🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Les Combarelles Cave
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.
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🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Moss Cairn Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) buried city attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Mound Canal Standing Stones in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf to Urartian (5000 BCE–600 BCE) · Halaf → EBA Trans-Caucasian/Karaz → Urartian
EBA Keban village 2800 BCE — Karaz painted & copper crucible hamlet (Hauptmann).
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Megalith
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Park Dolmen in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Afanasievo to Sarazm Chalcolithic–Bronze Age · Sarazm culture (Central Asian proto-Bactrian)
Earliest proto-urban centre in Central Asia (4000–2000 BCE) in Zarafshan Valley, Tajikistan's first UNESCO site (2010), 100 ha town with irrigation canals, palace, fortified citadel and aeolian…
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Ras Kara Rock-Cut Complex in Sicily, Italy is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Nazca culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Late Neolithic 2400–2300 BCE · Late Neolithic Britons (Grooved Ware)
Europe's tallest prehistoric mound – 39-m artificial hill with unknown purpose.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic III to Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian, Eshnunna sphere
Small but archive-rich Hamrin tell salvaged before dam, excavated by Japanese Mission (Fujii).
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Temple of Row Seaton in Ohio, United States is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau in Ancash, Peru is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) ancient city attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Xoo 650–900 CE · Zapotec (Xoo/Mahuitz phase)
Monte Albán northern barrio: 45 m ballcourt largest in Oaxaca and House of the Altars on 250 m plaza.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Bakla Tepe — buried eba tell/village at İzmir Province.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Baraka Circle Rock Shelter in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock art attributed to Harappan culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) earthwork attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Middle PPNB · PPNB cult complex
PPNB cult and mortuary center (7500–6650 BCE) in the Nazareth hills, not a normal village but a regional feasting and secondary-burial site serving surrounding settlements.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Necropolis of Priory Pit in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Kurgan
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Noin Ula — Kurgan 1 Ancillary Satellite (Mongolia) in Töv, Noin Ula, Mongolia is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / Saka. …
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Pleistocene to Holocene (c.45,000 BCE–present; classic Panaramitee tradition) · Aboriginal Australian (Adnyamathanha, etc)
Panaramitee – pan-continental pecking tradition (Panaramitee style) of classic circle, dot, crescent, track and line motifs on desert varnished rocks; type site Panaramitee Station South Australia.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quay Jala Höyük in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Barrow Ancient Village in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Nazca culture.