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🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate ~900–1450 CE · Wari to Collagua / Inca fringe
5,000-boulder petroglyph desert - world's densest - Wari-Collagua dancers over 10 km².
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) · Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants)
Yeha Great Temple — Pre-Aksumite in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants).
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Barrow-Garh Aqueduct in Oruro, Bolivia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Achaemenid to Sassanian (main inscription 520 BCE; later reliefs 148 BCE–6th c CE) · Achaemenid Persian / Seleucid / Parthian / Sassanian
Immense trilingual Rock of Behistun (Darius I, 520 BCE): Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian cuneiform narrating Darius' accession and defeat of 10 rebel kings – the Rosetta Stone for cuneiform…
🇨🇱 Chile · Fortress
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Citadel of Moor in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) fortress attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Vendée Atlantic
18 m gallery grave (allée couverte) near Commequiers, Vendée, Pierre Folle road, 3000 BCE.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Quarry
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dyke Quarry in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) quarry attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Tumulus
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Garh Strath Burial Mound in Piauí, Brazil is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Saka (400–200 BCE) · Saka (Issyk–Tasmola, East Scythian)
Six-meter stone mound on the Talgar fan where Kemal Akishev in 1969 recovered an undisturbed side cist containing an 18-year-old Saka prince clad in 4,000 gold plaques depicting leopard, ibex and…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic Dorian to Hellenistic (600 BCE – 100 BCE) · Dorian Knidians with Triopian league
Apollo Karneios doric 6×11 on double-harbour terrace of Triopian Dorian expansion city.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Panel Golden Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of City-Terramare in Henan, China is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Step Pyramid of Cross-Cliff in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) pyramid attributed to Moche culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Submerged site
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Dail in British Columbia, Canada is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE · Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE tell attributed to Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Early Classic, c.500 BCE–300 CE · Maya (Preclassic Lowland)
Pyramid E-VII-sub in Uaxactun Group E (c.500 BCE–200 CE, Preclassic–Early Classic). Eastern triadic platform of the canonical E-Group solar observatory: western pyramid E-VII aligned to three eastern…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient village
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Village of Dyke Tula in Catamarca, Argentina is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Nazca culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ancient City of Source Mesa in Sicily, Italy is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock-cut
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Avenue-Tel Kistvaen Rock-Cut Complex in Petén, Guatemala is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati · Gandhara capital of Gandhara before Peshawar shift
Charsadda — Pushkalavati Bala Hisar Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati ancient-city attributed to Gandhara capital of Gandhara…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Megalith
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Dolmen de Cave in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Geoglyph
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Forge Geoglyph in Fezzan, Libya is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fortress of Harbor Grimston in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) fortress attributed to Roman culture.
