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Ancient Storage Jar Found in Areni-1 Cave, World's Earliest Known Winery in the Village of Areni, Archaeological site in Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia
(The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi province. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China. The museum covers an area of 16,300 square meters, divided into three sections: No. 1 Pit, No. 2 Pit, and No. 3 Pit respectively. They were tagged in the order of their discoveries. No. 1 Pit is the largest, first opened to the public on China's National Day, 1979. There are columns of soldiers at the front, followed by war chariots at the back. No. 2 Pit, found in 1976, is 20 meters northeast of No. 1 Pit. It contained over a thousand warriors and 90 chariots of wood. It was unveiled to the public in 1994.Archeologists came upon No. 3 Pit also in 1976, 25 meters northwest of No. 1 Pit. It looked like to be the command center of the armed forces. It went on display in 1989, with 68 warriors, a war chariot and four horses. Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed from these pits. Most of them have been restored to their former grandeur. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a sensational archeological find of all times. It has put Xian on the map for tourists. It was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one of the world cultural heritages.)
Santorini, Greece - July 01, 2021: Recovered ancient pottery in prehistoric town of Akrotiri, excavation site of a Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini
Møn is home to some of Denmark’s most beautiful and best-preserved stone dolmens and burial chambers. Even though several of them are more than 5,000 years old, you can still get really close and actually crawl all the way into the burial chamber.
Ruins of ancient Egyptian temple on Sai island, Nubia, Sudan
Dome of termite mound in forest in Chiang Mai province
Trench for laying water pipes underground at a construction site
Bats hanging in the cave at Pura Goa Lawah, a Hindu temple in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. Pura Goa Lawah is noted for built around a cave opening which is inhabited by bats, hence its name, the Goa Lawah or \
Foundings in excavation of Hattusa, Bogazkoy. Reliefs tablets statues walls gates cylinder seals stamp seals. Anatolian ancient civilizationsFoundings in excavation of Hattusa, Bogazkoy. Reliefs tablets statues walls gates cylinder seals stamp seals. Anatolian ancient civilizations
Active older couple  of friends, a pretty woman and a boy standing behind a life-size replica of Roman pottery, various bowls and amphoras in blurred foreground, low angle shot.
UDON THANI, THAILAND - 24 OCTOBER 2016 AT BANCHIANG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF CLAYPOT AND SKELETON
Carbonera traditional holm oak charcoal furnace in Font Roja of Alcoy in Alicante Spain
ancient ceramic jug, amphora and human bones in the burial found during archaeological excavations
An archaeological site and human bones on the island of Gran Canaria
Sarcofagus in a tomb located at Alto de los Idolos archeological site near San Agustin, Colombia
Close-up of the indoors structure of the Nuraghe La Prisgiona, a Nuragic archaeological site dating back to the 2nd millennium BC, located near Arzachena in Gallura, in the northeast of Sardinia.
Underground silos made of dry mud and covered with adobe lids inside the compound of a walled hamlet of the Oromo people by the Debre Birhan-Addis Ababa route. North Shewa zone-Oromia region-Ethiopia.
Nature's window : Vegetation of Sri Lanka
The Bamiyan Buddhas were two large statues located in Afghanistan, constructed in the 6th to 7th century AD. These statues, made of granite, stood in the city of Bamiyan and were significant cultural symbols. Measuring 38 and 53 meters in height, they were considered masterpieces of Gandhara art.\n\nIn 2001, during the Taliban regime, the statues were deliberately destroyed by military order, sparking widespread international condemnation as a severe act of cultural destruction.
An empty corner of the Terracotta Warriors in the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Areni, Armenia - August 3, 2024: inside Areni - 1 cave excavations complex, Armenia on summer day
Remnant of the burial in ancient burial site of the Beit Shearim Necropolis near Kiryat Tivon city in the northern Israel
the Western Xia tombs at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern China. It includes nine imperial mausoleums and 250 tombs of imperial relatives and officials. The Western Xia dynasty existed between 1038 and 1227, when it was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan.
The excavation sites of Ban Prasat near the city of Khorat in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast of Thailand in the southwest of Thailand in South-East Asia.
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Going through dark caves in Latvia with torchlight.
Derinkuyu  also known as Elengubu,  Derinkuyu Yeralt Sehri, is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in Nevehir Province, Turkey.  The underground city at Derinkuyu could be closed from the inside with large rolling stone doors.  It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia.
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Shoreman hauls mooring line for Nile cruise ship, Esna, Nile River, Egypt.The River Nile has always and continues to be a lifeline for Egypt. Trade, communication, agriculture, water and now tourism provide the essential ingredients of life - from the Upper Nile and its cataracts, along its fertile banks to the Lower Nile and Delta. In many ways life has not changed for centuries, with transport often relying on the camel on land and felucca on the river
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