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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4300–3800 BCE) · Sheri Khan Tarakai
Sheri Khan Tarakai — Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bannu basin, Pakistan is a Late Neolithic (4300–3800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Sheri Khan Tarakai culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) · Gupta-Pala
Vasu Vihara — Mahasthangarh in Bogra District, Mahasthangarh hinterland, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) temple complex attributed to Gupta-Pala culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Enfidha (or Dar-el-Bey, Arabic: دار البي ) is a place in north-eastern Tunisia with a population of approximately 10,000. It is visited by tourists on their way to Takrouna.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Tlemcen (Arabic: الجامع الكبير لتلمسان, romanized: el-Jemaa el-Kebir litilimcen) is a mosque in Tlemcen, Algeria.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Upper Paleolithic to Medieval (100,000 BCE – 2nd century BCE – 1500 CE) · South Asian hunter-gatherer to early historic
Cluster of about 750 sandstone shelters on the Vindhyan fringe with a layered sequence of paintings spanning Mesolithic hunting scenes to historic horsemen and battle processions.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Natural Cretaceous (85 Ma); human modification medieval, hypothesized pre-Christian · Natural geology; medieval Christian hermitage; contested Germanic cult
Teutoburg Forest sandstone pillars with carved grottoes and medieval relief, debated as Germanic solar sanctuary.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) · Sarapbhapuriya
Sirpur — Chhattisgarh Buddhist Centre in Chhattisgarh, Mahasamund, India is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Sarapbhapuriya culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Southfield Grove in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Temple complex
The Basilica of Panagia Limeniotissa (Greek: Βασιλική της Παναγίας Λιμενιώτισσας) is a ruined basilica in Paphos, Cyprus.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Fortress
Atlantic slave trade (1659–1850 Danish) · Danish / Norwegian / Ga / British
Christiansborg Castle (1659 Danish, 1661–1850 Danish–Norwegian slave fort) is on Osu rocky promontory Accra, now Presidential seat (until 2013) and museum.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Earthworks of Northfield Bal in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Gynaecopolis (Ancient Greek: Γυναικόπολις) or Gynaecospolis (Ancient Greek: Γυναικόσπολις); "Woman's city" or "Women's City"; sometimes translated as "Wife's City".
🇰🇷 South Korea · Rock art
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Park Glen Butte Petroglyph Field in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) rock art attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Iaat (Arabic: إيعات also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Liubice, also known by the German name Alt-Lübeck ("Old Lübeck"), was a medieval West Slavic settlement near the site of modern Lübeck, Germany.
🇫🇮 Finland · Rock art
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Comb Ceramic / Pit-Comb Ware hunter-gatherers
Finland's largest and best-known rock painting site on a sheer granite cliff above Lake Yövesi, part of Lake Saimaa.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Basingwerk Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Dinas Basing) is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Axeitos is a prehistoric megalithic dolmen just to the northwest of the village Axeitos, in the parish of Oleiros, in the municipality of Ribeira, on the Barbanza Peninsula in the estuary…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Uchku (Quechua hatun big, uchku hole, pit "big hole" or "big pit", Hispanicized spelling Jatun Uchco) is a cave with archaeological and paleontological remains in Peru.
🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
The Kanozero Petroglyphs (Russian: Канозерские петроглифы, romanized: Kanozerskiye petroglify) are a set of rock drawings discovered in 1997 on an island in Lake Kanozero in the southwestern part of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egyptian…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Hohokam Colonial to Classic (750–1450 CE; peak 1350 CE) · Hohokam (Gila–Casa Grande community, Ancestral O'odham)
Classic Hohokam Gila village 1350 CE — 60 ha compounds around Great House.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000 BCE–600 BCE; peak Hasanlu IV 1100–800 BCE) · Giyan → Hasanlu IV (Mannaean/Urartian sphere) → Urartian
Hasanlu is the great Iron Age walled city south of Lake Urmia — Hasanlu IV (1100–800 BCE) citadel with columned halls, ivory workshop, and violent destruction b...
