🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Marmara (Lycia)
Marmara was a town of ancient Lycia, whose inhabitants put up a ferocious defense to Alexander the Great during his invasion.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Marmara was a town of ancient Lycia, whose inhabitants put up a ferocious defense to Alexander the Great during his invasion.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Cape of St. Athanasius, also known as Sveti Anastas (Bulgarian: Свети Атанас), is a cape situated on the Black Sea near Byala, Bulgaria.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Haradum (also Harrâdum), modern Khirbit ed-Diniye (also Khirbet ed-Diniyé), in Al Anbar Governorate Iraq, was an ancient Near East city on the middle Euphrates about 90 kilometers southeast of Mari.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Gorgobina, also Gortona, was an oppidum of the Boii in central Gaul. It is known only from Caesar's account of the Gallic War, as the stronghold of the Boii whom the Aedui had received in 58 BC and…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Ancient city
Karakorum (Halh Mongolian: Хархорум, Kharkhorum; Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ, Qaraqorum) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Asqalan or Askalan is a village in Kunduz Province, in northern Afghanistan. It lies roughly 20 kilometres northwest of Kunduz and is also an archaeological site of an ancient tomb.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Chalcis (; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, romanized: Chalkís), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα, pronounced [xalˈciða]), is the chief city of the island of Euboea in…
🇷🇸 Serbia · Temple complex
The Janja Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Јања, romanized: Manastir Janja) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Nova Varoš in southwestern Serbia.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Nevado de Acay is a 5,950-metre-high (19,520 ft) mountain in Argentina. It is a volcanic intrusion that formed during the Miocene and was later exposed.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Megalith
Beglik Tash (Bulgarian: Беглик Таш, Turkish: Beylik Taşı) is a prehistoric rock sanctuary situated on the southern Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, a few kilometers north of the city of Primorsko.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ecbatana () was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
The Ganga Canal (also called Gang Canal) of Rajasthan is an irrigation system of canals in the present district of Sri Ganganagar fed from the Sutlej River from Ferozepur Headworks 10 km northwest of…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Khallet Michte is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Coquitlam Dam is a hydraulic fill embankment dam on the Coquitlam River in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
The Jāmeh Mosque of Fahraj (Persian: مسجد جامع فهرج, romanized: Masjed-e Jomeh, Fahraj ) is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (jāmeh) located in Fahraj, Yazd province, Iran.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Dattalla or Datala (Ancient Greek: Δαττάλλα) was a town of ancient Crete. The inhabitants of Dattalla are documented in a decree dated at the end of the sixth century BCE, that deals with the…
Kosovo · Necropolis
The Illyrian tombs in Boka-Përçeva constitute a cultural heritage monument in Përçeva, Klina, Kosovo. The necropolis and tumuli are located only a few kilometers from the village of Gllarevë.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Cave
Gruta del Indio is a rock shelter located in Rincón del Atuel, Southern Mendoza, Argentina. The site is located 28 km south of the town of San Rafael at around 660m above sea level.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gärde is a locality in the north of Offerdal in the historical province Jämtland in the middle of Sweden.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Cave
Belilena Cave (Sinhala: කිතුල්ගල බෙලි ලෙන) is a cave in Sri Lanka, located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the town of Kitulgala.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Dickson Dam is a flow-regulation dam constructed in 1983 which impounded the Red Deer River creating a reservoir known as Gleniffer Lake.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
The Barsian mosque and minaret comprise a Shi'ite Friday mosque, also known as the Jameh Mosque of Bersian (Persian: مناره و مسجد جامع برسیان; Arabic: المئذنة والجامع برسيان), and 34-metre-high (112…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chichakuri (Quechua chichaku, meaning chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans), -(i)ri an Aymara suffix; Hispanicized spelling Chichacori) is an archaeological site in Peru consisting of stone tombs (chullpa),…