Widely accepted places

🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder

Tenampúa

Tenampúa is an archaeological site belonging to the Lenca culture dating from the Mesoamerican classical period, located in central Honduras in the Comayagua valley.

North Macedonia · Temple complex

Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon

The Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon (Macedonian: Црква Свети Климент и Пантелеjмон, romanized: Crkva Sveti Kliment i Pantelejmon; ) is a Byzantine church situated on Plaošnik in Ohrid, North…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Culhuacan

Epiclassic–Postclassic (Coyotlatelco–Aztec) · Toltec–Colhua / Basin Postclassic

Toltec-Colhua capital (600–1400 CE) on Lake Xochimilco — 8 pyramids beneath Cerro de la Estrella, Mexica legitimacy ancestor.

🇮🇷 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…

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Sadd al-Arim Secondary North Dam Marib

Sabaean to Himyarite · Kingdom of Saba

210-m saddle subsidiary dam 4 km NE of Great Marib storing Jufaynah tributary.

🇧🇯 Benin · Ancient city

Birnin Lafiya

Medieval (12th–18th c) · Songhai / Hausa / Niger bend trade

65-ha double-rampart Niger entrepôt 12th–18th c linking Bura-Gao ceramic chain with Hausa–Songhay frontier.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Uşaklı Höyük (candidate Zippalanda)

Early Bronze to Iron Age (3000–600 BCE; Hittite peak 1400–1200 BCE) · Hattian → Hittite → Phrygian

Zippalanda candidate — Hittite storm-god city with palace letters and queen's festival archive.

🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder

Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya

Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Arabic: اللبّن الشرقية) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers south of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine.

🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Archaeological wonder

Kalai Kafirnigan

Kalai Kafirnigan, also Kala-i Kafirnigan was a Buddhist temple in the region of Tokharistan (Classical Bactria), dated to the 7th-8th century CE.

🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city

Ain-Djoukar

Ain-Djoukar also known as Jougar (Arabic: جوقار spelled when available with a special local character ڤ accounting for its [g] pronunciation) is a locality in Tunisia, located at 36° 14' 50" N, 9°…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Al-Jizah, Jordan

Al-Jizah (also spelled Jize), historically known as Ziza or Zizia, is a town in northwestern Jordan. It is the 22nd district of the Amman Governorate.

🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder

Guangfulin

Guangfulin is an archaeological site in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China. It is estimated to be over 5,000 years old. Artifacts from the Zhou dynasty have also been unearthed at the site.

🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb

Hypogeum of Vibia

The Hypogeum of Vibia is part of a small complex of pagan burial chambers in Rome which were constructed along the Via Appia in the late 4th century CE.

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Inca Uyo

`Inca Uyo is an archaeological site of cut-stone structures located near the town of Chucuito, Peru.

🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder

Rio Amarillo (Mayan site)

Rio Amarillo also known as La Castellona or La Canteada, is an archaeological site of the Mayan civilization located in the department of Copan in Honduras that dates back to the Mesoamerican…

🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex

Gangyō-ji

Gankei-ji (元慶寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Kitakazan Kawaramachi, neighborhood of Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder

Ateni Sioni Church

The Ateni Sioni Church (Georgian: ატენის სიონი) is an early 7th-century Georgian Orthodox church in the village of Ateni, some 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the city of Gori, Georgia.

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Megalith

Daorson

Daorson was the capital of the Illyrian tribe of the Daorsi (Ancient Greek Δαόριζοι, Δαούρσιοι; Latin Daorsei). The Daorsi lived in the valley of the Neretva River between 300 BC and 50 BC.

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder

Jumeirah Archaeological Site

The Jumeirah Archaeological Site is a site which dates back to the Abbasid period in the 10th century CE, in the district of Jumeirah in the city of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site

Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime

Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan) in Crimea, Kerch, Pantikapaion, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city…

🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder