🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Qurn (Theban Peak)
Middle to Late New Kingdom and beyond (2100–1000 BCE cult) · Ancient Egyptian
420-m natural pyramid capping Thebes, shaping Valley of Kings orientation as Ta Dehent.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
Eocene (40 Ma; geological) — cultural use prehistoric camp spots · No culture — paleontological site plus subneolithic camp scatters
Eocene whale mass-grave Wadi Al-Hitan with 400 Basilosaurus skeletons showing hind legs.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Fajada Butte
Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.