🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Camera Obscura (San Francisco)
The Camera Obscura is a large-scale camera obscura, in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Apamea Ragiana
Apamea Ragiana (Greek: Απάμεια) – Apamea Rhagiana, Apamea Raphiana, or Apameia Rhagiane; previously, Arsace, Khuvar, and Choara – was an ancient Hellenistic city of Choarene, Media (formerly…
🇨🇦 Canada · Temple complex
Hare Krishna Temple, Toronto
The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Merke Turkic Sanctuaries
The Turkic Sanctuaries of Merke (Kazakh: Мерке түрік ордасы, romanized: Merke türik ordası) are located in southern Kazakhstan, roughly 37 km south of present-day Merke in the Jambyl Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Kekova Dolichiste — North Street (Sunken City, Antalya)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Kekova Dolichiste — North Street (Sunken City, Antalya) in Antalya, Kekova, Dolichiste, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Antheia (Achaea)
Antheia or Anthea (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια) was a town in ancient Achaea, which was said to have been depopulated by the mythical Patreus to populate Patrae.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Goldbusch
The Goldbusch is a great dolmen (German: Großdolmen), a type prehistoric grave site, that lies between Altensien and Moritzdorf on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Fekheriye (Washukanni?)
Early Bronze to Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian (Jezirah) · Hurrian Mitanni → Aramaean Sikani → Assyrian
Spring-mound town Sikani (Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian) candidate for Mitanni capital Washukanni (hot debate) — 90 ha lower town + 8 ha citadel mound at main Khabur karst spring (Ras al-Ain).
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Cango Caves
The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc — Detached Panel Bear Gallery
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc — Detached Panel Bear Gallery in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ardèche, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Derinkuyu — Buried City Ancillary Stable North (Cappadocia)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Derinkuyu — Buried City Ancillary Stable North (Cappadocia) in Nevşehir, Derinkuyu, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribu…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Moya
Jebel Moya is an archaeological site in the southern Gezira Plain, Sudan, approximately 250 km (150 miles) south southeast of Khartoum.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche) in Campeche, Calakmul, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kin…
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
Haut de la Garenne
The Jersey Accommodation and Activity Centre is a building just north of Gorey in the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Acripus
Acripus or Akripos (Ancient Greek: Ἄκριπος) was a town of ancient Aetolia, near the border of Acarnania.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Amouda
The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Buried city
Berbera — Buried Early Port North (Somalia)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Berbera — Buried Early Port North (Somalia) in Woqooyi Galbeed, Berbera, Somalia is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Philippi — Octagon North Apse (Kavala)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Philippi — Octagon North Apse (Kavala) in Eastern Macedonia, Kavala, Philippi, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribu…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Archaeological wonder
Walraversijde
Walraversijde is an abandoned medieval fishing village on the Belgian coast, near Ostend. It was rediscovered in 1992 in a dune area, near a medieval dyke.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Tikal — Temple V North Face Ancillary (Petén)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture; Maya
Tikal — Temple V North Face Ancillary (Petén) in Petén, Tikal, Guatemala is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Ale's Stones
Late Nordic Iron Age (Vendal period) · Late Iron Age Scandinavia (proto-Viking)
67 m Iron Age stone ship of 59 boulders on Baltic ridge near Ystad with solstitial alignments, c.600 CE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Brak — Eye Temple North Audience Hall
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tell Brak — Eye Temple North Audience Hall in Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mult…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Randan
The Château de Randan was a former royal domain in the French town of Randan in the department of Puy-de-Dôme.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hebenu
Hebenu (Ancient Egyptian: 𓎛𓃀𓈖𓏌𓍢𓊖, Coptic: ⲧϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, romanized: t-Habin, p-Manhabin, Arabic: حفن, romanized: Hafn) or Alabastron (Koine Greek: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις) was a city in ancient…