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🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
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
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
Epiclassic (650–900 CE) Teotihuacan fall hybrid · Epiclassic Xochicalco (Olmeca-Xicalanca + Teotihuacan survivors)
Xochicalco excavated by Sáenz 1960s, Quetzalcoatl pyramid 700 Coiled Serpents.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE Great Enclosure; Lion Temple 230 BCE Arnekhamani) · Meroitic (Arnekhamani, Amanitore) with elephant training centre
Musawwarat excavated by Hintze 1960–, Apedemak lion temple and elephant ramp.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortified city
Garamantian to Early Islamic (500 BCE–1500 CE layered) · Garamantian → Arab Jarma
Jarma excavated by Daniels, Islamic layered above Garamantian capital mound.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche (200–700 CE; Lord of Sipán 250 CE) · Moche royal (Sican?) Sipán 250 CE warrior-priest 1.75 m
Sipán excavated by Walter Alva 1987 Lord 250 gold mask 12 cm, gold peanuts.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo citadel excavated by Marshall 1922–, world's earliest public Bath.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Roman Mauretania Tingitana (1st–5th c. CE) Mauretanian Juba earlier · Mauretanian → Roman
Thamusida excavated by Rebuffat 1965–, Venus mosaic and Fils of Tingitana.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core · Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Sinagua (1125–1400 CE) Hohokam-Sinagua blend · Sinagua
Tuzigoot excavated by Caywood & Spicer 1933–34, hill pueblo over marsh.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Bagratid (7th c. church; 10th c. Vahram Paphlavuni castle 1026; Seljuk captured 1236) · Bagratid Pahlavuni princes (Vahram) with church 1026 and bath
Amberd excavated by Harutyunyan 1963–64, Pahlavuni family castle 1026.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Veracruz (600–900 CE) Tajín contemporary niche architecture · Totonac Classic Veracruz (Tajín interaction)
Veracruz La Higueras excavated by Daneels 2000s, niche Tajín province.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche Late (600–750 CE Transitional Moche V state, crucial 2012 Pampa Grande polity) · Late Moche → Wari overlap 750 collapse
Pampa Grande excavated by Shimada— 600–750 Moche V large city border.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Preceramic to Sechin (Cerro Sechín 1600 BCE temple with 300 warrior stelae; Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE Old Temple plaza circular 1650 BCE square) · Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square
Sechin excavated by Tello 1937 and Fuchs 2002 Sechin Bajo 3500 plaza.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs · Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)
Sedeinga excavated by Francigny, 80 Meroitic pyramids 300 BCE–300 CE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Temple complex
Greek (630 BCE Cyrene Battus I → Apollo Temple 550 BCE; fountain Hellenistic 300 BCE) · Greek Cyrene (Theraean Greek colony 630 BCE Battus I oracle)
Cyrene sanctuary Smith & Goodchild, 630 Theran Battus delphi oracle.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (3500 BCE) Alentejo dolmen Fontainhas with painted serpent Hunt Panel · Ourique Alentejo dolmen art
Fontainhas painted 3500 hunt scene oldest Alentejo dolmen painting.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient port
Late Bronze (1600–1150 BCE Alashiya harbour sibling to Enkomi) · Cypriot Alasia harbour town secondary
Hala Sultan Tekke Åström 1970s Dromolaxia harbour late Bronze 1600.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Lima to Wari (400–700 CE Lima culture coastal pyramid 100 m × 53 m × 22 m with 600,000 reused small adobitos 'library' of bricks) · Lima culture (Pucllana 400–830) then Wari intrusive 700
Pucllana excavated by Flores 1980–, 600k adobitos library pyramid.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas · North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)
Ventarrón excavated by Alva 2007–, 2000 BCE mural oldest Americas.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–3500 BCE) largest Iberian dolmen · Alentejo Neolithic megalithic Zambujeiro builder lineage
Anta Grande Henriksson and earlier 1965, 4000 BCE largest Iberia.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Wadi Rabah 6000 BCE; Chalcolithic 5000–3800 BCE olive) and Late Pottery Neolithic/Chalcolithic? Kfar Samir overlain waterlogged · Chalcolithic olive press (4800 BCE Kfar Samir submerged 400 m line 7 hr press)
Kfar Samir Galili 1990s, Kfar Samir 4800 press 100k olive stones.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Classical (c. 385 BCE Chian amphora cargo) · Classical Greek Chian wine merchant 385 BCE
Mazotos excavated by Demesticha Southampton, Chian cargo 385 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (550–800 CE) wall murals southernmost Moche 550–710 HalPRI mural layer 4.2 m · Moche southern frontier (Nepeña) with Wari-influenced mural final 710
Pañamarca Schaedel 1950s and recent Trever, Moche southern mural.
