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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Becan (Békan) 1.7 km moat-and-earthwork-walled city (Campeche): 25 ha nucleated center unlike dispersed Río Bec — Structure VIII 32 m high Río Bec pyramid with twin solid towers flanking central…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (~3000–1500 BCE; Callanish I ~2900 BCE, satellites 2000–1500 BCE) · Late Neolithic Hebridean (Grooved Ware to Beaker)
Six stone circles and ellipses arrayed within 1.5 km of the Calanais I cross-shaped megalith – primary in the database – extend the main alignment: Callanish II (stone ellipse of 7 slabs), Callanish…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Cumbrian Neolithic
Castlerigg Stone Circle Keswick at Cumbria, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic of the Cumbrian Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for oval stone circle 38 stones.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Central Giza Citadel Outer — Giza (56-48) at Giza, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) earthwork of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (c.2000–1800 BCE) · British Early Bronze Age (Collared Urn)
Duddo Five Stones (Early Bronze Age c.2000 BCE) is a 10-m sandstone circle on a low rise 4 mi south of the Scottish border, with five soft, deeply weathered pillars up to 2.3 m tall standing in a…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Kangavar — Anahita Temple North Column (Kermanshah) in Kermanshah, Kangavar, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Midhowe Chambered Cairn Rousay at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3500 BCE for 23 m stalled cairn longest in orkney.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Naqada — South Town Buried Sector North (Qus, Egypt) in Qena, Naqada South Town, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed …
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Chalcolithic → Early Bronze; Maikop period · Darkveti-Meshoko → Maikop (Kuban) → Late Maikop/Novosvobodnaya
Maikop Ostadniy elite kurgan (11 m high, 200 m diam., c.3500 BCE) with gold lions, Mesopotamian seals and Caucasus dolmen context — Uruk–Caucasus Early Bronze elite.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Outer Lima Platform Inner — Lima (56-14) at Lima, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for platform and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Welsh Neolithic
Pentre Ifan Dolmen Pembrokeshire at Wales, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Welsh Neolithic tradition, built c. 3500 BCE for 16 tonne capstone 3 slender uprights.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Major queen pyramid on the 'Avenue of Queens' south of Pepi I at South Saqqara, belonging to Ankhesenpepi II, wife of Pepi I and mother of Pepi II (late 6th Dynasty).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Early Ceramic Neolithic · Central Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Neolithic
Spring-side rockshelter and village where Epipalaeolithic to PPN aDNA links to Boncuklu and Çatalhöyük.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Resafa (Sergiopolis) — North Basilica Cistern B in Raqqa, Resafa, Syria is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Giza Enclosure II — Giza (56-44) at Giza, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Giza Citadel Inner — Giza (56-07) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25) at Xi an, China is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Wiracochapampa — North Compound Wall (Huamachuco, Peru) in La Libertad, Wiracochapampa, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city at…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Byzantine (peak Classical Lycian 6th–4th c. BCE and Roman) · Lycian (Anatolian Indo-European) → Persian satrapy → Hellenistic → Roman
Lycian capital Xanthos and marsh sanctuary Letoon — trilingual stele solved Lycian.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Xochicalco — Observatory North Vent Shaft (Morelos) in Morelos, Xochicalco, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed t…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Amman Citadel — Roman Temple Podium Niche in Amman, Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a), Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
