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🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Gendebelo (also called Gende Belo and Nora) was an ancient Muslim trading city in Ifat (present-day central Ethiopia). Its location was discovered in 2009 by a team of French archaeologists.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Clitae or Kleitai (Ancient Greek: Κλειταί) was a town in the interior of Bithynia (or Paphlagonia), mentioned by Ptolemy. It lay east of the Parthenius River. The site of Clitae is unknown.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Katwaria Sarai is a small neighborhood in the south of New Delhi. It is one of the three villages, along with Ber Sarai and Jia Sarai, bordering the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Ginnig is a tell (archaeological settlement mound) in Upper Mesopotamia (modern Nineveh Governorate, Iraq) that was occupied at the transition from the PPNB to the Pottery Neolithic.
