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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) · Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic
Pella of the Decapolis — Tabaqat Fahl in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty mid · Ancient Egyptian
Second pyramid of Amenemhat III (12th Dynasty) at Hawara, 58 m high 105 m base, brick core with limestone casing now stripped, near Fayum depression.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Pyramid of Motte Marsh Varna in Occitanie, France is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Pyramid
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Pyramid of Wold-Ditch in British Columbia, Canada is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Cave
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Qanat Grotto in River Nile State, Sudan is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) cave attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qanat Grove Temple Complex in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Rock Art of Stone Norton in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art
Bronze Age to Early Turkic (2000 BCE – 800 CE) · Fergana pastoralist to Saka to Kyrgyz proto
Skyline crest 3200 m with 200+ ibex and deer blocks above main lake field.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic to Roman 7th c. BCE–300 CE · Thracian-Greek mystery cult (pan-Hellenic pilgrimage)
Mystery sanctuary on Samothrace where Winged Victory crowned a sacred torrent ravine.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Pyramid
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of Eilean Doab in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Step Pyramid of Long Kala in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Bal Esker in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) · Southern Neolithic
Tekkalakota — Bellary in Karnataka, Bellary, India is a Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Southern Neolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (c.3000–300 BCE) · Syrian EBA → Aramaean → Neo-Hittite fringe
Ghāb Orontes fortress tell 12 ha (EB glacis, Iron Age Aramaean town Tunip/Qarqar) in Ghāb swamp.
🇳🇴 Norway · Megalith
Neolithic–Iron Age (4000 BCE–600 CE) · Nordic TRB to Iron Age — Veien cultural landscape
Major cultural landscape on the Ringerike glacial ridge near Hønefoss, with over 100 monuments from Neolithic to Iron Age.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Bio. Iron Age to Medieval (c.250 BCE–1400 CE; peak 400–1200 CE) · Djenné-Djeno culture / Inland Niger Delta Iron Age / Soninke-Bozo
Oldest sub-Saharan city (250 BCE–1400 CE) on Inland Niger Delta: 33 ha tell 8 m high with 69 mounds cluster spanning 4 km, without stone architecture but rich bio-archaeological sequence: slag, rice,…
🇬🇧 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…