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🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities. The cave is located almost exactly between the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inkachaka or Inka Chaka (Quechua Inka Inca, chaka bridge, "Inca bridge", hispanicized spellings Incachaca, Inca Chaca) is an archaeological site in Bolivia.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili earliest (8th–14th c CE) · Swahili (proto-Swahili)
Shanga — Pate Island Early Swahili Town in Lamu County, Kenya is a Swahili earliest (8th–14th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (proto-Swahili). Earliest Swahili town 15 ha with 8th c.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Cojitambo is an Inca and pre-Inca archaeological ruin, a popular rock climbing site, and a small village west of Azogues, capital of Canar province of Ecuador.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
The Petroglyphs of Eshkiolmes (Kazakh: Ешкіөлмес петроглифтері, romanized: Eşkiölmes petroglïfteri) are located throughout the Eshkiolmes mountain range in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic Barrier (6000 BCE) → Fremont (600 CE) → Ute (1800 CE) · Barrier Canyon → Fremont → Ute layered
Sego three cultures described by Castleton 1970s, highway-visible 14 m panel with 75 figures.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Ganjali Khan Complex (Persian: مجموعه گنجعلیخان, romanized: Majmou'e-ye Ganjali Khan) is a Safavid era building complex, located in the old city center of Kerman in Iran.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Aethalidae or Aithalidai (Ancient Greek: Αἰθαλίδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica, originally of the phyle of Leontis but after 307/6 BCE, of the phyle of Antigonis, sending two delegates to the…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Gharandal (Arabic: غرندل) is a town in the Tafilah Governorate in southern Jordan, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-southeast of the governorate capital Tafilah.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Henchir Ziane is an archaeological site in southern Tunisia, located in the middle of the Zarzis peninsula, approximately 9 km west of the modern town.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kfar Giladi (Hebrew: כפר גלעדי, lit. 'Giladi Village') is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle of northern Israel.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Colcampata (Quechua qullqa, qulqa deposit, -n a suffix, pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Hundersingen is a village within the municipality of Herbertingen and is part of the administrative district of Sigmaringen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Minoan · Minoan
Phaistos (Festòs) in Crete, Heraklion, Greece is a Minoan ancient city attributed to Minoan culture. Settlement complex with stratified occupation, demonstrating urban planning and craft production.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Acoma Keres (1150–present mesa; 1629 mission) · Keresan Acoma (Sky City)
Acoma excavated by M. Ellis 1960s rim, 1150 occupation Enchanted Mesa ancestor, 1598 Spanish battle.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Chocolá is a Preclassic Southern Maya site whose developmental emphasis was from c. 1000 BC to AD 200. The site lies within the Southern Maya area.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Megalith
The Bada Valley and Napu Valley, located in the Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains hundreds of megaliths of undetermined age that are called watu ("stone") in the local…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Fortress
The Baturyn Fortress Citadel (Ukrainian: Цитадель Батуринської фортеці) is an architectural and memorial complex on the territory of Baturyn, it serves as a museum within the National Historical and…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Melville Koppies is a nature reserve and a Johannesburg City Heritage Site in Johannesburg, South Africa. The word 'koppie' means small hill. Iron Age artifacts can still be found at the site.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Satavahana (100 BCE) · Buddhist Hinayana
Bedse Caves — Maval Hinayana Pair in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (100 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist Hinayana.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
The Drimolen Palaeocave System consists of a series of terminal Pliocene to early Pleistocene hominin-bearing palaeocave fills located around 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Johannesburg, South…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Henchir Bez is an archaeological site in Tunisia, located at 36° 00′ 23″ N, 9° 32 in the hills overlooking the Oued Miliane river, west of Tunis.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Palaeolithic (500k BP–12000 CE) · Acheulean to Creswellian
Kent's Cavern — Torquay in Devon, South West England, United Kingdom is a Palaeolithic (500k BP–12000 CE) cave attributed to Acheulean to Creswellian culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
The Chetwai Lighthouse is situated at Chettuva near Guruvayur in Thrissur District of Kerala. It was inaugurated on 29 September 1986. The tower is a 30-meter tall concrete structure.
