🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Brú na Bóinne Satellite Cairn Z
Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Brú na Bóinne Satellite Cairn Z in County Meath, Ireland is a Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Brú na Bóinne Satellite Cairn Z in County Meath, Ireland is a Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) · Temple Period
Ggantija North Temple Forecourt in Malta, Gozo, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman to Early Islamic (Flavian to 7th c; peak 2nd–5th c) · Roman / Berber / Byzantine
Mid-steppe Roman-Byzantine city with triple Capitol temples, olive-press quarter and five Byzantine basilicas.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Paleo-Indian to Late Prehistoric (9000 BCE – 500 CE) · Nordeste / Agreste
Serra da Capivara in Piauí, Brazil is a Paleo-Indian to Late Prehistoric (9000 BCE – 500 CE) rock art attributed to Nordeste / Agreste culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to Sasanian · Achaemenid / Sasanian (with Roman prisoners)
390-m Karun diversion weir (5th c BCE /260 CE) — head of Shushtar mills system.
🇲🇹 Malta · Rock-cut
Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Hal Tarxien Hypogeum Extension North in Malta, Paola, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Temple Period.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Arrubiu Bastion D Annex in Sardinia, Nuoro, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Leptis Magna Market North Portico in Murqub, Leptis Magna, Libya is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Islamic Ziyadid to Rasulid (9th–15th c.) · Tihama Ziyadid–Rasulid
Zabid Tihama: 5 earthen ogma spate spurs forming 35 km² delta at UNESCO Zabid 14.20N.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Three Kingdoms Silla 4th–6th c CE → Unified Silla · Silla Three Kingdoms (Gyeongju Hwangnam)
Hwangnam Daechong — largest Silla royal twin mound tomb (5th–6th c CE, Silla middle period) 800 m south Wolseong palace, Gyeongju Tumuli Park, excavated 1973–75 Cultural Heritage Administration…
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tichitt Stone Village Sector W13 in Tagant, Tichitt, Mauritania is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Middle to New Kingdom (2055–1435 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Theban cliff triple terraces: Mentuhotep 2055 BCE and Hatshepsut Djeser-Djeseru with Punt reliefs.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Ancient city
Sogdian 6–8 c. → Karluks 8–9 c. → Qarakhanid 10–12 c. · Sogdian → Turkic Khaganate → Qarakhanid (Chu Silk Road)
Sogdian Navekat city (6–12 c. CE) at Krasnaya Rechka 18 km west Suyab — 20 ha shahristan with 3 m Buddha vs Suyab's khagan palace.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Early Horizon / Formative 1200–500 BCE (Old Temple 1200–900, New Temple 750–500 BCE) · Chavín (Early Horizon Andean formative tradition, culmination of Kotosh-Urabarriu)
Andean Formative mother temple (1200–500 BCE) at 3,180 m near Cordillera Blanca with U-shaped Old Temple (1000×100 m) and New Temple Plaza, Lanzón monolith (4.53 m granite anthropomorphic feline with…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Jebel Moya Tumulus Field South Edge in Sennar, Jebel Moya, Sudan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
High–Late Medieval Hanseatic 1160–1400 (Visby Hanseatic florescence 12th–14th c) · Gotlandic Hanseatic (Gutar–German Hansa Visby, Valdemar IV)
Visby City Walls (Ringmuren) — Hanseatic medieval town wall (late 13th–14th c, with 12th c earth predecessor) encircling Visby Old Town 3.4 km circumference, 11 m high, 27 towers, 3 gates…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Petra Siq Treasury Forecourt Cistern in Ma'an, Petra, Jordan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (c.3200–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Late Neolithic village on Loch of Harray with 15 houses and ceremonial hall Structure 8 facing the Stones of Stenness.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
Viking Age Scandinavian 750–975 (8th–10th c) · Scandinavian Viking Age (Svear) — Svear–Gotlandic emporium
Birka (Björkö) — Scandinavian Viking Age emporium (c.750–975 CE) on Björkö island in Lake Mälaren, 30 km west Stockholm, Sweden's oldest town and UNESCO 555 (with Hovgården Adelsö estate).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo in Konya, Boncuklu, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Roman Imperial (mid-1st to early 2nd c. CE) · Roman Hispania Tarraconensis (Segovia)
Augustan 28.5-m 167-arch granite aqueduct 20 km 30 L/s without mortar, UNESCO 311.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Early Classic (Mundo Perdido phase) · Maya (Preclassic Tikal)
Tikal’s earliest pyramid — Mundo Perdido 5D-87 — 30 m Preclassic E-Group astronomical pyramid 67 m base c.100 BCE, ancestor to Tikal’s dynastic pyramids.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Hydraulic works
Unified Silla 668–935 CE (Munmu–Gyeongdeok) · Unified Silla palace (Gyeongju Wolseong garden)
Anapji (Wolji) — Silla palace garden pond (674 CE) 500 m SE Wolseong palace, Gyeongju, excavated 1974–76 CHA (Gyeongju Institute).