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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Teuchitlán — Guachimontón Circle 2 Ancillary Patio (Jalisco) in Jalisco, Teuchitlán, Guachimontón, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tyre — Al-Mina Temple North Precinct (Phoenician) in South, Tyre, Al-Mina, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle–Late Archaic (3500–2800 BCE) · Middle Archaic Watson Brake culture
Oldest North American mound complex: 11 mounds 5400 BP enclosing oval plaza, hunter-gatherer monument without agriculture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Chauvet–Pont d'Arc — Detached Panel Bear Gallery in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ardèche, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Derinkuyu — Buried City Ancillary Stable North (Cappadocia) in Nevşehir, Derinkuyu, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–1550 BCE) · Ninevite V → Hurrian → Old Babylonian → Mittani
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town is the 4.2-ha south terrace below the main Early Bronze mound on the upper Tigris west of Ziyaret Tepe.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) archaeological wonder of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Harappa — Mound F Buried Granary North (Punjab, Pakistan) in Punjab, Sahiwal, Harappa, Mound F, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) burie…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Assyrian to Ottoman (12th c. BCE–1920); peak Artukid–Ayyubid 12th–13th century · Assyrian → Roman → Byzantine → Artukid Kurdish → Ayyubid → Ottoman
Cliff-cut Tigris citadel with 10,000 caves, Artukid bridge and salvage-relocated Timurid tomb now under reservoir.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon (2200–800 BCE) · Andean Initial Period (Rímac tradition, pre-Chavín)
Initial Period U-shaped pyramid 11 km up Rímac Valley (c.1500 BCE, 17 m high, 500 m arms).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop at Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey is a Palaeolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for obsidian workshop gollu dag trade.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Paleo-Indian to Late Prehistoric (Clovis to Puebloan) · Clovis, Folsom, Plano, Archaic, Late Prehistoric
11,000-year stratified Paleo-Indian site — Clovis mammoth kill to Folsom bison beds on Yellow House Draw, Texas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Late Intermediate–Inca · Colla–Kana (Altiplano Aymara) with Inca
Puna cliff necropolis (1100–1530 CE) near Espinar-Yauri at 3920 m K’ana altiplano, with rock-shelter chullpa adobe tombs under cliff, circular casas, Inca double-jamb niche, and 5-...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2300 BCE–19th c; peak Roman) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman-Egyptian / Islamic oasis
Western Desert 100-km oasis with Muzawaka painted zodiac tombs and Ain Asil Old Kingdom governor palace.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Classic to Postclassic · Maya Nakum polity
Holmul River city Nakum (250–1200 CE): 15 m Acropolis Building 99 palace-pyramid and triadic Group East, Postclassic stela plaza — rare Terminal Classic continuity.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Outer Djenné-Jeno Mound East — Djenné-Jeno (57-33) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Outer Potosí Reservoir Outer — Potosí (55-08) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Enormous unfinished 215 m base mudbrick mass at Abu Rawash — Lepsius I — late 3rd/early 4th Dynasty aborted true pyramid, oriented slightly off cardinal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
First Intermediate Period (8th Dynasty, c.2160–2130 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Herakleopolitan / 8th Dynasty)
Provincial First Intermediate Period pyramid at Dara (midway Asyut–Manfalut) attributed to ephemeral king Khui (8th Dynasty c.2160 BCE).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Yucatan Platform West — Yucatan (55-49) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early Historic to Gupta 700 BCE–400 CE · Kalinga (pre-Mauryan) / Maurya
Massive fortified early historic city (7th/3rd c. BCE–4th c. CE) near Bhubaneswar, largest known settlement of its period in eastern India — nearly perfect square 1.2×1.2 km 1.3 km² with 9 m high…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic–EBA onager hunters
Wadi Rashid hamada: 5 low-wall kites on open pavement with deep 2.4 m onager pits.
