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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]
Archaeological evidence suggests that while the urban settlement was abandoned, a number of rural settlement in the metropolitan region were not fully emptied. Some population remained in the region (though there is no good assessment of how much), and a number of settlements founded in the Vijayanagara period remain occupied up to the present.
Charklik was the name for an ancient settlement of the kingdom of Kroraina (Chinese: Loulan; later Shanshan) from at least as far back as the 1st century BCE.. During the latter part of the Former Han and throughout the Later Han the capital of the kingdom of Shanshan was known as Yüni (扜泥), thought to have been located near the present town of Ruoqiang at Charklik.
The Niya ruins (simplified Chinese: 尼雅遗址; traditional Chinese: 尼雅遺址; pinyin: Níyǎ Yízhǐ), is an archaeological site located about 115 km (71 mi) north of modern Niya Town on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin in modern-day Xinjiang, China.
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 ...
This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories. Afghanistan. Aï Khānum; Bagram; Buddhas of Bamiyan; Hadda; Haji Piyada mosque in ...
Location: Dihar, West Bengal, India: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Settlement: History; Founded: 2700 BCE [2]: Abandoned: Medieval/Late Medieval (Malla): Cultures: Neolithic and Early village farming culture [3]: Events: not known: Site notes; Excavation dates: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1993–94, 2008–09 and 2012–13: Condition: Ruined: Ownership: Public: Public access: Yes: Dihar is an ...