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First settled in 1651 by traders from Courland (present-day Latvia) on an earlier native site, James Island on the River Gambia was a cultural crossroads from the late fifteenth to nineteenth centuries.

The Church of Kindane-Mehret is a rare representation of Eritrean religious architecture dating to the Axumite Empire (AD 100-700).

Khami, a settlement founded in the mid-15th century, became the capital city of Great Zimbabwe in the mid-16th century and thus became the center of the kingdom's political and economic power.

The engravings of Agadez is one of the most extraordinary rock art sites in the region, consisting of over 800 prehistoric images drawn on a large, standstone outcrop.

The buildings at this archaeological site date to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when the court of Gondar was the capital of Ethiopia.

The Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans is one of many local and national historic districts in the city.

Settled more than 6,000 years ago, Erbil Citadel is thought to be one of the longest continuously inhabited sites in the world.

Advocacy efforts prevented the construction of a steel factory on top of the ancient Majapahit capital’s remains.

The 4,000-year-old irrigated terraces of Battir, located seven kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, reflect an ancient route that ran from the coastal plains to the Judean Hills.

The Monastery of Poloshko is now only reachable by water, after the creation of an artificial lake destroyed the village that surrounded it.

Khinnis, an ancient canal decorated with carvings, is at risk due to a lack of conservation, insufficient heritage planning, and uncontrolled tourism.

Chan Chan is the largest earthen architecture complex in the Americas.