Partially excavated places

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Miamisburg Mound

Early Woodland Adena 1000–200 BCE · Adena

Second-largest conical mound in Ohio (65 ft/20 m high, 877 ft circumference) and tallest surviving Adena mound, preserved at Miamisburg Mound State Park.

🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex

Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon Great House

Chacoan Phenomenon 828–1126 CE · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) Chaco

Pueblo Bonito – Chaco's 800-room D-shaped great house (828–1126 CE), 4 stories, 650 rooms, theatral central plaza and 32 kivas, aligned to cardinal directions and Chaco meridian.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder

Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Lycia Coast (Kaş)

Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval

Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.

🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site

Bass Strait Drowned Midden South — Atlit Coast (Caesarea)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic

Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.

🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder

Bass Strait Drowned Midden South — Pozzuoli Bay (Naples)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval

Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Didyma Eastern Temenos — Apollo Temple Sacred Precinct

Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 250 CE) · Milesian Greek to Hellenistic Seleucid to Roman

Eastern hypaethral adyton with sacred spring and stadium of Branchidae oracle.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Heraclea at Latmus Athena Temple — Endymion Mountain City Sanctuary

Hellenistic (300–150 BCE) foundation over Archaic · Hellenistic Lysimachan Heracleans with Karian memory

Athena peripteros 6×11 on cyclopean walled acropolis above Bafa Lake Endymion heroon.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Karanpura

Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE) · Harappan

Drishadvati Harappan town 60 km west of Hisar — fortified Early Harappan to planned Mature grid.

🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith

Le Couperon Dolmen

Middle Neolithic · Jersey Gallery Grave

Gallery grave near Gorey guardhouse (1689), St Martin, Jersey, 6 m gallery, coastal, c.3500 BCE.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Kurgan

Norway Reindeer Pitfall South

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic

Norway Reindeer Pitfall South in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) kurgan attributed to Local Neolithic culture.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Ancient city

Tells Stratified Sequence North

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic

Tells Stratified Sequence North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city

Volubilis Olive Press Complex West — Great Zimbabwe (Masvingo)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age

Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art

Volubilis Olive Press Complex West — Western Desert (Siwa)

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Western Desert, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder

Xlapak

Maya Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE · Maya (Puuc Chenes)

Puuc mosaic palace with stacked Chaac masks, 600–900 CE.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city

Afrosiab (Afrasiyab)

Achaemenid to Mongol (c.500 BCE–1220 CE, Sogdian peak 6th–8th cent CE) · Sogdian / Kushan / Islamic

Ancient Samarkand (Maracanda) — 220 ha Sogdian walled plateau with 7th-century Afrasiab murals of Eurasian envoys.

🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city

Atlit North Bay Submerged Village West

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval

Atlit North Bay Submerged Village West in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.

🇦🇺 Australia · Ancient village

Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age

Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.

🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder

Axel Heiberg Lost City North — Pozzuoli Bay (Naples)

Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical

Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village

Bimini Inlet Stone Wall Extension

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age

Bimini Inlet Stone Wall Extension in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Brahmagiri — Chitradurga Ash Mound and Megalith

Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition

Brahmagiri — Chitradurga Ash Mound and Megalith in Karnataka, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition.