🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Cantalloc Puquios Aqueducts
Paracas to Early Nazca ~300 BCE–600 CE · Nazca (and earlier Paracas)
Nazca spiral puquio filtration galleries - 600 m underground still watering desert after 1,400 years.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Paracas to Early Nazca ~300 BCE–600 CE · Nazca (and earlier Paracas)
Nazca spiral puquio filtration galleries - 600 m underground still watering desert after 1,400 years.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Tell el-Amarna — North City Buried House N49.18 (Amarna) in Minya, Amarna, North City, Egypt is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Pyramid
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Step Pyramid of Bala in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic (237–57 BCE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian (Hellenistic Pharaonic)
Best-preserved temple in Egypt: Ptolemaic Temple of Horus built 237–57 BCE (180 years) after plan of Old Kingdom then New Kingdom prototypes, buried by Nile silt and desert sand until re-excavated by…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Southfield Grove in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Earthworks of Northfield Bal in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Plaquemine Mississippian Emerald phase 1250–1600 CE · Plaquemine (Natchez)
Second-largest mound in N America, 10.7 m terraced pyramid, 1250–1600 CE.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Haga Dolmen in Bohuslän, Sweden is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇮🇱 Israel · Earthwork
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Knoll Ingoldisthorpe Mound Complex in Negev, Israel is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) earthwork attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Rock art
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Park Glen Butte Petroglyph Field in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) rock art attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Carn-Reservoir Standing Stones in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) megalithic attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇮 Finland · Rock art
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Comb Ceramic / Pit-Comb Ware hunter-gatherers
Finland's largest and best-known rock painting site on a sheer granite cliff above Lake Yövesi, part of Lake Saimaa.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Pantalica — Anaktoron Terrace Necropolis Sector E in Sicily, Syracuse, Sortino, Italy is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock…
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Solutrean–Magdalenian ~18–14 ka BP · Solutrean/Magdalenian Cantabrian
Great Ceiling of polychrome bison — the Paleolithic Sistine Chapel at Santillana del Mar.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Ancient City of Little-Hunstanton in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) ancient city attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
El-Kurru — Pyramid Ku 6 Ancillary Courtyard (Kush) in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000 BCE–600 BCE; peak Hasanlu IV 1100–800 BCE) · Giyan → Hasanlu IV (Mannaean/Urartian sphere) → Urartian
Hasanlu is the great Iron Age walled city south of Lake Urmia — Hasanlu IV (1100–800 BCE) citadel with columned halls, ivory workshop, and violent destruction b...
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Bronze Age · Talayotic culture of Menorca (Pretalayotic)
Menorca's iconic boat-shaped naveta tomb — 14 m cyclopean funerary monument 1200-750 BCE, UNESCO 2023.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
North-Hamlet Temple Complex in County Kerry, Ireland is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman Severan (198–238 CE) · Roman
Castellum Dimmidi (Messaad) is Rome's southernmost Algerian outpost, 350 km south of Algiers into true Sahara, a Severan isolated vexillation fort 40×40 m with corner bastions built 198 CE by Legio…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Court Tomb tradition (Western Neolithic Ireland)
55.5 m court tomb on Sligo coast — 13×10 m oval court to twin gallery, best preserved in northwest.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Dura-Europos — Citadel North Tower Gate in Deir ez-Zor, Dura-Europos, Syria is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age for…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hydraulic System at Zara Down in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Central queens pyramid of Pepi II group, built for Queen Iput II (not to be confused with Iput I of Teti), sister of Pepi II or daughter of Pepi I.