🇬🇭 Ghana · Cave
Bosumpra Cave
Bosumpra Cave (also spelt Bosompra Cave) is an archaeological site situated on the Kwahu plateau, which forms part of the easternmost section of the Ashanti uplands.
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🇧🇪 Belgium · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Brussels (French: Grande mosquée de Bruxelles; Dutch: Grote Moskee van Brussel) is located in the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Cave
Bosumpra Cave (also spelt Bosompra Cave) is an archaeological site situated on the Kwahu plateau, which forms part of the easternmost section of the Ashanti uplands.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
PPNB to Late Neolithic (Ghassanian) · Southeastern Badia foragers
Eight kites with engraved kite petroglyph pillar and twin shrines on chert pavement southeast of Amman.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacombs of Domitilla are an underground Christian cemetery named after the Domitilla family that had initially ordered them to be dug.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Edwards Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. It was located in Augusta, Maine, about 40 miles (64 km) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Blanc (Arabic: برج صافيتا, Burj Safita or Safita Tower) is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. It was built by the Knights Templar during the Crusades upon prior fortifications.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Joub Jannine (Arabic: جب جنين / ALA-LC: Jub Jannīn) is a city located in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Fortress
The Citadel of Tripoli (Arabic: قَلْعَة طَرَابُلُس ALA-LC: Qalʻat Ṭarābulus) is a 12th-century fortress in Tripoli, Lebanon.
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
The Goritsy Monastery of Resurrection (Russian: Воскресенский Горицкий монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent (female monastery) in the village of Goritsy, Kirillovsky District, Vologda oblast,…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
The Katra Masjid is a former Shia caravanserai, mosque and tomb, in a partial ruinous state, located in the north eastern side of the city of Murshidabad, in the state of West Bengal, India.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan (Persian: تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
The Hyrax Hill site was proclaimed a national monument in 1945 and opened to the public in 1965. This was as a result of startling discoveries of relics by Mrs.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the…
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Archaeological wonder
Blagaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Благај) is a historic village and protected heritage site in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Engyō-ji (圓教寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a Shaka Sanzon trinity.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) · Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) tell of Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian in Northern District, Akko Plain (c.2000 BCE).
🇩🇰 Denmark · Archaeological wonder
Fyrkat is a former Viking ring castle in Denmark, dating from c. 980 AD. It is located near the town of Hobro, some distance from the present end of the Mariager Fjord in Northern Jutland.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacomb of Saint Thecla is a Christian catacomb in the city of Rome, near the Via Ostiense and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in the southern quarter of the ancient city.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Heritage Western Cape (HWC) is a provincial heritage resources authority established by the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the government of the Western Cape province in South Africa.
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) · Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium)
Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Elbląg County, Janów Pomorski on Drużno Lake bank, Poland is a Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) Prussians with…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Gona is a paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia's Afar Region. Gona is primarily known for its archaeological sites and discoveries of hominin fossils from the Late Miocene, Early Pliocene…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid, in Old Delhi area of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Ayn al-Zara (Arabic: عين الزارة, romanized: ʿAyn al-Zʾāra), known in ancient times as Callirrhoe (Ancient Greek: Θερμὰ Καλλιρόης, Thermà Kallirhoēs), is an archaeological site in Jordan.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Freiha (Arabic: فريحة, romanized: Furayḥah) is a small deserted village on the north-western coast of the Qatar Peninsula in the Al Shamal municipality.
