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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 12th to early 13th Dynasty (Sobekneferu / Ameny Qemau, c.1795–1785 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (late Middle Kingdom)
Southern companion unfinished pyramid at Mazghuna (late 12th/early 13th Dynasty, Sobekneferu or Ameny Qemau c.1790 BCE).
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Pliocene-Pleistocene (3.67–0.8 Ma Member 2–5) · Australopithecus africanus / early Homo / Paranthropus
Sterkfontein is the dolomitic limestone cave system 40 km NW of Johannesburg that yielded >500 hominin fossils including Mrs Ples (Australopithecus africanus 2.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Krk Island, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to M…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Cumbria (Langdale axe trade area)
55-stone porphyritic circle (28.6 m) above Duddon estuary — best preserved in North-West England.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Cairn at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3250 BCE for unique two-storey chambered cairn.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age Ej II–IVa (Jezirah Early Dynastic to Akkadian) · North Mesopotamian Kish tradition, Semitic (Nabada Akkadian)
Circular walled 3rd-millennium city Nabada (c.2900–2200 BCE, Early Jezirah III), 28 ha upper town + lower town 20 ha, centre of western Jezirah after Tell Brak.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Neolithic Hassuna-Samarra (c.6000–5600 BCE) · Hassuna
Type site 1939–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd that defined the Hassuna painted pottery tradition of northern Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Kish)
Eastern mound of the Sumerian city-state Kish (3200–2200 BCE), once Sargon's capital, dominated by Early Dynastic III 60x45 m Temple Oval ziggurat-like terrace and later 3-stair Old Babylonian…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge A — Meroe (53-31) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge South — Meroe (56-30) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Early Postclassic Maya (700–950 CE, Rio Bec–Chenes) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Calakmul influence)
Iconic Rio Bec city with Structure I (7th–10th c.) unique three-tower pyramid: three stacked temples atop low platform 54×19 m, 5 m high, each with false stairways and Chenes masks — central tower…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Zeugma — Mosaic House Danae Room Peristyle North in Gaziantep, Nizip, Zeugma, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Assur — Ashur Temple North Cella (Qal'at Sharqat) in Saladin, Assur, Qal'at Sharqat, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age · Cornish Iron Age
Carn Euny Village and Fogou at Cornwall, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient village of the Cornish Iron Age tradition, built c. 300 BCE for courtyard houses and 20 m fogou.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Dougga — Capitol Ancillary Cryptoporticus North (Thugga) in Béja, Dougga, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Foppe di Nadro — Sector H Rock Panel in Lombardy, Brescia, Ceto, Italy is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeo…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Late Stone Age to Iron Age (8000 BCE–1500 CE) · Kansyore fishers → Elmenteitan herders → Urewe Iron Age Bantu
Stratified river terrace Gogo Falls — Kansyore fisher sequence at Kuja rapids.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Inner Eridu Ridge Central — Eridu (53-50) at Eridu, Iraq is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic, c.300 BCE–350 CE · Kushite / Meroitic
Jebel Barkal north necropolis at foot of holy mountain's pinnacle rock: 11 pyramids (Bar.1-20, 10-15 m base, 70° steep) with chapels for Meroitic kings and queens who retained Napatan sacred…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Ancillary Causeway North in Preah Vihear, Koh Ker, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Three Rivers)
Third-largest Belize Maya city (400 BCE–900 CE) — 25-m Great Pyramid with 85 plazas and 60-km sacbé network.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Yucatan Ridge B — Yucatan (55-47) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Roman Early Imperial (68–300 CE) · Roman Imperial (Trajan/Hadrian)
Mons Claudianus is the Trajanic Roman quarry complex (98–117 CE peak) in Red Sea Mountains 500 km S of Cairo at 700 m, extracting Tonalite gneiss (Claudianus granodiorite grey with black feldspar…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Classic (Late Classic apogee) · Maya (Sa'al kingdom)
Classic Maya capital Sa'al (Naranjo) hilltop city: 32 m triadic Acropolis pyramid, hieroglyphic stairways of Lady Six Sky's wars with Tikal/Calakmul 500 BCE–950 CE.
