🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh
Chitrakoot is a pilgrimage centre and a nagar panchayat in the Satna district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
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🇪🇸 Spain · Cave
The cave of Chufín is located in the town of Riclones in Rionansa (Cantabria), Spain. Situated at the confluence of the Lamasón and Nansa rivers, several caves ornamented with rock art pock the steep…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chitrakoot is a pilgrimage centre and a nagar panchayat in the Satna district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Gebel al-Ain is a plateau in Sudan at the border between the Northern State and North Kordofan.
🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient village
Early to Middle Holocene (7700–2500 BCE) · Kiffian/AA foragers → Tenerian pastoralists
Gobero lakeside cemeteries tracking 5,000 years of Sahara greening and desertification.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,645 metres (11,959 ft) high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Cotahuasi District.
🇳🇪 Niger · Temple complex
The Grand Mosque of Niamey (French: Grande Mosquée de Niamey) is a Sunni mosque located in Niamey, Niger that was built in the 1970s. The largest mosque in the city, it is located along Islam Avenue.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Gala Abu Ahmed is a fortress ruin in lower Wadi Howar, northern Sudan. The 120 by 180 metres (390 ft × 590 ft) facility is located 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of the Nile.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1000 BCE) to present · Omani, Iron Age to Islamic
Approximately 3,000 still-active aflaj (singular falaj) thread Oman, of which five exemplars — Daris, Al-Khatmeen, Al-Malki, Al-Jeela and Al-Muyassar — are inscribed.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Mallkuamaya (possibly from Aymara mayqu (also often mallku, mallqu) leader, amaya dead body, dead / beloved son / battlement / a thin person / lazy) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Archaeological wonder
Mangalkot (Bengali: মঙ্গলকোট) sculptures are ancient terracotta figurines discovered by Alexander Cunningham in 1879 in the village of Chingaspur, located in the current Shibganj Upazila, Bogra…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Ongamira is a valley located north of the Valle de Punilla and northwest of the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Afqa (Arabic: افقا; also spelled Afka) is a village and municipality located in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, 71 kilometres (44 mi) northeast of Beirut in Lebanon.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Commodilla catacomb inscription is found on the cornice of a fresco in the tomb of the Christian martyrs Felix and Adauctus, located in the catacombs of Commodilla in Rome.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 498 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacombs of San Sebastiano are a hypogeum cemetery in Rome, Italy, rising along Via Appia Antica, in the Ardeatino Quarter.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Amrah is a site about 120 km (75 mi) south of Badari, Upper Egypt. Archaeological discoveries in 1901 at El-Amrah, were the basis of what is now known as the Amratian culture, a Naqada I culture…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
The Ali-Sadr Cave (Persian: غار علیصدر), originally called Ali Saadr or Ali Sard (meaning cold), is a water cave which attracts visitors every year.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 874 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacomb of Saint Agnes (Italian: Catacombe di Sant'Agnese) is one of the catacombs of Rome, placed at the second mile of via Nomentana, inside the monumental complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Cloghanmore (translated as "the great stone heap" is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb (or court cairn) type located about 8 km east from Carrick in Malin More, Glencolmcille, in County Donegal, Ireland.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Ixiamas is a town and municipality in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is on the level pampa 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the Cordillera Central foothills. It is served by Ixiamas Airport.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacomb of Generosa is a catacomb of Rome (Italy), located in Via delle Catacombe di Generosa, close to a big bight of river Tiber on the right bank, in the Portuense quarter.
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Archaeological wonder
Casa Presidencial, or "Presidential House" in the Spanish language, is the President of El Salvador's official residence and his offices.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Jewish Catacombs of Venosa are a set of catacombs located near the Italian city of Venosa, Province of Potenza, on Maddelena Hill.
