🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Çavi Tarlası — Nisibis Halaf Plain Settlement
Halaf (6100–5400 BCE) and early Ubaid transition · Halaf (Balikh facies)
Halaf tholos settlement 6100 BCE — keyhole tholoi with painted fine ware.
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🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Village of Farm Sproxton in Negev, Israel is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Well Hillfort in Fezzan, Libya is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Halaf (6100–5400 BCE) and early Ubaid transition · Halaf (Balikh facies)
Halaf tholos settlement 6100 BCE — keyhole tholoi with painted fine ware.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Rock art
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ard Bury Rock Shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) rock art attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Buried city
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Baraka Circle in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Cwm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Cwm Hill Fort in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Megalith
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dolmen de Kuma-Hinton in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Quarry
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Easton Quarry in Thessaly, Greece is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) quarry attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Cave
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Harbor Grimston Grotto in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) cave attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hillfort Spring Shahr Mine in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) quarry attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic (Medio/Chihuahua culture) · Mogollon-Paquimé (Oasisamerica)
Largest pre-Hispanic pueblo city of northern Mexico (c.1130–1340 CE, 70 ha, population ~2,500) with multi-storey adobe apartments, T-shaped doors, I-shaped ballcourts (Mesoamerican), macaw breeding…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Hellenistic Ptolemaic 297–280 BCE · Greek (Ptolemaic Alexandria)
100-m Ptolemaic lighthouse wonder whose lantern guided ancient Mediterranean.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pyramid of Earthwork in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Inlet Pictograph in Piauí, Brazil is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early to Middle Mississippian 1000–1350 CE · Mississippian (Shiloh phase)
Palisaded 8-mound Mississippi River town on Tennessee River, 1000–1350 CE.
🇮🇷 Iran · Submerged site
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Submerged Harbour of Edge in Fars Province, Iran is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Early Holocene to 1st millennium CE (10,000 BCE–500 CE) · Saharan hunter-pastoralist (Capsian, Pastoral Neolithic)
Tassili n'Ajjer Tin Merzouga – Saharan sandstone forest with 15,000+ paintings/engravings (10,000 BCE–500 CE) in the Tin Merzouga erg-edge sector: Round Head period giant pastoral figures (Jabbaren),…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) Hassuna–Samarra tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – three-level incised-hassuna village (dims 2.8 ha, 3 m Hassuna–Samarra).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic to Iron; Amuq A-B emphasis · Amuq A/B Neolithic → Ubaid → EBA → Iron Syro-Hittite
Amuq A Neolithic type mound (18 ha) — earliest Amuq painted village (c.6000 BCE) through Iron, defining northern Levantine Neolithic base.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin Basin – hamrin rescue ubaid houses with hassuna sherds (dims 0.9 ha Ubaid village).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Temple of Henge in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.6000–4500 BCE, Mushki–Bashi–Bakun) · Fars Neolithic Mushki → Bashi → Bakun
Ramjerd Neolithic tell 5 m high (Mushki–Shamsabad, early painted Mushki ware) NW of Persepolis.
