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🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
The Jāmeh Mosque of Fahraj (Persian: مسجد جامع فهرج, romanized: Masjed-e Jomeh, Fahraj ) is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (jāmeh) located in Fahraj, Yazd province, Iran.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Dattalla or Datala (Ancient Greek: Δαττάλλα) was a town of ancient Crete. The inhabitants of Dattalla are documented in a decree dated at the end of the sixth century BCE, that deals with the…
Kosovo · Necropolis
The Illyrian tombs in Boka-Përçeva constitute a cultural heritage monument in Përçeva, Klina, Kosovo. The necropolis and tumuli are located only a few kilometers from the village of Gllarevë.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Cave
Gruta del Indio is a rock shelter located in Rincón del Atuel, Southern Mendoza, Argentina. The site is located 28 km south of the town of San Rafael at around 660m above sea level.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gärde is a locality in the north of Offerdal in the historical province Jämtland in the middle of Sweden.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, late 12th Dynasty, ~1795 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Southern Mazghuna pyramid, 400 m south of north (c.1795 BCE), 52.5 m base, Amenemhat IV candidate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial to Early Formative (Bagua-Jaén, Bracamoros) · Bagua-Jaén / Bracamoros culture (Marañón)
Jaén valley mound cluster Huaca La Ventilla (1500–500 BCE) near Montegrande: 40×40 m 15 m adobe-cobble pyramid — Bagua-Jaén phase dense temple field in upper Marañón.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Cave
Belilena Cave (Sinhala: කිතුල්ගල බෙලි ලෙන) is a cave in Sri Lanka, located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the town of Kitulgala.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pre-Clovis to Clovis · Pre-Clovis (Cactus Hill)
Sandy terrace pre-Clovis site (16,000 BCE) with blades beneath Clovis on Nottoway River, Virginia.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Dickson Dam is a flow-regulation dam constructed in 1983 which impounded the Red Deer River creating a reservoir known as Gleniffer Lake.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Outer Djenné-Jeno Mound East — Djenné-Jeno (57-33) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
The Barsian mosque and minaret comprise a Shi'ite Friday mosque, also known as the Jameh Mosque of Bersian (Persian: مناره و مسجد جامع برسیان; Arabic: المئذنة والجامع برسيان), and 34-metre-high (112…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chichakuri (Quechua chichaku, meaning chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans), -(i)ri an Aymara suffix; Hispanicized spelling Chichacori) is an archaeological site in Peru consisting of stone tombs (chullpa),…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Gallardet Dolmen (French: Dolmen de Gallardet) is a dolmen near the village of Le Pouget in Languedoc, France. It is a large tumulus, containing a 12 metre long alley.
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Hypogeum Ridge B — Hypogeum, Paola (59-07) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient city
Devdaha (Deva Daha, देवदह) is a municipality in Rupandehi District of Nepal, the ancient capital of Koliya Republic, located 7 km east of Lumbini and east of Butwal and shares a border with…
🇦🇱 Albania · Ancient city
Ad Quintum (Albanian: Stacioni Romak) was an ancient settlement and a Roman thermal complex in Illyricum, near Bradashesh, present-day Albania.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Inca-Caranqui is an archaeological site located in the village of Caranqui on the southern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Hatadage (Sinhala: හැටදාගේ) is an ancient relic shrine in the city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. It was built by King Nissanka Malla, and had been used to keep the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Crossen Palace is a Baroque palace in the municipality of Crossen an der Elster in the east of the German federal state of Thuringia, located between Gera in the south and Zeitz in the north.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Fortress
Borgring (older spelling Borrering) also known as Vallø Borgring, is a Danish Viking ring fortress located near Køge on the island of Zealand.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Hilleh Historical Village is a special sub-ground historical village in Osku County, Iran near to Osku in the vicinity of Kandovan, Osku. Currently nobody lives there.