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The ancient site was known in its native language as Caḍ́ota [citation needed], and in Chinese during the Han dynasty as Jingjue (Chinese: 精絕; pinyin: Jīngjué, Old Chinese tseng-dzot, similar to Caḍ́ota [citation needed]). Numerous ancient archaeological artifacts have been uncovered at the site.
Rhodes (Ancient and Walled City of Rhodes), South Aegean Samikon , West Greece Samothrace Temple complex (Sanctuary of the Great Gods), East Macedonia and Thrace
Zeugma (Ancient Greek: Ζεῦγμα; Syriac: ܙܘܓܡܐ) was an ancient Hellenistic era Greek and then Roman city of Commagene; located in modern Gaziantep Province, Turkey. It was named for the bridge of boats, or zeugma, [1] that crossed the Euphrates at that location. [2]
This is a list of dates associated with the prehistoric peopling of the world (first known presence of Homo sapiens). The list is divided into four categories, Middle Paleolithic (before 50,000 years ago), Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,500 years ago), Holocene (12,500 to 500 years ago) and Modern ( Age of Sail and modern exploration).
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (F) Cultural: 201: Ancient City of Sigiriya: Cultural: 202: Sacred City of Anuradhapura: Cultural: 200 Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve: Natural: 199 United States: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site: Cultural: 198 ( South Yemen) Yemen: Old Walled City of Shibam (F) Cultural: 192
Kemune (thought to be the ancient city of Zakhiku) [1] is an archaeological site discovered during a low water level in the reservoir of the Mosul Dam in the Nineveh Governorate, part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2013. [2] The Mitanni era city was destroyed by an earthquake around 1350 BC. [3] [4]
Tahpanhes or Tehaphnehes (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤇𐤐𐤍𐤇𐤎, romanized: TḤPNḤS; [1] Hebrew: תַּחְפַּנְחֵס, romanized: Taḥpanḥēs or Hebrew: תְּחַפְנְחֵס, romanized: Tǝḥafnǝḥēs [a]) known by the Ancient Greeks as the Daphnae (Ancient Greek: Δάφναι αἱ Πηλούσιαι) [2] and Taphnas (Ταφνας) in the Septuagint, now Tell Defenneh, was a ...
Terqa is an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the modern border with Iraq and 64 kilometres (40 mi) north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria.