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🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Angkor Sanctuary A — Angkor (60-02) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2600 BCE (Sneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sneferu)
Four-step pyramid at Seila on desert plateau overlooking Faiyum: 25 m base, four steps, now 6.8 m ruin with limestone facing traces and causeway. Excavated by Borchardt, Fakhry, Swelim, Andrieux.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sukhothai — Wat Mahathat Ancillary Mandapa in Sukhothai, Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex …
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Late Medieval Hausa Banza Bakwai (15th–early 18th c. CE) · Hausa (Kabawa–Kebbi)
Surame (15th–16th c.) is the 9 km² walled capital of Muhammadu Kanta's Kebbi Empire (c. 1516), the sole Hausa Banza Bakwai state to defeat Songhai (Battle of Jebbe).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Uruk to Mitanni · Tell Brak / Nagar
Tell Brak Nagar Central Mound at Hassakeh, Tell Brak, Syria is a Uruk to Mitanni ancient city of the Tell Brak / Nagar tradition, built c. 3900 BCE for major urban centre 130 ha with eye temple.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic to Byzantine (6300 BCE–1300 CE) · Neolithic Mersin XXXIII → Chalcolithic Ubaid → EBA Cilician → Iron → Byzantine
Yumuktepe Mersin Re-evaluation Trench is the southern sounding of Yumuktepe — the Neolithic type-site for Cilician chronology (Garstang Mersin XXXIII–I, 6300–1300 CE) within modern Mersin.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Altamira — Ancillary Polychrome Ceiling Segment in Cantabria, Santillana del Mar, Spain is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Alentejo Megalithic
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro at Alentejo, Évora, Portugal is a Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Alentejo Megalithic tradition, built c. 4000 BCE for giant anta 7 pillars 6–8 m with 7 m capstone.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6200–4800 BCE) · Fikirtepe → Karanovo I–III / Starčevo
Thracian tell bridging Anatolian Neolithic to Balkans (Karanovo sequence).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (c.7400–6800 BCE) · PPNB (southern Levantine highland)
PPNB cliff village (c.7400–6800 BCE, siq access, 2500-bead necklace, painted plaster) 14 km N Petra.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
Buhen Fortress Nubia Second Cataract at Nubia, Buhen, Sudan is a Middle Kingdom ancient city of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c. 1850 BCE for great fortress 150 m with moat glacis.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Dwarka Ridge East — Dwarka (58-14) at Dwarka, India is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Cessa Mound — Ancillary Embankment North (Mauretania) in Adrar, Chinguetti, Cessa, Mauritania is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attr…
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat) in Gujarat, Kutch, Dholavira Buried, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city att…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Dion — Sanctuary of Isis North Ancillary (Pieria) in Central Macedonia, Pieria, Dion, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex …
🇵🇸 Palestine · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600–9400 BCE) · Sultanian PPNA
PPNA Jordan Valley village with 13,000 figs proving earliest arboriculture before cereals.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Burdur-Antalya (Hacilar-associated)
Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic lakeside shrine-village (c.6500–5500 BCE) in Burdur Lake District, famous for 'Martyrium' burnt shrine phase with mother-goddess and leopard reliefs, and hoard of…
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kilwa Kisiwani — Buried Palace Husuni North (Tanzania) in Lindi, Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Lalibela Mound Inner — Lalibela (59-03) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) underground city of the Classical tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Falbygden group
Falbygden passage grave — 9 m passage to 7 m limestone chamber within 19 m mound, c.3300 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maes Howe Chambered Cairn Orkney at Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic of the Orcadian Neolithic tradition, built c. 2800 BCE for chambered cairn with viking runes.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Ancillary Drain in Sindh, Larkana, Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa) in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Moundville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tum…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan
Lower Eneolithic → Repin → Classic Yamnaya (Pit Grave) · Sredny Stog / Trypillia → Repin → Yamnaya (Pit Grave culture)
Yamnaya triple settlement on Dnieper (3600–2600 BCE) — Lower Trypillian fort, Middle Repin–Yamnaya ditch and Upper Yamnaya town with adjacent Pit Grave kurgans, birthplace of Yamnaya culture.
