🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Syntas West Kurgan Field (Aktobe Sarmatian Ridge West)
Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian
Syntas west: 9 Sarmatian kurgans on Aktobe ridge crest with deer-stone stelae.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Carthage — Baths of Antoninus Ancillary Cistern North (Tunisia)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Carthage — Baths of Antoninus Ancillary Cistern North (Tunisia) in Tunis, Carthage, Tunisia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dura-Europos
Hellenistic-Parthian-Roman · Seleucid → Parthian → Roman
Macedonian-Euphrates cliff city (303 BCE–256 CE) called 'Pompeii of the Desert' — garrison of Parthian-Roman frontier buried under a Roman siege embankment that preserved the world's earliest…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Harappa Mound AB — Citadel Punjab
Indus Valley Civilisation, Mature Harappan (c.2600–1900 BCE, Harappan 3A–3C) · Indus Valley Civilisation (Harappan)
Mound AB at Harappa is the Harappan citadel (≈150×150 m, 15 m high) — massive mudbrick terraced platform dominating the 150 ha city on the Ravi.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Megalith
Namoratunga II — North Pillar Alignment (Turkana)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Namoratunga II — North Pillar Alignment (Turkana) in Rift Valley, Turkana, Namoratunga, Kenya is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megal…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Southern Bayuda Reservoir B — Bayuda (57-05)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Reservoir B — Bayuda (57-05) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Afis — Iron Age Temple Terrace and Acropolis Mound (Syria)
Early Bronze to Iron Age II (2500–700 BCE) · Amorite–Hittite–Aramean (Luhuti / Assyrian)
Tall acropolis tell 20 m high with second-millennium Middle Bronze palace and Late Bronze temple, capped by Iron Age I (Aramean) 30x22 m ashlar temple terrace — proto-pyramidal podium for storm-god…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Central Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-14)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Central Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-14) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 400 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jabal Ithnayn Kites (Twin Peaks Kite Pass)
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Badia Neolithic peak-pass hunters
Jabal Ithnayn twin-peak gap: 5 kites using two 35-m basalt peaks as natural funnel walls.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Jericho — Plastered Skull House (Trench III)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Jericho — Plastered Skull House (Trench III) in West Bank, Jericho, Tell es-Sultan, Palestine is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attribut…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karahöyük-Elbistan Plains Satellite
Early Bronze to Iron (3000 BCE–600 BCE) · EBA Syrian → Hittite → Neo-Hittite Melid → Phrygian
Karahöyük-Elbistan Plains Satellite is a 1.6-ha mound 6 km southwest of Karahöyük-Elbistan citadel on the upper Ceyhan plain (1130 m).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid at Abu Rawash
Late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty (Huni?, c.2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Enormous denuded mound at Abu Rawash north (Lepsius I), sometimes attributed to ephemeral Huni (?) or early 4th Dynasty.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Nuraghe Santu Antine — Ancillary Village N1
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Nuraghe Santu Antine — Ancillary Village N1 in Sardinia, Sassari, Torralba, Italy is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attrib…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Bandelier National Monument
Ancestral Pueblo III–IV 1150–1550 CE (Pajarito Plateau settlement after Mesa Verde diaspora) · Ancestral Puebloan / Keresan and Tewa (ancestors of Cochiti, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara)
13,355 ha of Frijoles Canyon with tuff cliff dwellings (cavates), mesa-top Tyuonyi Pueblo (400 rooms, 1–3 storeys) and Long House cliff village (800 m long) in soft Bandelier Tuff (1.1 Ma Jemez…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Durankulak Tell South Settlement
Eneolithic to Early Bronze (5000–2800 BCE) · Hamangia → Gumelnița → Ezero (EBA)
Durankulak Tell South Settlement is the south lakeside extension on Lake Durankulak — a Hamangia–Gumelnița tell (5000 BCE) with a 1200-grave flat cemetery, the largest Eneolithic necropolis on the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Galindo — Platform Pyramid and Moche Urban Terrace (Moche Valley, Peru)
Late Moche / Middle Horizon transition (600–800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche valley polity)
Last Moche capital after Huacas de Moche collapse (600–800 CE), 5 km² planned city behind Gallows Hill with Plataforma A pyramid (55x35 m, 10 m high terrace) as palatial-ceremonial core, surrounded…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kurban Höyük — North Domestic Quarter (Adıyaman)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Kurban Höyük — North Domestic Quarter (Adıyaman) in Adıyaman, Kurban Höyük, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalc…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean) in Ma'rib, Ma'rib Dam North, Yemen is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hyd…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
New Dwarka Citadel North — Dwarka (58-03)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Dwarka Citadel North — Dwarka (58-03) at Dwarka, India is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Olous (Olus) – Sunken Dorian City
Minoan to Late Roman (Bronze Age – 2nd c. CE) · Minoan / Dorian Greek / Hellenistic / Roman
Dorian Cretan harbour city subsided by 2nd c. quake — walls now snorkelable in 1–3 m off Elounda causeway.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande Huaca Fortaleza — Lambayeque Variant
Middle Horizon, c.600-750 CE (Mochica V / Sicán early) · Andean (Mochica / Sicán)
Pampa Grande Huaca Fortaleza in Chongoyape (Lambayeque): massive stepped pyramid 56 m high, 270×180 m base, with plaza, palace and reservoir.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Norte Mound (Casma satellite pyramid)
Initial Period (Sechín–Casma) · Sechín / Casma
Sechín polity satellite mound at Sechín Norte — 25 m adobe pyramid 6 m high c.1500 BCE, 2 km north of Cerro Sechín relief walls.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Shwesandaw — Ancillary Terrace (Bagan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Shwesandaw — Ancillary Terrace (Bagan) in Mandalay, Bagan, Shwesandaw, Myanmar is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to …