Umm ar-Rasas (Arabic: أم الرّصاص; ancient name: Kastron Mefa’a) is located 30 kilometers southeast of Madaba in the Amman Governorate in central Jordan. It was once connected to the King’s Highway, a major ancient road, and is part of the Jordanian Desert’s semi-arid steppe region. The site is linked to the biblical settlement of Mephaat mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park includes two major landmarks: Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It is located 1,943 kilometers (1,207 miles) south of Darwin by road and 440 kilometers (270 miles) southwest of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lasseter Highways.
Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon) is a national park located at the westernmost part of Java. It is in the Sumur District of Pandeglang Regency, which is part of Banten province in Indonesia. The park once included the volcanic islands of Krakatoa in Lampung province, but current maps show the Krakatoa islands as a separate protected area called the Pulau Anak Krakatau Marine Nature Reserve.
The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park is a protected area in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It covers 2,428.13 km² (938 sq mi) and is part of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park includes Royal Natal National Park, a provincial park, and covers part of the Drakensberg, a high land area with the highest elevations in southern Africa.
A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped part that covers a wheel’s rim. It helps move a vehicle’s weight from the axle through the wheel to the ground and provides traction for the wheel to roll on surfaces. Most tires, like those on cars and bicycles, are filled with air.
Twyfelfontein, which means “uncertain spring” in Afrikaans, is officially called ǀUi-ǁAis in Damara andNama languages, meaning “jumping waterhole.” It is a place with ancient rock carvings located in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. The site includes a spring in a valley surrounded by the sides of a sandstone table mountain that receives very little rain and experiences large differences in temperature between day and night. People have lived at Twyfelfontein for about 6,000 years.
The Tusi Sites (Chinese: 土司遗址; pinyin: Tǔsī Yízhǐ) are three ancient locations in China that were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 3, 2015. This makes them China’s 48th World Heritage Site. These sites are found in the mountainous regions of Southwest China and show the unique tusi system of government that lasted from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (Malagasy: Tsingin’i Bemaraha, French: Réserve naturelle intégrale du Tsingy de Bemaraha) is a protected area near the western coast of Madagascar in the Melaky Region. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990 because of its unique geography, well-preserved mangrove forests, and the presence of wild birds and lemurs.
The Tubbataha Natural Park, also called the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (in Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha), is a protected area in the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. This marine and bird sanctuary includes two large atolls, the North Atoll and South Atoll, and a smaller reef named Jessie Beazley Reef. Together, these areas cover 97,030 hectares (239,800 acres; 374.6 square miles).
Villa Tugendhat (Czech: Vila Tugendhat) is an important building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the early examples of modern architecture in Europe and was designed by German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich. The building was constructed between 1928 and 1930 for Fritz Tugendhat and his wife, Greta, who were part of the wealthy and influential Jewish Czech Tugendhat family.