🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Gezer — Middle Bronze Glacis and Gate
Middle Bronze (2000–1550 BCE) glacis · Canaanite Gezer → Israelite → Philistine
Gezer excavated by Macalister 1902–09 and Dever 1964–, Amarna tablet city, Gezer Calendar found.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari · Wari (Huari) imperial
Ayacucho Wari excavated by Lumbreras & Isbell 1970s–, first Andean orthogonal city before Inca.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
El Lahun Pyramid — Senusret II Mudbrick Pyramid Malad
Middle Kingdom Senusret II (1897–1878 BCE 12th Dynasty) · Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty (Illahun)
El Lahun excavated by Petrie 1889–90, Kahun town papyri and Senusret II quartzite sarcophagus.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
Recuay / Pashash (200 BCE–700 CE) → Wari · Recuay (Pashash culture)
Cabana Pashash excavated by Grieder 1970s, Recuay negative resist and Pashabamba stratigraphy.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Awdaghust — Ghana-Berbér Caravan Town Telegraph
Ghana Empire satellite (800–1350 CE peak Awdaghust near Al Bakri) · Sanhaja Berber → Ghana Empire → Almoravid
Tegdaoust excavated by Robert & Mauny 1960–70, Ghana southern frontier caravan town 800–1350.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Gochang — Jungnim-ri Dolmen Cluster
Korean Bronze Age (1000–500 BCE) · Mumun / Korean Bronze dolmen builders
Gochang Jungnim-ri excavated 1980s, largest capstone 5.6 m, UNESCO 2000 with Hwasun, Ganghwa.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Guachimontones — Circle Temple Estanzuela Teuchitlán
Late Formative to Classic (300 BCE–450 CE Teuchitlán tradition) · Teuchitlán (Western Mexico circular pyramid builders)
Teuchitlán excavated by Weigand 1970–, guachimontones linked to circular plazas, ballcourt 2.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Koumbi Saleh — Ghana Empire Capital Kumbi
Ghana Empire (300–1240 CE peak 800–1070 CE Wattasi/Awdaghust description) · Soninke Ghana (Awdaghust) → Wagadu
Koumbi Saleh excavated by Bonnel de Mézières 1914 and Berthier 1970s, Ghana capital 800–1240.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El Kurru — Kushite Royal Pyramid Cemetery Early Napatan
Napatan early Kushite (860–650 BCE) → 25th Dynasty origin · Kushite Napatan (Piye, Taharqa ancestors)
Kurru excavated by Reisner 1919, 30 royal tombs incl. Piye and Tanutamun star vault 664 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
La Quemada — Zacatecas Hill Fortress Ciudadela
Classic (500–900 CE Chalchihuites) · Chalchihuites (Epiclassic)
La Quemada excavated by Weigand 1970s, Tropic border fortress guarding turquoise road north.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Alexandria Submerged — Pharos Debris Field and Royal Quarters
Ptolemaic (297–246 BCE Pharos 137 m; Royal Quarters Ptolemy I 323 BCE Antirhodos islet 300 × 70 m) + 1303/365 earthquake subsidence 8th c. · Ptolemaic Alexandria (Lochias, Antirhodos) with Pharos lighthouse debris 500 blocks
Alexandria submerged Empereur 1994 Qaitbay Pharos and Goddio 1996 Antirhodos palace island.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Tumulus
Goguryeo Tombs — Susan-ri Mural Tomb Pyongyang Outskirts
Goguryeo (5th c. CE c. 440 CE) · Goguryeo (Three Kingdoms)
Pyongyang Susan-ri excavated 1950s, murals of Goguryeo hunters, UNESCO 2004 Goguryeo Tombs.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Isedotai Stone Circles — Akita Northern Jomon
Late Jomon (2200–1500 BCE) · Late Jomon
Kita-Akita Isedotai excavated 1992–, 4 circles with 200+ stones aligned to Mount Moriyoshi.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Soleb — Amenhotep III Lion Temple Jebel Dosha Link
New Kingdom (Amenhotep III c.1375 BCE Temple of Amun ; Soleb lions Prudhoe) · Egyptian New Kingdom (Sed-festival temple)
Soleb excavated by Breasted 1907 and Schiff Giorgini 1957–, Amenhotep lion temple 1375 BCE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Tabo — Argo Island Meroitic-Isis Temple
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) temple built Taharqa 690 BCE core earlier · Napatan Taharqa → Meroitic Isis cult
Argo Tabo excavated by Hinkel 1959 synthetic, Taharqa colossus 4 m from Tabo granodiorite.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Azougui — Almoravid Capital on Adrar Plateau
Ghana terminal to Almoravid capital (11th c. CE Almoravid capital 1050–1147) · Sanhaja Berber Almoravid (Ibn Yasin)
Azougui excavated by de Moraes Farias 1970s, Almoravid birthplace 1053, stone city 10 ha.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortified city
Zinchecra — Garamantian Ridge Citadel above Germa
Garamantian Early (900–500 BCE pre-Garma) · Early Garamantian hillfort → Garamantian state origin
Zinchecra excavated by Mattingly 1990s, earliest Garamantian fort prior to valley Garama.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Gran Quivira — Las Humanas Tompiro Pueblo Abandonment
Pueblo IV to 1672 Spanish mission · Tompiro Pueblo / Salinas Spanish Missions (Franciscan)
Gran Quivira excavated by Vivian & Toulouse 1923, 1672 drought depopulation 16,000 to 0.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Sanam — Kushite Administrative Centre opposite Barkal
Napatan (750–600 BCE) and Meroitic later · Kushite Napatan trade centre
Sanam excavated by Griffith 1923, Napatan treasury town opposite Barkal sacred mountain.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mesa Verde — Mug House Cliff Cliff Overlook
Ancestral Puebloan Pueblo III (1200–1300 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Hisatsinom)
Mesa Verde Mug House excavated by Rohn 1960s, 80 rooms, backcountry ranger permit only.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Peralta — Bajío Double Pyramid on Floodplain
Epiclassic (500–950 CE Bajío, El Bajío classical) · Peralta culture (Bajío polities, parallel Teotihuacan)
Peralta excavated by INAH 1990s, Bajío classic polities contemporary Teotihuacan north.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pottery Mound — Kiva Mural Pueblo Rio Puerco
Pueblo IV Glaze A (1350–1480 CE) · Ancestral Tano (Rio Grande Puebloan) Mogollon-influenced
Pottery Mound excavated by Hibben 1953–61, murals similar to Hopi kachinas 100 km west.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rakhigarhi — Harappan Granary Mound 7
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Rakhigarhi — largest Indus site 550 ha)
Haryana Harappan excavated by Nath & Shinde, largest Indus city exceeding Mohenjo-daro.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Ishinohoden Kofun — Karatsu Vaulted Stone Chamber
Late Kofun (6th c. CE) · Yamato influenced Hizen
Karatsu megalithic chamber exposed by erosion, excavated 1900, late Kofun island type.