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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Fakhreddine II Palace is a 17th-century palace in Deir el Qamar, Chouf District, Lebanon. It was built by Emir Fakhr-al-Din II in the early 17th century. It houses the Marie Baz Museum, a wax work museum.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Submerged roadstead at Ras al Hilal with quay blocks 2–4 m deep.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khosrow parviz hunting ground (Persian:شکارگاه خسرو پرویز) or Tape-ye-moradhasel or Morad-Hassel Tepe (Persian:تپه مرادحاصل) is an ancient Sasanid complex in the north of Kermanshah city in western Iran.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Chalcolithic (Temple Period) · Maltese Temple culture (Ġgantija/Tarxien phases)
Hilltop megalithic temple overlooking Filfla islet, globigerina/coralline limestone, monumental façade with 57-tonne largest stone in Maltese temples.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Eski Mosul (Arabic: أسكي موصل) is a village in Mosul District, in present-day northern Iraq. Located just downstream from the Mosul Dam, Eski Mosul is the site of the ancient and medieval city of Balad.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Disputed: either Adena 320 BCE–200 CE or Fort Ancient 1070–1200 CE (latest C14 favors Fort Ancient 1120 CE) · Adena culture or Fort Ancient culture
Quarter-mile (411 m) effigy mound in shape of serpent with oval head swallowing an egg, 3 ft high, coiled tail atop meteor-crater plateau above Ohio Brush Creek, largest surviving effigy mound in…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Megalith
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 in Mongolia Region 10, Mongolia is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Camará Dam was a dam located on the Mamanguape River in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. It burst on June 17, 2004, flooding towns of Alagoa Grande and Mulungu. At least three people died by drowning.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Geoglyph Panel Asia 68 — South Korea Region 8 in South Korea Region 8, South Korea is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Los Toldos is an archaeological site in Santa Cruz, Argentina,. Evidence has been found there of human activity dating back to nearly 13,000 years ago. It is the namesake of the Toldense culture group.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Kebbi Empire (15th–18th c.) · Kebbi / Zamfarawa
Chain of 4 hilltop outlier forts with 1.5 km walls each protecting Surame fields.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Aptuca (Africa) or Henchir Oudeka, also known as Aptucca/Aptuca, Henchir-Oudeka/Henchir-Semmech. or Udeka is a village and archaeological site in Tunisia, North Africa located at 36.409344, 8.940301.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
Les Landes is an area of coastal heathland in the north-west of Jersey. It has been designated as a Site of Special Interest (SSI) since 1996. The site is the largest of its kind in Jersey at 160 ha.
🇧🇿 Belize · Archaeological wonder
Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave in Belize, known as both an archaeological site and as a tourist destination. It is located in the upper Barton Creek area near San Ignacio in the Cayo District.
🇦🇹 Austria · Fortress
Braunsberg is a 346 m high limestone massif in Hainburg an der Donau, Austria, on the shore of the Danube. Its plateau used to host a Celtic town, and still bears traces of the Celtic-Roman era.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Dolmen of Carapito I (Portuguese: Anta de Carapito I) is a megalithic monument located in the civil parish of Carapito, in the municipality of Aguiar da Beira in the Guarda District of Portugal.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
The Kulisteinen, also known as the Kuli stone and listed as N 449 in the Rundata catalog, is a stone with a runic inscription that was originally located at Kuløy in Smøla Municipality, Norway.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Abraham's Well (Hebrew: באר אברהם) is a historical water well in Beersheba, Israel, associated with the biblical narrative of Abraham. Its structure houses the archaeology museum of Beersheba.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Habloville (French pronunciation: [ablɔvil] ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The inhabitants of Habloville are called Hablovillais and Hablovillaises in French.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Harireh is an ancient 8th century city located in what is now Kish, Iran. It is situated in the center of the northern coast of the island. Its area is about 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Bassetki (Kurdish: باستکێ, romanized: Bassetkî) is a small village in Iraq, in Dohuk Governorate of autonomous Kurdistan Region. The village is associated with several archaeological finds.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Auzia was a Roman-Berber colonia in present-day Sour El-Ghozlane, Algeria. The area was located around 150 km south-east of Algiers, in the ancient province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
Hamarhus at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway was originally the fortified palace of the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar. It is now the site of Storhamarlåven, an exhibit of Anno Museum.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Hyampolis (Ὑάμπολις Iabolis) was a city in ancient Phocis, Greece. A native of this city was called a Hyampolites. Some ancient authors record that the city was also called simply Hya.
