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Hampi is located in hilly terrain formed by granite boulders [49] The Hampi monuments comprising the UNESCO world heritage site are a subset of the Vijayanagara ruins. Almost all of the monuments were built between 1336 and 1570 CE during the Vijayanagara rule. [50] The site has about 1,600 monuments and covers 41.5 square kilometres (16.0 sq mi).
The Tarim Basin, with the Taklamakan Desert, and area of the Tarim mummies ( ) with main burial sites. Sir Aurel Stein in the Tarim Basin, 1910. At the beginning of the 20th century, European explorers such as Sven Hedin, Albert von Le Coq and Sir Aurel Stein all recounted their discoveries of desiccated bodies in their search for antiquities in Central Asia. [14]
La Campana (archaeological site) Candelaria Cave; Cansacbe; Cantona (Mesoamerican site) Cañada de la Virgen; Capacha; Casa de la Cacica; Castillo de Teayo (Mesoamerican site) Cempoala; Cenotillo; El Cerrito (archaeological site) Cerro de la Estrella (archeological site) Cerro de las Mesas; Cerro de las Minas; Cerro Juanaqueña; Chac II ...
Hami (Chinese: 哈密) or Kumul (Uyghur: قۇمۇل) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, China.It is well known for sweet Hami melons.In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city merged with Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city with the county-level city becoming Yizhou District.
Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County (sometimes Barkul or Balikul in English) is a part of Hami Prefecture in Xinjiang and has an area of 38,445.3 km 2 (14,843.8 sq mi). It forms part of the China–Mongolia border (bordering the Mongolian provinces of Khovd and Govi-Altai) on the county's north, while bordering Yizhou District to the south, Yiwu County to the east and Changji's Mori Kazakh ...
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe: Cultural: 1336 Syria: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria: Cultural: 1348 Turkey: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex: Cultural: 1366 Ukraine: Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans: Cultural: 1330 United Arab Emirates: Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases ...
The Desert of Hami (Chinese: 哈密沙漠; pinyin: Hāmì Shāmò, Uyghur: Қумул Қумлуқи) is a section of the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang, China that occupies the space between the Tian Shan system on the north and the Nan-shan Mountains on the south, and is connected on the west with the Desert of Lop.
Lotus Mahal or Chitrangini Mahal is an important secular structure in Hampi, The Lotus Mahal is an example of Vijayanagara style of architecture and is a two storied structure built in Rubble masonry and finely plastered.