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🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
The Horns of Hattin ( Hebrew: קרני חיטין, romanized: Karnei Hittin; Arabic: قرون حطين, romanized: Qurūn Haṭṭīn) is an extinct volcano with twin peaks overlooking the plains of Hattin in the Lower…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Nabataean (100 BCE–106 CE Petra) · Nabataean
Moa — Nabataean Arava Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean (100 BCE–106 CE Petra) fortress attributed to Nabataean. Arava Nabataean fort 60 × 35 m with corner towers at Nahal Moa pass.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classic (450–600 CE) · Teotihuacan
Atetelco Palace — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (450–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Teotihuacan. Palatial compound with Jaguar Palace and Courtyard of the Jaguars murals.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
El Baúl is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Escuintla Department, Guatemala.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Betthorus was a Roman legionary fortress on the Limes Arabicus. It is located in today's El-Lejjun (from Legio), Karak Governorate, Jordan, north-east of Al-Karak.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Achaemenid (500 BCE) · Achaemenid
Dahan-e Gholaman Palace Q — Northern Building in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Achaemenid (500 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Achaemenid.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Megalith
Bronze Age (2500–1500 BCE) · Baloch megalithic
Raskohi — Balochistan Stone Cairn Field in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Bronze Age (2500–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Baloch megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age
St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (400 BCE) · Dumnonii
Treryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇬🇷 Greece · Rock shelter
Late Upper Palaeolithic · Epigravettian
Small Epigravettian rockshelter in the Voidomatis Gorge, 2 km from Klithi, with 14,000–10,000 BP deposits including microliths, bone tools and faunal remains of ibex and chamois.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cycladic to Hellenistic · Cycladic/Greek
Delos (Island of the Gods) in Cyclades, Greece is a Cycladic to Hellenistic ancient city attributed to Cycladic/Greek culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 530).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
King Arthur's Round Table is a Neolithic henge in the village of Eamont Bridge in the English county of Cumbria, around one mile (2 km) south east of Penrith. It is 400 metres from Mayburgh Henge.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Konsen-ji (金泉寺) is a Kōya-san Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 3 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Shaka Nyorai.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kunturmarka (Quechua kuntur condor, marka village / storey, Hispanicized spelling Condormarca) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Altyn Tamgan Tarhan inscription or Ihe Ashete inscription is an inscription on a stele erected by Bilge Ishbara Tamgan Tarkhan, the son of Ashina Duoxifu.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Roman · Roman
Roman seaside town buried under 20 m pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius 79 CE, preserving wooden furniture, upper storeys, frescoes and unique carbonized papyri scrolls (Villa of the Papyri, now being…
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Ishëm Castle (Albanian:Kalaja e Ishmit) is a castle in Ishëm, Durrës County, Albania. It is located on a hill above the river Ishëm.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
The Lilla Vilunda runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones that were erected by members of the same family and which are located at Lilla Vilunda (also known as Stallgatan) in Upplands…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic (600–800 CE) · Mezcala culture
Mezcala Temple — La Montaña in Guerrero, Mexico is a Late Classic (600–800 CE) temple-complex attributed to Mezcala culture. Hilltop temple with Mezcala mask and temple platform on Guerrero sierra.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500–300 BCE) · Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron Phoenician
Lagoon harbour tell (1500–300 BCE) between Latakia and Jableh — now 2 km inland.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Celathara was a town of Ancient Thessaly. Livy relates that the retreat of Philip V of Macedon after the Battle of the Aous (198 BC) allowed the Aetolians to occupy much of Thessaly, and these latter…
