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People's Republic of China · Temple complex
Gajiu Monastery is an ancient Buddhist temple located near the old Tibetan village of Tsetang in the province of Tibet. Only ruins remain of the temple which was built at the foot of Mount Gongbori.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Driekops Eiland (also called Driekopseiland) is a rock engraving or petroglyph site in the bed of the Riet River close to the town of Plooysburg, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
The Esparragalejo Dam was a Roman multiple arch buttress dam at Esparragalejo, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Dating to the 1st century AD, it is the earliest known multiple arch dam.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El Sheikh Sa'id is a small village in the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it is named after a local Muslim saint buried in the area.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Great Hagi Jaffar Dam (from Arabic: سد حاجي جعفر الكبير, in Persian: سد حاجی جعفر گّب), is a dam in Kukherd city, southwestern Kukherd District, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Deir El Ahmar (Arabic: دير الأحمر, romanized: Dayr al-ʾAḥmar) is a Lebanese town, located 100km from Beirut and 22km northwest of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
