🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Chûn Castle Hillfort — Penwith
Iron Age (300 BCE) · Dumnonii
Chûn Castle Hillfort — Penwith in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (300 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid to Early Bronze (c.5000–2200 BCE; EB II centre) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze Euphrates / Carchemish periphery
Euphrates ford town (5000–2200 BCE) with EB II wall 5 km south of Carchemish.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (300 BCE) · Dumnonii
Chûn Castle Hillfort — Penwith in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (300 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (12th–17th c) · Swahili
Gede Primary Outer Wall — South Enclosure in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (12th–17th c) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Outer walled town extension 2 ha south of Gede main mosque with tombs.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Roman · Roman
Roman seaside town buried under 20 m pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius 79 CE, preserving wooden furniture, upper storeys, frescoes and unique carbonized papyri scrolls (Villa of the Papyri, now being…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic (600–800 CE) · Mezcala culture
Mezcala Temple — La Montaña in Guerrero, Mexico is a Late Classic (600–800 CE) temple-complex attributed to Mezcala culture. Hilltop temple with Mezcala mask and temple platform on Guerrero sierra.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500–300 BCE) · Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron Phoenician
Lagoon harbour tell (1500–300 BCE) between Latakia and Jableh — now 2 km inland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Lycian (600–200 BCE) · Lycian
Bonda Tepe — Lycia Highland Sanctuary in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (600–200 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (300 BCE) · Dumnonii
Dodman Point Cliff Fort in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (300 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Ionian to Byzantine · Ionian Greek / Roman
Ephesus (Efes) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Ionian to Byzantine ancient city attributed to Ionian Greek / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1018).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic, early, c.300–250 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)
North Cemetery pyramid Beg. N.19 for King Nasakhma (c.300–250 BCE), elderly ruler, 16.8 m base, steep sandstone pyramid. Reisner Harvard-Boston 1921 cleared chapel with offering table looted.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Iron Age (800–300 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Iron Age transitional
Ori — Orsang Valley Megalithic Circle in Gujarat, India is a Iron Age (800–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Chalcolithic–Iron Age transitional.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Roman · Attalid / Roman
Pergamon (Pergama) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Roman ancient city attributed to Attalid / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1457).
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) secondary · Swahili
Mtwapa Ruins — Mombasa North Bypass in Mombasa County, Kenya is a Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) secondary ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean · Homo erectus / early Homo
Open-air Acheulean handaxe factory of Homo erectus (1200–400 ka) with in-situ butchery of extinct giant baboon and hippo, with volcanic stratigraphy teaching hominin handaxe evolution from…
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic / Neolithic
Western chambers and exterior talus of Theopetra Cave, whose 130,000-year sequence documents Middle Palaeolithic to Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic
Zennor Quoit — West Penwith in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Pagan Kingdom 1044–1287 CE (Bagan period 11th–13th century) · Bamar / Burmese Buddhist (Theravada)
Sacred landscape on Irrawaddy River bend with over 2,200 surviving Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries from 11th–13th century Pagan Kingdom; at peak >10,000 structures, including Ananda,…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Koguryo · Koguryo
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian) in Jilin Province / DPRK, China is a Koguryo ancient city attributed to Koguryo culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1135).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Cott Valley Hut Settlement — St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
GR · Ancient city
Archaic to Byzantine (c.600 BCE – 14th c. CE harbour) · Corinthian / Classical / Hellenistic / Roman
Corinth Gulf western harbour — 600 m Canopus-style canal + Long Walls, now 2–3 m subsided northwest of Corinth.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) · Ahar culture
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet in Rajasthan, India is a Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Ahar culture. Small Ahar mound 3 m with white-painted Ahar pottery and microliths.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) · Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath)
Rojdi — Saurashtra Harappan Mound in Gujarat, India is a Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Woodland Adena to Early Hopewell transition · Adena
Adena conical mound (20 ft/6 m high, 100 ft/30 m diameter) preserved in Campbell Park, Columbus — one of few surviving mounds in Ohio's capital city.
