🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Sproxton Ditch Ley Burial Mound
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Sproxton Ditch Ley Burial Mound in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to early nomadic (~2000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Andronovo, Karasuk, Saka and Turkic nomadic
Arid gorge in the Chu-Ili massif preserving five major groups with over 5,000 petroglyphs, famed for anthropomorphic sun-headed figures up to 80 cm tall with rayed haloes.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Tassili n'Ajjer
Epipaleolithic to Late Pastoral (c.8000 BCE–1000 CE; major painting phases Round Head 6000 BCE–5000 BCE, Pastoral 4500–2000 BCE) · Kel Tamasheq predecessor hunter-gatherer / Pastoral Neolithic / Garamantes
72,000 km² sandstone plateau with one of world's largest rock art concentrations: 15,000 engravings and paintings spanning 6000 BCE–first centuries CE – Bubalus, Round Head (10,000–6000 BCE,…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Hillfort
Tell Bajada Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Tell Bajada Hillfort in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Tumulus
Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Tumulus of Hunstanton-Force in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) tumulus attributed to Nazca culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tumulus
Tumulus of Moor Bal
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tumulus of Moor Bal in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tumulus attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient village
Village of Necropolis
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Village of Necropolis in British Columbia, Canada is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient village attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Ancient village
Village of Quay-North
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Quay-North in Dhofar, Oman is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Village of Wick Ford
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Village of Wick Ford in Fezzan, Libya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Wamanmarca
Wari to Inca 1000–1532 CE · Wari–Cusco–Inca
Terraced Wari–Inca ushnu spring shrine on Cusco–Abancay road, 1000–1532 CE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Apamea
Seleucid to Byzantine Crusader · Seleucid → Roman → Byzantine
Seleucid garrison city and military elephant depot (Seleucus' 500 Indian elephants), later Roman Apamea with the grandest colonnaded cardo in the East — 1,850 m long, 37 m wide, 1,200 columns with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik Tepe — Troy Outer Coastal Settlement
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chiapa de Corzo Archaeological Zone
Formative 1400 BCE–300 CE (Escalera phase) · Mixe-Zoque (Chiapa de Corzo tradition) / Olmec–Maya bridge
Zoque Olmec–Maya capital with Mound 5 22 m and Stela 2 Long Count 36 BCE, earliest date in Mesoamerica.
🇯🇵 Japan · Hydraulic works
Circle Jala Aqueduct
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Circle Jala Aqueduct in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient city
Edge Ancient City
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Edge Ancient City in British Columbia, Canada is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Ek Balam
Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)
146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
El Tajín – Pyramid of the Niches
Classic Veracruz (Epiclassic) 600–1200 CE · Classic Veracruz / Totonac (? predecessor)
Classic Veracruz capital 600–1200 CE with unique architectural style: 7-tier pyramid 18 m high (365 niches one per solar year, 365× depth shadows), flying cornices and scroll greca frieze, ballcourt…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
El-Kab — Rock Tombs West Wall Niche
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
El-Kab — Rock Tombs West Wall Niche in Aswan, El-Kab, Egypt is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut tradition. Systematic…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Hotnitsa North Tell — Veliko Tarnovo Gumelniţa
Late Chalcolithic Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Kodžadermen (4600–4300 BCE) · Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen–Karanovo VI
Chalcolithic burned village 4600 BCE — 407 gold items neighbouring mound (Chohadzhiev).
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi – Submerged Aphrodite Colony
Archaic to Medieval (c.580 BCE – 10th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
590 BCE neighbour to Phanagoria whose harbour quarter is now under Taman Bay.
🇹🇩 Chad · Ancient city
Ouara
Wadai Sultanate (1635–1911 CE) · Maba–Arab Wadai (Sudano-Sahelian)
Ouara (Wara) is the roofed sandstone capital of Wadai Sultanate (1635–1911), 40 km north of Abéché, with three palace complexes of faced sandstone 20×15 m halls, fortified kori walls and qaraya…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Peñasco Blanco — Chaco Canyon Outer Great House West
Pueblo II–III (1050–1140 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Cliff-point Great House 1050 CE — oval arc & solstice pictograph.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Megalith
Ras Standing Stones
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ras Standing Stones in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Bderi
Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–600 BCE) · Mitanni Hurrian → Middle Assyrian
Stratified 7-m Khabur village documenting Mitanni–Assyrian agrarian collapse and recovery; Pfälzner exposed Mitanni granary with barley, then Middle Assyrian canal-side settlement with large storage…