🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Trypillia (Trypillya) Type Site
Chalcolithic (5500–3500 BCE, Trypillia A–CI) · Cucuteni-Trypillia
Eponymous type site of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, excavated 1893 by Vikentiy Khvoika (Chvojka) on the Dnieper near Kyiv.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Zambujeiro — Cromlech Segment 3 (Évora)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Zambujeiro — Cromlech Segment 3 (Évora) in Alentejo, Évora, Portugal is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late …
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Lepenski Vir
Early Holocene Mesolithic → Early Neolithic (Starčevo) · Iron Gates Mesolithic → Starčevo
Mesolithic to Early Neolithic trapezoidal-house village (9500–5400 BCE) wedged on the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube, famous for 54 trapezoidal floors of limestone-hard red plaster, sandstone…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Iput II (Pepi II Complex, South Saqqara)
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle queen pyramid of Pepi II at South Saqqara, dedicated to Iput II (possibly daughter of Pepi I).
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Bronze Age · Nuragic civilisation (Bronzo Medio/Recente)
UNESCO archetype nuraghe in central Sardinia — trilobate basalt tower with four bastions, tholos chambers and 55-hut village, 1500-1000 BCE.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell el-ʿObeid
Ubaid to Ur III (c.5500–2000 BCE; temple sequence defines Chalcolithic Eridu–Ubaid horizon) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Dynastic → Ur III
Type-site of Ubaid period — 1919 Ninhursag temple with copper bulls gave Chalcolithic its name.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Berenike (Bernice) — Harbour North Anchorage (Red Sea, Egypt) in Red Sea, Berenike, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attri…
🇬🇷 Greece · Tell
Dikili Tash
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic-EBA (c.6000-2500 BCE) · Balkan Chalcolithic-EBA (Gumelnița-Karanovo–Vinča)
Dikili Tash — buried late tell/village at Eastern Macedonia.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Erlitou — Palace 2 Platform Ancillary (Henan)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Erlitou — Palace 2 Platform Ancillary (Henan) in Henan, Yanshi, Erlitou, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Br…
🇪🇸 Spain · Fortress
Los Millares — Fort 1 (Almizaraque Sector)
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Los Millares — Fort 1 (Almizaraque Sector) in Andalusia, Almería, Santa Fe de Mondújar, Spain is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attribut…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Maiyitin Pyramid
Old Kingdom Early Dynastic to 3rd–4th Dynasty (2686–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Zawiyet el-Maiyitin (Pyramid of Zawiyat el-Maiytin) is a small 3rd–4th Dynasty provincial step pyramid 15 m square base, 17 m high originally, 3 steps, on eastern desert slope opposite Minya, built…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Apamea — North Colonnade Insula (Orontes)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Apamea — North Colonnade Insula (Orontes) in Hama, Apamea, Qalaat al-Madiq, Syria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Pech Merle Cave
Gravettian to Solutrean ~29–20 ka BP · Gravettian hunter-gatherer
Quercy cave with Spotted Horses and 307 hand stencils, 25 ka Gravettian masterpiece.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch in Mardin, Dara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic cultur…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Elephantine Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty (Huni, c.2630–2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni / early 4th Dynasty)
Small step pyramid (Huni, c.2630 BCE, 18.46 m base, 3 steps, 5.10 m high today) on rocky crest of Elephantine Island (Yebu) at First Cataract.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tille Höyük
EB → MBA → LBA → Iron Age → Hellenistic (3000–100 BCE) · Euphratean → Hittite → Neo-Hittite/Assyrian
Euphrates tell (EB–Iron, Hittite-Assyrian) — 18 m island mound, Atatürk Dam salvage type-site.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawyet el-Meytin Small Step Pyramid — Minya
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Small three-step pyramid at Zawyet el-Meytin, 10 km south of Minya on east bank spur: 10.5 m base, 3 steps, now 4.5 m limestone ruin.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Aké — Pyramid North Stair (Yucatán, Maya)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Aké — Pyramid North Stair (Yucatán, Maya) in Yucatán, Aké, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middle Kin…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Anta da Pedra da Orca
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Anta da Pedra da Orca in Guarda, Centro, Portugal is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Korgantas East Kurgan (Korgantas Ridge East Satellite)
Tasmola to Sarmatian Transition · Tasmola → Sarmatian
Korgantas east: 28-m Tasmola–Sarmatian transitional kurgan 3 km east of type site, Karaganda.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Maiden Castle — Inner Rampart East Gate
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Maiden Castle — Inner Rampart East Gate in England, Dorset, Dorchester, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to I…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)
Late Neolithic to Neo-Assyrian (Ubaid → Assyrian) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk → Karaz → Hurrian-Mitanni → Assyrian
Bismil Tigris tell (5500 BCE through Iron) with Ubaid→Assyrian 4 m graded sequence — long agrarian continuity through 5.2 and 4.2kya arid events.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Barkjær Causewayed Enclosure
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Barkjær Causewayed Enclosure in Jutland, Denmark is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Karez Terramare Monastery Ancient Village
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Karez Terramare Monastery Ancient Village in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) ancient village attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.