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🇾🇪 Yemen · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Zafar Stone Gate Tower 4 in Ibb, Zafar, Yemen is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kangju–Kushan Khorezmian 200 BCE–200 CE · Khorezmian (Chorasmian) Zoroastrian
Khorezmian ceremonial city (c.2 c. BCE–2 c. CE) at Kazakly-Yatkan near Beruni — 10 ha double-walled town with ceremonial palace complex (Columned Hall 30×30 m with 20 columns), fire temple, and…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Old Kingdom to Coptic (c.2500 BCE – 700 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Nile cliff quarry town at Tihna — second harbour terrace slipway 2 m under talus 10 m above floodplain, limestone quay for Nile stone barges.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
Largest Carnac alignment — 982 menhirs in 10 rows (1,120 m) between Ménec and Kerlescan with Kermario dolmen inside.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Évora tradition)
U-shaped Alentejo cromlech (34 menhirs, 10 x 12 m) near Almendres — open eastern entrance intermediate to squared Xerez.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Early Dynastic to Late Period (2950–650 BCE; decorated peak Middle Kingdom) · Ancient Egyptian / Coptic
Hare nome necropolis with Djehutihotep colossus sledge 172 men and earliest Book of Two Ways coffins.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca
Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Fortress
Kushan–Afrighid 300–800 CE → Islamic 800–1300 CE · Khwarazmian (Kangju–Afrighid) → Islamic Khwarazm
Afrighid–Early Islamic desert fortress (c.300 BCE–1200 CE) on the Sultan Uvays piedmont near Ellikkala — compact square fort (90×80 m) with unique corrugated mudbrick façade (vertical ribs) and…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (Flavian to Late antique; peak 2nd–3rd c) · Roman / Berber
Headquarters of Legio III Augusta 81–238 CE with Praetorium aedicula, amphitheatre and 3,000+ Latin inscriptions.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (700–1300 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial) → Classic Sedentary
Las Colinas Tempe Hohokam Village is the canal-lattice village at the Agua Fria–Salt River confluence west of Tempe — a Sedentary Colonial-to-Sedentary (700–1300 CE) Hohokam canal village before…
🇳🇪 Niger · Archaeological wonder
Late Iron Age (3rd–13th c CE) · Bura
834-tomb iron funerary field 3rd–13th c with equestrian terra-cotta sculptures and urn spears.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Three Kingdoms Silla 5th–6th c CE · Silla Three Kingdoms (Gyeongju Tumuli)
Cheonmachong (Tomb No.155) — Silla royal tomb (c.5th–6th c CE, Silla middle) 100 m west Hwangnam Daechong, Gyeongju Tumuli Park, excavated 1973 CHA (Kim Jeong-hak).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes)
Classic Río Bec palatial city (c.550–900 CE) at Becán-Chicanná dispersed urban nebula, with Structure II jaguar monster-mouth zoomorphic mascarón doorway (12 m high 18 m wide — bes...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic / Late Formative (Central Mexican Preclassic) · Cuicuilco (Basin of Mexico Preclassic)
Giant circular stepped pyramidal platform at Cuicuilco — 135 m diameter 20 m high 700–150 BCE, buried by Xitle lava eruption 245 CE.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1471–1536 CE, abandoned post-1536) · Inca (Topa Inca – Diaguita / Calchaquí conquest)
Inca provincial capital (1470–1536) in Catamarca, the southernmost planned Inca city in the empire, founded by Topa Inca Yupanqui to govern Calchaquí valley Diaguita conquest: fully orthogonal Inca…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Sanhaja Berber to Marinid · Touat Zenete–Sanhaja oasis
Touat Adrar: 84 foggaras 140 km Africa's densest Sahara foggara corridor 27.87N.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Early Holocene moist phase (Neolithic) · Hijaz Neolithic lava-field hunters
Volcanic-field kites (1,100 m, 27°24′N 37°16′E) of the Harrat ar-Rahah-'Uwayrid cluster (Global Volcanism Program 27.408N 37.279E, 1700 m cluster).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate Moche (100–800 CE, peak Moche III–IV 400–600 CE) · Moche (Mochica, north coast, Moche Valley capital)
Largest adobe structure in Americas: Huaca del Sol (Moche 100–800 CE, peak 400–600 CE) 342×159 m base, 41 m high preserved (original maybe 50 m) with four stepped platforms, built in ~140 million…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE – 5th c. CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Egyptian / Roman
Fayum Lake Moeris granary port — Ptolemy II polder city whose lake quays now 2 m buried as Lake Qarun fell 20 m.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic (c.3800–3600 BCE) · Neolithic Anglesey
Twin Neolithic chamber tombs in single long cairn near Presaddfed — west chamber with 5 m capstone best preserved.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Late Pre-Islamic to Early Islamic · Nabataean–Himyarite to Umayyad
110-m two-phase dam (320 BCE–750 CE) on Wadi al-Khanaq — Khaibar oasis northern reservoir.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Early Village to Islamic (6000 BCE–1000 CE; peaks Ubaid–Uruk and Old Elamite) · Deh Luran Village → Ubaid → Uruk → Proto-Elamite → Elamite → Islamic
Deh Luran's largest tell (15.5 ha) with 6000 BCE-to-Elamite sequence and Amorite seal.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Arzhan-Chertomlyk) · Arzhan (Early Scythian / Saka Royal)
Second terrace north of Uyuk River (950 m, 52°03′N 93°51′E) in the Tuva Valley of the Kings, complementing Arzhan 1 (9th c BCE) and Arzhan 2 (7th c BCE) on south terrace and Tunnug 1 (9th c) centre.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
New Kingdom Amarna Period (1353–1332 BCE) · Egyptian (Atenist reform)
Akhenaten's 1346 BCE desert sun capital – 12 km planned city and 382 Amarna Letters, abandoned after one reign.
