Baalbek ( / ˈ b ɑː l b ɛ k , ˈ b eɪ ə l b ɛ k / ; Arabic : بَعْلَبَكّ , romanized : Baʿlabakk ; Syriac : ܒܥܠܒܟ ) is a city in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, located east of the Litani River and about 67 km (42 mi) northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In 1998, the city had a population of 82,608.
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) is a combined site on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It includes two locations in Australia that are famous for having many fossils. The UNESCO listing covers two separate areas where fossils from the Cenozoic Era have been discovered.
At-Turaif is a historic area in Diriyah, which is located northwest of Riyadh. It is considered one of the most important political and historical places in Saudi Arabia because it was the capital of the early Saudi kingdom. This area was the original home of the House of Saud and served as the country’s first capital from 1727 until the Ottoman Empire took control of the area in 1818.
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi; Latin: Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the main church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region of central Italy. Saint Francis was born and died there. The basilica is a special church recognized by the Pope and is one of the most important places for Christian pilgrimages in Italy.
The Area de Conservación Guanacaste is a group of protected areas and a World Heritage Site in Guanacaste Province, northwestern Costa Rica. The World Heritage Site includes a continuous area of tropical dry forest and important habitats for several vulnerable species, such as the Central American tapir, mangrove hummingbird, and great green macaw. More than 7,000 plant species and 900 vertebrate species have been found in the park.
Casas Grandes, which means “Great Houses” in Spanish, is an ancient archaeological site located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The site was built by the Mogollon culture. Casas Grandes is named a UNESCO World Heritage Site by INAH and recognized as a “Pueblo Mágico” since 2015.
Tiryns (pronounced /ˈtɪrɪnz/ or /ˈtaɪrɪnz/; Ancient Greek: Τίρυνς; Modern Greek: Τίρυνθα) is a Mycenaean archaeological site located in Argolis, a region in the Peloponnese. It is the place where the mythical hero Heracles was said to have completed his Twelve Labors. Tiryns is located 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Mycenae.
The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) is located 75 kilometers west of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is built around the royal tombs created by the ancient Kingdom of Macedon in Aigai. The underground museum, which houses the burial site of Philip II of Macedon, started construction in 1993 and opened in 1997.
Mohenjo-daro is an archaeological site located in the Larkana District of Sindh, Pakistan. It was built around 2500 BCE and was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. This city existed at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoa, and Norte Chico.
Xochicalco (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ʃot͡ʃiˈkaɬko]) is an ancient archaeological site in Miacatlán, located in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may mean “in the house of Flowers” in Nahuatl. The site is 38 kilometers southwest of Cuernavaca and about 122 kilometers by road from Mexico City.