🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Nahal Down Buried Settlement
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Nahal Down Buried Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) buried city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Necropolis
Necropolis of Thwaite
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Thwaite in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Paharpur Satellite Vihara — Dhirkuta
Pala (8th c.) · Pala
Paharpur Satellite Vihara — Dhirkuta in Naogaon District, Paharpur plain, Bangladesh is a Pala (8th c.) temple complex attributed to Pala culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Pyramid
Pyramid of Hermitage
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Pyramid of Hermitage in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) pyramid attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Rock-cut
Qatna — Royal Hypogeum Antechamber East
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Qatna — Royal Hypogeum Antechamber East in Homs, Tell Mishrifeh, Qatna, Syria is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut tra…
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Quarry
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Howe Strath
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Ruins of Howe Strath in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Town Henthorn Mound Complex
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Town Henthorn Mound Complex in Piauí, Brazil is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) earthwork attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient city
White South Ancient City
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
White South Ancient City in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Xanthos — Nereid Column Terrace North
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Xanthos — Nereid Column Terrace North in Antalya, Kaş, Xanthos, Turkey is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egypti…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tumulus
Baraka Burial Mound
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Baraka Burial Mound in Alentejo, Portugal is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chia Sabz
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.4000–2700 BCE) · Seimareh valley Chalcolithic → Transcaucasian Early Bronze
Seimareh cemetery mound 15 ha (140 EB cist graves, bronze daggers, c.4–3 ka) in Seimareh valley.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Geoglyph
Church Geoglyph
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Church Geoglyph in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) geoglyph attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock art
Côa Valley Rock Art
Upper Paleolithic to Iron Age (~25,000 BCE – 1000 BCE; main 20,000–10,000 BCE) · Solutrean/Magdalenian to Atlantic Iron Age
Largest open-air Paleolithic art complex known, spread over 17 km of the Côa tributary with over 1,000 engraved schist panels bearing thousands of zoomorphs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramids
Early Kushite (El-Kurru phase 860–310 BCE; Piye 747–716 BCE) · Kushite (early Napatan)
Earliest Kushite royal necropolis (860–310 BCE) with 22 pyramids for Napatan kings including Piye (Piankhi), founder of Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Taharqa, and early ancestors.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Heloros – Submerged Quay of Southeast Sicily
Archaic Greek to Late Antique (700 BCE – 5th c. CE) · Syracusan Greek / Sicilian Sicel
700 BCE Syracusan colony at Vendicari lagoon — quay slabs and fish tanks half in sea at –0.5 to –3 m behind 3.5 km walls.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Holm of Papa Westray North Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney Early Neolithic
20 m stalled long cairn on uninhabited holm off Papa Westray — paired with South cairn 200 m away.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Homolovi II Pueblo
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Homolovi II Pueblo — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa
Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) · Satavahana
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa in Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India is a Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Kherua Masjid — Sherpur
Sultanate (15th c. CE) · Bengal Sultanate
Kherua Masjid — Sherpur in Bogra District, Sherpur, Bangladesh is a Sultanate (15th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Bengal Sultanate culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier — buried ancestral tell/village at New Mexico.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Pediment Temple Complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pediment Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Ness-Rath
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Rock-Cut Tombs of Ness-Rath in Alentejo, Portugal is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.