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🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) geoglyph of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Boyne / Loughcrew passage tradition
35 m Loughcrew chief tomb with cruciform chamber whose art is illuminated by equinox sunrise.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Aleppo Settlement Inner — Aleppo (53-30) at Aleppo, Syria is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Paramonga — Fortress North Pyramid Ancillary (Ancash, Chimú) in Ancash, Paramonga, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ol…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Tassili Sefar — Ancillary Gallery North (Tassili, Algeria) in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Sefar, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE…
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Early Bronze · Syrian Early Bronze
Tell Khuera Anta Temple at Hassakeh, Tell Khuera, Syria is a Early Bronze temple complex of the Syrian Early Bronze tradition, built c. 2700 BCE for anta temple with basalt orthostat facade.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Ancient city
PPNA · PPNA Jordan Valley
Tell es-Sultan Jericho PPNA Tower at Jericho, West Bank, Palestine is a PPNA ancient city of the PPNA Jordan Valley tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for 8 m ppna stone tower 9 m diam with stair.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom Egyptian colonial (1500–1070 BCE) reused Napatan (750–650 BCE) · Egyptian colonial (New Kingdom) and early Kushite
Napatan and New Kingdom Egyptian cemetery with small steep pyramids (c.1500–500 BCE) on alluvial plain of Nile at Third Cataract near Tombos village.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Atlantic Breton / Loire Neolithic (Castellic / Chasséen contact)
Double passage tumulus near Saint-Nazaire — two parallel graves (11 m and 9 m) under one 28 m mound, c.4300 BCE.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram) in Mizoram, Lunglei, Chandra Shila, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
El-Lahun Pyramid Senwosret II at Fayum, Lahun, Egypt is a Middle Kingdom pyramid of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c. 1885 BCE for limestone-cased mudbrick pyramid on rock knob.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache in Brittany, Morbihan, Larmor-Baden, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art at…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA to Iron Age (Karaz → Mitanni → Assyrian) · Karaz (Kura-Araxes) → Mitanni Hurrian → Assyrian Iron
Tigris ritual mound (2800 BCE–Iron) with LBA pillared cult hall — bell-ritual and Mitanni seals on EBA Karaz village, Ilısu Laneri project.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn T Slieve na Calliagh at Meath, Slieve na Calliagh, Ireland is a Neolithic megalithic of the Irish Neolithic tradition, built c. 3300 BCE for 30 m cairn equinox illumination.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Axum Settlement B — Axum (57-29) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Old Yonaguni Platform II — Yonaguni (58-07) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Outer Angkor Enclosure B — Angkor (60-11) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala)
Major Diyala valley city (3000–1800 BCE) with the iconic Temple Oval — 80x75 m double-walled oval enclosure with inner 36 m oval temple terrace rising 4 m — earliest oval ziggurat precursor (Jemdet…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (c.8200–7000 BCE) · PPNB (Damascus basin)
Anti-Lebanon PPNB village (c.8200–7000 BCE, plastered skulls, lime statues) 20 km SW Damascus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Neolithic to EBA · Bor Plain
Tepecik Hoyuk Bor Village Neolithic at Niğde, Tepecik, Turkey is a Neolithic to EBA ancient village of the Bor Plain tradition, built c. 6500 BCE for long sequence village with animal pens.
🇰🇷 Korea · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Cheomseongdae — Ancillary Star Platform (Gyeongju, Silla) in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju, Cheomseongdae, Korea is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Andalusian Chalcolithic / Millares influence
21 m passage dolmen near Huelva with 63 engraved orthostats under 60 m tumulus, 3000-2500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Hetty Peglers Tump Uley Barrow at Gloucestershire, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic of the Cotswold-Severn tradition, built c. 3700 BCE for 54 m transepted barrow 2 chambers.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Newspaper Rock — North Panel Ancillary (Utah) in Utah, Newspaper Rock, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attrib…
