Rock carvings at Alta
The Rock Art of Alta (Helleristningene i Alta) is found in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, northern Norway. Since carvings were first discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found at several sites near Alta. The largest site, Jiepmaluokta, is about five kilometers (3.1 miles) from Alta and has thousands of carvings.
Zubarah
Zubarah (Arabic: الزبارة), also called Al Zubarah or Az Zubarah, is an ancient town that is now in ruins. It is located on the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula, in the Al Shamal municipality, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) from the capital city of Doha. The town was founded by the Bani Utbah tribal group, who moved there from Kuwait in the mid-1700s.
Qal’at Bani Hammad
Qal’at Bani Hammad (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد), also called Qal’a Bani Hammad or Qal’at of the Beni Hammad, is a strongly built city in Algeria. Today, it is in ruins, but in the 11th century, it was the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty. It is located in the Hodna Mountains, northeast of M’Sila, at an elevation of 1,418 meters (about 4,652 feet).
Hegra
Hegra, also known as Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ, is an archaeological site located in the area of Al-‘Ula within the Medina Province in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. The site is named in several languages, including Ancient Greek (Ἕγρα), Latin (Hegrenorum), and Arabic (الْحِجْر, romanized as al-Ḥijr). Most of the remains at the site date back to the time of the Nabataean Kingdom, when the city was first built.
Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. These caves were created between the second century BCE and about 480 CE. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are widely considered masterpieces of Buddhist religious art.
Agricultural landscape of southern Öland
The agricultural landscape of southern Öland (Swedish: södra Ölands odlingslandskap) is an area covering more than 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) on the island of Öland, Sweden. It includes Stora alvaret, a limestone plateau that covers about half of this area. Stora alvaret is a narrow, dagger-shaped region approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) long and about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) wide at its northern end.