🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Demak Great Mosque
Demak Great Mosque (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Demak) is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, located in the center town of Demak, Central Java, Indonesia.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Hillfort
Libice nad Cidlinou Slavník Stronghold
Early Medieval (9th–995 CE) · Slavník / Přemyslid Bohemia
Great Slavník hillfort capital at Libice (Libice nad Cidlinou) on Elbe–Cidlina confluence (25 ha inner 10 ha) with triple ramparts (7 m high, 40 m base), stone church and palace hall.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Ruginoasa–Dealul Drăghici Cucuteni Palace
Cucuteni A–B (c.4200–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Famous 'palace' at Ruginoasa–Dealul Drăghici, a 32×16 m Cucuteni A3 burned building with timber lacing, painted floors and 2-storey interpretation, excavated by H. Dumitrescu.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Björkö (Ekerö)
Björkö (Swedish for "Birch Island") is an island in Lake Mälaren in eastern-central Sweden. It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site Birka populated c.
🇨🇺 Cuba · Archaeological wonder
Faro Vargas
The Faro Vargas, also known as Faro de Cabo Cruz, is a staffed lighthouse located on the southernmost part of Cape Cruz in Cuba.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Kawa — Temple T Taharqa Nile Town
Egyptian New Kingdom to Napatan (1450 BCE temple T foundation; Taharqa 680 BCE Temple T) · Egyptian → Napatan Kushite (Gematon)
Kawa excavated by Griffith & Macadam 1929–31 and Welsby 1990s, Taharqa shrine to Amun Gematon.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Hillfort
Nonnebakken Viking Ringfort (Odense)
Viking Age (c.980 CE) · Danish Viking Age
Viking ringfort beneath Odense's former castle at Nonnebakken (Nuns' Hill), 120 m diameter with 13 m wide turf rampart, discovered by C14 and magnetometry under Odinstårnet lot.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Aizkraukle Castle
Aizkraukle Castle (Latvian: Aizkraukles pils; German: Ascheraden) is a ruined medieval castle, located on the right bank of the river Daugava in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, to the west of the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kenko, Puno
\ Kenko, Qenqo or Q'inq'u (possibly Aymara for "twisted, bent") or also Inka Anatawi, is an archaeological site in Peru.
Kosovo · Ancient village
Cërmjan
Cërmjan (definite Albanian: Cërmjani) is a village in the Gjakova municipality of Kosovo. It is located in the Dushkajë subregion of Dukagjin and has 871 inhabitants as of 2024.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12 in Sudan Region 12, Sudan is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Hillfort
Stará Kouřim Hillfort
Early Medieval (9th–early 12th century) · Zličan / Přemyslid
Prominent Zličan tribal hillfort at Stará Kouřim (44 ha plateau with double ramparts, gate complex) above Kouřim valley 50 km east Prague, mentioned in Dalimil Chronicle.
North Macedonia · Archaeological wonder
Kapan Han
Kapan Han (Macedonian: Капан ан, romanized: Kapan an, Albanian: Hani i Kapanit, Turkish: Kapan Han) is a han (caravanserai) in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
Châu Can
Châu Can (Hà Tây) is an archaeological site in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. It was located in Hà Sơn Bình province when it was excavated in 1974, but in 1975 was reorganized into Hà Tây…
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Gnatia
Gnatia, Egnatia or Ignatia (Ancient Greek: Egnatia) was an ancient city of the Messapii, and their frontier town towards the Salentini.
🇲🇩 Moldova · Ancient village
Stolniceni Cucuteni–Trypillia Settlement
Cucuteni B1/Trypillia BII (c.4050–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
8 ha Cucuteni B1 fortified promontory at Stolniceni–Cetate (Stolniceni I) on the Cubolta meander, with ditch-palisade and 50+ burned houses in oval. Excavations by V.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Hillfort
Ducové–Kostolec Great Moravian Hillfort
Great Moravian (9th century, 830–907) · Great Moravian Slavic
Great Moravian hillfort on Kostolec hill (290 m) above Váh valley at Ducové, with double ramparts (6 m) enclosing 1.8 ha, stone rotunda church (discovered 1968) and magnate hall. Slovak-T.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Ptolemais — Palace of Columns Cliff Peristyle Hellenistic
Hellenistic (Ptolemy III 246 BCE) → Roman, Palace of Columns 1st c. CE · Hellenistic Ptolemaic port palace and Roman later
Ptolemais Kraeling 1960s, Palace Columns 165 m peristyle.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Butt Road Jumma Masjid
The Butt Road Jumma Masjid is a Friday mosque located in Parangimalai on the outskirts of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (Quechua hatun big, marka settlement / storey, "big settlement", hispanicized spelling Hatunmarca, Jatun Malca) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Hillfort
Aggersborg Viking Ringfort
Viking Age (c.980 CE) · Danish Viking Age
Largest Viking ring fortress (240 m outer diameter, 287 m with moat) on the Limfjord at Aggersborg, enclosing 48 longhouses (32 inside, 16 bailey) — garrison for ~1100 men.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well)
Jubb Yussef (Arabic: جُبّ يُوسُف, Hebrew: גוב יוסף), also known as "Joseph's Well" in English, is an archaeological site in Ramat Korazim in Galilee, Israel.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault
Late Kofun / Asuka (late 7th–early 8th c. CE) · Asuka-Yamato (Korean Baekje influence)
Asuka Kitora excavated 1983–98, star chart with 1,000 stars, four-direction beast murals, Baekje migrant tomb.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Khed Caves
Khed Caves, also Bouddh Caves, are a series of ancient Buddhist caves in the city of Khed, Maharashtra, India.