🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Barclodiad y Gawres
Late Neolithic · Irish Sea passage grave tradition
Anglesey cruciform passage grave with spiral-decorated stones and 27 m cairn on coastal headland.
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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chola 12th c. (1146–1172 CE) · Chola Hindu (Rajaraja II)
Airavatesvara (1146–1172, Rajaraja II) – Chola chariot temple (Skt ratha) where front mandapa wheels are stone chariot wheels, music steps that resonate seven tones, and yali_balustrade.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic (25190–10200 BCE) · Kebaran-Natufian
Azraq Oasis — Epipalaeolithic Aggregation in Zarqa Governorate, Azraq Basin, Jordan is a Epipalaeolithic (25190–10200 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kebaran-Natufian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Irish Sea passage grave tradition
Anglesey cruciform passage grave with spiral-decorated stones and 27 m cairn on coastal headland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortified city
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (c.5500 BCE–600 CE; Hittite capital eastern quarters) · Chalcolithic → Hittite Empire → Phrygian → Iron Age polity → Byzantine
Eastern citadel of Hittite Hattusa on Budaközü gorge — silos and Iron Age polity above Boğazköy.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii
Carn Euny Ancient Village and Fogou in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean–Christian monks
Ein Avdat — Nabataean Canyon Dam and Monastery in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nabataean–Christian monks.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland farm · Nabataean desert agriculture
Ein Ziq — Nabataean Cistern Desert Farm in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland farm hydraulic attributed to Nabataean desert agriculture.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Essaouira Rock Carving in Burr, Senegal is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman (Hadrian to Diocletian) · Roman (Numidia, Fossatum)
Fossatum Africae southern rampart and ditch bastion south of Gemellae.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Early Bronze (III) to Iron III/Median, c.2600–500 BCE · Elamite / Median / Achaemenid
Oval Compound high mound at Godin Tepe (Period VI:1, c.500–330 BCE plus earlier Period III, c.2600 BCE high terrace). 120 × 80 m oval compound with bastions on natural mound 32 m high. T.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Hillfort
Iron Age (400 BCE–500 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age
Massive coastal hillfort on Grogarnsberget limestone plateau (65 m) above Katthammarsvik, with 1200 m stone wall 4 m high enclosing 45 ha, double walls at north.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) · Egyptian / Greek Canopic port
Heracleion East Annex — Thonis Suburb in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian / Greek Canopic port.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Urartian (c.685–590 BCE Rusa II) · Urartu → post-Urartian Scythian
Huge fortress (300 × 200 m) with massive ashlar rampart, beer brewery vats, inscribed bronze shields, Teisheba tower and a lower town archive of cattle tribute.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Iron Age (8300 BCE–600 BCE) · Neolithic / Canaanite
Tel Harod — Neolithic and Bronze Enclosures in Jezreel Valley, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Iron Age (8300 BCE–600 BCE) tell attributed to Neolithic / Canaanite.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Jezirah I–III (c.3000–2200 BCE) · Ninevite-5 → Early Dynastic Jezirah
30-ha EB town with nine-phase Ninevite-5 through ED III defensive wall, gate with corbel vault, “Animal House” kitchen with fauna scatters, eye-idol temple and Soviet-Polish plan 7 stratified ED…
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Hillfort
Great Moravian (9th century, 830–907) · Great Moravian Slavic
Great Moravian hillfort on Kostolec hill (290 m) above Váh valley at Ducové, with double ramparts (6 m) enclosing 1.8 ha, stone rotunda church (discovered 1968) and magnate hall. Slovak-T.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age to Early Medieval · Dal Riata Scots
Dunadd Fort — Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Early Medieval hillfort attributed to Dal Riata Scots.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Samanid to Shaybanid 9th–16th c (settled from 1st c CE) · Samanid / Qarakhanid / Shaybanid Islamic (Persian)
2000-year-old Silk Road oasis city preserved as intact medieval Islamic townscape with 140+ monuments.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe — Urfa Plain in Şanlıurfa Province, Tek Tek Mountains, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Welsh Late Neolithic
King Arthur's Table — Bwlch y Ddeufaen in Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Welsh Late Neolithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Formative to Early Classic 350 BCE–600 CE · Maya (Komchen formative)
Formative slate-ware town before Dzibilchaltun, 350 BCE–600 CE.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) · Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur
Kuchai — Singhbhum Neolith and Megalith in Jharkhand, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Mizpe Zohar Tumulus in Khuzestan, Iran is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) · Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?)
Nawamis — Sinai Stone Burial Houses in South Sinai, Egypt is a Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (4500–3000 BCE) tomb attributed to Sinai Chalcolithic Nawamis (Tamna?).
