🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city
Kaymaklı Underground City
Hittite to Byzantine · Phrygian / Byzantine
Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city
Hittite to Byzantine · Phrygian / Byzantine
Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Second largest Giza pyramid, built for Khafre, retaining Tura limestone casing at apex, with associated Sphinx, valley temple and causeway.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Classic 300–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc, Uxmal polity)
Palace of Masks 250 Chaac masks, 18 km sacbé 800–950 CE, UNESCO 1996.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
First successful true pyramid, by Sneferu, of reddish limestone giving modern name. Culmination of experimental phase leading to Giza.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
900–1500 CE · Rapa Nui
Cross-ref quarry within Rapa Nui National Park main entry; tuff quarry with 400 moai in situ including El Gigante (~21 m).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Labná Arch 3 m, 67-room Palace, Puuc 800–1000 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Smallest of three Giza pyramids, Menkaure, with granite lower casing and three subsidiary queens' pyramids.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Chalcolithic · Chalcolithic Anatolia
Duplicate for completeness – see Çatalhöyük main entry; West Mound Chalcolithic extension (6000–5600 BCE).