🇸🇩 Sudan · Fortress
Abu Nafisa fort
Abu Nafisa fort is a ruin located on the left bank of the Nile, in Khartoum Province (Sudan). It was built by the rulers of Alwa.
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🇸🇩 Sudan · Fortress
Abu Nafisa fort is a ruin located on the left bank of the Nile, in Khartoum Province (Sudan). It was built by the rulers of Alwa.
Roman Empire · Archaeological wonder
Aeliae or Æliæ was a Roman-era city in the province of Byzacena. The town must have been of some importance as it was made a bishopric early after the Council of Nicaea and it was a Catholic diocese…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Ancient Rome
The Arch of Dativius Victor in Mainz is one of the most important reconstructed Roman monuments in Germany.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: Hērt ) was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around 35°56′55″N 9°5′50″E, about 13 km northwest of Maktar in Siliana Governorate.
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock shelter
Cueva de los Pincheira is rock shelter located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) southeast of Chillán, in Ñuble Region, Central Chile.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kafr Kanna (Arabic: كفر كنا, Kafr Kanā; Hebrew: כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Maadi (Egyptian Arabic: المعادى el-Maʿādi [elmæˈʕæːdi]) is a leafy and once suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) upriver…
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Holtun, originally named La Máquina, is a Maya archaeological site located in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala on the road to Melchor de Mencos from Flores.
Palestinian National Authority · Fortress
Hisham's Palace (Arabic: قصر هشام Qaṣr Hishām), also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar (Arabic: خربة المفجر), is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in…
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
The Almonacid de la Cuba Dam is a Roman gravity dam on the Aguasvivas River in Almonacid de la Cuba, Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 1st century AD.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev is a World Heritage-designated area near the end of the Incense Route in the Negev, southern Israel, which connected Arabia to the Mediterranean in the…
🇹🇭 Thailand · Archaeological wonder
Khu Bua (Thai: คูบัว, pronounced [kʰūː būa̯]) is an archaeological site located in the Khu Bua subdistrict, 12 km southeast of the city of Ratchaburi, Thailand.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Fortress
The Barsbay Tower (Arabic: برج برسباي, romanized: Burj Barsbay), also known as Lions Tower (Arabic: برج السباع, romanized: Burj es-Sibaa), is a small Mamluk military fortress located at the far…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Mound
The Lion's Mound (French: Butte du Lion, lit. "Lion's Hillock/Knoll"; Dutch: Leeuw van Waterloo, lit.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
The Maoz Haim Synagogue was a former ancient Jewish synagogue and now archeological site, that is located near Maoz Haim, in the Beit She'an region, in the Jezreel Valley area of the Galilee district…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Edstone Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 4-mile (6 km) length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. At 475 feet (145 m), Edstone is the longest cast iron aqueduct in England.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var is carved on the flanks of the Zinanah Mt. in the Tang-i Var pass in Hawraman, Iranian Kurdistan, about 50 km southwest of Sanandaj.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon National Park (Hebrew: גן לאומי אשקלון, Arabic: متنزه قومي عسقلان) is an Israeli national park consisting of the ruins of ancient Ascalon and Palestinian village Al-Jura, situated along the…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Adab (Sumerian: 𒌓𒉣𒆠 Adabki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the latter.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Fortress
Gerulata was a Roman military camp located near today's Rusovce, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Kinal is a major pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Petén Department of the modern-day Petén Department of northern Guatemala.