🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Beydar Field I — Nabada Lower Extensions
Early Jazira I–V (3100–2100 BCE) · Early Jazira Hurrian precursor → Akkadian
EJ II Nabada planned insula 2420 BCE — tablet sealings & kiln quarter (Lebeau).
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🇨🇦 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.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Black Field in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) temple complex attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Coire in Negev, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) temple complex attributed to Middle 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)
Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Earthwork
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Lake in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine 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.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Khmer Angkor (10th–13th century CE, Jayavarman VII peak late 12th) · Khmer (Mahayana Buddhist under Jayavarman VII)
Largest Khmer temple in Thailand — Prasat Phimai facing Angkor on Ancient Highway (10th–13th cent).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Roxby Dale Hill Fort in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Ka pyramid situated south-east of Teti main pyramid inside enclosure wall near queens pyramids, built simultaneously with main monument.
