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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6200–4000 BCE; Karanovo I–VII) · Karanovo I–VII → Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen → Early Bronze Ezero
Type tell 6200–4000 BCE — 12 m Karanovo I–VII 18 horizons (Mikov).
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koguryo — Tomb of the General East (Ji'an, Liaoning) in Jilin, Ji'an, Koguryo Tomb of General, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid att…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic–Early Postclassic (600–1200 CE) · Maya (Eastern Yucatán – Cupul province)
Late Classic–Postclassic eastern Yucatán dense town (600–1200 CE) 35 km SE of Tizimín, 6 sq km with 3 core groups (Group A palace 70×50 m, Group B temple pyramid 8 m, Group C ballcourt) of…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Alexandria Citadel North — Alexandria, Pharos (58-45) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Pre-Clovis to Late Woodland · Pre-Clovis (Meadowcroft) to Woodland
16,000-year stratified rockshelter (Miller lanceolate horizon) with basketry preservation, Pennsylvania.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Kayatha → Malwa 1800–1000 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Chambal facies
Nagda Chambal Settlement — Malwa–Late Chalcolithic stratified site (1800–1000 BCE) on Chambal River at Nagda, excavated 1955–56 by N.R. Banerjee and K.V. Soundararajan (ASI).
🇫🇲 Micronesia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Nan Madol — Nan Douwas North Islet Ancillary (Pohnpei) in Pohnpei, Nan Madol, Nan Douwas, Micronesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Corridor Badia inter-site coordination
Qattafi–Harrat link: 6 degraded dispersed kites forming 8 km stepping-stone corridor between mega-sites.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Early Historic (regional) ancient village of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (100 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Kaan polity satellite)
Hugely sprawling 4 km² Late Classic centre (250–900 CE) between Tikal and Calakmul, dominated by Pyramid M1 (30x25 m, 14 m high with roof comb) and K2 double pyramid acropolis (two 12 m pyramids on…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Western Henan Necropolis South — Henan, Erlitou (54-06) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian / Isin-Larsa Period · Amorite Babylonian (Larsa)
Amorite ziggurat of sun-god Shamash at Larsa (Tell Senkerah) c.1950–1760 BCE: 70 × 40 m Ebabbara complex, capital of Isin-Larsa kingdom before Hammurabi.
🇧🇯 Benin · Ancient city
Medieval (12th–18th c) · Songhai / Hausa / Niger bend trade
65-ha double-rampart Niger entrepôt 12th–18th c linking Bura-Gao ceramic chain with Hausa–Songhay frontier.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Integration–Late Period (Carchi–Quitu-Cara–Inca) · Quitu-Cara (Ecuadorian Highlands) with Inca overlay
Equatorial ramp pyramids (1250–1500 CE) at 3,040 m — 15 truncated pyramids with 200-m ramps to Cayambe.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Deptford–Weeden Island, 200 BCE–750 CE) · Deptford–Weeden Island (Florida Woodland)
Woodland plaza center (200 BCE–750 CE) with 6 mounds and Hopewell exotics on Crystal River estuary, Florida.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Great Zimbabwe — Buried Valley Midden North (Great Enclosure) in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe, Buried Midden, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 …
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Huaca Pucllana — Ancillary Ramp North (Lima, Wari-Lima) in Lima, Miraflores, Huaca Pucllana, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attrib…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Phantom island
Medieval to early modern cartography (1325 – 1873 charted; legend 7th c. Irish immram) · Irish immram myth / Iberian cartography
Circular 51°N 17°W phantom west of Galway on maps 1325–1873 – seven-year appearing immortal isle.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Little Great Zimbabwe Fortress A — Great Zimbabwe (57-34) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Rajasthan Necropolis Inner — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-13) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Great Zimbabwe Hilltop II — Great Zimbabwe (57-39) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Hittite / Syro-Hittite · Hittite / Neo-Hittite
Yesemek Basalt Sculpture Workshop at Gaziantep, Yesemek, Turkey is a Late Hittite / Syro-Hittite ancient village of the Hittite / Neo-Hittite tradition, built c.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Saka Tasmola (6th–5th c. BCE) · Tasmola culture
Besoba terrace satellite: 32-m Tasmola kurgan 340 m south of steppe pyramid mausoleum, Karaganda.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Hellenistic–Late Roman Republican (ship c.80–60 BCE; mechanism c.150–80 BCE) · Greek / Roman trade – Pergamene-Rhodian sculpture cargo
70 BCE Roman freighter off Antikythera at 45 m that yielded the geared Antikythera Mechanism.
