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  2. List of archaeological sites by country - Wikipedia

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    Lumea Noua (near Alba Iulia) – middle Neolithic to Chalcolithic; Măgura Uroiului; Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) – Dacian, Roman; Noviodunum ad Istrum – Roman; Peștera cu Oase – the oldest early modern human remains in Europe; Porolissum (near Zalău) – Roman; Potaissa (Turda) – Roman; Sarmizegetusa Regia – Dacian capital

  3. List of archaeoastronomical sites by country - Wikipedia

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    Rujm el-Hiri is an ancient megalithic monument consisting of concentric circles of stone with a tumulus at center, in the Golan Heights, territory occupied by Israel. It is believed that the site was used as an ancient calendar. At the times of the two equinoxes, the sun's rays would pass between two rocks, at the eastern edge of the compound.

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. [17] As of 2014, Iraq lists eleven properties on its tentative list: [ 18 ] Ur : The site was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia , marked by the prominent Ziggurat of Ur .

  5. Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho ...

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    A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that angered Israel, which controls the ...

  6. Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Ruins Around the World

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    Discover some of the world’s most mysterious places on Earth, including the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, and beyond, and learn why these ruins still puzzle experts.

  7. Ruins of 2,400-year-old temple — hiding another ancient ...

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    Today, the site is an archaeological park famous for a trio of ancient Greek temples, according to the World History Encyclopedia. The temples are “amongst the best surviving examples of ancient ...

  8. Pella, Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Children playing football in the ancient ruins of Pella in September 2004. In the late Roman and Byzantine periods, the town extended over the ancient tell (archaeological mound), across the broad central valley of the town today known as the Wadi al-Jirm (see photograph), and over the slopes and summit of the southern hill known as Tell al-Husn.

  9. Search for 600-year-old ruins leads to a much older — and ...

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    The ruins were discovered near Frauenwörth Abbey, which was founded around 782, according to officials. The initial surveys of the area were intended to identify a church belonging to the ...