🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Berytus
Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕, romanized: Beʾerūt; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ…
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Temple complex
The BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi is a traditional Hindu mandir built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕, romanized: Beʾerūt; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
Bijaći was a medieval Croatian village, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Trogir. The village developed around the church of St.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Fortress
Birtha (Greek: Βίρθα) was an ancient fortress on the river Tigris, which was said to have been built by Alexander the Great.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Buur Heybe, which translates to "The Hill of the Potter's Sand", is a late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological complex located in the largest granite inselberg in the inter-riverine region of the…
🇦🇱 Albania · Ancient city
Byllis (Albanian: Bylis; Greek: Βύλλις; Latin: Byllis) or Bullis or Boullis (Βουλλίς) was an ancient city and the chief settlement of the Illyrian tribe of the Bylliones, traditionally located in…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cassandreia or Cassandrea (Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρεια, Kassándreia) was once one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia, founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC.
🇪🇸 Spain · Cave
El Soplao (Cantabrian: El Sopláu) is a cave located in the municipalities of Rionansa, Valdáliga and Herrerías in Cantabria, Spain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Dalisandus or Dalisandos (Ancient Greek: Δαλισανδός) was an ancient city and bishopric in eastern Pamphylia, in Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian Turkey) and remains a Latin titular see.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Deriivka (Ukrainian: Деріївка, Russian: Дериевка; the notoriously mistaken notation "Dereivka" was introduced by a translation of D.Ya.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
The Do-Ashkaft Cave, being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
El Chal is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in the upper San Juan River valley of the southeastern Petén Basin region, Guatemala.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය, lit. 'rock monastery'), and known originally as the Uttararama (Sinhala: උත්තරාරාමය, lit.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Hadjar al-Nasr (Arabic: حجر النسر, lit. 'the vulture's rock') is an ancient fortress located in northern Morocco. It was constructed in the 10th century by the Idrisid dynasty.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Hazar Merd (in Kurdish: هەزارمێرد) (from Persian هزارمرد, meaning "A thousand Men") is a group of Paleolithic cave sites excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Indraprastha (Sanskrit: इन्द्रप्रस्थ, lit. "Plain of Indra" or "City of Indra"), contemporarily in Delhi, is a city cited in ancient Indian literature as a constituent of the Kuru kingdom.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a sacred Bo tree (Ficus religiosa) located in the Mahamewuna Garden, within the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Jivakarama vihara, also Jivaka Amravana vihara (Amra-vana means "mango garden"), Jivakamravana, Jivakamrabana or Jivakavanarama, is an ancient Buddhist monastery, or vihara, established at the…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kanchipuram (IAST: kāñcipuram; [kaːɲdʑipuɾam]), also known as Kanjeevaram or Kancheepuram, is a City in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in Chennai Metropolitan Area.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
The Kvalsund ship (Norwegian: Kvalsundskipet, also known as Kvalsund II) is a late 8th century rowing ship, discovered in 1920 embedded in a marsh at Kvalsund in Herøy Municipality (near Ålesund) in…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
The Ananda Temple (Burmese: အာနန္ဒာ ဘုရား, pronounced [ànàɰ̃dà pʰəjá]), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1112/13) of King Kyansittha (Hti-Hlaing…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Aniba was a village in Nubia, about 230 km south of Aswan. The place is today flooded by Lake Nasser. In ancient times it was an important town called Miam.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Apollonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; Hebrew: אפולוניה), known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf (Arabic: أرْسُوف, romanized: Arsūf) and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Ard Tlaili or Tell Ard Tlaili is a small tell mound archaeological site in a plain at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Baalbeck, in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
