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🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Sacred Djenné-Jeno Enclosure East — Djenné-Jeno (57-07) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Ottoman (630 BCE – 1922 CE) · Milesian Greek / Paphlagonian / Mithridatic
630 BCE Milesian double harbour on isthmus — north 160 m and south 240 m moles subsided –1 to –4 m on both harbour sides.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Saqqara Hilltop Outer — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-41) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) tomb of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (2600–1760 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Me-Turan / Simurrum)
Twin-mound Late Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa city (Me-Turan) on Diyala-Adhaim confluence engulfed by Hamrin reservoir fringe.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Uruk · Uruk / Late Chalcolithic
Tell Hamoukar Battle Site Northeast Syria at Hassakeh, Hamoukar, Syria is a Uruk ancient city of the Uruk / Late Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
PPNA to Early Bronze · Middle Euphrates PPN
Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building at Hama, Qaramel, Syria is a PPNA to Early Bronze temple complex of the Middle Euphrates PPN tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Neolithic PPNA (c.9600–8800 BCE) · PPNA Euphrates village culture (with Jerf el Ahmar and Tell Qaramel)
PPNA farming village with painted communal building and rye-cultivation proof, drowned by Tishrin Dam.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Ancient city
Hellenistic Iberia to Early Medieval (4th c. BCE–8th c. CE; peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Kartvelian Iberian (Eastern Georgian) → Hellenistic influence → Roman client → Sasanian interlude → early Christian
Iberian kingdom capitals — Bagineti acropolis and Aramaic bilingual city across Kura gorge.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Anglesey Neolithic
Bryn Celli Ddu Passage Grave Anglesey at Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic of the Anglesey Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Chersonesos — North Harbour Ancillary Wall (Sevastopol) in Crimea, Sevastopol, Chersonesos, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerge…
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Eastern Djenné-Jeno Village West — Djenné-Jeno (57-23) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tomb
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Eastern Lalibela Settlement Central — Lalibela (59-29) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) tomb of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu (c.2630 BCE), 21.65 m base, part of Huni network.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Teotihuacan Necropolis Central — Teotihuacan (56-19) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (c.3500–3000 BCE) · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic (Caithness)
Flow Country pair of vast Orkney-Cromarty cairns — 60 m long horned cairn with two chambers and intact round cairn.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Cave
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
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
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
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
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.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan) in Crimea, Kerch, Pantikapaion, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city…
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
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
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
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.
