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Abba Garima Monastery

Ethiopian / Zagwe Dynasty • Ethiopia

Abdera (ruins)

Ancient Greek • Greece

Aboriginal Stonehenge (Standing Stones Site), Mullumbimby

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Abu Simbel

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Abydos

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Acoustic Chamber of Malta

Neolithic Mediterranean • Malta

Adam's Bridge (Rama's Bridge), Palk Strait

South Asia • India / Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • Sri Lanka

Agastya Samhita discovery site, Ujjain

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Ahu Tongariki

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • Chile

Ajanta Caves

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Akhenaten's City - Amarna

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Al-Aziziyah

Ancient Libyan/Roman • Libya

Alatri Acropolis

Ancient Greek/Roman • Italy

Alderney shipwreck (Viking sunstone discovery site), English Channel

Northern Europe • United Kingdom

Aleutian Islands

Native Alaskan • United States

Amarnath Cave

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Amazon Basin Shamanic Sites

Amazonian Indigenous • Brazil

Amazon Jungle, Peru

Amazonian Indigenous • Peru

American Museum of Natural History

Mesoamerican • United States

Anasazi Settlements

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Ancient China (Huang Di dragon legends)

Chinese • China

Ancient city near Lake Pátzcuaro

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Ancient Petroglyphic Sites of North America

Native American • United States

Ancient Rome

Roman • Italy

Ancient ruins of Thera

Ancient Greek • Greece

Ancient Sumerian ruins of Nineveh (clay tablet discoveries)

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Ancient Thera, Santorini

Ancient Greek • Greece

Andes Mountains (Incan sacred sites)

Inca • Peru

Angkor Wat

Khmer • Cambodia

Anglesey

Celtic • United Kingdom

Anjaneri Cave

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Antikythera (mechanism discovery site)

Ancient Greek • Greece

Aokigahara Forest

Japanese • Japan

Aramu Muru / Gate of the Gods

Pre-Inca / Inca • Peru

Arkaim

Bronze Age Indo-Iranian • Russia

Asclepion at Epidaurus

Ancient Greek • Greece

Atacama Desert

Pre-Columbian Andean • Chile

Atacama Desert Geoglyphs

Pre-Columbian Andean cultures (possibly Nazca-related) • Chile

Atacama Giant (Cerro Unitas)

Andean • Chile

Athens, Greece

Ancient Greek • Greece

Australia - Aboriginal Sacred Sites

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Avebury Stone Circle

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Avenue of the Dead

Teotihuacan • Mexico

Axum Obelisk

Aksumite • Ethiopia

Baalbek

Phoenician / Roman • Lebanon

Baghdad Battery (National Museum of Iraq)

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Baghdad Battery Site (Southern Iraq)

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Baian-Kara-Ula Cave System

Chinese • China

Baicheng Stone Disk Site

Chinese • China

Baksei Chamkrong

Khmer • Cambodia

Bangalore private collection (Behram/Thuggee medallion)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Basel, Switzerland

Europe • Switzerland

Bent Pyramid of Dahshur

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Biblical Ark of the Covenant Location

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Israel

Big Island Lava Tubes

Native Hawaiian • United States

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Native American • United States

Bimini Road

Unknown • Bahamas

Biratori, Hokkaido

Japanese • Japan

Black Mesa (Hopi Mesas)

Hopi • United States

Black Mountain (Kalkajaka)

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Black Mountains

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Black Mountains, Australia

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Black Sea (submerged farmhouse site)

Neolithic Anatolian • Turkey

Blarney Castle (Blarney Stone)

Celtic • Ireland

Blythe Intaglios

Aztec • United States

Boksta Runestone, Balingsta

Germanic / Medieval • Sweden

Borobudur

Sailendra Dynasty / Buddhist • Indonesia

Bristol, England

Medieval • United Kingdom

British Library, London

Medieval Italian • United Kingdom

British Museum (John Dee's Obsidian Mirror)

Aztec • United Kingdom

Bulgandry Aboriginal Art Site, Brisbane Water National Park

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Cahokia Mounds

Mississippian • United States

Calakmul

Maya • Mexico

Callanish Stones / Scottish Sites

Neolithic Scottish • United Kingdom

Callao Cave, Luzon Island

Prehistoric Indian • Philippines

Cappadocia Underground City Complex

Hittite/Phrygian/Byzantine • Turkey

Caracol

Maya • Belize

Caral-Supe

Andean Pre-Columbian • Peru

Carnac Stones

Neolithic Breton • France

Carthage, North Africa (Plague of Cyprian site)

Roman • Tunisia

Casas Grandes (Paquimé)

Ancestral Puebloan • Mexico

Çatalhöyük

Neolithic Anatolian • Turkey

Cave of Altamira

Magdalenian / Upper Paleolithic • Spain

Cave of Tayos

Pre-Columbian • Ecuador

Cave of the Apocalypse, Patmos Island

Medieval Christian • Greece

Cave of the Crystals (Cueva de los Cristales), Naica

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Cave Painting Site, Indonesia (44,000-year-old)

Southeast Asia • Indonesia

Cave Tombs of Tana Toraja

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • Indonesia

Central American Jungle Pyramids

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Central American Jungles

Maya • Guatemala/Belize/Honduras

Chachapoya Cloud Forests

Chachapoya • Peru

Chaco Canyon

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Chankillo

Andean Pre-Columbian • Peru

Charma Cave

Prehistoric Indian • India

Charma Caves

Prehistoric Indian • India

Chartres Cathedral

Western Europe • France

Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise

Medieval Italian • France

Chaumukha Jain Temple, Ranakpur

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Chavín de Huántar

Chavín • Peru

Cheonmachong (Heavenly Horse Tomb)

Japanese • South Korea

Chichen Itza

Maya • Mexico

Chichen Itza - Kukulkan Temple

Maya • Mexico

Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan Peninsula

Maya • Mexico

Chilean airspace (cigar-shaped UFO incident)

South America • Chile

China - Ancient Civilization Sites

Chinese • China

Chinchorro Mummy Sites, Arica

Andean Pre-Columbian • Chile

Chinga Meteorite impact site / Iron Man statue provenance

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • Russia/Mongolia (Siberia border region)

Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma

Native American • United States

Choquequirao

Inca • Peru

Church in Southern France (Alchemy Site)

Medieval Christian • France

Church of the Dominican Monastery, Sighișoara

Europe • Romania

Classic Maya Cities

Maya • Mexico/Guatemala

Cleopatra's Needle, New York City

Ancient Egyptian • United States

Coba

Maya • Mexico

Cologne Cathedral (Shrine of the Three Kings)

Abrahamic Religions • Germany

Columbia University (Plimpton 322 / Sumerian mathematics context)

Ancient Near Eastern • United States

Comalcalco

Maya • Mexico

Congo Rainforest

Amazonian Indigenous • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Constantinople (siege site, 1453)

Byzantine • Turkey

Copan

Maya • Honduras

Copán

Maya • Honduras

Copper Canyon, Mexico (Starchild Skull discovery site)

Pre-Columbian • Mexico

Costa Rican Stone Spheres Sites

Diquis Culture • Costa Rica

Crete

Ancient Greek • Greece

Criel Mound, Kanawha Valley

Fort Ancient / Adena • United States

Cromlech Almendres

Neolithic Mediterranean • Portugal

Cuenca (Father Crespi Collection)

Pre-Columbian • Ecuador

Cusco

Inca • Peru

Cuzco

Inca • Peru

Cuzco Tunnel System

Inca • Peru

Cyclopean Walls of Ferentino

Mediterranean • Italy

Dainichibo Temple, Mount Yudono

Shinto Japanese • Japan

Daisen Kofun

Japanese • Japan

Dayton, Texas (Cash-Landrum incident site)

North America • United States

Dead Sea

Jewish/Ancient Near Eastern • Israel/Palestine/Jordan

Death Valley, California (Paiute legend site)

Native American • United States

Delavan Lake Burial Mounds

Mississippian • United States

Delphi

Ancient Greek • Greece

Denali Pyramid

Native Alaskan • United States

Dendera Temple Complex

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Denisova Cave, Altai Mountains

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Russia

Derinkuyu Underground City

Phrygian / Byzantine • Turkey

Devil's Tower

Native American • United States

Dharamshala (seat of the Dalai Lama in exile)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Dikteon Cave

Ancient Greek • Greece

Doggerland (North Sea)

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Dogon Country

Dogon • Mali

Dogon Territory

Dogon • Mali

Dogon Village of Telem

Dogon • Mali

Dolní Věstonice burial site

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Czech Republic

Dresden Codex

Maya • Germany

Dresden Codex Maya Site

Maya • Mexico

Dropa Stones (Baian-Kara-Ula Mountains)

Chinese • China

Dwarka (Submerged City)

Ancient Indian / Indus Valley • India

Easter Island / Rapa Nui

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • Chile

Ecuadorian Cave Complex

Amazonian Indigenous • Ecuador

Egypt's Sarcophagi Cache (Saqqara)

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Egyptian Desert (Libyan Desert Glass / King Tutankhamun's Tomb)

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Egyptian Museums and Excavation Sites

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

El Enladrillado

Andean • Chile

El Mirador

Maya • Guatemala

Ellora Caves

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

English Channel (Spanish Armada battle site)

Medieval • United Kingdom / France (international waters)

English Channel (Spanish Armada engagement)

Medieval • United Kingdom

Erode, India

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Ethiopia (Kebra Nagast / Queen of Sheba flying carpet accounts)

Aksumite • Ethiopia

Externsteine

Germanic / Medieval • Germany

Flores Island, Indonesia

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Indonesia

Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province

Chinese • China

Gamla Uppsala Temple (Ubsola)

Germanic / Medieval • Sweden

Geoglyphs of Kazakhstan

Ancient Steppe Cultures • Kazakhstan

Ġgantija Temples

Maltese Neolithic • Malta

Giza Plateau

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Glastonbury Tor

Celtic / Medieval Christian • United Kingdom

Gobekli Tepe

Pre-Pottery Neolithic • Turkey

Gold Museum, Bogotá

Pre-Columbian • Colombia

Goreme / Cappadocia

Byzantine • Turkey

Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • United Kingdom

Gosford Glyphs, Brisbane Water National Park

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Grand Canyon Caves (Phoenix Area)

Native American • United States

Great Pyramid of Cholula

Aztec • Mexico

Great Stupa of Sanchi

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Great Wall of China

Chinese • China

Great Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe / Shona • Zimbabwe

Guatemala (ancient artifact site)

Maya • Guatemala

Guatemala (flying turtle artifact)

Maya • Guatemala

Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) Underwater Ruins

Ancient Indian / Indus Valley • India

Gulf of Khambhat underwater ruins

Ancient Indian / Indus Valley • India

Gungywamp

Celtic • United States

Gunung Padang

Unknown • Indonesia

Gympie Pyramid

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Ħaġar Qim

Maltese Neolithic • Malta

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

Maltese Neolithic • Malta

Han Dynasty China

Han Dynasty • China

Harappa

Indus Valley • Pakistan

Harayadori Shore (Utsuro Bune incident site)

Japanese • Japan

Harrat Khaybar Stone Structures (Works of the Old Men)

Pre-Pottery Neolithic • Saudi Arabia

Hawaii

Native Hawaiian • United States

Henan Province Cave

Chinese • China

Hephaistia, Lemnos

Ancient Greek • Greece

Heracleion (Thonis), Alexandria

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Hill of Tara

Celtic • Ireland

Himalayan Mountains, Tibet (Nazi expedition site)

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • China

Hittite cities of Turkey

Hittite/Phrygian/Byzantine • Turkey

Hoggar Mountains Cave Petroglyphs

Neolithic Mediterranean • Algeria

Homolovi Ruins

Hopi • United States

Hongshan Archaeological Site, Chifeng

Chinese • China

Hopi Lands

Hopi • United States

Horseshoe Canyon – Ghost Panel petroglyphs

Native American • United States

Hovenweep National Monument

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Hua Shan Mountain

Chinese • China

Huashan Grottos

Chinese • China

Hull (and surrounding Yorkshire region near Star Carr)

Europe • United Kingdom

Hy Brasil (submerged island, Atlantic Ocean)

Celtic • Ireland

I'ipona, Hiva Oa

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • France

Ica Stones Site, Ocucaje Desert

Pre-Columbian Andean • Peru

Ica, Peru (Ica Stones)

Pre-Inca • Peru

Île de la Cité, Paris

Medieval • France

Inca Trail

Inca • Peru

Indus River (Alexander the Great flying disc encounter)

Ancient Macedonian • Pakistan

Ingá Stone (Pedra do Ingá)

Pre-Columbian • Brazil

Iraq Archaeological Sites

Sumerian • Iraq

Iron Age burial site, Kent

Celtic • United Kingdom

Iron Pillar of Delhi

Gupta Empire • India

Ise Grand Shrine

Shinto Japanese • Japan

Ishi-no-Hoden

Shinto Japanese • Japan

Ishibutai Kofun

Japanese • Japan

Island of Crete

Ancient Greek • Greece

Island of Patmos

Abrahamic Religions • Greece

Island of Rhodes

Ancient Greek • Greece

Island of Umnak

Native Alaskan • United States

Isle of Anglesey

Celtic • United Kingdom

Isle of Man

Celtic • United Kingdom (Crown Dependency)

Italian Alps (Ötzi the Iceman discovery site)

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Italy

Izapa (Stela 5)

Maya • Mexico

Jericho

Neolithic / Canaanite • Palestinian Territories

Jerusalem / Temple Mount

Ancient Israelite / Islamic • Israel

Jiangsu Province

Han Dynasty • China

Jomon archaeological sites, Japan

Japanese • Japan

Jordan River

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Israel / Jordan

K'aak Chi (proposed lost Mayan city)

Maya • Mexico

Kaaba (Mecca)

Islamic • Saudi Arabia

Kachina Peaks

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Kailasa Temple

Hindu (Rashtrakuta) • India

Kalahari Desert San Bushmen Sites

San (Bushmen) • Botswana

Kalahari San Rock Art Sites

San (Bushmen) • Botswana

Kamuihei, Nuku Hiva

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • France

Kanda Cosmic Egg Geoglyph

Multiple proposed (unverified) • North Macedonia

Karahan Tepe

Pre-Pottery Neolithic • Turkey

Karahunj Observatory

Ancient Armenian • Armenia

Karnak Temple Complex

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Kayapo Territory, Brazil

Amazonian Indigenous • Brazil

Kazakhstan Geoglyphs

Ancient Steppe Cultures • Kazakhstan

Keyhole stone structures near Khaybar

Ancient Near Eastern • Saudi Arabia

Khabur River (site of Ezekiel's vision)

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Syria

Kholat Syakhl (Mountain of the Dead / Dyatlov Pass)

Europe/Asia (Ural Mountains) • Russia

Khorsabad Palace (Palace of Sargon II)

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Kīlauea

Native Hawaiian • United States

Kimberley Region Cave Art (Wandjina Figures)

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Kimberley Region Cave Paintings

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

King Tutankhamun's Tomb

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Kingdom of Guge ruins

Central Asia • China

Kingdom of Kongo (Congo River region)

Dogon • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kokino Observatory

Neolithic Anatolian • North Macedonia

Kokino Observatory (Taticev Kamen)

Ancient Macedonian • North Macedonia

Korva Island Temple of Narada, Raichur

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Kot Diji

Indus Valley • Pakistan

Kumano Nachi Taisha

Japanese • Japan

Kumari Kandam (submerged landmass south of India)

Ancient Indian / Indus Valley • India

Kushinagar

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland

Medieval • Canada

La Venta

Pre-Columbian • Mexico

La Venta, Tabasco

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Lagash

Sumerian • Iraq

Lagos Museum / Algarve Egg (Silves, Portugal)

Neolithic Mediterranean • Portugal

Lake Ashi

Japanese • Japan

Lake Cote, Costa Rica

Central America • Costa Rica

Lake Guatavita

Pre-Columbian • Colombia

Lake near Bogota (Enrique Castillo Rincón contact site), Colombia

South America • Colombia

Lake Puray

Inca • Peru

Lake Texcoco

Aztec • Mexico

Lake Tianchi (Heavenly Lake)

Chinese • China

Lake Titicaca

Tiwanaku / Inca • Peru / Bolivia

Lake Titicaca Temple Ruins

Andean • Peru

Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches

Ethiopian / Zagwe Dynasty • Ethiopia

Lascaux Cave

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • France

Lava Beds National Monument Petroglyphs

Native American • United States

Leang Bulu' Sipong 4 Cave, Sulawesi

Southeast Asia • Indonesia

Leary, Georgia (Jimmy Carter UFO sighting location)

North America • United States

Lemnos

Ancient Greek • Greece

Lhamo La-tso, Tibet

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • China

Library of Alexandria

Ancient Greek/Roman • Egypt

Libyan Desert Glass Field

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt / Libya border region

Lindisfarne

Medieval Christian • United Kingdom

Loch Ness

Scottish Highland • United Kingdom

Longmen Grottoes

Chinese • China

Lost City of Peru (Cahuas ruins)

Pre-Inca • Peru

Lovelock Cave

Native American • United States

Lumbini, Nepal

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • Nepal

Luxor Temple

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Luxor Temple / Valley of the Kings

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Lydia (ancient kingdom, modern Turkey)

Ancient Greek • Turkey

Macedonian Observatory

Ancient Macedonian • North Macedonia

Machu Picchu

Inca • Peru

Madras (Chennai), India

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Magdalena River gold tomb site

Pre-Columbian • Colombia

Magdalena River region, Colombia (Tolima gold figurines)

Pre-Columbian • Colombia

Mahabalipuram Library

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Mahabalipuram rock carvings

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Majlis al Jinn Cave

Islamic • Oman

Malapa Caves

San (Bushmen) • South Africa

Mannarasala Temple

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Manta, Ecuador (bas-relief octopus carvings)

Pre-Columbian • Ecuador

Marcahuasi Plateau

Pre-Inca • Peru

Markawasi Plateau

Pre-Inca • Peru

Marquesas Islands

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • France

Masuda-no-Iwafune

Japanese • Japan

Mathura

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Mauna Kea

Native Hawaiian • United States

Mauna Loa

Native Hawaiian • United States

Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, Shaanxi Province

Chinese • China

Mayan Calendar Stone

Maya • Mexico

Mayan Underground Temple near Tahtzibichen (Xibalba caves)

Maya • Mexico

Mediterranean Coastal Excavation Sites, France

Neolithic Mediterranean • France

Megiddo

Ancient Israelite / Islamic • Israel

Melanesian Islands

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • Papua New Guinea

Menehune Ditch (Kīkīaola)

Native Hawaiian • United States

Menehune Fishpond (Alekoko Fishpond)

Native Hawaiian • United States

Menhirs of Carnac

Neolithic British • France

Meroe Pyramids

Kushite / Meroitic • Sudan

Meroë Pyramids

Kushite / Meroitic • Sudan

Mesa Verde

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Mescalero Apache Reservation

Native American • United States

Mexico Golden Orbs Location

Pre-Columbian • Mexico

Mikurodo Cave (Cape Muroto)

Japanese • Japan

Milford, Connecticut (giant skeleton site)

Native American • United States

Miyakonojo Shimazu Residence

Japanese • Japan

Mnajdra Temples

Maltese Neolithic • Malta

Mogao Caves

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • China

Mohenjo-daro

Indus Valley • Pakistan

Moldavite deposit region, Czech Republic

Medieval • Czech Republic

Mongol Empire Sacred Sites

Mongol • Mongolia

Monte Alban

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Monte Alto Colossal Heads

Mesoamerican • Guatemala

Monte Rosa / Sacra di San Michele

Medieval Italian • Italy

Mount Ararat

Ancient Near Eastern • Turkey

Mount Baigong, Qinghai Province

Chinese • China

Mount Chimborazo

Inca • Ecuador

Mount Denali

Native Alaskan • United States

Mount Etna

Ancient Greek/Roman • Italy

Mount Everest

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • Nepal/China

Mount Fuji

Japanese • Japan

Mount Hermon

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Lebanon/Syria/Israel (border region)

Mount Ishizuchi (Tengudake Summit)

Japanese • Japan

Mount Kailash

Tibetan / Hindu / Jain / Buddhist • China (Tibet)

Mount Kilauea

Native Hawaiian • United States

Mount Llullaillaco

Inca • Argentina

Mount Musinè

Possibly pre-Roman Alpine cultures • Italy

Mount of Transfiguration, Northern Israel

Abrahamic Religions • Israel

Mount Olympus

Ancient Greek • Greece

Mount Shasta

Native American (Shasta / Wintu) • United States

Mount Sinai

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Egypt

Mount St. Helens

Native American (Salish/Klickitat peoples) • United States

Mount Tai

Chinese • China

Mount Teide and Guanche Pyramids

Africa (Canary Islands) • Spain

Mount Yengo

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Mountaintop Fortress of Ollantaytambo

Inca • Peru

Mountaintop Fortress, Peru (Laser Construction Site)

Inca • Peru

Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Berlin

Celtic • Germany

Mustang Cave Dwellings

Medieval • Nepal

Mycenae

Ancient Greek • Greece

Mystery Hill (America's Stonehenge)

Celtic • United States

Nabta Playa

Prehistoric Nubian • Egypt

Nan Madol

Saudeleur • Micronesia

National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari

Nuragic • Italy

National Gallery, London

Medieval Italian • United Kingdom

National Museum of Archaeology, Athens

Europe • Greece

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Natural History Museum, London (Queen Puabi remains)

Ancient Near Eastern • United Kingdom

Nazca Lines

Nazca • Peru

Nazca Region

Nazca • Peru

Nemrud Dagi

Ancient Greek/Roman • Turkey

New England

Colonial/Pre-Columbian • United States

New York University Anthropology Lab, New York City

Andean Pre-Columbian • United States

Newberry Library, Chicago (Popol Vuh manuscript)

Maya • United States

Newgrange

Neolithic Irish • Ireland

Newspaper Rock

Native American • United States

Niaux Cave

Magdalenian / Upper Paleolithic • France

Nile Valley

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Nimrud (Ancient Assyrian Capital)

Ancient Near Eastern • Iraq

Nippur

Sumerian • Iraq

North Apennines, Italy

Medieval Italian • Italy

Northern Israel (region of the prophet Elijah)

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Israel

Northumberland Neolithic petroglyphs

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Norwegian Spiral Anomaly site, Tromsø, Norway

Northern Europe • Norway

Nuraghe Complexes of Sardinia

Nuragic • Italy

Nuraghe Su Nuraxi

Nuragic • Italy

Nuraghes of Sardinia

Nuragic • Italy

Obelisks of Ethiopia (Aksum)

Aksumite • Ethiopia

Observatory of Mount Korab

Ancient Macedonian • North Macedonia

Ollantaytambo

Inca • Peru

Olmec colossal head sites, Tabasco

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Olmec Colossal Heads

Mesoamerica • Mexico

Olmec sites in ancient Mexico

Pre-Columbian • Mexico

Olympia

Ancient Greek • Greece

Omo River fossil site, Ethiopia

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Ethiopia

Oregon Caves (Siskiyou Mountains)

Native American • United States

Orkney Islands

Pre-Pottery Neolithic • United Kingdom

Orléans

Medieval • France

Oseberghaugen (Oseberg Burial Mound), Tonsberg

Germanic / Medieval • Norway

Painted Cave of El Carmen (Cueva Pintada)

Native American • Mexico

Paititi (Eastern Peru jungle region)

Inca • Peru

Palenque

Maya • Mexico

Palm Springs Air Force Base (Holloman Air Force Base, Palm Springs area)

North America • United States

Papantla, Veracruz (La Danza de los Voladores site)

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Paracas

Paracas • Peru

Paracas Archaeological Complex

Paracas • Peru

Parakas / Paracas Candelabra

Paracas • Peru

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Native American • United States

Parthenon, Athens

Ancient Greek • Greece

Patagonia (San Julián area)

Andean Pre-Columbian • Argentina

Patala

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Patna (ancient city on the Ganges River)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Pech Merle Cave

Magdalenian / Upper Paleolithic • France

Persian Gulf (submerged Garden of Eden)

Ancient Near Eastern • International waters / Persian Gulf region

Peruvian Pyramids

Pre-Inca • Peru

Petra

Nabataean • Jordan

Phaistos Palace (Minoan Palace of Phaistos)

Ancient Greek • Greece

Phoenix, Arizona

North America • United States

Pi-Ramesses

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence

Medieval Italian • Italy

Plain of Jars

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • Laos

Ploutonion (Cave of Charoneia)

Ancient Greek • Turkey

Pluto's Gate (Hierapolis)

Ancient Greek/Roman • Turkey

Pohnpei (Sokehs Rock)

Pohnpeian • Micronesia

Ponza, Italy (Island of Circe)

Ancient Greek • Italy

Port of La Rochelle

Medieval • France

Porto Torres Excavation Site

Nuragic • Italy

Preseli Mountains (Preseli Hills)

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Pu'u Loa Petroglyph Field

Native Hawaiian • United States

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

Native Hawaiian • United States

Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Puerta de Hayu Marka

Pre-Inca • Peru

Puma Punku

Tiwanaku • Bolivia

Puma Punku Portal Sites

Inca • Bolivia

Punjab, India (human tail birth case)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Pyramid of Djoser / Saqqara

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Qinghai Lake

Chinese • China

Qurikancha, Cuzco

Inca • Peru

Red Hands Cave, Blue Mountains

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Red Pyramid of Dahshur

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Rennes-le-Château

Western Europe • France

Rhino Cave

San (Bushmen) • Botswana

Ring of Brodgar

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Rising Star Cave (Dinaledi Chamber)

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • South Africa

Roopkund Lake (Skeleton Lake)

South Asia • India

Rosslyn Chapel

Medieval Scottish • United Kingdom

Ruins of Troy (Hisarlik)

Ancient Greek • Turkey

Sacred Mountains of Peru (Apu)

Inca • Peru

Sacsayhuaman

Inca • Peru

Sahara Desert Cave Paintings

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Algeria/Libya

Sahasralinga, Shalmala River

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Saint-Catherine-de-Fierbois

Medieval • France

Sakwala Chakraya

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • Sri Lanka

Salon-de-Provence, Southern France (Nostradamus)

Medieval • France

Samos

Europe • Greece

Samsun Province Archaeological Site

Anatolia • Turkey

San Agustín Archaeological Park

Pre-Columbian • Colombia

San Diego Museum of Man (Incan Trepanned Skulls Collection)

Inca • United States

San Rafael Swell

Native American • United States

Sanskrit College, Calcutta

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Medieval Italian • Italy

Santissima Annunziata Convent, Florence

Medieval Italian • Italy

Sanxingdui

Shu / Ancient Sichuan • China

Saqqara

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Sarangapani Temple, Kumbakonam, India

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Sarmizegetusa Regia

Dacian • Romania

Scandinavia Norse Sites

Viking / Norse • Norway

Seda County (Larung Gar), Tibetan Plateau

Central Asia • China

Sego Canyon

North America • United States

Senenmut Star Map

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Senenmut Star Map Location (Temple of Hatshepsut)

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Serifos, Greece

Ancient Greek • Greece

Serpent Mound

Fort Ancient / Adena • United States

Shambhala

Tibetan • Tibet

Shambhala / Lost City of the Gods

Andean • Bolivia

Shipton's Arch

Chinese • China

Shipwreck off the coast of Sicily

Ancient Greek/Roman • Italy

Shrine of Medjugorje

Medieval Christian • Bosnia and Herzegovina

Siberian permafrost (woolly mammoth sites)

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Russia

Sidhe Mounds

Celtic • Ireland

Sigiriya

Sinhalese • Sri Lanka

Silbury Hill

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Sima de las Palomas

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Spain

Sinai Desert (Exodus manna event)

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Egypt

Sinai Desert (Manna Machine / Israelite Exodus route)

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Egypt / Israel

Sinakara Valley / Ausangate Mountain (Quyllur Rit'i Festival site)

Andean • Peru

Skara Brae

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Skellig Michael

Celtic / Medieval Christian • Ireland

Sky Caves of Mustang

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • Nepal

Sonora (lost city of giants, Yaqui territory)

Native American • Mexico

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Srirangam)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

St. Ivan Island Medieval Church, Black Sea Coast

Medieval • Bulgaria

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

Medieval Christian • United States

Star Carr

Europe • United Kingdom

Star Visitor Sanctuary, Pahoa

Native Hawaiian • United States

Stella Maris Monastery

Medieval Christian • Israel

Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

Pre-Columbian • Costa Rica

Stone Wheel Geoglyphs of Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan

Ancient Near Eastern • Jordan

Stonehenge

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Sumer

Sumerian • Iraq

Sumerian and Babylonian Origin Sites (Mesopotamia)

Sumerian • Iraq

Sumerian Temple of Enlil at Nippur

Sumerian • Iraq

Surang Tila Temple, Sirpur

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Syracuse (ancient city)

Ancient Greek • Italy

Syrian Archaeological Sites

Ancient Near Eastern • Syria

Tarim Basin Mummy Sites, Xinjiang

Ancient Steppe Cultures • China

Tassili n'Ajjer

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Algeria

Tassili n'Ajjer rock art, Algeria

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Algeria

Tell el-Daba, Nile Delta

Ancient Hebrew/Jewish • Egypt

Temple Mount, Jerusalem

Abrahamic Religions • Israel

Temple Mountain

North America • United States

Temple of Angkor Wat

Khmer • Cambodia

Temple of Apollo, Naxos

Ancient Greek • Greece

Temple of Dendera

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Temple of Edfu

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Temple of Isis, Agilkia Island

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek)

Roman • Lebanon

Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion

Ancient Greek • Greece

Temple of the Jaguar

Maya • Guatemala

Temple of the Sun at Cusco

Inca • Peru

Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca

Inca • Ecuador

Temple of the Sun at Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan • Mexico

Templo Mayor

Aztec • Mexico

Tenerife, Canary Islands (Pyramids of Güímar)

Africa (Canary Islands) • Spain

Tenochtitlan

Aztec • Mexico

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan • Mexico

Thailand (Hungry Ghost Festival tradition)

Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic • Thailand

Thar Desert radioactive site, Rajasthan

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

The Henge (Ludwikowice Kłodzkie)

Medieval Polish • Poland

The Louvre

Ancient Near Eastern • France

Thornborough Henges

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple

Chinese • China

Three Sisters Rock Formations, Blue Mountains

Australia / Oceania • Australia

Throne of Solomon (Takht-e Soleyman region)

Ancient Israelite / Islamic • Iran

Tibet (Nicolas Roerich's Solomon flight traditions)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • China (Tibet)

Tibet (Roof of the World plateau)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • China

Tibetan Highlands

Tibetan • China

Tierra del Fuego

Pre-Columbian • Chile

Tikal

Maya • Guatemala

Tintagel

Celtic • United Kingdom

Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku • Bolivia

Tiwanaku / Tiahuanaco

Tiwanaku • Bolivia

Tohua of Hikokua, Nuku Hiva

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • France

Tohua of Temehea, Nuku Hiva

Polynesian (Rapa Nui) • France

Tomb Complex of the Hongwu Emperor (Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum)

Chinese • China

Tomb of the Lord of Sipan

Pre-Inca • Peru

Tortuguero Monument

Maya • Mexico

Tortuguero Monument 6

Maya • Mexico

Tortuguero Monument Six

Maya • Mexico

Trelleborg Viking Fortress

Medieval • Denmark

Tres Zapotes

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Trois-Frères Cave

Magdalenian / Upper Paleolithic • France

Tsodilo Hills

San (Bushmen) • Botswana

Tula (Temple of Quetzalcoatl / Toltec Warriors)

Mesoamerica • Mexico

Tulum

Maya • Mexico

Tunguska River Blast Site

Siberia • Russia

Turgai Geoglyphs, Kazakhstan

Ancient Steppe Cultures • Kazakhstan

Turgay Geoglyphs

Ancient Steppe Cultures • Kazakhstan

Twelve Apostles of Ilkley Moor

Neolithic British • United Kingdom

Uffizi Gallery (Adoration of the Magi), Florence

Medieval Italian • Italy

Ulfberht sword find site (Viking-Age Scandinavia)

Northern Europe • Norway

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Underground Labyrinths of Malta

Maltese Neolithic • Malta

Upper Amazon Region

Amazonian Indigenous • Peru/Brazil/Colombia

Ur / Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumerian • Iraq

Ural Mountains Metal Coils Site

Europe/Asia (Ural Mountains) • Russia

Uruk

Sumerian • Iraq

Utah Petroglyph Sites

Native American • United States

Utah Petroglyphs

Native American • United States

Utsuro Bune Landing Site (beach north of Tokyo)

Japanese • Japan

Uxmal

Maya • Mexico

Val Camonica

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Italy

Valcamonica Rock Carvings

Cro-Magnon / Upper Paleolithic • Italy

Valley of Death Cauldrons, Yakutia

Siberia • Russia

Valley of the Kings

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Varanasi, India

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Veracruz (La Danza de los Voladores site)

Mesoamerican • Mexico

Vijayanagara Temples

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Vilcabamba

Inca • Peru

Villerouge-Termenès Castle

Medieval • France

Vinci, Italy

Medieval Italian • Italy

Wadi Sura II

Ancient Egyptian • Egypt

Walinynga (Cave Hill), Amata

Australia / Oceania • Australia

Well of Badlapur

Ancient Indian / Indus Valley • India

Well of Sheshna (Patala entrance), Benares

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Well of Sheshna, Varanasi (Benares)

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • India

Westminster Abbey

Medieval • United Kingdom

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Medieval Polish • Poland

Winnemucca Lake Petroglyphs

Native American • United States

Wolfe Creek Crater (Kandimalal)

Aboriginal Australian • Australia

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Native American • Canada

Wudang Mountain (Nanyan Temple)

Chinese • China

Xibalba Caves (Mayan Underworld Caves near Mérida)

Maya • Mexico

Xinzheng, Henan Province (birthplace of the Yellow Emperor)

Chinese • China

Yasuni National Forest (Waorani Territory)

South America • Ecuador

Yonaguni Monument

Unknown / Possible Natural • Japan

Yucatan Cave System

Maya • Mexico

Yucatán Peninsula

Maya • Mexico

Yumbulakang Palace, Southern Tibet

Hindu / Buddhist / Jain • China

Zag meteorite fall site / Monahans meteorite fall site

Africa / North America • Morocco / United States

Zhongtiao Mountain Range

Chinese • China

Zoroastrian Fire Temple at Naqsh-e Rostam

Zoroastrian/Achaemenid • Iran

Zuni Petroglyph Sites, New Mexico

Ancestral Puebloan • United States

Zurich Central Library (Nuremberg and Basel broadsheets)

Medieval • Switzerland

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