🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Reservoir of Butte Easton Tall in Piauí, Brazil is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Sippar
Early Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c.3000–539 BCE; peak OB 1800–1600, NB 626–539) · Sumerian → Amorite (Babylon) → Kassite → Neo-Babylonian
Sippar — twin tell-city on Euphrates (Abu Habbah = Sippar-Yahrurum, Tell ed-Der = Sippar-Amnanum) and cult centre of Shamash sun-god with great Ebabbar temple,...
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Spur Bal Tumulus
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Spur Bal Tumulus in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Standing Stones of Yoxie
Late Neolithic · Shetland Neolithic
Neolithic 'standing stones' house on Whalsay, 18×10 m, part of Pettigarths Field settlement, c.3000 BCE.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Submerged site
Sunken City off Cist Northfield
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Sunken City off Cist Northfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) submerged city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Submerged site
Sunken City off Valley Fort
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Sunken City off Valley Fort in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) submerged city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Sura-Hillfort Grotto
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Sura-Hillfort Grotto in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) cave attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Tabun Cave
Lower to Middle Palaeolithic (c.500,000–40,000 BP) · Acheuleo-Yabrudian → Mousterian (Neanderthal)
Mount Carmel UNESCO cave (500–40 ka, 25 m sequence, Neanderthal Yabrudian–Mousterian, Garrod/Jelinek).
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas II Ili River Bend North Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Oirat · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Oirat
North river-bend schist slabs at the Kurta confluence on the Ili, 1.2 km north of the main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha, comprising 90 panels on flood-scoured boulders and low cliff.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity)
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Uzundara Fortress
Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian (c. late 4th–2nd cent BCE, Achaemenid precursor debated) · Greco-Bactrian (Alexander successor kingdom)
Greco-Bactrian frontier phrourion — 13-tower stone fortress locking Bactria–Sogdiana pass on Susiztag ridge.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Valsgärde Boat Grave Field
Vendel Period to Viking Age (c.550–1100 CE) · Vendel / Viking Age Svear
Cemetery on a ridge above the Fyris river used for 600 years (5th–11th c.) with 15 Vendel–Viking boat graves (c.600–1100), chamber graves and 62 cremations.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Ancient City of Cist Northfield
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ancient City of Cist Northfield in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Balirajgarh — Madhubani Fort
Early Historic (600 BCE–200 CE) · Videha
Balirajgarh — Madhubani Fort in Bihar, Madhubani, India is a Early Historic (600 BCE–200 CE) ancient city attributed to Videha culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ballykeel Portal Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Tripod portal tomb at foot of Slieve Gullion on 30 m cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Fortress
Citadel of Barrow Tall
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Citadel of Barrow Tall in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) fortress attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Cuicul Extramural Quarter (Djemila Outskirts)
Roman (1st–6th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Southern suburb of Cuicul beyond Severan Arch with fullery and funerary basilica.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Dyke Tula Burial Mound
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dyke Tula Burial Mound in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tumulus attributed to Harappan culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Palace Jabal
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Geoglyphs of Palace Jabal in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) geoglyph attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Mound
Huaca Prieta–Paredones
Lithic to Preceramic 14500 BP–2000 BCE, monumental mound 3500–1800 BCE (Huaca Prieta period) · Preceramic Chicama (Huaca Prieta period) to Cupisnique-Chavín
Compact mound-midden 12 m high 150×50 m 3 km north of Chicama River mouth beside Pacific: stratified 14.5 ka Lithic to Preceramic sequence with temple platform atop midden, preserving world's oldest…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Isbister Chambered Cairn (Tomb of the Eagles)
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Orcadian Neolithic
Cliff-top stalled cairn on South Ronaldsay famed for 16,000 human bones and eagle remains.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Ksar Ouled Soltane — Fortified Granary
Early Modern Berber (1699–1900) · Berber (Cherkaoui) / Arab
Ksar Ouled Soltane is the best-preserved Berber fortified granary 1699 CE in Tataouine, 60 m square enclosure with 287 ghorfas (vaulted cells 4 stories high) stacked two courtyards.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Kurgan Grotto
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kurgan Grotto in Ohio, United States is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Las Capas — Early Hohokam Village (Tucson Basin)
Early Agricultural Period–Early Ceramic (1200 BCE–500 CE; peak 1000–500 BCE) · Early Agricultural / Cienega phase (pre-Hohokam)
Early Agricultural metropolis 1000 BCE — 400 pithouses & 1 km canal before Hohokam.