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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian)
Star Carr Mesolithic Site in North Yorkshire, Vale of Pickering, United Kingdom is a Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian) culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Late Iron Age / Yoruba (Ijebu) · Ijebu Yoruba (Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo tradition)
Largest single monument in Africa: 160 km curvilinear ditch-and-bank snaking 20 m deep through rainforest around medieval Ijebu kingdom (800–1000 CE, Darling charcoal).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Tepe Sialk Platform A in Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Recumbent/Clava related
Whitehills Stone Circle — Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Recumbent/Clava related.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Archaic–Hellenistic (664 BCE) · Syracusan Greek
Akrai — Colony of Syracuse in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic–Hellenistic (664 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Syracusan Greek.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Horizon · Andean
Norte Chico pyramids at Caral (3000–1800 BCE) 6 monumental platforms 18–28 m high, Pirámide Mayor 153×109 m, oldest city in Americas UNESCO.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Rock art
Mauryan (260 BCE) · Mauryan Greek–Aramaic
Kandahar — Ashokan Greek-Aramaic Bilingual Inscription Extension in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan Greek–Aramaic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Lower Palaeolithic to Byzantine (500,000 BP–1200 CE) · Tayacian/Clactonian → Acheulean → Mousterian → Upper Palaeolithic
Anatolia's oldest cave (500 ka) at Antalya — Tayacian to Mousterian with Neanderthal and hippo fauna.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) · Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra
Mopsuestia — Pyramidal Pyramid Road Station in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean–Byzantine desert agriculture
Shivta — Pools and Cistern Extension in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nabataean–Byzantine desert agriculture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ubaid to Islamic (c.4200 BCE–1300 CE; peak Elamite–Achaemenid) · Susa I–II → Elamite → Achaemenid → Parthian–Sasanian → Islamic
Elamite and Achaemenid acropolis (14 ha, 25 m high) at Susa, capital of Elam and Darius I winter capital. French excavat...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Berber
Aurès pass city with bazina tumuli and thermal baths.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician
Tel Michal — Yarkon Estuary Palace in Central Coastal Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Western Ridge Tumulus in Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Middle Preclassic 900 BCE–300 BCE to Late Preclassic 300 BCE–250 CE · Maya (Holmul region Preclassic)
Early Holmul River city 40 km E of Tikal: North Acropolis Triadic Group I with colossal stucco masks (200 BCE) and 335 m E-Group, extensively excavated by Estrada-Belli Vanderbilt-BU.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Late Woodland 500–1200 CE, effigies c.700–1100 CE · Late Woodland (Ancestral Ioway/Ho-Chunk?)
31 bear-and-bird effigy mounds marching on Mississippi bluff.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (288 BCE – 262 CE) · Ptolemaic to Roman Ephesian
Curetes terrace with 36 m Arsinoeion rotunda and Octagon princess tomb.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2320 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid of Nubwenet, wife of Pepi I, far eastern row of Pepi I queens field. Side 21 m, height 21 m (equilateral section), limestone core with recut Tura casing fragments.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Indo-Greek–Kushan (180 BCE–200 CE) · Indo-Greek (Demetrius) then Kushan
Sirkap — Taxila Greek Street South Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Indo-Greek–Kushan (180 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Indo-Greek (Demetrius) then Kushan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Neolithic to Medieval · Cornish / medieval monastic
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Medieval submerged-city attributed to Cornish / medieval monastic.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) · Kushan fire temple blended Buddhist
Takht-i Rustam — Haibak Fire Temple Stupa Complex in Samangan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Sasanian (200–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan fire temple blended Buddhist.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
MB II–LB I (c.1850–1550 BCE) · Canaanite MB II with Aegean influence → Phoenician
Palatial MB II Canaanite centre (32 ha) with Minoan-style painted plaster palace (c.1850–1550 BCE), excavated by Aharon...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EB to LB (c.3400–1200 BCE; peak Level VII palace 1740–1400) · Eblaite → Amorite → Mittani → Hittite
Tell Atchana is ancient Alalakh, capital of Mukish in the Amuq, famous for Level VII palace (Yarim-Lim) with painted frescoes, Level IV palace of Idrimi (statue...
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Middle Bronze Age (1500–1200 BCE) · Sikels with Mycenaean contact
Thapsos — Mycenaean Emporium in Sicily, Italy is a Middle Bronze Age (1500–1200 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Sikels with Mycenaean contact.
