🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Kyaikkhauk Pagoda
Kyaikkhauk Pagoda (Burmese: ကျိုက်ခေါက်စေတီတော်) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Thanlyin Township, in southern Yangon Region, Myanmar.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland · Temple complex
The Fraumünster (German pronunciation: [fʁaʊ̯ˈmʏnstɐ]; lit. in English: Women's Minster) is a church in Zurich, Switzerland, which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Kyaikkhauk Pagoda (Burmese: ကျိုက်ခေါက်စေတီတော်) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Thanlyin Township, in southern Yangon Region, Myanmar.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Late Iron Age Liv 10th–12th c Daugava Livonia pre-Riga 1201 · Liv Finnic (Daugava Livs) — pre-Riga Livonia (Henry Livs)
Ķivutkalns — Liv (Finnic Livs) hillfort (Late Iron Age 10th–12th c, abandoned 1201 German Riga foundation) on Daugava right bank 7 km southeast Riga Old Town, Katlakalns promontory at tributary mouth.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Fabra Observatory (Catalan: Observatori Fabra, IPA: [upsəɾβəˈtɔɾi ˈfaβɾə]; obs. code: 006) is an astronomical observatory located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain pointed towards the south at 415…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Darreh Shahr Ancient City, also known as Madaktu and Seymareh, is the name of a 200 hectares (490 acres) ruined area next to the existing city of Darreh Shahr in southwest Iran, in Ilam Province.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Khiva (Uzbek: Xiva, Хива, خیوه; other names) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient city
Roman Iron Age → Vendel–Viking 200–1100 (Bornholm central place) · Bornholm Iron Age (Burgundians? Bornholm island central place, guldgubbar sanctuary)
Sorte Muld (Black Soil) — Iron Age central-place and sanctuary (Late Roman 200–400 → Viking Age 400–1100, peak Vendel 600–800) on Bornholm plateau 2 km south Svaneke, eastern Bornholm's richest site.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
The Chet Holifield Federal Building, colloquially known as "the Ziggurat Building", is a United States government building in Laguna Niguel, California.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa (Arabic: كوكب الهوا, lit.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir of Chicago, Illinois is a traditional Hindu place of worship built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Julfar (Arabic: جلفار) was an Islamic-era port, trading entrepôt and settlement, which formed a key element in the Arab trading networks that straddled East and West throughout the Islamic period…
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Nejd is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It was a fortified village inhabited during the Samad Late Iron Age and possibly during Islamic times.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Rock art
Neolithic 6000–1000 BCE → Bronze Age overlay · Korean Neolithic maritime hunters (Ulsan Daegok)
Bangudae — Korean Neolithic whaling petroglyph rock art (c.6000–1000 BCE) 20 km west Ulsan, Ulju County, Daegok-cheon vertical cliff 4×5 m, discovered 1971 Mun Myeong-dae.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Essouk-Tadmekka Islamic Quarter House 7 in Gao, Essouk, Mali is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Dalton (Hebrew: דַּלְתּוֹן) is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
al-Jārūd was a small-town in the Wadi Hamar area, about 40 km east of the Balikh River in present-day Syria, inhabited during the 9th century.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Bhagwati Temple or Chandi Bhagwati Temple (Nepali language:चण्डी भगवती मन्दिर) is a famous Hindu temple situated in the heart of Rajbiraj, Saptari.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Medieval trans-Saharan (8th–15th c; peak 11th–14th c) · Sanhaja Berber / Tuareg (Kel Essouk) / Songhai
Arid 12 ha Berber warehouse town with 8th-c mosque (among earliest in West Africa) and 750,000 glass beads on salt route.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Bukit Remis Pangkalan, also known as the Pangkalan Shell Mound Site, is a prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological site located in Aceh Tamiang Regency, Aceh Province.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Miliana (Arabic: مليانة) is an Algerian commune in the Aïn Defla province, serving as the capital of Miliana district approximately 114 kilometres (71 mi) southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kuntuyuq or Quntuyuq (Quechua kuntu, quntu fragrance, aroma, -yuq a suffix, "the one with a fragrance", Hispanicized spelling Contuyog, Cuntuyog) is an archaeological site with rock paintings on a…
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
Santa María la Antigua del Darién—rendered as Dariena in the Latin of De Orbe Novo—was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Dongtalede (Ch: 东塔勒德) is an archaeological site in Xinjiang with numerous artifacts riminescent of the Scytho-Siberian art of Central Asia. It is dated to the 9th-7th century BCE.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Ancient city
Govurqala is a name shared by four archaeological sites in Azerbaijan, located in Nakhchivan. Govurqala here is 35 km north-west from Nakhchivan, on the left bank of Araz.
