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Tumulus of Avennes

Tumulus of Avennes (Tumulus d'Avennes), a Gallo-Roman burial mound of about AD 80 in Braives, Liège, Belgium, 11 m high, excavated in 1873 by Georges de Looz, protected since 1978.

Tumulus of Avernas

Tumulus of Avernas (Avernassetom), a Gallo-Roman burial mound near Avernas-le-Bauduin, Hannut, Belgium; 8 m high, 32 m diameter, flint-and-brick internal wall, excavated 1864 by Schuermans, found looted.

Tumulus of Marcinelle

The Tumulus of Marcinelle (French: Tumulus de Marcinelle), traditionally called La Tombe, is a Gallo-Roman burial mound in Marcinelle, Charleroi, Belgium, dating to the 2nd century AD.

Tumulus of Noirmont

Tumuli of Noirmont: two 2nd-century Gallo-Roman burial mounds at Cortil-Noirmont, Chastre, Belgium, about 6 m and 4.5 m high, excavated in the 1870s; finds including an amber shell, rock crystal lizard, and glass oenochoe are in Brussels.

Tumulus of Noville

Tumulus of Noville: a Gallo-Roman burial mound near Noville, Liège province, Belgium, listed in the Pleiades gazetteer and Megalithic Portal; distinct from Noville sites in Vaud (Switzerland) and Galicia (Spain).

Tumulus of Vissoul

Tumulus of Vissoul (Tombe de Vissoul), a Gallo-Roman burial mound near Oteppe in Burdinne, Liège province, Belgium; one of the 27 protected Hesbaye tumuli, listed as exceptional Walloon heritage in 2009.

Tumulus of Xhendremael

Tumulus of Xhendremael, also called Li Tombe di Hên'mâl, is a Gallo-Roman burial mound on the Rue Tasson in Ans, Liège, Belgium, protected since 2012, linked to a Roman villa found in 1933.

Tuna (site)

Tuna (site): name of several archaeological sites, chiefly the Swedish boat-grave cemeteries Tuna in Alsike and Tuna in Badelunda and the Egyptian necropolis Tuna el-Gebel near Hermopolis Magna.

Tungurahua Volcano UNESCO Global Geopark

Tungurahua Volcano UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque Mundial UNESCO Volcán Tungurahua), designated April 10, 2025, is Ecuador's third geopark: 2,397 km² in Tungurahua and Chimborazo provinces around an active subduction-zone volcano, with 20 geosites and 417 million years of geological history.

Turberas de Talamanca

Turberas de Talamanca: high-elevation tropical peatlands (2,400-3,200 m) in Costa Rica's Cordillera de Talamanca, Ramsar Site 1286 since 2003 (192,520 ha), Sphagnum peat, 67 plant species, threatened by fire and the Interamericana Sur road.

Turedonnum

Turedonnum (also Urdonno), a Gallo-Roman settlement at Tourdan, Revel-Tourdan, Isère, France; a stage on the Peutinger Table road from Vienne to Milan via Grenoble.

Turiostu

Turiostu (Tvriostv), a statio named only on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Tarento and Heraclea; generally identified with late-antique Metaponto at Torre di Mare, Italy, against Miller's relocation.

Turkdean

Turkdean Roman Villa: substantial Romano-British courtyard villa near Chalkhill Barn, Turkdean, Gloucestershire, occupied late 2nd to 4th century AD, excavated live by Time Team 1997-1998, scheduled monument 1408772.

Turkey Run State Park

Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park (1916), near Marshall, Indiana: sandstone ravines carved by glacial meltwater, Sugar Creek, ladders trails, Juliet Strauss's rescue of the old-growth forest, and the Lieber memorial.

Turret 25B (St Oswald's)

Turret 25B (St Oswald's), Hadrian's Wall turret 25b in wall mile 25, Northumberland; located by Hepple in 1930, re-excavated 1959, no surface remains, buried site west of St Oswald's Church.

Turret 36B (Housesteads)

Turret 36B at Housesteads was a Roman watchtower on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, demolished around AD 124 when Housesteads fort was built over it.

Turret 4B

Turret 4B, Hadrian's Wall turret 4b, is the never-found western turret of the pair off Milecastle 4 in Newcastle upon Tyne; Pleiades place 967060317 records it as a defensive tower with an uncertain estimated position.

Turris ad Algam

Turris ad Algam (Tvrris Adalgam), ancient Roman-era villa in Tripolitania, Libya, southeast of Tripoli on the inland route; on the Tabula Peutingeriana (6C3, Miller 898); identified with modern Tajoura; Pleiades 344524.

Turris Caesaris

Turris Caesaris (Turris Cesaris), a Roman road station on the via Traiana in Apulia between Barium and Egnatia, listed in the Antonine Itinerary and Peutinger Table, probably at Polignano a Mare, about 20 Roman miles from Bari.

Turris et Taberna

Turris et Taberna, a Late Antique Roman road station on the Greater Syrtis coast of Libya, recorded on the Tabula Peutingeriana 24 miles from Tagulis, probably near Matratin or As Sidr.

Turtle Farm (Sri Lanka)

Turtle farms, or sea turtle hatcheries, are private tourist attractions on Sri Lanka's south-west coast that buy turtle eggs, rebury them in sand enclosures, and display hatchlings; first established in 1956, they are debated as conservation or commercial ventures.

Turtle Hatchery Hikkaduwa

Turtle Hatchery Hikkaduwa, also called Sea Turtle Hatchery and Rescue Centre, is a private sea turtle hatchery on Galle Road, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, established 1986, destroyed in the 2004 tsunami, criticized for egg purchase and tank headstarting practices.

Tuscan Islands Biosphere Reserve

Tuscan Islands Biosphere Reserve (Riserva della Biosfera Isole di Toscana), a UNESCO MAB site designated 2003, extended 2015, covering seven Tuscan Archipelago islands and surrounding sea, 1,079,540 ha, coordinated by the Tuscan Archipelago National Park.

Tuscan Mining Park UNESCO Global Geopark

Tuscan Mining Park UNESCO Global Geopark (Parco Minerario Toscano) is a geopark in the Colline Metallifere of southern Tuscany, Italy, designated in 2015 and protecting 3,000 years of mining heritage.

Tusi Sites

Tusi Sites (土司遗址) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in south-west China, inscribed in 2015, made up of three former Tusi chiefdoms in Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou provinces.

Tusson tumuli

Tusson tumuli (nécropole mégalithique de Tusson): five Neolithic collective-tomb mounds aligned on a ridge near Tusson, Charente, France, mid-5th millennium BC; the 139 m Gros Dognon ranks among Europe's largest, with quarries radiocarbon-dated 4600-4050 BC.

Tut Land Park

Tut Land Park (ملاعب توت لاند) is a children's amusement park in Giza Governorate, Egypt, part of the Pharaonic Village on a Nile island near Cairo, with Egyptian-themed rides including the Rocket drop tower.

Tuttle Creek State Park

Tuttle Creek State Park, a 1,200-acre Kansas state park near Manhattan in Pottawatomie and Riley counties, has five units on 12,500-acre Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas's second largest lake, with camping, cabins, and Corps-built dam history.

Tutzis

Tutzis (Toutzis, Tḥṯ) was an ancient town in Lower Nubia on the west bank of the Nile, about 80 km south of Aswan, identified with Dendur; its Augustan temple to Isis, Pedesi, and Pihor now stands in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Twee Tommen

Twee Tommen ("Two Mounds") are two Gallo-Roman burial tumuli near Klein-Vorsen, Montenaken, Gingelom, Limburg, Belgium, protected since 1979, excavated in 1863, and among Flanders' best-preserved tumuli.