🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Gal Vihara
The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය, lit. 'rock monastery'), and known originally as the Uttararama (Sinhala: උත්තරාරාමය, lit.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Hajar al-Nasr
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 Cave
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
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
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
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 · Ancient city
Kanchipuram
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
Kvalsund ship
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
Ananda Temple
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 (Nubia)
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–Arsuf
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…
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Baking Pot
Baking Pot is a Maya archaeological site located in the Belize River Valley on the southern bank of the river, northeast of modern-day town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize; it is 6…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Beit She'an
Beit She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁאָן ), also known as Beisan (Arabic: بيسان ), or Beth-shean, is a city in the Northern District of Israel.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Canteen Kopje
Canteen Kopje is an archaeological site, formally protected as a grade 2 provincial heritage site, and approved in 2017 for re-grading to national status, situated outside Barkly West in the Northern…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Fortress
Citadel of Erbil
The Citadel of Erbil (Kurdish: قەڵای هەولێر Qelay Hewlêr, Arabic: قلعة اربيل, romanized: Qal'at Erbīl), locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site
The Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site is a provincial heritage site in Soutpan in the Free State province of South Africa.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Iñaq Uyu
Iñaq Uyu (Aymara, iñaqa a woman of noble caste of the Incas, uyu pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, "pen of the iñaqa, the woman of the noble caste of the Incas", other spellings Iñac Uyu, Iñac Uyo,…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia in regions around the Caspian Sea…
🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
The Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura are a collection of six caves in southern Germany which were used by Ice Age humans for shelter about 33,000 to 43,000 years ago.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city
El Puente (Maya site)
El Puente, or the Parque Arqueológico El Puente ("El Puente Archaeological Park"), is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Copán in Honduras.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Federsee
Federsee is a lake located just north of Bad Buchau in the region of Upper Swabia in Southern Germany. It is surrounded by moorland, partially overgrown with reeds.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan (Arabic: خَوْر فَكَّان, romanized: Khawr Fakkān, lit. 'Creek of the Two Jaws') is a city and an exclave of the Emirate of Sharjah, located on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Contra Latopolis
Contra Latopolis (sometime named Al Hilla or El-Hella) is an Egyptian temple. During the reign of Cleopatra VII, a temple to Isis was built opposite Latopolis, or Esne as it is now known, on the…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Dekhmeh Rawansar
Dekhmeye Rawansar or Koshk (Persian: دخمه روانسر) is a rock-cut tomb located near the town of Ravansar, about 57 km northwest of Kermanshah in western Iran.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Temple complex
Great Mosque of Gaza
The Great Mosque of Gaza, also known as the Great Omari Mosque, is a mosque in a ruinous state, located in Gaza City, in the State of Palestine.