanicized spelling Inticancha) is a mountain with an archaeological site of the…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Kara Tepe
Kara Tepe is a Buddhist archaeological site in the Central Asia region of Bactria, in the Termez oasis near the city of Termez in southern Uzbekistan.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Hwando
Hwando (Chinese: 丸都; pinyin: Wandu) is a mountain fortress of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, built to protect Goguryeo's second capital, Gungnae.
🇨🇦 Canada · Submerged site
Drogio – Giant's Island Phantom off Estotiland, Zeno 1558
Pseudo-voyage phantom (1558–1630) · Venetian pseudo-geography / Zeno forgery
Zeno 1558 cannibal giant phantom at 57°N 42°W south of Estotiland – Labrador Sea 3000 m.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Castel Merle
Castel Merle (also known as Castel-Merle or Castelmerle) is a complex of ten prehistoric rock shelters (French: abris) in Sergeac, in the Dordogne department of France.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Necropolis
Aadloun
Aadloun, Adloun or Adlun (Arabic: عدلون, romanized: ʿAdlūn) is a coastal municipality in South Lebanon, 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Sidon famous for its cultivation of watermelons.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Ed Dur
Ed Dur, also known as Al Dour and Ad Dour (Arabic: ٱلدُّوْر, romanized: Ad-Dūr, lit. 'The Houses') is an ancient Near Eastern city, today located in Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Bilbao (Mesoamerican site)
Bilbao is a Mesoamerican archaeological site about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the modern town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Istana Negara, Jalan Istana
The Royal Museum (Malay: Muzium Diraja) along Jalan Istana was the former National Palace (Istana Negara) and former residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme King) of Malaysia.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Camera Obscura (San Francisco)
The Camera Obscura is a large-scale camera obscura, in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.
🇨🇦 Canada · Temple complex
Hare Krishna Temple, Toronto
The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Phantom island
Hy-Brasil (Uí Bhreasail) – Phantom Island
Medieval to early modern cartography (1325 – 1873 charted; legend 7th c. Irish immram) · Irish immram myth / Iberian cartography
Circular 51°N 17°W phantom west of Galway on maps 1325–1873 – seven-year appearing immortal isle.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Merke Turkic Sanctuaries
The Turkic Sanctuaries of Merke (Kazakh: Мерке түрік ордасы, romanized: Merke türik ordası) are located in southern Kazakhstan, roughly 37 km south of present-day Merke in the Jambyl Province.
🇮🇸 Iceland · Settlement
Frisland – Zeno Map Phantom Island of the North Atlantic
Renaissance cartography (1558 – 1693 official) · Venetian–Flemish cartographic
Large rectangular phantom south of Iceland on Zeno 1558 map — mapped for a century by Mercator then erased as Faroes misrender.