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Rujm el-Hiri – the “Stonehenge of the Levant”

February 13, 2021

Rujm el-Hiri (meaning “"stone heap of the wild cat"), also called Gilgal Refā'īm (meaning "wheel of spirits”), is an ancient megalithic monument, located in the Israeli-occupied region of the Golan Heights.

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Tongwancheng – Capital of the Xia kingdom

February 11, 2021

Tongwancheng was the capital of the Xia Kingdom, founded by the Xiongnu people at the southern edge of the Maowusu Sands of the Ordos Desert, in present-day Inner Mongolia

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Augusta Bilbilis – Birthplace of the Roman Poet Martial

February 10, 2021

Augusta Bilbilis is an ancient Roman town, founded on the heights of Cerro de Bambola in the historical province of Hispania Tarraconensis, in present-day Spain.

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The Ancient City of Termessos

February 5, 2021

Termessos was a fortified city, founded by Pamphylian tribes called the Solymi (also called the Solims) near the peak of the Solymos (Güllük Dağı) mountain, in the Taurus mountain range in present-day Turkey.

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The Vainakh Towers

January 29, 2021

Across the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, are structures built in the characteristics of Vainakh tower architecture for defensive or domestic use, that were constructed by the Nakh peoples in Chechnya, the Republic of Ingushetia, and north-eastern Georgia.

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Dolbadarn Castle – Stronghold of the Welsh Princes

January 28, 2021

Dolbadarn Castle is a 13th century fortification, built at the foot of the Snowdonia mountains near the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales.

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The Giants’ Graves

January 27, 2021

The Giants’ Graves or Giants’ tombs, refers to the collective of tombs scattered throughout modern-day Sardinia, that feature a type of megalithic gallery grave built by the Nuragic civilisation.

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Isca Augusta – The Roman Legionary Fortress

January 14, 2021

Isca Augusta, also called Isca Silurum, and Carleon Roman Fortress is an archaeological site and the remains of a large legionary fortress located in present-day Carleon, Wales.

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Vallum Antonini – The Antonine Wall

January 8, 2021

The Antonine Wall (Vallum Antonini) was a defensive wall built by the Romans in present-day Scotland, that ran for 39 miles between the Firth of Forth, and the Firth of Clyde (west of Edinburgh along the central belt).

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Vallum Aulium – Hadrian’s Wall

January 6, 2021

Hadrian’s Wall (Vallum Aulium) was a defensive fortification in Roman Britannia that ran 73 miles (116km) from Mais at the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea to the banks of the River Tyne at Segedunum at Wallsend in the North Sea.

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L’Anse aux Meadows – The Viking Settlement in Canada

January 3, 2021

L'Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site, and the remains of a Norse settlement in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Machaerus – The Palace Fortress of King Herod

December 28, 2020

Machaerus is an archaeological site and a fortified palace, located on the eastern side of the Dead Sea in present-day Jordan.

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