🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Althiburos
Numidian to Byzantine (7th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 2nd c) · Numidian / Punic / Roman / Early Christian
12-ha Dorsale hilltop city with Hadrian arch, forum, and 500+ dolmen necropolis showing Numidian continuity.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Besshatyr Royal Necropolis (Royal Mound 6 — Altyn-Emel, Semirechye)
Early Iron Age (Saka, 600–400 BCE) · Saka of Semirechye (Issyk–Besshatyr, eastern Saka)
31-mound Saka royal necropolis (600–400 BCE) — Ili River's 'Five Tents' with 105-m royal mound and log house.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Brodgar Outlier Stone 14
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Brodgar Outlier Stone 14 in Orkney, Ness of Brodgar, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Valsgärde
Vendel Period → Viking Age 550–1100 (Iron Age boat burial) · Vendel Period Svear → Viking Swedish (Fyris royal corridor)
Valsgärde (Vallsgärde) — boat-grave cemetery (Vendal Period 6th c → Viking Age 11th c, 15 boat graves + 80+ graves) on Fyris River hill 3 km north Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala RAÄ 209. Excavated 1928– G.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Vergina Tomb III Philip Arrhidaeus
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Vergina Tomb III Philip Arrhidaeus in Macedonia, Vergina, Greece is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Aizkraukle
Late Iron Age Baltic → Livonian Crusade 1213 · Latgallian → Liv (Livs) → Livonian Order (Sword Brethren)
Aizkraukle (Ascheraden) — Latgallian → Liv hillfort and later stone castle hill (Iron Age–16th c) on Daugava right bank 82 km southeast Riga, 40 m above Daugava, ~67 m a.s.l.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Alto Ramírez South Slope Geoglyphs (Lluta Valley South Bank)
Formative Alto Ramírez to San Miguel · Alto Ramírez–Tiwanaku caravan
Lluta south-bank hillside geoglyphs: 16 rayed anthropomorphs opposite classic Alto Ramírez terrace.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Arene Candide Epigravettian Layer
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Arene Candide Epigravettian Layer in Liguria, Finale Ligure, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Ancient city
Balasagun (Burana Tower)
Samanid → Karakhanid → Qara Khitai → Mongol 9–14 c. CE · Perso-Islamic Samanid → Turkic Karakhanid (Qarakhanid)
Karakhanid capital Balasagun (c.10–14 c. CE) in the Chu Valley near Tokmok — 36 ha shahristan (650×560 m) with the iconic Burana minaret (24 m surviving, originally 45 m, 11 c., Karakhanid brickwork…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient village
Clonbrin Causey (Edercloon) – Longford/Offaly Bog Road
Late Iron Age (La Tène) · Irish Iron Age (Ulster–Connacht)
1.5-km Iron Age oak plank causeway (120 BCE) — Edercloon's wheeled transport togher.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela
Zimbabwe–Khami Tradition (Late Iron Age 1250–1700 CE) · Shona-Venda (Lemba/Vhangona) / Tsonga hinterland
5 ha hilltop Mapungubwe-descendant gold citadel with Queen's grave (gold bangles, Chinese porcelain) controlling Levuhbu–Indian Ocean ivory route.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Đông Sơn (Thanh Hóa)
Phùng Nguyên 2000 BCE → Đông Sơn late Bronze–Early Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE → Han 100 CE–300 CE · Đông Sơn (Late Bronze–Early Iron, Southeast Asian Dong Son drum horizon)
Type-site Đông Sơn (1000 BCE–100 CE) on Mã River near Thanh Hóa — Heger I drums 90 cm with bird–toad frieze and socketed plows.
🇲🇱 Mali · Archaeological wonder
Bandiagara Escarpment (Land of the Dogon)
Iron Age to Living (700 BCE–present) · Toloy / Tellem / Dogon
150-km 400-m cliff with 700 Tellem caves 11th–16th c, granaries, Dogon villages and Toloy archaeology.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Carnac Le Ménec Western Alignment B
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Carnac Le Ménec Western Alignment B in Brittany, Carnac, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Monte d'Accoddi Platform II Sardinia
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Monte d'Accoddi Platform II Sardinia in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Skara Brae Outbuilding 8
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Skara Brae Outbuilding 8 in Orkney, Bay of Skaill, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Fortress
Bojna
Early Medieval Great Moravian frontier 800–950 (830–900 peak) · Great Moravian Slav frontier elite (Mojmirid) + Carolingian Frankish
Bojná-Valy — Great Moravian frontier stronghold system (c.800–950, peak 830–900) at Považský Inovec foothills above Bojňanka stream, comprising Valy 12 ha fort, Bojná I–III forts covering 20 ha, 3…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Bulverket
Medieval Gotland 12th c (1132) early Christian–Gotlandic Ting · Medieval Gotlandic chieftains (Gutar Christian early)
Bulverket — unique Scandinavian lake pile fortress (c.1132 CE dendro-dated, Medieval 12th c) on Tingstäde Träsk lake, central Gotland, 18 km northeast Visby.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Folsom Site
Folsom Paleo-Indian (10,800 – 10,200 BCE) · Folsom Paleo-Indian
Folsom Site in New Mexico, United States is a Folsom Paleo-Indian (10,800 – 10,200 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Folsom Paleo-Indian culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · Northwest Arabian Neolithic
37 high-elevation basalt kites (8000–5000 BCE) on Harrat Rahah — NW Saudi volcanic field.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Khami Ruins
Zimbabwe Culture Period IV (Late Iron Age; Khami Phase 1450–1683) · Kalanga (Torwa/Karanga) / Rozvi
Post-Great Zimbabwe Torwa capital 1450–1683 with 6 m checkerboard terrace walls on hilltop and Ming porcelain imports.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Olympia Workshop of Phidias
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Olympia Workshop of Phidias in Peloponnese, Olympia, Greece is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Pan de Azúcar Geoglyphs
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (Tarapacá–Inca) · Tarapacá / Inca
12 Inca-period cleared geoglyphs (1400–1500 CE) along Pica–Tamarugal prehispanic trail.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Pupput
Punic to Islamic (6th c BCE–9th c CE; peak 2nd–4th c) · Punic / Roman / Early Christian / Byzantine
1.2-ha rescue site under Hammamet with 3000+ tombs, House of Horses mosaics and Commodan colonia remains.