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🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
The Noin-Ula burial site (Mongolian: Ноён уулын булш, Noyon uulyn bulsh, also Noyon Uul) consist of more than 200 large burial mounds, approximately square in plan, some 2 m in height, covering…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Amsa-dong (Korean: 암사동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea. The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Kalawan (originally meaning "The caves") is the name of an archaeological site in the area of Taxila in Pakistan, where it is one of the largest Buddhist establishment.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Antibes (, US also, French: [ɑ̃tib]; Occitan: Antíbol [anˈtibu]) is a seaside resort city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France.
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Archaeological wonder
The Ljubljana Central Pharmacy (Centralna lekarna Ljubljana), or shortly the Central Pharmacy (Centralna lekarna), is one of the most prominent buildings at Prešeren Square (Prešernov trg), the…
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Earthwork
Early Middle Ages (8th–10th c. Great Moravian, Bohemian later; Bronze Age hillfort substratum) · Great Moravia – Pálava stronghold
Pavlov-Děvičky Hillfort (Pálava) Great Moravian in South Moravia, Břeclav district, Pavlov village, Pálava Hills Děvičky ( Maiden Castle) hill, Czech Republic is a Early Middle Ages (8th–10th c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Ancient Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon (Arabic: el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Arsal (also spelled Aarsal, Ersal or 'Irsal; Arabic: عرسال), is a town and municipality situated east of Labweh, 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast of Beirut, in Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel…
🇨🇦 Canada · Temple complex
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Toronto, Ontario, that was built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Las Qoray (Somali: Laasqoray, Arabic: لاسقُرَى Lāsqoray) is a historic coastal town in the Sanaag region of Somalia.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Bronze Age to Mongol (Xixia 1038–1227 peak) · Northern nomads (Proto-Mongolic, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Xixia Tangut, Mongol)
Helan southernmost Huaishan 800 ibex and shaman faces on Yellow River Tengger bend, Bronze–Xixia patina.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Abu Madi (Arabic:أبو ماضي) is a cluster of prehistoric, Neolithic tell mounds in Southern Sinai, Egypt. It is located east of Saint Catherine's Monastery at the bottom of a granite ridge.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huillca Raccay or Huillca Racay (also Willkaraqay or Willka Raqay ) (possibly from Quechua willka grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Vilcanota…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic (Cypselid to Persian entry) · Ionian Greek (Erythraean polis, Sibylline tradition)
Ionian Sibyl city's upper-terrace Ionic Athena temple 8×13 c.540 BCE above Chios strait.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock-cut
Nabataean kingdom
Ed-Deir (Arabic: الدير, lit. 'The Monastery'), also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Casa Rosada (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa roˈsaða]), lit. 'the pink house', is the president of the Argentine Republic's official workplace, located in Buenos Aires.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
The Cantalloc Aqueducts are a series of aqueducts located 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) east of the city of Nazca, Peru, built by the Nazca culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long (14 km) navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Peremyshl (Russian: Перемышль) was a town in the Grand Duchy of Moscow located on the right bank of the Mocha River, within the Troitsky Administrative Okrug of Moscow, to the west of the Dmitrovo…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Hellenistic–Parthian to Sassanian (contested) · Seleucid Greek–Parthian–Sassanian; Anahita cult syncretism
210×224 m terrace on Khorasan Road, Anahita water-temple vs. Parthian palace debate, double Ionic colonnade.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Holocene Pastoral (Neolithic to Iron Age) · Early Pastoral Saharan hunter-pastoralists, later Garamantian fringe
Western Jebel Uweinat satellite wadis with 300 cattle-pastoral panels 5000–3000 BCE.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Lapphyttan or Lapphyttejarn in Norberg Municipality, Sweden, may be regarded as the type site for the Medieval Blast Furnace. Its date is probably between 1150 and 1350.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) · Lepenski Vir Culture
Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Southern Extension in Danube Gorge, Donji Milanovac, Serbia is a Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Lepenski Vir Culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Ksar Akil Rock Shelter Level XVII Epi-Palaeolithic in Mount Lebanon, Ksar Akil, Lebanon is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
