🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Caeno
Caeno or Kaino (Ancient Greek: Καινώ) was a town of ancient Crete, which, according to the legend of the purification of Apollo by Carmanor at Tarrha, is supposed to have existed in the neighbourhood…
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🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Caeno or Kaino (Ancient Greek: Καινώ) was a town of ancient Crete, which, according to the legend of the purification of Apollo by Carmanor at Tarrha, is supposed to have existed in the neighbourhood…
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Cave
Koněprusy Caves (Czech: Koněpruské jeskyně), also Zlatý kůň (Golden Horse), is a cave system in the Bohemian Karst in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Eshkaft-e Siahoo (Persian: اشکفت سیاهو), meaning "Black Cave" in the regional dialect, was used by Neolithic humans as a rock shelter between 12,000 and 10,000-years ago.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Misapata or Misapata (Quechua hatun big, misa table, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, also spelled Qatun Mesapata or Mesapata) is an archaeological site in the…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
The Shoroon Bumbagar tomb is an ancient tomb in Zaamar, Töv Province, 160 km (99 mi) west of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) north-east from the banks of the Tuul River and close to the…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of the well-known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans and about…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge above the modern…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Doseonsa (Korean: 도선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea, named after its supposed founder, Doseon.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Spy Cave (French: Grotte de Spy) is located in Wallonia near Spy in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur Province, Belgium above the left bank of the Orneau River.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Aizkraukle Castle (Latvian: Aizkraukles pils; German: Ascheraden) is a ruined medieval castle, located on the right bank of the river Daugava in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, to the west of the…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
Châu Can (Hà Tây) is an archaeological site in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. It was located in Hà Sơn Bình province when it was excavated in 1974, but in 1975 was reorganized into Hà Tây…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Alte Burg is a large Celtic hilltop fortification, or hillfort, that may have been used as a cult or assembly site for the regional population.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Jubb Yussef (Arabic: جُبّ يُوسُف, Hebrew: גוב יוסף), also known as "Joseph's Well" in English, is an archaeological site in Ramat Korazim in Galilee, Israel.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Khed Caves, also Bouddh Caves, are a series of ancient Buddhist caves in the city of Khed, Maharashtra, India.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nombre de Jesús was a Spanish town in Patagonia, settled in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Magellan Strait.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش), is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue (dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been…
🇬🇪 Georgia · Temple complex
The Batumi Mosque (Georgian: ბათუმის მეჩეთი) is a mosque in Batumi, Adjara, Georgia. Batumi is a home to a sizable Muslim community.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Gunugus or Gunugu (Punic: 𐤂𐤍𐤂𐤍, gngn) was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Archaeological wonder
Kinský Palace (Czech: Palác Kinských, German: Palais Goltz-Kinsky) is a former palace and now an art museum in Prague, Czech Republic.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
La Quina is a Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente, France. Two Neanderthal skulls were found there, La Quina 5 and La Quina 18.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Dosariyah is an archeological site in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, dating to the late 6th and early 5th millennium BCE.
🇦🇹 Austria · Archaeological wonder
Flavia Solva was a municipium in the ancient Roman province of Noricum. It was situated on the western banks of the Mur river, close to the modern cities of Wagna and Leibnitz in the southern parts…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Ifri n'Amr Ou Moussa is an archaeological site discovered in 2005, located in the rural commune of Aït Siberne, Khémisset Province, in Western Morocco.