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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifası) was built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small Anatolian town of Divriği, now in Sivas…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Howieson's Poort Shelter is a small rock shelter in South Africa containing the archaeological site from which the Howiesons Poort period in the Middle Stone Age gets its name.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
The Ajvide Settlement (Swedish: Ajvideboplatsen) is located in Ajvide, Eksta, on the western coast of Gotland, Sweden.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Château de Clagny was a French country house that stood northeast of the Palace of Versailles; it was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Madame de Montespan between 1674 and 1680.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Kfarhata (Arabic: كفرحاتا, romanized: Kfar Ḥātā), also known as Kfar Hata or Kafrhata, is a village located in the Koura District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Maya
Uxmal — Nunnery Quadrangle North Building Mosaic Patio (Yucatán) in Yucatán, Uxmal, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Dendera — Mammisi North Column Crypt (Qena) in Qena, Dendera, Mammisi, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–Ne…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age · Atlantic Iron Age
Mousa Broch Tower at Shetland, United Kingdom is a Iron Age megalithic of the Atlantic Iron Age tradition, built c. 300 BCE for 13.3 m dry-stone broch tower.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Bayham Old Abbey is an English Heritage property, located near Lamberhurst, Kent, England. Founded c.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Ancient city
Western Turkic Khaganate to Karakhanid–Qara Khitai · Sogdian / Turkic / Karakhanid
Core Silk Road city at Talas River on northern branch, flourishing 6th–12th c. as capital of Turkic Kaganate and later Karakhanid.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Bawit (Arabic: باويط Bāwīṭ; Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲏⲧ Pavēt) is an archaeological site located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Asyut, near the village of Dashlout, in Egypt.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
Lake Paliastomi (Georgian: პალიასტომი, also transliterated as Palaeostomi, ″ancient mouth / outlet″ in greek) is a small lake near the city of Poti, Georgia, connected to the Black Sea by a narrow…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Mesolithic (7000–5000 BCE) · Ertebølle / Kongemose — Mesolithic hunter-gatherer
Iconic Late Mesolithic cemetery complex on former coastal lagoon in Scania, southern Sweden, with two cemeteries (Skateholm I and II) totalling ~65 graves (c.6000–5000 BCE).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Bogoda Wooden Bridge was built in the 16th century during the Dambadeniya era. This is said to be the oldest surviving wooden bridge in Sri Lanka.
🇺🇸 United States · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture; Hopewell
Fort Ancient — North Embankment Gateway (Warren County) in Ohio, Warren County, Fort Ancient, United States is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) for…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Haram (Arabic: هرم; Old South Arabian 𐩠𐩧𐩣 hrm-m, with mimation Haramum) (known today as Kharibat Hamdān and Kharibat ʾl ʿAlī) is an ancient city in the north of al-Jawf in modern-day Yemen, at…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Qasr al-Hallabat — Mosaic Floor North Hall in Zarqa, Qasr al-Hallabat, Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bro…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Late Bronze to Dzungar · Wusun, Turkic, Mongol-Oirat, Tibetan Buddhist
Upper limestone cliff 35 m above the Ili left bank at Tamgaly-Tas (Kapchagai), 800 m upstream from the famous 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist panels.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Fortress
The Chongam-ri Earthen Castle is a fortification thought to date to the Gojoseon period. Located near Pyongyang, North Korea, it is similar to other earthen fortifications of the period.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab ('Ismant the ruined' in Arabic), was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lepenski Vir — Sector C Trapezoidal House C44 in Bor District, Donji Milanovac, Serbia is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attri…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian / Roman (Hellenistic to Late Antique) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Numidian–Roman hill city with neo-Punic mausoleum, dolmens and Trajan's arch.
🇦🇱 Albania · Temple complex
The Arapaj Basilica or St. Michael Basilica (Albanian: Bazilika e Shën Mëhillit) is a former basilica dedicated to Saint Michael, located in Arapaj, Durrës.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Inkapintay (Quechua Inka Inca, pintay to paint / painting (a borrowing from Spanish pintar to paint), "Inka painting") or Inkapintayuq (-yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with an Inka…