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El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve
El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaíno) is a protected area in Baja California Sur, Mexico, decreed in 1988 and one of the country's largest protected areas.
el-Areg
el-Areg (العرج, al-ʿAraǧ), also el-'Arag, an uninhabited oasis and Ptolemaic-Roman rock-tomb site on the Darb Siwa route in Egypt's Western Desert, 120 km from Siwa at the southern edge of the Qattara Depression.
el-Ayoun
el-Ayoun (Pleiades 716530) is an ancient Egyptian site at Barrington Atlas 73 F5, a polygonal Roman-era temple probably tied to a spring, occupied roughly 750 BC to AD 300; distinct from Tunisian and Moroccan places of the same name.
el-Chatatba
el-Chatatba (Al Khatatibah, El-Chatátba) is a ruined Roman temple of Cipollino marble about 10 km south of Sabratha, Libya, and the nearby oasis at 32°46′N 12°31′E; distinct from El Hattatba, Algeria.
el-Deir
el-Deir (Deir el-Munira, Dayr Umm al-Ghanaim) is an archaeological site in Egypt's Kharga Oasis with a Ptolemaic temple of Amun and a Roman mud-brick fortress built ca. A.D. 288, occupied from the 6th century BC into the Islamic period.
el-Muftella
el-Muftella, also written Ain el-Muftella, is an ancient Egyptian temple near El Bawiti in the Bahariya Oasis of Egypt's Western Desert, dating mainly to the 26th Dynasty.
Ėl'khotovskiĭ nekropolʹ
Ėl'khotovskiĭ nekropolʹ (Эльхотовский некрополь), El'khotovo burial ground: Koban-culture necropolis in North Ossetia–Alania with 58 burials of the 8th–7th centuries BCE plus 26 medieval 14th-century burials, excavated 1996–2005 by V. T. Chshiev.
Elephant tomb at Carmona
Elephant tomb (Tumba del Elefante), rock-cut hypogeum in the Roman Necropolis of Carmona, Seville, Spain, excavated 1885-1886. Named for a sandstone elephant sculpture; reinterpreted in 2012 as a possible mithraeum with equinox solar alignment.
Elephas herbarius
Elephas herbarius, the grass elephant, a lost statue of an elephant in Regio VIII of ancient Rome near the Forum Holitorium, known only from the Regionary Catalogues and medieval toponyms such as ad Alafantum.
Elginhaugh Roman fort
Elginhaugh Roman fort: Flavian (late 1st-century AD) Roman auxiliary fort in Midlothian, Scotland, above the North Esk. Identified by aerial photography in 1979, fully excavated 1986; the most completely excavated timber-built auxiliary fort in the Roman Empire, garrisoned by a cavalry vexillation.
Elinge Moose Park
Elinge Moose Park (Elinge Älgpark), family-run fenced moose park in Hamneda, Småland, Sweden, near the E4. 8 adult moose plus calves; visitors hand-feed birch twigs, pet animals, playground, shop, café.
Elis Gymnasium
Elis Gymnasium: ancient Greek training complex at Elis (Xystus, Square gymnasium, Maltho) where Olympic athletes trained before going to Olympia; described by Pausanias 6.23.
Elk Island National Park
Elk Island National Park: fully fenced Canadian national park in the Beaver Hills, 48 km east of Edmonton. Founded 1906 as Canada's first wildlife refuge; seed herd site for plains and wood bison conservation.
Elkhorn Ranch
Elkhorn Ranch was Theodore Roosevelt's principal cattle ranch in the North Dakota Badlands, established in 1884 on the Little Missouri River and now preserved in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Ellis Island
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, was the main U.S. immigrant inspection station 1892–1954, processing almost 12 million arrivals; now part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, it houses the National Museum of Immigration and is reachable only by Statue City Cruises ferry.
Elslack Roman Fort
Elslack Roman Fort (Burwen Castle, Olenacum) in North Yorkshire: two superimposed Roman forts, a Flavian infantry fort of AD 70-80 and a larger stone-rampart fort, tentatively identified with Olenacum of the Notitia Dignitatum.
Eltoro Zoo
Eltoro Zoo is a privately owned zoo and aquarium in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Philippines, known for endemic Visayan species like the warty pig and spotted deer.
Elusio
Elusio (Elesiodunum, Elusione), Gallo-Roman road station and wine-toll post at Saint-Pierre-d'Alzonne, Montferrand, Aude, France, on the Via Aquitania near the Naurouze ridge; cited by Cicero (Pro Fonteio) and the Itinerarium Burdigalense, with baths, necropolis, and a 4th-century basilica.
Elvaston Castle
Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire: Grade II Gothic Revival country house begun 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt, with William Barron gardens; since 1970 one of England's first country parks.
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely in Cambridgeshire, is a Norman-founded Benedictine cathedral (1083, cathedral 1109) famous for its 14th-century wooden Octagon lantern built after the 1322 tower collapse.
Ely Roman Villa
Ely Roman Villa, Cardiff (Caerau), Wales: a scheduled Romano-British villa complex in a ditched enclosure, excavated 1894 and 1922 by Storrie and Wheeler, with a winged-corridor house, bath suite, ironworking, and rare domestic fortification.
Emancipation Memorial
The Emancipation Memorial, or Freedman's Memorial, is Thomas Ball's 1876 bronze statue in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., funded by freed Black Americans, modeled on Archer Alexander, criticized by Frederick Douglass, and contested in 2020.
Emašmaš
Emašmaš (É.MAŠ.MAŠ) was the temple of the goddess Ištar at Nineveh, on the Kouyunjik mound in what is now Mosul, Iraq. Repeatedly rebuilt by Assyrian kings, it burned in 612 BCE.
Emilianus-Stollen
Emilianus-Stollen (Emilianus adit): Roman azurite mine at St. Barbara, Wallerfangen, Saarland, Germany, dated 2nd–3rd century AD, with the only known Roman mining occupation inscription; only visitor-accessible Roman adit in Germany.
Emirates Park Zoo
Emirates Park Zoo (Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi) is the UAE's first private zoo, opened 2008 as a feeding farm and a full zoo from 2012, with 1,500+ animals, 200+ species, a resort, and Middle East-first AZA accreditation.
Empingham
Empingham is a village and civil parish in Rutland, England, on the River Gwash 6 miles WNW of Stamford, next to the dam of Rutland Water.
Empire Stadium (Vancouver)
Empire Stadium, Vancouver: open-air stadium at Hastings Park (PNE), built 1954 for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games; site of the Miracle Mile, home of the BC Lions and Whitecaps, demolished early 1990s.
Emporium
Emporium (Greek emporion, ἐμπόριον): ancient trading port or business district of a Greek city; also Emporion/Emporiae (Empúries, Spain), a Phokaian trading colony founded c. 600 BC, and Rome's Tiber river port.
Ems
Ems (Pleiades 108961, BAtlas 11 H2) is the Roman site at Bad Ems on the Lahn, Germany: 1st-century silver-prospecting camps with preserved wooden spike defenses, a Limes cohort fort, and UNESCO-listed frontier components.
Enchanted Parks
Enchanted Parks is an American company based in Windermere, Florida, founded by James Harhi, that owns and operates amusement parks, water parks, resorts, and lodging destinations.