Places tagged “archaeological wonder”

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Iskuqucha

Iskuqucha (Quechua isku lime, qucha lake, "lime lake", Hispanicized spelling Izcucocha) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, La Oroya District.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder

Develtos

Develtos (Bulgarian: Деултум, Greek: Δεβελτός, Δηβελτός, Δεουελτός, Δεούελτος, Διβηλτóς) or Deultum was an ancient city and bishopric in Thrace.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder

Chaman-e-Hozori

Chaman-i Hazouri (Dari: چمن حضوری) or Hazoori Chaman (Pashto: حضوري چمن) is a park in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.

🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder

Gyeongju Historic Areas

Gyeongju Historic Areas (Korean: 경주 역사유적 지구) is a World Heritage Site in Gyeongju, South Korea that was designated by UNESCO in 2000.

🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder

Heidecksburg

Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder

Housesteads Roman Fort

Roman (124–400 CE) · Roman (Hadrianic)

Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland, Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (124–400 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman (Hadrianic) culture.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Balawat

Balawat (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ, beṯ labat) is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province (Iraq).

🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder

Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County

Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, in southern Croatia. In its location in the Roman period was town Varvaria, while during the medieval times it was an important…

🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder

Horgen

Horgen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈhɔrɡn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder

Beni Otsmane

Beni Otsmane is a village of Tunisia which lies on the Cape Bon peninsula near the village of Sidi Rais and Korbous.

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Tipón Archaeological Park

Wari → Inca 1100–1480 CE · Wari → Inca

13 terraces 13 fountains laminar flow, Inca estate.

🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder

Al-Rawda (tell)

Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.

🇬🇭 Ghana · Archaeological wonder

Jenini

Jenini was a slave camp in Ghana during Samory Toure’s reign c. 1870 - 1895. Archaeological excavations at Jenini began in July 2004, with a goal to better understand the lives of its enslaved…

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder

Beiteddine Palace

Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين, romanized: Qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn) is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.

🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder

Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light

Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the…

🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder

Kuntur Amaya

Kuntur Amaya (Spanish: Cóndor Amaya) is an archaeological site in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Umala Municipality, near Wayllani (Huayllani).

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder

Abiward

Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sasanian city in modern-day Turkmenistan. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the 20th century about 8 km west of Kaka…

🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Mogollon Tularosa 1275–1300 CE · Mogollon

46 rooms in five caves 1275–1300 CE, Mogollon.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Khirbet Yajouz

4th century

Khirbet Yajouz (or Khirbet Mudraj) is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder