🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements de Lagatjar
Late Neolithic · Western Brittany Neolithic (Océan Atlantic Megalithic)
Crozon's triple stone rows — 72 menhirs (to 2.1 m) in three 200 m parallel alignments near Camaret.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Banteay Srei
Angkor Early 967 CE · Hindu Shaiva (Brahmin Yajnavaraha)
Pink sandstone Hindu temple (967 CE) dedicated to Shiva Tribhuvanamaheshvara, built by Brahmin guru Yajnavaraha — only Angkor temple not founded by king — miniature (base 500×500 m laterite…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Esna — Khnum Temple Hypostyle North Column (Esna)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Esna — Khnum Temple Hypostyle North Column (Esna) in Luxor, Esna, Khnum Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Lesconil Megalithic Necropolis
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Lesconil Megalithic Necropolis in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pergamum — Asklepieion North Stoa Ancillary
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Pergamum — Asklepieion North Stoa Ancillary in İzmir, Bergama, Pergamum, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Priene — Athena Temple North Column
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Priene — Athena Temple North Column in Aydın, Söke, Priene Athena, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Late Medieval to Modern (16th–20th c. CE; iron 16th c.) · Marghi–Wandala (Chadic)
Sukur is a Mandara Mountains hilltop settlement at 1,045 m, UNESCO World Heritage 1999, with dry-stone terraced fields 1,000–3,045 ft, paved pathways, Hidi (chief) palace with megalithic granite…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Taiz — Ancient Cistern North (Yemen)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Taiz — Ancient Cistern North (Yemen) in Taiz, Taiz Ancient Cistern, Yemen is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydrauli…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Timgad — Trajan Arch Ancillary Insula North (Thamugadi)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Timgad — Trajan Arch Ancillary Insula North (Thamugadi) in Batna, Timgad, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Timna Valley Copper Mines
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (~4500 BCE – 800 BCE; peak New Kingdom Egyptian 14th–12th century BCE) · Egyptian New Kingdom, Midianite/Edomite and early Arabah nomadic
Three-sided sandstone valley north of Eilat where 10,000 shafts and 1.5 million tonnes of slag mark one of the world's earliest industrial landscapes.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Yohualichan Tajín-Style Pyramids
Epiclassic (Totonac Veracruz) · Totonac (Tajín sphere)
Totonac Tajín-sphere city Yohualichan (600–900 CE): 12 m Pyramid of Niches Ome with 90 niches in Sierra Norte, bridge between El Tajín and highlands.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Aspendos
Bronze Age to Byzantine (peak Antonine 2nd century CE) · Pamphylian Greek → Hellenistic → Roman → Byzantine → Seljuk
Pamphylian city with the world's most intact 15,000-seat Roman theatre (155 CE) and inverted-siphon aqueduct.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Baalbek — Jupiter Temple North Colonnade
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Baalbek — Jupiter Temple North Colonnade in Beqaa, Baalbek, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-perio…
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Caracol — Caana North Terrace Palace (Belize)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Caracol — Caana North Terrace Palace (Belize) in Cayo, Caracol, Belize is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middl…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Checta — Rock Art North Panel (Lima, Peru)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Checta — Rock Art North Panel (Lima, Peru) in Lima, Checta, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeolithic…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Gordion — Citadel Gate South (Midas Mound)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Gordion — Citadel Gate South (Midas Mound) in Ankara, Polatlı, Gordion, Turkey is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Halls…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Hazor — Canaanite Palace North Wing (Tell Hazor)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Hazor — Canaanite Palace North Wing (Tell Hazor) in Northern, Hazor, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronz…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Mané-Kerioned Passage Dolmens
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Mané-Kerioned Passage Dolmens in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Megalith
Petit-Chasseur Megalithic Necropolis
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Petit-Chasseur Megalithic Necropolis in Valais, Switzerland is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Qasr Azraq? Actually Azas Hill Reservoir Terrace
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qasr Azraq? Actually Azas Hill Reservoir Terrace in Mafraq, Jawa Region, Jordan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hy…
🇱🇾 Libya · Temple complex
Sabratha — Theatre North Cavea Ancillary
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sabratha — Theatre North Cavea Ancillary in Zawiya, Sabratha, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-perio…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Sang-e Chakhmaq
Neolithic–Transitional Chalcolithic (c.7500–4500 BCE) · Jeitun-related → Cheshmeh Ali (Northeast Iran Neolithic)
Shahroud two-mound Neolithic tell (c.7500–4500 BCE, West PPN timber, East painted, 1400 m) at Shahrud.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Sha'ar Hagolan
Pottery Neolithic / Yarmoukian · Yarmoukian (Levantine Pottery Neolithic)
Type-site of the Yarmoukian culture (6400–5800 BCE), the first Pottery Neolithic culture of the southern Levant, on the Yarmouk River.