🇱🇧 Lebanon · Cave
Ksar Akil
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.50,000–20,000 BP) · Levallois-Mousterian → IUP → Levantine Aurignacian → Kebaran
Levantine UP type rockshelter (23 m, 50–20 ka, Egbert, IUP→Aurignacian) 10 km NE Beirut.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Little Angkor Fortress I — Angkor (60-03)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Angkor Fortress I — Angkor (60-03) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Chalcolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Mezraa-Teleilat Pre-Pottery Levels
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Early Bronze (10500–3000 BCE) · PPNA–PPNB → Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk
Mezraa-Teleilat Pre-Pottery Levels are the basal 6 m beneath the Halaf–Ubaid mound on the Euphrates left bank 5 km south of Birecik.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Megalith
Old Siem Reap Necropolis East — Siem Reap (54-15)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Siem Reap Necropolis East — Siem Reap (54-15) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Outer Saqqara Necropolis I — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-22)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Outer Saqqara Necropolis I — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-22) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Classical (regional) tomb of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Puhar (Poompuhar) — Buried Wharf North (Kaveripattinam, Tamil Nadu)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Puhar (Poompuhar) — Buried Wharf North (Kaveripattinam, Tamil Nadu) in Tamil Nadu, Poompuhar, Puhar, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) bur…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ankhenespepi II — Queen of Pepi I
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Largest of Pepi I’s queens pyramids, positioned south-west of Pepi I’s enclosure at South Saqqara, built for Ankhenespepi II, sister-wife of Pepi I who survived to become queen-mother of Pepi II as…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Soleb
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ~1380 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (imperial Nubia) and Napatan
Largest Egyptian temple in Nubia (Amenhotep III, c.1380 BCE), 135 m long, with Napatan pyramid cemetery.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Southern Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-34)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-34) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Su Nuraxi — Peripheral Hut E7 with Bench
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Su Nuraxi — Peripheral Hut E7 with Bench in Sardinia, South Sardinia, Barumini, Italy is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic at…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Beersheba
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (peak Iron I–II, 1200–701 BCE) · Chalcolithic well-diggers → Canaanite → Israelite/Judahite → Assyrian → Byzantine
UNESCO biblical frontier tell with four-room houses and Israel's earliest engineered water-tunnel.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Nebi Mend
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Amorite → Hittite–Egyptian frontier → Iron Age Aramaean
Qadesh/Kadesh Orontes city 33 ha (1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh battlefield, double walls) SW of Homs.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thignica (Ain Tounga)
Numidian to Late Antique (4th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 2nd-4th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Medjerda municipium with Saturn temples.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Uronarti Fort Island Nubia
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
Uronarti Fort Island Nubia at Nubia, Uronarti Island, Sudan is a Middle Kingdom ancient city of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Long Barrow — Ancillary Ditch Segment
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
West Kennet Long Barrow — Ancillary Ditch Segment in England, Wiltshire, Avebury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) me…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Yeha — South Altar Pre-Aksumite (Tigray, Ethiopia, Alt Sector)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Yeha — South Altar Pre-Aksumite (Tigray, Ethiopia, Alt Sector) in Tigray, Yeha South, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple comple…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul Structure I Pyramid — Petén
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Classic, Kaan dynasty) · Maya (Kaan / Snake Kingdom)
Calakmul Structure I (East Acropolis) inside Calakmul Biosphere: 45 m high pyramid (base 120×80 m) with acropolis palace summit, among largest Mundo Maya (comparable to Tikal Temple IV).
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Central Nara Settlement A — Nara, Asuka (54-50)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Nara Settlement A — Nara, Asuka (54-50) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Galindo
Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche)
Galindo in La Libertad, Peru is a Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche (Late Moche) culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gedikli Karahöyük
Early Bronze Age I–III through Middle Bronze Age (c.3000–1500 BCE) · Islahiye EBA (Amanus) with Early Transcaucasian influence → Hittite
Amanus cemetery-tell with 200+ EBA pithos burials and EBA–MBA houses — Islahiye plain mortuary type-site.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Submerged site
Godavaya — Ancient Port North Jetty (Sri Lanka)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Godavaya — Ancient Port North Jetty (Sri Lanka) in Southern, Hambantota, Godavaya, Sri Lanka is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Inner Djenné-Jeno Fortress A — Djenné-Jeno (57-49)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Djenné-Jeno Fortress A — Djenné-Jeno (57-49) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Inner Nara Necropolis Central — Nara, Asuka (54-20)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Inner Nara Necropolis Central — Nara, Asuka (54-20) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Jonathan Creek Mound
Mississippian (Jonathan Creek phase) · Mississippian (Western Kentucky)
Western KY Mississippian village (1200–1450 CE) — 7 platform mounds on Tennessee River near Aurora.