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Berretta del Prete
Berretta del Prete, a Roman circular domed mausoleum of the late 3rd to early 4th century AD on the Via Appia Antica near Rome, 12.50 m in diameter, later a medieval church and 12th-century tower.
Bertha
Bertha Roman Fort, a Flavian-era Roman auxiliary fort at the confluence of the Rivers Almond and Tay near Perth, Scotland; one of the Gask Ridge frontier forts, with Antonine reuse, a 'Discipline of the Emperor' inscription, and evidence for a Roman bridge over the Tay.
Besinum
Besinum (Besino), a Roman road station in Novempopulana, Aquitania, on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Elusa (Eauze) and Eliberre (Auch); uncertainly identified with Vic-Fézensac or Saint-Paul-de-Baïse.
Bet Golgotha
Bet Golgotha, also called Biete Golgotha, is a 12th- to 13th-century rock-hewn church at Lalibela, Ethiopia, with rare human bas-reliefs and the traditional tomb of King Lalibela.
Beth Haim Cemetery, Curaçao
Beth Haim Bleinheim is a Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of Willemstad, Curaçao, founded by Sephardic Jews by 1659 and the oldest continually used Jewish cemetery in the Americas.
Betthorus
Betthorus (Betthoro, Bετθορuσ): late Roman legionary fortress on the Limes Arabicus at El-Lejjun, Jordan, built c. 300 CE for Legio IV Martia; 4.6 ha, abandoned after the 551 earthquake.
Betty Reid Soskin
Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025), America's oldest National Park Service ranger, retired at 100 in 2022; a Black WWII home front clerk who reshaped the Rosie the Riveter park's story.
Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum Kapuas Hulu Biosphere Reserve
Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum Kapuas Hulu Biosphere Reserve (Cagar Biosfer BKDSKH), a UNESCO MAB reserve designated 2018 in West Kalimantan, Borneo, covering all of Kapuas Hulu Regency (3,115,200 ha) with Betung Kerihun and Danau Sentarum National Parks as core zones.
Beulgeun-Oreum Natural Recreation Forest
Beulgeun-Oreum Natural Recreation Forest (붉은오름자연휴양림) is a public recreation forest in Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo, on Jeju Island, South Korea, opened in 2012 around the volcanic hill Bulgeun Oreum.
Bewcastle Castle
Bewcastle Castle (Bueth's Castle, Belcastell) is a ruined medieval shell keep castle in the north-east corner of Bewcastle Roman fort, Cumbria, near the Scottish border; built 13th-14th century, abandoned after 1565, dismantled 1641.
Bewcastle Roman Fort
Bewcastle Roman Fort (possibly Fanum Cocidii) is a hexagonal-plan Roman outpost fort in Cumbria, north of Hadrian's Wall on the Maiden Way, later reused for the Bewcastle Cross and Bew Castle.
Bezereos
Bezereos (Vezereos; Bir Rhezen) was a Roman frontier fort and vicus on the Limes Tripolitanus in southern Tunisia, garrisoned by Legio III Augusta vexillations from about 201 and abandoned in the early 5th century.
Bhadeswar Mound
Bhadeswar Mound (भादेश्वर): two ancient mounds north of Bhadeshwar village, Birbhum, West Bengal; ASI centrally protected monument, notified 1925, tied to legend of King Bhadrasana's palace.
Bhagdewar Mound
Bhagdewar Mound, officially the Mound known as Sangram Sahi-ki-Pahari, is a centrally protected ASI archaeological mound at Bhagdewar village, Chhanvey block, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, administered by the Sarnath Circle.
Bhairogarh Mound
Bhairogarh Mound (भैरोगढ़), Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh: a centrally protected ASI Ancient Mound, main site of ancient Ujjain with 3rd-2nd century BC remains, near Vaishya Tekri and Kumhar Tekri.
Bharatpur Mound
Bharatpur Mound (Ancient Mound, Bharatpur, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal) is an ASI-protected archaeological mound with a 9th-century CE brick Buddhist stupa over Chalcolithic-to-medieval occupation, excavated 1971-75 and 2022-23; distinct from the Malah and Noh mounds of Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
Bhimbetka rock shelters
Bhimbetka rock shelters (भीमबेटका): UNESCO World Heritage site (2003) in Madhya Pradesh, India, 45 km south of Bhopal, with over 750 painted sandstone shelters spanning the Mesolithic to historical periods, discovered by V. S. Wakankar in 1957.
Bhir Mound
Bhir Mound, earliest historic city of Taxila in Punjab, Pakistan, occupied 6th-2nd century BC, linked to Alexander's 326 BC visit; irregular pre-Hellenistic layout, early bent-bar coins, part of Taxila World Heritage Site.
Bhitari Mound
Bhitari Mound, also called Bhitari temple site, near Saidpur, Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh: a Gupta-period (4th-6th century CE) ruined temple complex with the red sandstone pillar of Skandagupta, whose inscription records his Huna victories and a Vishnu image installation.
Bhitarkanika Mangroves
Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Odisha, India: second-largest Indian mangrove forest (225 km2) in the Brahmani-Baitarani delta; Ramsar site (2002), national park (1998), sanctuary (1975); famed for crocodiles, olive ridley rookery, and storm protection.
Bhitarkanika National Park (ଭିତରକନିକା ଜାତୀୟ ଉଦ୍ୟାନ)
Bhitarkanika National Park (ଭିତରକନିକା ଜାତୀୟ ଉଦ୍ୟାନ) is a mangrove national park in coastal Odisha, India, notified in 1998 as the core of the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary.
Bia Biosphere Reserve
Bia Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB reserve designated 1983 in Ghana's Western North Region near Côte d'Ivoire, one of two in Ghana, combining Bia National Park and Resource Reserve rainforest with cocoa-farming transition zones.
Białowieża Forest (Белавежская пушча)
Białowieża Forest (Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Puszcza Białowieska) is a 141,885-ha transboundary UNESCO World Heritage primary forest on the Poland–Belarus border, home to the largest free-roaming European bison population and the site of a major logging and border-barrier conservation conflict.
Bibi Gol Botanical Garden
Bibi Gol Botanical Garden (باغ گیاه شناسی بی بی گل) is a botanical garden near Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, beside the Bibi Hasaniyeh tomb, with a nearby Bibi Gol Garden and greenhouse garden center.
Bibi Pak Daman
Bibi Pak Daman is a Lahore shrine, mausoleum of Ruqayyah bint Ali, said to hold six ladies of the Prophet's household; distinct from the Multan tomb of Bibi Rasti.
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba: UNESCO World Heritage serial property (2005) of three Israeli settlement mounds with biblical cities, Bronze and Iron Age remains, and Iron Age underground water systems, tied to 1 Kings 9:15.
Bicentenario-Ayacucho Biosphere Reserve
Bicentenario-Ayacucho Biosphere Reserve, Peru's eighth UNESCO MAB reserve (June 2023), 312,900.46 ha in Ayacucho region, 22 districts, 283,468 people, core zones Pampa de Ayacucho Historical Sanctuary and Titankayocc, largest Puya raimondii population.
Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge is a Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, opened May 23, 2025; a spiritual successor to the 1984 original Big Bad Wolf, with 2,500+ feet of track at 40 mph.
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park: 801,163-acre Texas park on the Rio Grande border, established 1944, largest protected Chihuahuan Desert in the US, famed for geology and Quetzalcoatlus fossils.
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation (December 15, 1981) centered on Big Thicket National Preserve, southeast Texas; one of 46 U.S. biosphere reserves protecting a biodiverse biological crossroads.