🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Çavi Tarlası
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Çavi Tarlası — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Şanlıurfa Province.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege in Saxony-Anhalt, Altmark, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Fortress
Elmina Castle — São Jorge da Mina
Early Modern Atlantic (1482–1872 slave trade) · Portuguese / Dutch / Fante
Elmina Castle (São Jorge da Mina) 1482 Portuguese, oldest European building south of Sahara, UNESCO 1979 Forts and Castles of Volta 34. On Elmina peninsula rock.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Goseck Circle
Early Neolithic · Stichbandkeramik / Stroke-Ornamented ware
4900 BCE circular ditch and double timber palisade with solstice gates — Europe's oldest solar observatory.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Haddad — Ancient Meturan Mound on the Diyala
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Akkadian, Eshnunna, Babylonian
Provincial capital of Hamrin–Diyala corridor identified as Me-Turan, twin to Tell Haddad and Tell al-Sib excavated 1977–87 by Iraqi State Board before Hamrin Dam, yielding 3000 cuneiform tablets of…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka) in Nara, Asuka, Asuka-dera, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Diema — Rock Art North Panel (Mali)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Diema — Rock Art North Panel (Mali) in Kayes, Diema, Mali is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeolithic to Iro…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer
Middle Neolithic · Carnac Neolithic
Er Grah Tumulus Locmariaquer at Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Carnac Neolithic tradition, built c. 4500 BCE for 140 m long tumulus.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes) in Luxor, Karnak, Ptah Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Laodicea — Zeus Temple North Column (Denizli, Lykos) in Denizli, Laodicea, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Raimondi Stela — North Face (Chavín de Huántar, Ancash)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Raimondi Stela — North Face (Chavín de Huántar, Ancash) in Ancash, Chavín, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock art
Taruca Rock Art — Panel North (Atacama, Chile)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Taruca Rock Art — Panel North (Atacama, Chile) in Antofagasta, Taruca, Chile is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to …
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje) in Krapina-Zagorje, Donja Voća, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed …
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Aguateca Pyramid Sanctuary
Maya Late Classic terminal · Maya Petexbatun
Chasm-ringed Petexbatun fortress Aguateca (c.770–810 CE): Palace Barranca palace-pyramid complex, burned and abandoned leaving Pompeii-like elite workshops intact.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev) in Southern, Arad, Tel Arad, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Cowan Creek — South Causeway Secondary (Ohio)
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell
Cowan Creek — South Causeway Secondary (Ohio) in Ohio, Clinton County, Cowan Creek, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthw…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Cromlech of Xerez — East Axial Loop
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Cromlech of Xerez — East Axial Loop in Alentejo, Monsaraz, Telheiro, Portugal is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed…
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Djenné-Djeno — Mound Ancillary Brick Wall Sector
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Djenné-Djeno — Mound Ancillary Brick Wall Sector in Mopti, Djenné-Djeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolith…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan
Late 3rd Dynasty (Khaba, c.2650 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (3rd Dynasty, Khaba)
Unfinished stepped Layer Pyramid (Lepsius XIV) attributed to Khaba (3rd Dynasty) or Huni(?), 84 m base, ~20 m high ruin today (intended 42–45 m).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Priene — Theatre Ancillary Stage Building North
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Priene — Theatre Ancillary Stage Building North in Aydın, Söke, Priene, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to …
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Arpachiyah — Halaf Painted Pottery Mound
Halaf, Ubaid (6100–5500 BCE) · Halaf culture
Low mound outside Mosul lending name to Late Halaf painted ware zenith, excavated 1933 by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose and 1976 by Ismail Hijara.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Fray
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell Fray — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Raqqa Governorate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Upper Lima Ridge East — Lima (56-08)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Upper Lima Ridge East — Lima (56-08) at Lima, Peru is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cholula — Great Pyramid North Stair Ancillary (Puebla)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cholula — Great Pyramid North Stair Ancillary (Puebla) in Puebla, Cholula, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…