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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Late Formative) · Wankarani (highland Altiplano)
Altiplano tell-pyramid at Wankarani — 80×60 m artificial village mound 8 m high c.1200–270 BCE at 3950 m, highest Andean mound village before Tiwanaku.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
PPNB to Yarmoukian · PPNB Mega-site
Ain Ghazal Mega-site Amman Plaster Statues at Amman, Ain Ghazal, Jordan is a PPNB to Yarmoukian ancient city of the PPNB Mega-site tradition, built c. 7200 BCE for 15 ha mega-site 32 plaster statues.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Aksum — Buried Palace Ta'akha Maryam North (Stela Field, Ethiopia) in Tigray, Aksum, Ta'akha Maryam, Ethiopia is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) …
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Middle Neolithic to Late Neolithic (Hamangia I–IV) · Hamangia (Black Sea Neolithic)
Type-site Hamangia culture (c.5250–4550 BCE, Middle Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic) on Goloviţa lagoon: low tell plus flat cemetery famous for 'The Thinker' (Gânditorul) and Woman seated figurines —…
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Urartian (c.685–645 BCE Rusa II) · Urartu (Kingdom of Van)
Largest Urartu fortress (100 × 300 m upper citadel, lower town 850 × 350 m) built by Rusa II, with tripartite tower, Haldi temple, pithoi storeroom (huge jars 1,500 L), and inscribed horse trappings…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Borobudur — Ancillary Terrace North (Central Java) in Central Java, Magelang, Borobudur, Indonesia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attri…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El Tajín — Pyramid of Niches North Stair (Veracruz) in Veracruz, El Tajín, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Great Teotihuacan Reservoir South — Teotihuacan (56-09) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Teotihuacan Terrace B — Teotihuacan (56-27) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) earthwork of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Delphi Settlement Central — Delphi (60-46) at Delphi, Greece is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Classical (regional) · Classical
Inner Teotihuacan Platform North — Teotihuacan (56-26) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Late Viking Age (with Iron Age grave field) · Late Viking Age Öland (Yngling / Danish sphere)
Öland's Öl 1 runestone (c.1000 CE) with full skaldic stanza standing among ship setting and mound — Viking megalithic transition.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Kincaid — Mound Mx10 North Platform (Massac) in Illinois, Massac County, Kincaid, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus at…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic to Early Bronze · Hacilar-Kuruçay-Beycesultan sequence
Neolithic to Early Bronze lakeside tell with 13 levels (c.6200–3800 BCE, + EBA), bridging Hacilar (Level 6 early pottery) to Chalcolithic fortified town.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Nara Fortress West — Nara, Asuka (54-22) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Marinid (1299–1307 CE) · Berber Marinid / Zayyanid
Mansourah is the 1299–1307 Marinid siege-camp turned fortified city 4 km W of Tlemcen, built by Sultan Abu Yaqub to blockade Zayyanid Tlemcen for 8-year siege (longest medieval siege in Maghreb).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) megalithic of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qasr el-Sagha — Ancillary Temple Basin North (Fayum, Egypt) in Fayum, Qasr el-Sagha, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attri…
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Djenné-Jeno Village Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-44) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Henan Village South — Henan, Erlitou (54-16) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BCE (Thutmose III–Ramesses II) · Ancient Egyptian
Sai Island northern town (Upper Nubia) on island mid-Nile between 2nd and 3rd Cataracts: Egyptian walled town 238×120 m with Amun temple (Thutmose III–Amenhotep II), governor's residence and…
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Yonaguni Citadel A — Yonaguni (58-47) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
MB → LBA Egyptian/Hittite → Iron Phoenician → Persian → Hellenistic (2000–300 BCE) · Amorite → Egyptian (Amarna) → Hittite → Phoenician
Amarna Sumur (350×325 m oval) — Egyptian garrison, Hittite destruction, Phoenician plain capital in Akkar.
