🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Uzappa (Ksour Abd el Melk)
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Dorsal pass town with Byzantine fortress reusing temple blocks, forum and basilica; controls Kairouan–Gafsa road.
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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Dorsal pass town with Byzantine fortress reusing temple blocks, forum and basilica; controls Kairouan–Gafsa road.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi (Wa)
Saga Yoshinogari excavated 1986–, 2000+ pit houses, Chinese Han mirrors and bronze daggers, moat chief graveyard.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE) · Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)
Chuera excavated by Moortgat 1958–76 and Meyer, rare stone temple on tell, double wall with gates, early palace.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Classical · Classical
Classical ancient-city at Haryana.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Ancestral Pueblo (1275–1350 pueblo) + Spanish/American inscriptions 1605–1906 · Zuni / Ancestral Pueblo → Oñate Spanish 1605 to Beale wagon 1857
El Morro Atsinna excavated by Watson Smith 1940s, Oñate 1605 'pasó por aquí' oldest European inscription SW US.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite ancient-village at Aomori.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3100 BCE) · Grooved Ware
Ness causeway outlier midway between two henges, with Bridge of Brodgar nearby, excavated causeway timber 2014.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Islamic (2900 BCE–1000 CE) · Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat
Kahat excavated by Pecorella 1980–, Ishtar temple with votive plaques and Neo-Assyrian palace of Adad-nirari I.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic (c.3200 BCE) · Boyne Neolithic
Dowth excavated by Coffey 1847 and recent Gallagher, with sunset alignment late November, large kerbstone art.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇰🇵 North Korea · Tumulus
Han Chinese Lelang Commandery (108 BCE–313 CE) · Han Chinese colonial (Lelang)
Rangnang Lelang excavated by Japanese colonial 1920s and DPRK, 108 BCE Han colony after Wiman Joseon conquest.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000–2500 BCE; Aceramic 7000 BCE, Ceramic 5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh (pre-Harappan)
Bolan Mehrgarh excavated by Jarrige 1974–, 7000 BCE barley/wheat, 32,000 graves, earliest dentistry bow-drill.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic rock-art at Orkney.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Early to Middle (3900–2200 BCE) · Jomon (Sannai-Maruyama)
Aomori Jomon excavated 1992–, 1500 pit houses, chesnut pillar tower 14 m, lacquer and jade trade, UNESCO 2021.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE) · Early Neolithic / Peterborough
Avebury's northern causewayed camp excavated by Keiller 1925–29, 3650 BCE basal layer with Ebbsfleet ceramics.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Archaic Lycian (550–500 BCE) to Byzantine · Lycian (Xanthian dynasts) → Persian
Kınık Lycia excavated by Demargne 1950–, Harpy Tomb reliefs (British Museum) and bilingual Lycian-Greek stele.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite submerged-city at Aomori.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Hellenistic (3rd–1st c. BCE) + earlier Iron Edomite Marissa · Idumean / Hellenistic Phoenician polis
Beit Guvrin park excavated by Peters & Thiersch 1902, bell caves industrial 500+, Apollophanes Tomb frescoed.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Pass fort on northern Aurès road, Thamallula guards the Belezma gap with courtyard fortress and road village.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age ancient-city at Huanuco.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
New Kingdom Egyptian (1450 BCE) → Napatan Kushite (750 BCE) → Meroitic · Egyptian → Kushite Napatan Kingdom
Barkal excavated by Reisner 1916 and Kendall 1980s, Napatan Amun of Karnak origin, UNESCO 2003 Gebel Barkal.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Harappan (3500–1900 BCE; Pre-Harappan Sothi 3500; Mature 2600–1900) · Harappan Sothi → Harappan
Ghaggar Kalibangan excavated by Thapar & Lal 1960–69, ploughed field cross-furrows 2900 BCE earliest plough.