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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Upper Lima Reservoir Inner — Lima (56-39) at Lima, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
Late Pre-Roman Iron Age to Viking Age (c.100 BCE–1000 CE) · South Scandinavian Iron Age
Continuously occupied central place in Scania from c.100 BCE to 1000 CE, with a heathen temple building (200–950 CE, four-post staved cult house with beaker and gold foil figures), hall sequence and…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Zinciriye Madrasa — Ancillary Iwan Niche (Mardin) in Mardin, Zinciriye, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to …
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Aflaj Al Ain — Ancillary Falaj North (Oman/UAE Border) in Al Buraimi, Al Ain, Falaj, Oman is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attrib…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Early Dynastic to Neo-Assyrian to Parthian · Assyrian (Akkadian dialect)
First capital and holy city of Assyria (c.2600 BCE–614 BCE, 70 ha on Tigris bend) — temple of god Assur (Ashur) whose city and god name are one.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Bassae — Apollo Temple North Colonnade (Arcadia) in Peloponnese, Arcadia, Bassae, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attr…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Bryn Celli Ddu — North Outlier Standing Stone Row in Wales, Anglesey, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic att…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat) in Khuzestan, Shush, Chogha Zanbil, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Clayton Priory Archaeological Complex in River Nile State, Sudan is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic–Iron Age (c.5500–600 BCE) · Amuq → Syro-Cilician → Neo-Hittite
Amik fringe tell (Neolithic–Iron Age, 10 m high, basalt-footed EB enclosure) in Kırıkhan plain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hasankeyf — Bridge Pier North (Tigris) in Batman, Hasankeyf, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic cult…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Moche
Huaca de la Luna — North Mural Facade (Moche) in La Libertad, Moche, Huaca de la Luna, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed t…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mapela — Buried Terrace North (Shashe, Zimbabwe) in Matabeleland South, Mapela, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribute…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Mapungubwe — Hill Ancillary Midden Terrace (Limpopo) in Limpopo, Mapungubwe, South Africa is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attri…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Menga Tholos — Annex Sub-Tumulus Sector in Andalusia, Málaga, Antequera, Spain is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attribute…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Meninx — Harbour North Quay (Djerba, Tunisia) in Medenine, Djerba, Meninx, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Meroe Citadel B — Meroe (56-34) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇷🇼 Rwanda · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Nyanza Hill — Ancestral Cave Ancillary (Kigali, Rwanda) in Southern Province, Nyanza, Rwanda is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attri…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Olbia — Harbour North Wharf Ancillary (Pontic, Ukraine) in Mykolaiv, Olbia, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribute…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Palpa — Geoglyph Ancillary Spiral North (Peru, Palpa) in Ica, Palpa, Palpa Geoglyph, Peru is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph at…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (peak Hellenistic–Severan) · Hittite Anatolian → Pamphylian Greek → Roman
Pamphylian canal-avenue Hellenistic city with twin gate-towers and huge stadium.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Sagalassos — Antonine Nymphaeum Ancillary Basin in Burdur, Ağlasun, Sagalassos, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attribute…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Sajama — Geoglyph Lines North (Bolivia, Altiplano) in Oruro, Sajama, Bolivia is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph attributed to A…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Islamic (8500 BCE–1400 CE) · Upper Tigris PPN → Halaf/Ubaid → Uruk → Mitanni → Assyrian → Islamic
Ilısu rescue mound with PPNB–Mitanni–Assyrian sequence before Tigris inundation.
