🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Monolithic Stela Circle South — Cusco (Cusco)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE) · Minoan-Mycenaean maritime
Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls in Laconia, Greece is a Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE) submerged-city attributed to Minoan-Mycenaean maritime.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Shu Culture 1200–1000 BCE (Sanxingdui period III) · Shu (Sichuan Basin, non-Han?)
Shu Kingdom sacrificial pits (1200–1000 BCE) revealed 1929 and sensationally 1986 with two pits of bronzes unlike Anyang Shang: 2.6 m bronze standing figure, mask with 132 cm protruding eyes, and…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Siberian Ice House Post North in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite
Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (c.4300–1900 BCE) · Hissar I–IIIC
Damghan plain 40-ha complex with three mounds: Hissar IIIB–C painted/grey ware, lapis bead workshop, arsenical bronze workshop, “Burnt Building” massacre layer ~1900 BCE with 11 skeletons and Grey…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) · Lycian / Roman provincial
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) submerged-city attributed to Lycian / Roman provincial.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Vihara Cell Group West in Kimberley, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi period 400 BCE–300 CE (peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Yayoi (Kyushu farmer, Korean peninsula immigrants)
Largest Yayoi (400 BCE–300 CE) moated village and chiefdom at Yoshinogari hills, 40 ha inner enclosure within 117 ha, with outer moat 2.5 km, watchtowers, raised-floor granary precinct, and king's…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Angel Mounds Temple Mound North in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
First Intermediate to Middle Kingdom (2181–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (13th Upper nome; nomarchs)
First Intermediate nomarch tombs with Djefaihapi mortuary contract.
EG · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 6th c. CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian / Indian Ocean
Ptolemaic elephant port turned Indo-Roman pepper emporium — lagoon harbour behind coral reef now silted 1 m on Foul Bay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Early Neolithic / Beaker
Chambered cairn beside A816 with three Bronze Age cists and 2021 animal carvings discovery.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Han Yangling Pyramid South in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Neolithic to Turkic to Historic (3000 BCE – 1900 CE) · Afanasievo to Karakol to Turkic to Russian surveyors
Confluence outcrops with elk and runic at sacred Two Rivers junction.
🇬🇬 Guernsey · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic · Guernsey Passage Grave
Fairy folklore passage tomb on southwest coast headland, Guernsey, 8 m passage, c.3000 BCE.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 9th–7th c. BCE (Ashurnasirpal II to Sennacherib) · Assyrian
Nimrud (Kalhu) – Neo-Assyrian capital canalization by Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE): Upper Zab canal (7m wide) cutting conglomerate ridge with 10m tunnel (Negub Tunnel) and Khinu/Mejira dam…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ollantaytambo Fountain Terrace West in Cusco, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic through Hohokam 7500 BCE–1400 CE · Hohokam and Archaic–Patayan
4,000-petroglyph basalt concentration, 7500 BCE–1400 CE.