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The Kanishka Stupa stood in present-day Peshawar, Pakistan representing a significant Kushan Empire monument. Constructed around the 2nd century CE by Emperor Kanishka, it served as a shrine for Buddhist relics. The stupa’s location and construction provide valuable insights into early Buddhist prac...
Old Westbury White Horse was a lost Wiltshire chalk horse recorded by 1742; it was replaced in 1778 by the present Bratton White Horse.
The Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus was Rome's first permanent amphitheater, built on the Campus Martius in 29 BC and destroyed in AD 64.
Old Pewsey White Horse was a lost Wiltshire chalk horse probably cut in 1785; its faint outline was replaced by the present 1937 figure.
Old Devizes White Horse was a lost Wiltshire chalk horse cut by local shoemakers in 1845 and remembered as the Snobs Horse before its 1999 replacement.
Old Litlington White Horse was a Sussex chalk horse cut in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation and replaced by the current 1924 figure.
Plymouth Hoe Gogmagog was a lost turf-cut giant figure in Devon, recorded before the 17th century and tied to the Gogmagog and Corineus foundation myth.
Pargo Kaling was a massive 15th-century Kumbum stupa located in Lhasa, Tibet, noted for housing 108 chapels before it was largely destroyed during the 20th century.
Pitstone Hill White Horse was a lost chalk horse in Buckinghamshire, England, traditionally dated to about 1809 and no longer visible by the late 20th century.
Hindhead White Horse was a lost Surrey chalk figure at Combe Head, visible from Gibbet Hill from about 1909 until it was covered by heath after 1939.
Giant of Hindover Hill was a lost Sussex chalk human figure reported in 19th-century accounts near Litlington and compared with the Long Man of Wilmington.
The Amphitheater of Nero was a wooden arena on Rome's Campus Martius, built under Nero in the 1st century AD and probably destroyed in the fire of AD 80.
