swap_horiz Lalibela Alternatives

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The Great Pyramid of Giza

Constructed during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom around 2560 BCE, the Great Pyramid of Giza served as the to...

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Egypt

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Giza Pyramid Complex

The Giza Pyramid Complex is a monumental archaeological site in Egypt containing three primary pyramids built during the...

Egyptian Monument Funerary Old Kingdom

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Thebes (Luxor)

Thebes was a prominent ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile River in Upper Egypt, now encompassing the modern to...

Egyptian Ancient City Egypt Temple

9.7 Brilliant

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a Chilean island renowned for its monumental Moai statues. These large stone figures, car...

Medieval Polynesian Chile Monolithic

9.2 Excellent

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Chaco Canyon

Chaco Canyon, located in New Mexico, USA, was a major center of the Ancestral Puebloan culture between roughly AD 850 an...

USA Medieval New Mexico Ancestral Puebloan

8.9 Great

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Ohrid

Ohrid is a historic city in North Macedonia, known in antiquity as Lychnidos and for archaeological remains from the Rom...

Medieval City North Macedonia Churches

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Hampi

Hampi represents the remains of Vijayanagara, a significant medieval Hindu empire centered in Karnataka, India. The site...

India Medieval Hindu Karnataka

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Khajuraho

A group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India, built by the Chandela dynasty between approximately...

India Medieval Temple Chandela

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Kilwa Kisiwani

Kilwa Kisiwani is a medieval Swahili port city situated on an island off the southern coast of Tanzania. Flourishing fro...

Medieval Islamic Tanzania Swahili

8.2 Great

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Gyeongju Historic Areas

The Gyeongju Historic Areas encompass the ruins and monuments of Gyeongju, which served as the capital of the ancient Si...

Medieval Capital South Korea Silla

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Polonnaruwa

Polonnaruwa is a major archaeological site in Sri Lanka that served as the island nation's second capital from the 11th...

Medieval Capital Sri Lanka Buddhist

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Samarkand (Afrasiab)

Afrasiab is an ancient archaeological site located in the northern part of modern Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It encompasses...

Medieval Crossroads Uzbekistan Silk Road

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Aksum

Aksum in northern Ethiopia was the capital of the Aksumite Empire, a powerful trading state from the 1st to 7th centurie...

Trading Ethiopia Aksumite Stelae

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Nan Madol

Nan Madol is an archaeological complex situated adjacent to the eastern shore of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micr...

Medieval Coral Ceremonial Micronesian

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Krakow Wawel Hill

Wawel Hill is a fortified limestone outcrop on the Vistula River in Kraków, Poland, containing significant archaeologica...

Poland Medieval Royal Fortified

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Yeha

Yeha is a pre-Aksumite archaeological site located in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. It was a major center of t...

Ancient Ethiopia Temple Pre Aksumite

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Gedi Ruins

The Gedi Ruins are the remains of a medieval Swahili town situated in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest along the Kenyan coast....

Medieval Islamic Kenya Swahili

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Mapungubwe

Mapungubwe is an Iron Age archaeological site and cultural landscape in Limpopo, South Africa, occupied roughly from AD...

South Africa Medieval Gold Iron Age

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Khami

Khami is an archaeological site in western Zimbabwe near Bulawayo and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It served as the cap...

Medieval Zimbabwe Iron Age Stone Walled

6.9 Fair

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Thulamela

Thulamela is a Late Iron Age stone-walled settlement in the northern part of Kruger National Park, South Africa. It was...

South Africa Medieval Venda Stone Walls

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