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Verified world heritage places tagged “unesco tentative”

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Verified9 Widely accepted0 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Archaeological wonders6 Ancient cities3 Megaliths3 Rock art sites3 Ancient villages2

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🇨🇱Chile2 🇫🇷France2 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan1 🇰🇿Kazakhstan1 🇵🇪Peru1

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Partially excavated7 Excavated1 Excavation ongoing1

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unesco tentative9 alignments2 brittany2 carnac2 megalithic2 menhir2 neolithic2 petroglyph

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🇹🇳Tunisia

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Boralday Saka Kurgans (Boralday Steppe Necropolis)

Early Saka (Scythian) Iron Age · Saka Tigrakhauda (pointed-hat Sakas)

Saka steppe royal cemetery 28 km from Almaty: 81 kurgans 45-105 m with tigrine gold plaques.

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🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art

Saimaluu-Tash East Summit — Upper Fergana Crest Petroglyphs

Bronze Age to Early Turkic (2000 BCE – 800 CE) · Fergana pastoralist to Saka to Kyrgyz proto

Skyline crest 3200 m with 200+ ibex and deer blocks above main lake field.