🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lamu
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Machay
Hatun Machay (possibly from Quechua hatun big, mach'ay cave) is a rock forest with archaeological remains in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Aït Benhaddou
Aït Benhaddou (Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵔⵎ ⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⴱⵏ ⵃⴷⴷⵓ, Arabic: آيت بن حدّو) is a historic ighrem or ksar (fortified village) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Ghazni
Ghazni, historically known as Ghaznayn or Ghazna, also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana, is a city in southeastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Ghazni…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kashkar
Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (Classical Syriac: ܟܫܟܪ), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".
🇲🇱 Mali · Archaeological wonder
Kukiya, Mali
Kukiya is an archaeological site and ancient city on the banks of the Niger River in present-day Mali. It was an early capital of the Songhai people, preceding the founding of the city of Gao.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Ifri Oudadane
Ifri Oudadane is an archaeological site in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Cape Three Forks on the Mediterranean Sea, and is one of the most…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Irhoud
Jebel Irhoud (Arabic: جبل إيغود, Moroccan Arabic: žbəl iġud) or Adrar n Ighoud (Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⵖⵓⴷ, romanized: Adrar n Iɣud), is an archaeological site in Morocco located just…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Alexandria Prophthasia
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία), also known as Alexandria in Drangiana, was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Aartswoud
Aartswoud (West Frisian: Ierswoud) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, part of the municipality of Opmeer. It lies about twelve kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Heerhugowaard.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Orkhon inscriptions
The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual texts in Middle Chinese and Old Turkic, the latter written in the Old Turkic alphabet, carved into two memorial steles erected in the early 8th century by the…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Al-Khazneh
Nabataeans
Al-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة; IPA: [al.xaz.na], "The Treasury"), also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun (treasury of the pharaoh), is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean…
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Archaeological wonder
Ajinateppa
Ajinateppa (Tajik: Аҷинатеппа, romanized: Ajinateppa, Russian: Аджина-Тепе; ) is a Buddhist monastery cluster located 12 kilometers east of the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khan Mirjan
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Makapansgat
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Berdín Palace
The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Galician: Pazo de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Istana Perlis, Kuala Lumpur
The Istana Perlis is the official city-residence of His Majesty, the Raja of Perlis and the royal family, in Kuala Lumpur. It is located at Jalan Tun Razak, close to the Royal Selangor Golf Club.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Kulubnarti
Kulubnarti ("Kulb island") is a 1 mile (1.6 km) long island in northern Sudan. Located on the Nile, around 100 miles (160 km) south of the Egyptian border, it is part of the village of Kulb.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Baidar ech Chamout
Baidar ech Chamout, Baïdar ech Chamoût or Beidar Chamout is a small village located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Machgara in the Western Beqaa District of Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Basra, Morocco
Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة), nicknamed Basra al-Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة الحَمْراءُ, lit. 'Basra the Red'), was a settlement and historic town in northwestern Morocco.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Islamic Cairo
Islamic Cairo (Egyptian Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية el-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers…