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🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 591 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Batroumine (Arabic: بترومين, romanized: Batrūmīn), also spelled Beitroumine, is a small Greek Orthodox village located in north Lebanon.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇪🇸 Spain · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze Age · Magdalenian / Bronze Age
Karstic cave network in Navarre Pyrenees foothills with Upper Palaeolithic engravings and Holocene deposits, including Magdalenian mobiliary art and early Bronze Age burials.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) · Sikel
Cassibile Rock-Cut Necropolis in Sicily, Italy is a Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sikel. 180+ chamber tombs along Cassibile river gorge cliffs.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Vinča
Vinča culture settlement at Pločnik (c. 5500–4700 BCE) on Toplica River terrace, renowned for earliest copper metallurgy (c. 5000 BCE), pit houses and Vinča figurines.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 371 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 438 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 614 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 725 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 782 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE) · Karian
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Karian.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 25 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 44 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 67 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Byzacena civitas with Antonine arch and Saturn sanctuary (200 stelae).
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
PPNB (6900–6300 BCE) · PPNB Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B mega-village (6900–6300 BCE) submerged 300–400 m offshore after post-glacial sea rise, with stone wall 150 m, paved well 5.5 m deep (earliest seawall and well), megalithic…
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 605 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 645 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 699 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 794 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 863 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.