🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple
Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) · Roman
Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple in Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Lebanon is a Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Bastam — Urartian Fortress
Urartian (685–612 BCE Rusa II) · Urartian Kingdom
Bastam — Urartian Fortress in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Urartian (685–612 BCE Rusa II) fortress attributed to Urartian Kingdom.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids
Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) pyramid attributed to Sicán (Lambayeque).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Roman (75–270 CE) · Romano-British (Atrebates)
Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (75–270 CE) temple complex attributed to Romano-British (Atrebates) culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tell
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound
Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak · Mundigak–Helmand
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak tell attributed to Mundigak–Helmand.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sagzabad
Late Bronze to Iron II (c.1400–800 BCE) · Central Plateau Iron Age (grey ware → red ware) → Median precursor
Iron Age I–II fortified town (12 ha, 12 m high) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban. Early Iron (c.1400–900...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Avebury
Late Neolithic · Windmill Hill / Late Neolithic Wessex
Largest megalithic stone circle in Europe (11.5 ha), enclosing outer bank and ditch and two inner circles. Village of Avebury sits partially within the monument.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Kadesh
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (c.4000–600 BCE; peak Late Bronze Kadesh kingdom 1500–1200) · Chalcolithic → EB → Mittani → Hittite vassal → Assyrian
Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) on Orontes is the Late Bronze city of the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) — largest chariot battle (Hittite Muwatalli II vs Egyptian Ramesse...
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Kaya Mtswakara — Mijikenda Sacred Grove
Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still · Mijikenda (Giriama)
Kaya Mtswakara — Mijikenda Sacred Grove in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still ancient-village attributed to Mijikenda (Giriama).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village
Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) · Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village in Gujarat, India is a Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village
Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) · Halaf culture
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Halaf culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates
Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) · EBA Syrian
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) tell attributed to EBA Syrian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Vindolanda Roman Fort
Roman (85–410 CE) · Roman
Vindolanda Roman Fort in Northumberland, South of Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (85–410 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Aidhab — Red Sea Desert Port
Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) · Beja–Islamic port
Aidhab — Red Sea Desert Port in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Beja–Islamic port.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter
Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE) · Namazga V – Altyn Depe
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan is a Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Namazga V – Altyn Depe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street
Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) · Roman Cilician
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Birkrigg Stone Circle
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Cumbrian
Birkrigg Stone Circle in Cumbria, Furness, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Cumbrian culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Letoon — Apollo Temple South Annex
Lycian (5th–4th c BCE) · Lycian Federation (Xanthian)
Letoon — Apollo Temple South Annex in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (5th–4th c BCE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian Federation (Xanthian).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Naachtun Northern Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Maya super city Naachtun in Mirador Basin, triadic pyramids, Structure XXVII 30 m high pyramid, lidar 2022.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Taxila
Gandhara 6th c BCE–5th c CE (Achaemenid to late Kushan) · Gandharan / multi-empire (Persian, Greek, Buddhist)
Palimpsest city spanning Gandhara civilization 6th c BCE–5th c CE with three successive cities (Bhir Mound, Sirkap, Sirsukh) and Buddhist monastery complex Dharmarajika.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village
Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village in Saladin Governorate, Tigris, Iraq is a Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Samarra culture culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Hellenistic (Tralles)
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic (Tralles).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Xpujil Group B
Late Classic Rio Bec 600–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Group B 500 m south of Xpujil’s iconic Structure I (three-temple pyramid): twin-tower Structure II 9 m high with Rio Bec false stairs, courtyard and vaulted residential palace.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort
Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier · Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier fortress attributed to Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier.