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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Natufian to PPNB (12,200–8000 BCE; Phase IA–IVB) · Natufian → Khiamian (Mureybatian) → PPNA → PPNB
Submerged Euphrates tell bridging Natufian to PPNB with early domestic einkorn and lion figurine.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Postclassic (Tlahuica / Aztec) · Tlahuica / Aztec
Tlahuica twin-temple pyramid at Teopanzolco — 35×25 m double pyramid c.1200 CE with 11 nests; 2017 earthquake revealed hidden Tlaloc temple.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (5000–1000 BCE; peak Giyan IV 2000–1500 BCE) · Central Zagros Chalcolithic → Bronze Age Luristan → Iron I Luristan bronzes
Zagros valley tell with Giyan I–V paint sequence and 120-grave Luristan bronze cemetery.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Almohad (1125–1276) · Berber Almohad (Masmuda)
Tinmel Mosque (1156 CE) is the prototype Almohad mosque at 2200 m in High Atlas where Ibn Tumart, Mahdi of Almohads, fortified village and is buried (Tumart tomb).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Upper Derinkuyu Temple Central — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-20) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) tomb of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Pavlopetri Reservoir I — Pavlopetri, Laconia (58-41) at Pavlopetri, Laconia, Greece is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (Fikirtepe) · Marmara Neolithic (Fikirtepe)
Marmara type-site (c.6600–6000 BCE, Fikirtepe) bridging Anatolia and Balkan Neolithisation south of Lake İznik.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age (Celtic) · Pre-Christian Celtic / Iron Age Ireland
Iron Age janus idols (1.2 m double-headed) in Boa Island cemetery, Lough Erne — most enigmatic Celtic stones in Ireland.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (550–800 CE peak Calakmul Snake Kingdom, Kaan polity) · Maya (Classic, Calakmul/Kaan dynasty, Snake Head emblem)
Northern pyramid at Calakmul Snake Kingdom capital (500 BCE–900 CE): Structure I 40 m high (second highest at site after Structure II 55 m) at north edge of Great Plaza, 70×50 m base with stairway…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
New Kingdom · 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian
Deir el-Medina Workmen Village Thebes at Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Egypt is a New Kingdom ancient village of the 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Didyma — Apollo Temple North Adyton Niche (Branchidae, Alt) in Aydın, Didim, Didyma North Adyton, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) tem…
🇲🇹 Malta · Underground city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Eastern Hypogeum Platform Outer — Hypogeum, Paola (59-40) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Chalcolithic (regional) underground city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Preceramic, c.3500-1800 BCE (Norte Chico–Central Coast) · Andean (Preceramic / Norte Chico)
El Paraíso at Chuquitanta north Lima (Chillón Valley): enormous preceramic monumental center 58 ha, 12 pyramids aligned north-south. Unit I principal pyramid 200×150 m, 10 m high.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Epidaurus — Sunken Villa North Peristyle (Argolis) in Peloponnese, Argolis, Epidaurus Sunken, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pre-Clovis to Clovis (16,000–12,700 BCE) · Pre-Clovis (Gault Assemblage) → Clovis
Pre-Clovis workshop (16,000 BCE) — 600k artifacts and engraved stones below Clovis at Buttermilk Creek, Texas.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Derinkuyu Sanctuary North — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-47) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) geoglyph of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Outer Derinkuyu Reservoir West — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-14) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) tomb of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Phanagoria — Submerged Harbour Mole North (Taman, Ancillary) in Krasnodar, Taman Peninsula, Phanagoria North Harbour, Russia is a Bronze Age to Classical (…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Alexandria Settlement South — Alexandria, Pharos (58-04) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Derinkuyu Reservoir Inner — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-48) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Alexandria Citadel Central — Alexandria, Pharos (58-18) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Saqqara Sanctuary East — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-06) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle Bronze to Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.2200–700 BCE, peak Levels VII–IV 1480–1270 BCE) · Amorite / Mitanni / Hittite / Mukish (Alalakh, Yamhad dependency)
Palatial mound Tell Atchana (Alalakh, capital of Mukish) 20 ha, 20 m high on Orontes plain: Middle Bronze palace Level VII (Idrimi c.1480 BCE) 80×50 m with archive 200 tablets and throne room with…
