Algeria · Area
Qal’at Bani Hammad
An 11th-century fortified palace-city in Algeria's Hodna Mountains, capital of the Hammadid dynasty.
Function
Archaeological site
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Iran · Building
Qal’eh Dokhtar (III sec. d.C.): il primo palazzo-fortezza sasanide di Ardashir I sulle rupi di Firuzabad (Fars, Iran)
Su uno sperone roccioso che domina la gola del fiume Tangab nella provincia del Fars, Qal’eh Dokhtar —…
Bahrain · Zone
Qal’at al-Bahrain — Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
A tell mound rising from Bahrain’s northern shore, Qal’at al-Bahrain contains 21 archaeological layers spanning 4,500 years —…
Saudi Arabia · Area
Qaryat al-Faw (I millennio a.C.): la città carovaniera perduta dell’Arabia (Al-Faw, Arabia Saudita)
Ai margini del grande deserto Rub' al-Khali, le sabbie hanno custodito per secoli i resti di Qaryat al-Faw:…
Saudi Arabia · Area
Qasr al Fareed
Qasr al Fareed is a monumental rock-carved structure within Mada in Salih, an ancient city in northern Hijaz…
Azerbaijan · Zone
Qobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Some 6,000 petroglyphs carved over 40,000 years on rocky promontories overlooking the Caspian Sea - and hidden among…
Sicilia
Quarries of Cusa
The Quarries of Cusa — known in Italian as Cave di Cusa or Rocche di Cusa — are…
Guatemala · Zone
Quiriguá
A minor Maya vassal state that beheaded a great power's king and then raised the largest carved stone…
Israel · Zone
Qumran
The settlement beside the Dead Sea where a Jewish sect hid the oldest known Biblical manuscripts in eleven…
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