🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Balla (Pieria)
Balla (Ancient Greek: Βάλλα) or Valla (Οὐάλλαι) was a town of ancient Macedonia, on the Haliacmon river, south of Phylace, placed in Pieria by Ptolemy and Pliny, the inhabitants of which were removed…
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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Karad Caves form a group of 66 Buddhist caves located about 5 kilometers south west of Karad, near the village Jakhinwadi overlooking the Koyna River.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Balla (Ancient Greek: Βάλλα) or Valla (Οὐάλλαι) was a town of ancient Macedonia, on the Haliacmon river, south of Phylace, placed in Pieria by Ptolemy and Pliny, the inhabitants of which were removed…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Amberd (Armenian: Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress located 2,300 meters (7,500 ft) above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Chartres (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁ] ) is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Jach'a Phasa (Aymara, jach'a big, phasa edible earth, Hispanicized spellings Jachapasa, Jachapaza, Jachaphasa, Jachcha Paza) is an archaeological site in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department,…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Ancient village
Bawomataluo village is a settlement in the Teluk Dalam province of the South Nias Regency of Indonesia.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Freiha (Arabic: فريحة, romanized: Furayḥah) is a small deserted village on the north-western coast of the Qatar Peninsula in the Al Shamal municipality.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Archaeological wonder
Absalon's Castle, (Danish: Absalons borg) was a fortification on the island of Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, located at the site of the later Copenhagen Castle and Christiansborg Palace.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Douwara is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of Ain Ebel in the Bint Jbeil District of Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
The China pavilion at Expo 2010 (simplified Chinese: 中国国家馆; traditional Chinese: 中國國家館; pinyin: Zhōngguó guójiā guǎn) in Pudong, Shanghai, colloquially known as the Oriental Crown (东方之冠; 東方之冠;…
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
The Archaeology Museum of Pasca (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Pasca) is an archaeological museum located in Pasca, Colombia.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
The Alexandra Road Estate (officially the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate, but often referred to as Rowley Way, the name of its main thoroughfare) is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden,…
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Ekven is an archaeological site in the Russian Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. It is located 30 km from the village of Uelen.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Durbi Takusheyi (or Durbi-ta-kusheyi, meaning "tombs of the chief priest") is a burial site and major archaeological landmark situated about 32 km east of Katsina in northern Nigeria.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Sihuas–Wari to Late Intermediate · Vitor–Sihuas valley people
Vitor pampa geoglyphs between Arequipa and Majes: 21 etched figures with radial avenues to spring wetland.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Lehsain (Arabic: لحصين; also spelled Al-Hussayn and Al Husain) is an abandoned village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Jdeideh (Arabic: جديدة المتن, al-Judaydat; also Jdayde, Jdaideh or Jdeidet el-Matn), is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Bumiayu temple compound, or locally known as Candi Bumiayu, is a Sumatran Shivaist Hindu temple complex located near the banks of Lematang river, precisely in Bumiayu village, Tanah Abang district,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Hu, Huw or Hiw (Arabic: هُو, Coptic: ϩⲱ, ϩⲟⲩ) is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art
The Cochno Stone is a large cup and ring marked rock at Auchnacraig, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, next to the Cochno farm. It is also known variously as "Whitehill 1" and "the Druid Stone".
🇦🇲 Armenia · Earthwork
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age · Kura-Araxes to Trialeti pastoralists
20 high-altitude kites on Mount Aragats (3000–800 BCE)—Caucasus extension 1,200 km from Levant.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Khortytsia (Ukrainian: Хортиця, pronounced [ˈxɔrtɪtsʲɐ]) is the largest island on the Dnieper River, and is 12.5 km (7.77 mi) long and up to 2.5 km (1.55 mi) wide.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The European Archaeological Park at Bliesbruck-Reinheim, in the German municipality of Gersheim (Saarland) and the French municipality of Bliesbruck (Département Moselle), is a cross-border project…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Late Bronze (4400–1200 BCE) · Uruk → EB Syrian city-state → EB IV → Middle Bronze
Tell es-Sweyhat (Upper Lake Tabqa Euphrates Town) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Tabqa Lake (Euphrates) east bank, Sweyhat plain, Syria — Euphrates steppe-edge walled…
