🇺🇸 United States · Rock-cut
Ben Glen Rock-Cut Complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ben Glen Rock-Cut Complex in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk Archaeological Site
Chenla pre-Angkor 600–800 CE; occupation to 15th c. · Shaiva Hindu and Mahayana
Chenla capital Isanapura (7th c., King Isanavarman I c.616–635) on Stung Sen floodplain, earliest Buddhist-Hindu temple-city before Angkor: 291 temples in three walled enclosures (Prasat Sambor, Yeay…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Cave
Workshop Earthwork Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Workshop Earthwork Cave in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Ancient city
Augusta Raurica Roman Colony
Roman (44 BCE–400 CE) · Roman (Colonia Augusta Rauracorum)
Best-preserved Roman colonial city on the Rhine, founded 44 BCE and monumentalized under Augustus.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Rock art
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Upper Paleolithic to Middle Ages (~14,000 BCE – 1300 CE) · Caspian hunter-gatherer to nomadic pastoralist
Semi-desert limestone plateau on the Caspian littoral with over 6,000 engravings distributed across Boyukdash, Kichikdash and Jingirdag mesas.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Jala Salina Dolmen
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Jala Salina Dolmen in River Nile State, Sudan is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok III
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) · Ubaid – Uruk
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) Ubaid – Uruk tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary – ubaid–uruk village on khabur tributary (dims Mound 2 ha, 6 m Ubaid–Uruk).
🇴🇲 Oman · Temple complex
Temple of Dun-Palace
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Temple of Dun-Palace in Dhofar, Oman is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) temple complex attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Temple of Qasr Ditch
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Qasr Ditch in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Tyre
Bronze Age to Ottoman (c.2750 BCE–present; Phoenician peak 1100–332 BCE) · Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine / Crusader
Phoenician island-city and legendary birthplace of Europa and Dido, Tyre dominated Mediterranean purple-dye trade.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hillfort
Howe Hillfort
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Howe Hillfort in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hillfort attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hillfort
Kesh Alignment Camp
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Kesh Alignment Camp in New South Wales, Australia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hillfort attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Oracle of Dodona
Mycenaean to Roman ~1400 BCE–391 CE · Epirote Greek (Molossoi then Aetolian)
Oak-and-bronze oracle of Zeus — oldest in Greece — with vast theater and lot-tablet archive.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Moss Kala
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Rock-Cut Tombs of Moss Kala in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Nazca culture.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Rock art
Tsodilo Hills Rock Art
Later Stone Age to recent (~8000 BCE – historical) · San (Basarwa) hunter-gatherer and Bantu pastoralist
Four quartzite inselbergs rising abruptly from the Kalahari sandveldt preserve over 4,500 paintings across 500 sites, dominated by the 1,400-m Male Hill.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Aber-Long Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Aber-Long Tumulus in River Nile State, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Knowes Weston
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ancient City of Knowes Weston in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Megiddo
Chalcolithic to Iron Age / Persian · Canaanite → Egyptian → Israelite
Strategic tell commanding Via Maris (Egypt-Mesopotamia road) through Jezreel, occupied 7000 BCE–586 BCE with 26 strata, Thutmosis III 1457 BCE battle (first battle in recorded history), Canaanite…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Necropolis
Narrow Midfield Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Narrow Midfield Necropolis in Alentejo, Portugal is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Rock Wadi Temple Complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Rock Wadi Temple Complex in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Sunken City off Sanctuary-Wall
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Sunken City off Sanctuary-Wall in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village
Syke-Strath Ancient Village
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Syke-Strath Ancient Village in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) ancient village attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Rock-cut
Terramare Mount Rock-Cut Complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Terramare Mount Rock-Cut Complex in Dhofar, Oman is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Ghar-e Boof
Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic (c.80,000–15,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian → Zarzian
Dasht-e Boof Palaeolithic shelter 2 m (80–15 ka, Neanderthal parietal, Zarzian microliths) at 1350 m.