🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Seila Pyramid — Sneferu Fayum Small Pyramid with Causeway
Early 4th Dynasty Sneferu (c.2620 BCE) Seila phase · Old Kingdom Sneferu
Seila excavated by Petrie and Swelim, Sneferu 4th Dynasty provincial 7 pyramids chain.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Tateyama — Stone Coffin Terrace Kofun Group
Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock shelter
Uan Muhuggiag Mummy Shelter — Acacus Dune Cave
Pastoral with Uan Muhuggiag mummy (5600 BCE oldest Africa embalmed) — shelter Late Acacus · Acacus Late Acacus hunter-pastoral
Muhuggiag excavated by Mori 1958, 7500 BCE hunter layers and 5600 BCE embalmed infant.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira — Eastern Reservoir Rock-Cut Complex
Harappan (2650–2000 BCE) · Harappan Dholavira
Kutch Dholavira excavated by Bisht 1989–, signboard 10 Indus signs and stadium 300 m.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
Yayoi (500–100 BCE) · Yayoi Tanba
Kameoka Yayoi dolmens excavated 1970s, Tanba Yayoi slate dagger and Jar-coffin under.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Huaca and Lady of Cao Temple
Moche (100 BCE–700 CE) Cao 450 CE mural facade; Wari-Chimú upper 800–1300; Cao Lady tomb 450 CE intrusive · Moche → Lambayeque/Chimú → Inca
El Brujo excavated by Franco 1990–, Lady of Cao 2005 tattooed ruler with 23 weapons.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Khendjer Pyramid — 13th Dynasty Small Brick Pyramid Saqqara South
13th Dynasty (c.1760 BCE Khendjer) · 13th Dynasty late Middle Kingdom
Khendjer excavated by Jequier 1929, twin quartzite-roofed vault, fragment 'kanopen?'
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Old Dongola — Medieval Christian Cathedral and Mosque Stack
Makurian Christian (600–1400 CE cathedral 1000 CE; 1317 mosque conversion) · Nubian Makuria Christian → Funj Islamic
Old Dongola excavated by Godlewski 1964–, 700 CE frescoes, 1317 mosque oldest Sudan.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock shelter
Tadrat Acacus — Ti-n-Torha East Shelter Pastoral
Acacus pastoral (7000–2000 BCE) radiocarboned · Acacus pastoral (Early Pastoral 6300–5400 BCE)
Acacus Ti-n-Torha excavated by Mori & Barich 1980s, 16k Acacus rock art site UNESCO.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Thonis-Heracleion Annex — Central Canal House Islets
Saite to Roman (550 BCE–50 BCE Thonis = Heracleion Greek; 8th c. BCE Canopic temple) sank 100–300 CE subsidence and liquefaction · Egyptian-Saite → Ptolemaic Thonis first port before Alexandria with Decree of Sais 380 BCE twin stelae (Rosetta precursor) and Amun of Gereb
Thonis Goddio 2000 rediscovery after10 m, temple Amun Gereb with Sais stele 380 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)
Late Bronze Age (c.1320 BCE) Palatial cargo ship 15–16 m · Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t
Uluburun excavated by Bass & Pulak, 1300 BCE greatest bronze age cargo 10 t copper.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Homolovi — Homolovi II Winslow Pueblo on Little Colorado
Pueblo IV (1260–1400 CE) Homolovi Cluster · Hopi ancestral (Hisatsinom)
Homolovi excavated by Fewkes 1896 and Adams & Hays 1980–, Hopi migration to mesas.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars
Phoenician 8th c. BCE → Mauretanian Juba II 25 BCE → Roman Tingitana · Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman
Lixus excavated by Montalban & Ponsich 1947–, Atlantic garum capital of Tingitana.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Walnut Canyon — Island Trail Cliff Dwellings
Sinagua (1125–1250 CE) · Sinagua
Walnut Canyon excavated by Fewkes and Colton 1930s, Sinagua canyon rim and canyon.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Hwasun — Hyosan-ri Dolmen with Quarry
Bronze Age (800–600 BCE) · Mumun dolmen
Hwasun Hyosan-ri excavated 1990s, quarry wedge holes match capstone, UNESCO 2000.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Nausharo — Harappan Transitional Colour Pottery Phase
Harappan Transitional (2800–2600 BCE Nausharo I–III) · Amri-Nal → Kili Gul Mohammad → Harappan
Nausharo excavated by Jarrige, painted pottery transition and figurine workshop.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Tombos — Egyptian-Kushite Quarry Frontier Town
New Kingdom Egyptian fortress (1550–1070 BCE) granite quarry → Napatan · Egyptian New Kingdom colonial
Tombos excavated by Smith & Buzon, Egyptian garrison with Nubian burials mixing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Yassi Ada — 4th Century Roman Wreck Reef
Late Roman/Byzantine (c.350 CE commercial vessel 21 m) · Late Roman merchant (4th c. CE Yassi Ada 350 CE; later 7th c. Byzantine wreck same reef)
Yassi Ada Bass 1960 pioneer underwater arch, roman 4th and 7th wrecks same reef.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo
Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery · Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)
Mimbres excavated by Cosgrove 1920s, 800 Mimbres bowls with fish, human scenes.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
Early Bronze (2600–2300 BCE Early Jezireh III) · Early Syrian Kranzhügel
Chuera suburb excavated alongside Steinbau by Meyer, production for 15 ha town.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume — Templo de la Piedra Sagrada and 26 Pyramid Ridge
Sicán (Lambayeque 1100) to Chimú (1350) to Inca 1470 layer cake with 26 pyramids (1100–1532 CE) 220 ha · Sicán → Chimú → Inca successive on Cerro La Raya ridge temple of stone 12 m high sacred
Tucume excavated by Thor Heyerdahl 1988 Kon-Tiki, 220 ha 26 pyramids Heyerdahl.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank) · English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses
Port Royal Hamilton 1981, 1692 earthquake 33 acre liquefaction, 300 buildings.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Sesebi — Amenhotep IV Aten Town Sudanese Akhetaten
Amarna (Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten c.1365 BCE) New Kingdom Egyptian colony · Egyptian Amarna (Aten) colonial
Sesebi excavated by Fairman 1938, Aten talatat predecessor to Amarna 1365 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xochicalco Terrace — Leaning Pyramid Feathered Serpent
Epiclassic (650–900 CE) Teotihuacan fall hybrid · Epiclassic Xochicalco (Olmeca-Xicalanca + Teotihuacan survivors)
Xochicalco excavated by Sáenz 1960s, Quetzalcoatl pyramid 700 Coiled Serpents.