🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
St Lythans Burial Chamber
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold
Portal dolmen near Cardiff with 35-tonne capstone on three orthostats, remnant of Severn-Cotswold long cairn.
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🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor early (9th c. CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman II)
Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor early (9th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman II).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold
Portal dolmen near Cardiff with 35-tonne capstone on three orthostats, remnant of Severn-Cotswold long cairn.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic (3800 BCE) · Cotswold-Severn
Uley Long Barrow in Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Cotswold-Severn culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.590–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Twin-tower pyramid Structure VIII south of Becan moated citadel (c.590–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). 12 m high, two hollow towers flanking central stair leading to upper temple with three rooms.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman Imperial (Flavian–Byzantine, 1st–7th c. CE) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Roman colonia with Flavius mausoleum, Severan arch and 2nd-c. dam.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) · Seleucid Hellenistic
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Hellenistic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) · Israelite / Phoenician
Tel Qiri — Manasseh Hill Country in Manasseh Hills, Israel is a Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite / Phoenician.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Trypillia BI–BII transition (c.4150–3950 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Trypillia settlement at Vilkhovets on the foothills of the Dnieper Uplands, bridging BI painted tradition and BII mega-site elaboration.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Predynastic to New Kingdom (4000–1000 BCE) · Egyptian
Anafi (?) Actually El Kab Submerged Quay in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Predynastic to New Kingdom (4000–1000 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (14th–15th c. CE) · Swahili
Jumba la Mtwana — Mtwapa Creek in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (14th–15th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) · Bamyan Buddhist
Kakrak Stupa — Bamyan Valley Stupa in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan–Gupta influenced (300–600 CE) temple-complex attributed to Bamyan Buddhist.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan 366–1368 CE (peak Tang 618–907) · Multi-ethnic Buddhist (Han, Tibetan, Uyghur, Sogdian)
492 temple caves on 1.7 km Mingsha cliff with 2,000 painted sculptures and 45,000 m² murals spanning 366–1368 CE (Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan).
GR · Submerged site
Mycenaean to Late Roman (LH III – 5th c. CE harbour) · Mycenaean / Elean / Olympic
Olympia seaport — Homeric Pheia harbour basin and Pontikokastro islet now 4–6 m under Katakolo Bay.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to EBA (c.4000–2900 BCE) · Sialk III–IV → Uruk-related → Early Bronze Central Plateau
Chalcolithic double-mound (5 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban and later Tehran University. Sequence L...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) · Clava cairn tradition (Inverness Bronze Age)
Group of three Bronze Age circular chamber tombs (c. 2000 BCE) at Balnuaran of Clava, defining Clava cairn type: two passage graves with corbelled chambers and a central ring cairn, each within a…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Koguryo Kingdom 37 BCE–668 CE (Five Kingdoms period) – tombs 4th–7th c · Koguryo (proto-Korean in Manchuria)
Forty tombs of Koguryo Kingdom (37 BCE–668 CE) on Yalu, including General's Tomb (400 CE) – 31 m stepped pyramid of cut granite 12 layers recalling Mesoamerican form, and murals of lotus, hunting and…
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (Epigravettian) · Epigravettian
Epigravettian rock shelter in the Voidomatis Gorge, Konitsa, excavated 1983–1990 revealing Late Glacial hunter-gatherer occupations (16,000–10,000 BP) with microliths, faunal remains and early art…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Late Iron Age / Historic Hausa · Hausa / Katsinawa refugees
Huge dry-stone perimeter walls (3 km) enclosing plateau hilltown on brink of Kayra escarpment, refuge for Katsina peoples during 18th–19th c Fulani jihads.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Neolithic to Achaemenid (c.7000 BCE–330 BCE; Achaemenid fortress c.550 BCE) · Neolithic Bakhtiari → Achaemenid pastoral fortress
Bolaghi valley Achaemenid route fortress (550 BCE) over Neolithic knoll between Pasargadae and Persepolis.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Cornish Late Neolithic
The Pipers — St Buryan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Cornish Late Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (1900 BCE) · Scillonian-Cornish
Tregiffian Burial Chamber — St Buryan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (1900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Scillonian-Cornish.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian to Medieval (800 BCE–1200 CE) · Urartian then Saltukid
Hasankale — Pasin Fortress in Erzurum Province, Turkey is a Urartian to Medieval (800 BCE–1200 CE) fortress attributed to Urartian then Saltukid.
