🇨🇾 Cyprus · Earthwork
Row Seaton Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Row Seaton Earthwork in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
El Palmar — Second Temple Plaza (Jimbal–Palmar)
Late Classic 550–850 CE · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Central Petén blend)
Secondary plaza 600 m from hieroglyphic stairway: 15 m pyramid with Wak alliance altar, marsh causeway.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Pipestone National Monument Quarries
Archaic to present (1000 BCE–present) · Sioux (Dakota/Lakota/Nakota), Oneota predecessors
2,000-year sacred catlinite quarries: 3000 pits in Sioux quartzite cliff plus thunderbird petroglyphs.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield in Sicily, Italy is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) rock art attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Necropolis
Stone Vale Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Stone Vale Necropolis in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
İkiztepe Samsun — Black Sea Buried Village and Cemetery
Late Chalcolithic to EBA III (4200–2000 BCE) · Pontic Chalcolithic–EBA (Bafra horizon; Maikop affinities)
Pontic coastal necropolis 4200–2000 BCE — 600 graves, arsenical bronze.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Buried city
Buried City of Marsh
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Buried City of Marsh in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Hillfort
Kurgan Ton Hillfort
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Kurgan Ton Hillfort in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Rock-cut
Mere-Inis Rock-Cut Complex
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Mere-Inis Rock-Cut Complex in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Bryn Thornby
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Rock-Cut Tombs of Bryn Thornby in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Furnace
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Munbaqa
Early–Late Bronze Age (c.2400–1000 BCE) · Syrian Bronze Age (Ekalte)
Euphrates walled city 20 ha (2.5 km double wall, Ekalte Old Babylonian tablets) near Tabqa Lake.
🇳🇴 Norway · Rock art
Alta Rock Art
Late Stone Age to Early Iron Age (~7000 BCE – 0 CE) · Finnmark hunter-gatherer/fisher to early Sami ancestors
Northern Europe's largest petroglyph field preserves some 6,000 carved figures along the Alta Fjord raised shorelines, tracking post-glacial rebound chronology.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Ancient City of Barrow-Cleugh
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Barrow-Cleugh in County Kerry, Ireland is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) ancient city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Cahuachi Adobe Pyramids
Early Nazca / Protopalpa 400 BCE–450 CE (peak 100 BCE–300 CE) · Nazca (Paracas → Nazca)
Ceremonial capital of Nazca culture (400 BCE–450 CE) with 40 adobe mounds over 150 ha, including Great Pyramid 28 m high (150 × 100 m base, 3 platforms) and Temple Hill pyramid 20 m.
🇯🇵 Japan · Buried city
Howe Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Howe Buried Settlement in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Necropolis
Port Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Port Necropolis in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Siega Verde Rock Art
Gravettian to Magdalenian ~20–11 ka BP · Upper Paleolithic Iberian
2 km open-air schist engravings paired with Côa Valley, 443 Paleolithic pecked figures.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Tadrart Acacus Rock Art
Early Holocene to Garamantian (~12,000 BCE – 100 CE) · Saharan hunter-gatherer to Pastoral Neolithic (Kel Essuf, Round Head, Pastoral)
150-km sandstone plateau on the Algerian border preserves thousands of paintings and engravings in styles paralleling nearby Tassili n'Ajjer: giant Kel Essuf headless figures, Round Head masked…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Cave of Tana-Chott
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Tana-Chott in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Erlitou – Xia Capital
Early Bronze Age (~1900–1500 BCE; Xia to early Shang) · Erlitou ( Xia, early Bronze Age Chinese)
300-ha rammed-earth palace enclosure on the Luo River where 11,000 m² Palace No.1 and a bronze foundry document the transition from Longshan Neolithic to bronze kingship.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.