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Arriana
Arriana: village in the Rhodope regional unit of northeastern Greece, 34 km from Komotini near the Filiuri River, site of a mid-2nd-century AD Roman bath excavated in 1972, later reused as a cemetery.
Arrowhead (National Park Service emblem)
The arrowhead is the official emblem of the United States National Park Service, adopted in 1951, showing a sequoia tree, bison, mountains, and water on badges, signs, and publications.
Arroyo Seco
Arroyo Seco (Guanajuato, Mexico) archaeological zone, also Zona Arqueológica Arroyo Seco: rock painting site near Victoria with 46 pictorial groupings on La Zorra and La Pintada hills, occupied 7000 BC to 1800, opened to the public in 2018.
Artemis Elaphebolia, T.
Artemis Elaphebolia (Ἄρτεμις Ἐλαφηβόλος), 'deer-shooting' Artemis, a Greek epithet of the huntress goddess tied to the Elaphebolia festival of Hyampolis in Phocis, where deer or deer-shaped cakes were offered, and to the Attic month Elaphebolion.
Artemis Parthenos, T.
Artemis Parthenos, T. (Ἆρτεμις Παρθένος) is a Barrington Atlas sanctuary site of Artemis 'the Virgin', chiefly the Archaic-to-Roman sanctuary of Parthenos Iokallis at Partheni on Leros, Dodecanese, with another cave sanctuary on Paros.
Artemis Thermia, T.
Artemis Thermia, T. (Pleiades 550457, BAtlas 56 C3) is an ancient sanctuary of Artemis Thermia at the hot springs of Thermi, Lesbos, 10 km north of Mytilene; a healing cult from the 5th century BC with the Thermaia festival and epithet Euakoos.
Artemision (Greece)
Artemision (Ἀρτεμίσιον) denotes Greek sanctuaries of Artemis, chiefly the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia at Amarynthos, Euboea, located 11 km east of Eretria and identified in 2017 via stamped tiles and inscriptions; also Cape Artemision, Delos, and Messene.
Arthur's O'On
Arthur's O'On (Arthur's Oven) was a domed Roman stone monument, probably a victory monument near the Antonine Wall, on the River Carron at Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Scotland. Demolished in 1743 by Sir Michael Bruce; a 1767 replica survives at Penicuik House.
Arthur's Pass National Park
Arthur's Pass National Park (est. 1929, NZ's third national park, first in the South Island) protects 118,472 ha of the central Southern Alps between Canterbury and the West Coast, crossed by SH73 and the TranzAlpine, home to kea and great spotted kiwi.
Artiaca
Artiaca: Roman road station in Gaul on the Antonine Itinerary between Troyes and Châlons, identified with Arcis-sur-Aube, France; Celtic name from arto- 'bear', later Arciaca.
Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve
Aruba Island Biosphere Reserve, designated 5 June 2026, covers all of Aruba and its EEZ (3,019,494 ha), the second whole-territory UNESCO biosphere reserve and the third in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.
Arubium
Arubium (Arrubium, Arubio), Roman fort of the Danubian limes at modern Măcin, Romania, on the right bank of the lower Danube. Celtic name, documented from about 100 CE; late garrison of catafractarii under legio II Herculia.
Arugolanu Mound
Arugolanu (Arugolu) Mound, Tadepalligudem mandal, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh: ancient Buddhist site with a large vihara, stupas including Chinna Lanja dibba, excavated 1893 by the Madras Archaeological Survey.
Arutela
Arutela (Alutela), Roman auxiliary fort at Păușa-Poiana Bivolari near Călimănești, Romania, on the limes Alutanus along the Olt; built AD 138 under Hadrian by Syrian archers, UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia since 2024.
Arx of Cosa
Arx of Cosa: the acropolis of the Latin colony of Cosa (Ansedonia, Tuscany), founded 273 BC. Held an augural templum, an early Jupiter temple (240-220 BC), the Capitolium (175-150 BC), and a Mater Matuta temple.
Arxan UNESCO Global Geopark
Arxan UNESCO Global Geopark, in Inner Mongolia, China, designated 5 May 2017, is a 365,321 ha volcanic territory with 35 volcanoes over 2.5 million years old, the 1,712 m Gaoshan cone, crater lake Tianchi, and hot springs from 2 to 40 °C.
Arzbach
Arzbach is the site of a small Roman fort on the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, occupied from the early 2nd to the mid-3rd century.
Arzhan-1
Arzhan-1 (Аржан-1), royal kurgan in the Uyuk valley, Tuva, Russia; oldest Scythian-period burial mound, c. 9th-8th century BC, 120 m across, 70 log chambers, elite couple, and over 160 sacrificed horses.
Arzhan-2
Arzhan-2 (Aržan 2) is an intact early Scythian royal kurgan in the Uyuk Valley, Tuva, southern Siberia, excavated 2000–2004 by a German–Russian team; dated to the 7th century BC, Aldy-Bel culture, famed for unrobbed gold finds.
Arzus
Arzus (Arzos, Greek Ἄρζος) was a Roman road station in Thrace on the Arzos river (modern Sazlijka) at Kalugerovo, Bulgaria, 64 miles along the Philippopolis-Hadrianopolis road, fortified by Justinian; distinct from Arsuz/Rhosos in Turkey.
As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality
As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jordan, inscribed in 2021, covering the historic Ottoman-era core of As-Salt.
Aşağı Anzaf Fortress
Aşağı Anzaf Kalesi (Lower Anzaf Fortress): early Urartian military fortress 10-11 km northeast of Van, Turkey, built by King Išpuini (c. 830-810 BC), rectangular 62 x 98 m, guarding routes to Tuşpa; excavated 1991-2006 by Oktay Belli.
Asakusa Hanayashiki
Asakusa Hanayashiki (浅草花やしき) is an amusement park in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, described as Japan's oldest, having begun in 1853 as a flower garden.
Asamus
Asamus (Anasamus, Ansamus, Greek Asemos): ancient name of the Osam river, a Danube tributary in Lower Moesia, Bulgaria, and of the Roman road station, Late Roman fort, and Early Byzantine city at its mouth near Cherkovitsa, whose garrison resisted Attila's Huns in 447.
Asamushi Aquarium
Asamushi Aquarium (青森県営浅虫水族館), Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium, opened 1983 in Aomori City; northernmost aquarium on Honshu, Tohoku's biggest, with 10,000+ animals, a 15-meter Mutsu Bay tunnel tank, and daily dolphin shows.
Asbamaion
Asbamaion: sanctuary of Zeus Asbamaeus in Cappadocia near Tyana, with a sacred spring that never overflows and punished perjurers; birthplace legend of Apollonius of Tyana.
Asea Vigla
Asea Vigla, Arcadian sanctuary on Mount Boreion near Asea, Greece; two superimposed Archaic temples, the later a marble Doric peripteros of c. 520-510 BC, identified with Pausanias' Temple of Athena Soteira and Poseidon.
Ashaafean Biosphere Reserve
Ashaafean Biosphere Reserve (محمية الشعافيين), Libya's first UNESCO biosphere reserve, designated 15 September 2021 in the Nafusa Mountain near Msallata; 83,070 ha of Mediterranean steppe and woodland with esparto grass, striped hyena, and Egyptian tortoise.
Ashen Hill Barrows
Ashen Hill Barrows, also confused with Priddy Nine Barrows, are a scheduled Bronze Age linear round barrow cemetery of eight barrows (six bowl, two bell) at Chewton Mendip, Somerset, excavated by Skinner in 1815 and partly reopened in 1894.
Ashio Copper Mine
Ashio Copper Mine (足尾銅山) in Nikko, Tochigi: a copper mine worked from 1610 to 1973, Japan's top producer under Furukawa Ichibee, site of Japan's first major pollution incident, now a trolley-tour attraction.