🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Capsa (Gafsa) – Fossatum Oasis City
Capsian Mesolithic / Numidian / Roman / Byzantine · Capsian then Numidian / Roman
Artesian oasis pools of Roman Capsa, type-site of Capsian Mesolithic.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Horom Citadel
Late Bronze to medieval (c.1600 BCE – 1200 CE) · Trialeti–Van kingdom → Armenian medieval
65-ha hillfort on Gyumri–Yerevan highway with 13-m Cyclopean walls, Late Bronze chamber-tombs, Early Iron “Horom pottery” type site, Urartian re-occupation and Armenian 10th-century basilica.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge
Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) · Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III)
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thimisica (Henchir Mehonine)
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Road town between Mejez el-Bab and Beja with porticoed forum and fort.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Charnel House Cemetery East — Coastal Plain (Tel Aviv)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Charnel House Cemetery East in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
El Fuerte de Samaipata Annex
Mojocoyas 300–800 CE to Inca 1450–1535 to Spanish 1600s · Chané-Mojocoyas to Inca (Andean-Amazon transition) to Spanish contact
Annex 60 m south of great rock table (220×60 m sculpted sandstone) at UNESCO El Fuerte de Samaipata (1998): terraced annex with 15 Inca-style niches, kallanka great hall 22 m long, and Chané jaguar…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat
Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) · Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis)
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) ancient-city attributed to Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Pyramid of the Sun Annex — Cholula (Puebla)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Susa Acropole Temple Platform — Giza Plateau (Giza)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hissar
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (c.4300–1900 BCE) · Hissar I–IIIC
Damghan plain 40-ha complex with three mounds: Hissar IIIB–C painted/grey ware, lapis bead workshop, arsenical bronze workshop, “Burnt Building” massacre layer ~1900 BCE with 11 skeletons and Grey…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Angel Mounds Temple Mound North — Saqqara (Saqqara)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Angel Mounds Temple Mound North in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient city
Phu Khao Thong
Late Iron Age port (c.400 BCE–200 CE, bead industry 200 BCE) · Indian Ocean bead-trading port companion to Khao Sam Kaeo
Western Kra Isthmus bead port (400 BCE–200 CE) — Tamil-Brahmi sherds and rouletted ware at Ranong.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yalape South Annex
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoyas
Secondary terraced annex of Yalape fortress-city perched above Utcubamba 15 km south of Chachapoyas town: 40 circular houses with trapezoidal niches on terraces stepping down 60 m vertical, defensive…
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient city
Casa Grande Compound — Atacama (Copiapo)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Casa Grande Compound in Atacama, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake — Matmata (Gabes)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake in Matmata, Tunisia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Harlaa Urban Mound East — Ténéré (Agadez)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Ténéré, Niger is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North — Giza Plateau (Giza)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Membressa (Medjez el-Bab)
Punic to Modern (3rd c. BCE–present; bridge Roman) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Medjerda bridge town with 8-arch Roman bridge still in use.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Berenike Trogodytica Eastern Ridge — Red Sea Port Ridge
Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) · Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port
Berenike Trogodytica Eastern Ridge — Red Sea Port Ridge in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port.
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia · Ancient city
Lelu Ruins (Leluh)
Lelu Phase 1250–1852 CE (peak 1400–1600) · Kosraean (Leluh dynasty)
Kosraean megalithic city (1250–1852 CE) on Lelu islet off Kosrae with 27 ha double-walled enclosure, 20+ compounds bounded by 4–6 m high prismatic basalt sea walls and tidal canals mirroring Nan…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Oven Cluster West — Coastal Peru (Lima)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Oven Cluster West in Coastal Peru, Peru is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Baror
Pre-Harappan (Hakra) to Harappan (c.3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra–Harappan
Hakra–Harappan mound 200×150 m on Saraswati 13 km NE of Anupgarh — Hakra to Harappan chain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City
Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) · Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana)
Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
El Kula Brick Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
El Kula Brick Pyramid in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.