🇱🇧 Lebanon · Rock art
Grey Petroglyph Field
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Grey Petroglyph Field in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion in Van, Van Fortress, Turkey is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortified cul…
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Arzhan Royal Kurgan
Early Scythian (~900–700 BCE) · Aldy-Bel / Arzhan (early Scythian–Siberian)
Enormous 120-m stone platform kurgan in the Uyuk depression, where archaeologists led by Gryaznov and later Chugunov uncovered a radial larch log mortuary house with central royal double burial and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Church
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Hydraulic System at Church in Ancash, Peru is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Paracas — Necropolis South Bundle Cluster (Ica)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Paracas — Necropolis South Bundle Cluster (Ica) in Ica, Paracas Peninsula, Peru is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attributed to …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Tumulus
Priory Pit Tumulus
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Priory Pit Tumulus in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Syke-Strath
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Rock-Cut Tombs of Syke-Strath in Sicily, Italy is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Dail Brown
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Step Pyramid of Dail Brown in County Kerry, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda)
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) in Kyzylorda, Tagisken, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / S…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Yazılıkaya Hittite Sanctuary
Late Bronze Age, Hittite Empire (~1300–1180 BCE; refurbished under Tudhaliya IV) · Hittite (Hatti–Hurrian)
Two natural limestone chambers behind Hattusa where 90 reliefs carved into living rock depict the Hurrian–Hittite pantheon procession: Chamber A shows 12 underworld gods, sword-god Nergal and the…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dainzú
Late Formative–Early Classic 600 BCE–200 CE · Zapotec (Dainzú phase)
Zapotec ballplayer gallery: 47 helmed player reliefs with trophy heads and jaguar deities on Building A.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Myra — Rock Tombs South Cliff Niche (Demre)
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Myra — Rock Tombs South Cliff Niche (Demre) in Antalya, Demre, Myra, Turkey is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut tradi…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Sloan Site
Paleo-Indian Dalton 8500–7900 BCE · Paleo-Indian Dalton (Sloan Dalton)
8,500 BCE Paleo-Indian cemetery, oldest in the Americas, 475 burials.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Ancient village
Spiennes Neolithic Flint Mines
Neolithic (4300–2300 BCE) · Michelsberg and Seine-Oise-Marne
Largest and earliest Neolithic flint mining complex in Europe, extending over 100 ha on the Campine chalk near Mons.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
Aber-Long Ancient City
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Aber-Long Ancient City in Andalusia, Spain is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) ancient city attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Ancient village
La Tène Lakeside Settlement
Iron Age (450–50 BCE) · La Tène culture — Celtic Iron Age
Type site of the La Tène Celtic Iron Age culture, discovered 1857 on the northern shore of Lake Neuchâtel.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hillfort
Pediment-Spur Hill Fort
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pediment-Spur Hill Fort in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hillfort attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall in Piauí, Brazil is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Tabun Cave
Lower to Middle Palaeolithic (c.500,000–40,000 BP) · Acheuleo-Yabrudian → Mousterian (Neanderthal)
Mount Carmel UNESCO cave (500–40 ka, 25 m sequence, Neanderthal Yabrudian–Mousterian, Garrod/Jelinek).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity)
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Valsgärde Boat Grave Field
Vendel Period to Viking Age (c.550–1100 CE) · Vendel / Viking Age Svear
Cemetery on a ridge above the Fyris river used for 600 years (5th–11th c.) with 15 Vendel–Viking boat graves (c.600–1100), chamber graves and 62 cremations.
🇵🇪 Peru · Mound
Huaca Prieta–Paredones
Lithic to Preceramic 14500 BP–2000 BCE, monumental mound 3500–1800 BCE (Huaca Prieta period) · Preceramic Chicama (Huaca Prieta period) to Cupisnique-Chavín
Compact mound-midden 12 m high 150×50 m 3 km north of Chicama River mouth beside Pacific: stratified 14.5 ka Lithic to Preceramic sequence with temple platform atop midden, preserving world's oldest…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Isbister Chambered Cairn (Tomb of the Eagles)
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Orcadian Neolithic
Cliff-top stalled cairn on South Ronaldsay famed for 16,000 human bones and eagle remains.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Les Combarelles Cave
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.