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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma reuse to Kushite (25th Dynasty–Meroitic) · Kerma / Kushite (Napatan)
Argo Island pyramidal mound-temple at Tabo — 14 m mudbrick platform with Taharqa Amun temple c.690 BCE and 8 Napatan pyramids 5–8 m.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1760 BCE), Isin-Larsa Eshnunna · Sumerian–Akkadian (Eshnunna Dynasts)
Capital of powerful Eshnunna kingdom (2100–1760 BCE) ruling Diyala and parts of Elam trade. Central tell holds Palace of the Rulers (45x38 m courtyard palace) and 32x30 m Shu-Sin (Ur III)…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell Biasi — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Raqqa Governorate.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture; Maya
Tikal — Temple V North Face Ancillary (Petén) in Petén, Tikal, Guatemala is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Aksum — North Stele Park Stele 4 Plinth in Tigray, Aksum, North Stele Park, Ethiopia is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic att…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) in Asyut, Badari, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. …
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid
Sailendra / Mataram Kingdom Late Classical 780–840 CE · Javanese Sailendra (Mahayana Buddhist)
9th-century Mahayana Buddhist stepped pyramid-mandala: 122 × 122 m base, 35.4 m high (originally 42 m with umbrella), 9 platforms (6 square 3 circular) crowned by central stupa 72 perforated stupas…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age · Atlantic Iron Age
Broch of Gurness Orkney at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Iron Age megalithic of the Atlantic Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 BCE for broch with external village and ditch.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Classical to Medieval (422 BCE – 14th c. CE) · Doric Greek / Bosporan / Roman / Byzantine / Kievan Rus' orbit
422 BCE Doric Black Sea polis whose harbour quarter now lies under Quarantine Bay.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Ephesus — Terrace House 2 Peristyle Court East in İzmir, Selçuk, Ephesus, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to …
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche in Peloponnese, Argolis, Kilada, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇩🇪 Germany · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Glauberg — Princely Grave Annex (Keltenwelt) in Hesse, Wetteraukreis, Glauburg, Germany is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Harran Tell — Ancient Mound North Trench (Harran) in Şanlıurfa, Harran Tell, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chal…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Hellenistic · Canaanite → Israelite → Assyrian
Largest Canaanite and Israelite tell in Israel (100 ha total: 12 ha upper acropolis + 70 ha lower city) — 'head of all those kingdoms' (Joshua 11:10) — with Middle Bronze earthen ramparts, Late…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Formative / Initial Period (Chillón tradition) · Andean Formative (Chillón / Lima precursor)
Formative pyramid mound Huaca de la Florida Baja — 40 m Collique platform pyramid 8 m high c.1200–600 BCE, Chillón Valley Lima tradition companion to Garagay.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II-III; Bonito outlier peak · Chacoan outlier (McElmo transitional)
South Road great house outlier (100 rooms, 1080–1100 CE) 35 km south of Chaco — tower kiva, 8 m wide Chaco road berm to canyon, defining regional system maximum.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Knidos — Round Temple Terrace (Aphrodite Sanctuary) in Muğla, Datça, Knidos, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribute…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1795 BCE (Sobekneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sobekneferu)
Southern Mazghuna pyramid 500 m south of north mound: 52 m base, now 18 m mound. Excavated by Mackay 1911. Mudbrick with limestone casing, undulating wall.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Meroe Mound Central — Meroe (53-46) at Meroe, Sudan is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Early Mesolithic (~9000–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic British (Maglemosian)
Peat-preserved lake-shore settlement at Lake Flixton where Grahame Clark in 1949–51 uncovered a 12-m timber platform of split birch, 21 red deer antler frontlets drilled for wearing as headdresses,…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Bronze Age to Iron Age Talayotic (c.1200–123 BCE) · Talayotic (Menorcan Bronze–Iron)
Trepucó (Talayotic c.1200–123 BCE) 2 km south of Maó is Menorca's largest talayotic village, 5 ha with central 17-m high truncated cone talaiot 20 m diameter and outer walls 4 m thick enclosing a…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neolithic to Iron Age (c.6100–612 BCE; peak Halaf 6100–5400 BCE, Guzana 1000–612 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Mitanni → Assyrian → Aramaean (Bit Bahiani) → Neo-Assyrian
Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana) is the type-site of Halaf culture (c.6100–5400 BCE) defining Chalcolithic painted pottery, tholoi and stamp seals, and later Aramaea...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell Shaykh Hassan — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Raqqa Governorate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Toquepala — Cave Painting North Panel (Tacna, Peru) in Tacna, Toquepala, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to…
