🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Dunadd Fort
Neolithic to Early Medieval · Dál Riata (Gaelic) over Neolithic substratum
Hillfort capital of Dál Riata atop rock in Moine Mhòr, with Neolithic art and royal footprint carving.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic to Early Medieval · Dál Riata (Gaelic) over Neolithic substratum
Hillfort capital of Dál Riata atop rock in Moine Mhòr, with Neolithic art and royal footprint carving.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II–III 850–1220 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Virgin–Kayenta blend)
Pueblo II–III 100-room complex with restored 12 m kiva and largest pottery shard repository in Southwest.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Geoglyph
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Geoglyphs of Alignment-Brancaster in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) geoglyph attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Epipalaeolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.14,000–5500 BCE) · Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Aceramic Neolithic → Chalcolithic
Lycian karst cave (14 ka) with Epipalaeolithic burials to Aceramic Neolithic herding above Fethiye.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hill Aber Buried Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) buried city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at Shelter Camp in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Neolithic (c.6200–5000 BCE; Pre-Pottery to Early Ceramic Neolithic) · Jeitun culture (Kopet Dag Neolithic, precursor to Anau–Namazga)
Jeitun at Kopet Dag north piedmont is the type-site of Jeitun culture (c.6200–5000 BCE) — earliest farming village in Central Asia with mudbrick pisé houses, do...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (c.332 BCE–749 CE, peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Graeco-Roman / Nabataean / Byzantine / Umayyad
One of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities in the Near East, Gerasa was a Decapolis city with colonnaded cardo, two tetrapylons, Hadrian's Arch (129 CE), Oval Plaza, Temple of Artemis and Temple of…
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct in British Columbia, Canada is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Jazira I–V (3100–2100 BCE) · Early Jazira Hurrian precursor → Akkadian
EJ II Nabada planned insula 2420 BCE — tablet sealings & kiln quarter (Lebeau).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Tell el-Pit-Gill in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Wadi Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic / Roman / Byzantine (4th c BCE–7th c CE) · Punic / Roman
Roman–Punic oil port with amphitheatre and thermae on Gulf of Gabès.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Wari to Late Horizon ~1200–1572 CE · Wari then Inca
Inca 12-terrace walled garden where spring water sings through 600-year-old stone drains.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Village of Pit-Gill in Fezzan, Libya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Abbey Quarry in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Sorath Harappan
Bagasra — Amreli in Gujarat, Amreli, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sorath Harappan culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Barrow Tall Temple Complex in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulean (1200000 BP) · Acheulean
Isampur — Hunsgi Acheulean in Karnataka, Hunsgi, India is a Acheulean (1200000 BP) ancient village attributed to Acheulean culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Iron Age to Late Medieval (500 BCE–1800 CE) · Nok–Koro–Atyap continuum
Kajuru Hills are dramatic inselberg hillforts above southern Kaduna plain, occupied Nok-terminal to Koro–Atyap phases 500 BCE–1800 CE, with dry-stone terracing and hilltop granaries akin to Sukur's…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hecatomnid Classical 380–330 BCE · Carian (Hecatomnid satrapal) Greek-Anatolian hybrid
Carian mountain Zeus sanctuary of Mausolus with double-axe cult and 14 km sacred road.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Maya Late Classic 300–900 CE · Maya (Lakamtuun polity)
Island Maya city on karst lakes: 30 islands linked by causeways with temple islets and raised fields.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period Casma-Sechín 1800–900 BCE · Casma/Sechín (Moxeke–Pampa de las Llamas polity)
Second platform of earliest planned city in Peru: 30 m Moxeke pyramid with warrior friezes over 200 compounds grid.