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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Achaemenid to Mongol (c.500 BCE–1220 CE, Sogdian peak 6th–8th cent CE) · Sogdian / Kushan / Islamic
Ancient Samarkand (Maracanda) — 220 ha Sogdian walled plateau with 7th-century Afrasiab murals of Eurasian envoys.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Atlit North Bay Submerged Village West in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Bimini Inlet Stone Wall Extension in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition
Brahmagiri — Chitradurga Ash Mound and Megalith in Karnataka, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman (198–260 CE) · Roman (Numidia, Severan frontier)
Southernmost Roman desert burgus near El Hadjira with Palmyrene ostraca.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Crag Gateway Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Vendée Atlantic
Paired dolmens (Virante I and II) near Soullans, Vendée, shared mound, c.3500 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Drainage Channel North in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Vijayanagara 14th–16th c. · Vijayanagara Hindu
Hampi hydraulic – Vijayanagara capital's Tungabhadra canal system: 15 km Raya canal, aqueduct on pillars crossing 2-tier, Pushkarini stepped tanks (6.8m deep chlorite schist, geometric black basalt…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1450 CE, apogee 1200–1350 CE · Mississippian (ancestral Choctaw/Chickasaw)
29-mound plaza center with grand chief's platform mound above Black Warrior River.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Pazyryk Frozen Kurgan Outlier West in Pilbara, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Port Royal Submerged Street North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Posthole Structure Alignment North in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to Sassanian (~700 BCE – 300 CE) · Persian (Achaemenid, Sassanian)
Possibly the oldest and deepest qanat in Iran, the Qasabeh Qanat of Gonabad extends 33 km with a mother-well 300 m deep — the deepest vertical shaft ever hand-dug.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient city
Anuradhapura Period 377 BCE–1017 CE (peak 1st–10th c CE) · Sinhalese Theravada Buddhist (Anuradhapura Kingdom)
Sinhalese capital for 1,400 years (377 BCE–1017 CE) and great Theravada monastic center with three 4th–2nd c BCE brick dagabas among tallest premodern structures: Jetavanaramaya (originally 122 m,…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean c.750 BCE–575 CE; sluice extension · Sabaean (South Arabian)
Marib South Sluice (Masaq) – Sabaean Great Dam's mass southern sluice/spillway assembly (14m high, 600m dam length, 30,000 ha irrigation).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III – Iron II (to Late Roman) · Amorite/Aramaean – Luwian
Idlib plain fortified tell (2500–550 BCE) with 30-season Japanese excavation sequence.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art
Neolithic to Turkic (6000 BCE – 900 CE) · North Asian hunter-gatherer to Bronze Age nomad to Turkic
South tributary with deer stones and Neolithic birthing scene across 15 km.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal · Wari
Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port in Ancash Region (coastal), Peru is a Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal ancient-city attributed to Wari.
