🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Autun
Autun (French: [otœ̃] ) is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Myos Hormos — Eastern Reef Channel Harbour at Marsa Nakari
Mid-Holocene reef to Late Roman · Roman Egyptian
Outer reef channel of Myos Hormos — 22 m reef cut with Roman concrete at 2–5 m breach at Marsa Nakari.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Khemis Miliana
Khemis Miliana (Arabic: خميس مليانة) is a town in northern Algeria of around 210,000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Sabratha
Phoenician to Byzantine (c.500 BCE–643 CE; monumental Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Tripolitanian Phoenician port (5th c BCE) with Hellenistic and then Roman city: Theatre of Sabratha – most complete Roman theatre in Africa (Marcus Aurelius era 175–200 CE, cavea 92.6 m, three-storey…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Madaba
Madaba (Arabic: مادبا, romanized: Mādaba or Arabic: مأدبا, romanized: Maʾdaba) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Antirhodos Island – Cleopatra's Sunken Palace Island
Ptolemaic to Late Antique (c. 300 BCE – 365 CE submerged) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman
Cleopatra's palace island in Alexandria Eastern Harbour — Ptolemaic royal isle now 6 m down with sphinx and granite palaces.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Jish
Jish (Arabic: الجش, al-Jiŝ), also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ חָלָב, Gūŝ Ḥālāḇ), or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Cularo
Cularo was the name of the Gallic city which evolved into modern Grenoble. It was renamed Gratianopolis in 381 to honor Roman emperor Gratian.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Banavasi
Satavahana to Kadamba–Chalukya (100 BCE–1400 CE) · Satavahana to Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
Kadamba capital (345 CE)—100 ha Varada bend with 4-km rampart, oldest Karnataka city, 1st–14th c continuous.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Banyunibo
Banyunibo (Javanese: ꦧꦚꦸꦤꦶꦧ, romanized: Banyuniba, lit. 'dripping water') is a 9th-century Buddhist temple located in Cepit hamlet, Bokoharjo village, Prambanan, Sleman Regency, Special Region of…
🇦🇹 Austria · Ancient city
Aguntum
The ruins of Aguntum are an ancient Roman site in East Tirol, Austria, located approximately four kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Lienz in the Drau valley.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Jiddin
Jiddin (Arabic: جدين), also known as the Jiddin Fortress (Arabic: قلعة جدين, romanized: Qalʾat Jiddīn) or Khirbet Jiddin (Arabic: خربة جدين, lit.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Temple complex
Great Mosque of Tlemcen
The Great Mosque of Tlemcen (Arabic: الجامع الكبير لتلمسان, romanized: el-Jemaa el-Kebir litilimcen) is a mosque in Tlemcen, Algeria.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Temple complex
Cave of the Patriarchs
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized:, lit.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Cafarlet
Cafarlet or Capharleth (Crusader name) or Kafr Lam (Arabic name) is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type.
🇪🇬 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…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Temple complex
Chernihiv
Chernihiv (Ukrainian: Чернігів, IPA: [tʃerˈn⁽ʲ⁾iɦiu̯]; Russian: Чернигов, romanized: Chernigov, IPA: [tɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf]) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative…
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Ancient city
Aventicum
Aventicum was the largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland (Helvetia or Civitas Helvetiorum). Its remains are beside the modern town of Avenches.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Arwad
Arwad (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃, romanized: ʾrwd; Arabic: أرواد, romanized: ʾArwād), the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Istakhr
Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: Stakhr, Persian: استخر, romanized: Estakhr) was an ancient city in Fars province, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran.