🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Rowan Mounds
Mississippian (Wolf Lake–Douglas) · Mississippian (Southern Illinois)
Southern IL Mississippian hamlet (1000–1300 CE) on Cache River — two platforms at Cairo Lowlands margin.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Hayes Mounds
Late Mississippian (Dyer phase) · Mississippian (Reelfoot)
Late Mississippian hamlet mound (1250–1500 CE) on Forked Deer River — palisaded 1-ha village at Dyer County.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Abbey library of Saint Gall
The abbey library of St Gall (German: Stiftsbibliothek) is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Adelsö
Adelsö is an island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden, near Björkfjärden. The island is part of Ekerö Municipality and Stockholm County.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Anraku-ji (Kamiita)
Anraku-ji (安楽寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū in Kamiita, Tokushima, Japan. Temple 6 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, the main image is of Bhaisajyaguru (Yakushi Nyōrai).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park
The Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park (Triángulo Cultural in Spanish) is a multidisciplinary project involving archaeologists, architects, restaurateurs, and biologists.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Dale Abbey
Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder
Los Naranjos, Honduras
Los Naranjos is the name for an archaeological region in western Honduras which belongs to the Lenca culture. It lies on the north border of Lake Yojoa.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Floodplain Rock Shelter
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Floodplain Rock Shelter in River Nile State, Sudan is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Kalasan
Kalasan (Indonesian: Candi Kalasan, Javanese: ꦕꦟ꧀ꦝꦶꦏꦭꦱꦤ꧀, Candhi Kalasan), also known as Candi Kalibening, is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Temple complex
Aladzha Monastery
Aladzha Monastery (Bulgarian: Аладжа манастир) is a medieval Orthodox Christian cave monastery complex in northeastern Bulgaria, 17 km north of central Varna and 3 km west of Golden Sands beach…
🇵🇱 Poland · Archaeological wonder
Bolesławiec
Bolesławiec (pronounced [bɔlɛˈswavʲɛt͡s]; German: Bunzlau) is a historic city situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Ingoldisthorpe-Low Archaeological Complex
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Ingoldisthorpe-Low Archaeological Complex in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
Cetina
The Cetina (pronounced [ˈʦětina]) is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of 101 km (63 mi) and its basin covers an area of 1,463 km2 (565 mi2).
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huichún
Huichún (possibly from Quechua wich'un femur) is an archaeological site in Peru. The National Institute of Culture declared it a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient city
Aetokremnos
Aetokremnos is a rock shelter near Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is widely considered to host some of the oldest evidence of human habitation of Cyprus, dating to around 12,000 years…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Akhmim
Akhmim (Arabic: أخميم, pronounced [ʔæxˈmiːm]; Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲙⲓⲙ, Coptic pronunciation: [xmiːm]; Sahidic/Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲙⲓⲛ Coptic pronunciation: [ʃmiːn]) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Hermel
Hermel (Levantine Arabic: الهرمل, romanized: al-Hermel) is a town in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. It is the capital of Hermel District. Hermel is home to a Lebanese Red Cross First Aid Center.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hjaltadans (Haltadans) Stone Circle
Early Bronze Age · Shetland Bronze Age
Fetlar's 11-stone circle (~9 m) on moorland ridge — one of Shetland's few stone circles.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Jebil National Park
Jebil is a national park in Tunisia situated within the Grand Erg Oriental in the Sahara desert.
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Archaeological wonder
Carli Mansion
The Carli Mansion (Slovene: palača Carli; Italian: palazzo Carli) is a mansion in Koper, a port town in southwestern Slovenia.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Rock Art of Cross-Cliff
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Rock Art of Cross-Cliff in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) rock art attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Choto Katra
Choto Katra (Bengali: ছোট কাটারা; Small Katra) is one of two Katras built during Mughal rule in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was constructed in 1663 by Subahdar Shaista Khan.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Ileret
Ileret (also spelled Illeret) is a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. It is located in Northern Kenya, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, north of Sibiloi National Park and near the Ethiopian…