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🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Dynasties to Tang · Northern Qi Xianbei-Han Buddhist
Handan south hill 3 limestone caves with 550 CE Amitabha Western Paradise (Freer) and central pillar, Northern Qi.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) · Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE)
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Arroyo Hondo, Sangre foothills, United States is a Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Northern Annex in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Roman Severan 198 CE (Septimius Severus) Cilicia · Roman Cilician plain estate economy
Roman Severan 198 CE saddle dam 280 m × 8.8 m basalt riprap 65,000 m³ with 42 m spillway and 2.2 km arch aqueduct 2.8 m.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Cosquer Cave Hand Stencil Panel North Wall in Bouches-du-Rhône, Cosquer, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇬🇾 Guyana · Ancient city
Conquistador 1530–1740 map life; indigenous Wapishana seasonal flood memory kernel · Manoa? (Akawaio/Wapishana misheard) + Spanish/English cartographic invention
Raleigh's 200-mile Lake Parime (3.5N 59.5W) with golden Manoa — kernel is 5 km Rupununi savanna floodpan.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Submerged site
Pseudoarchaeology (2018–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Richat extension)
Second Richat Semsiyat dome pseudo-harbour at 400 m asl – sandstone dome fracture south of main eye.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Early Medieval Wagrian Slav 700–1168 (Obotrite Wagria) · Wagrian Slav (Obotrite–Wagria tribal; Helmold)
Starigard (Starigard Wagrien, German Oldenburg in Holstein) — Wagrian Slav princely hillfort (7th–12th c, Oldenburg/Starigard 8th c timber-earth Wallburg 120×110 m, 10 m rampart, princely hall) 5 km…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art
Neolithic to Mongol Empire (6000 BCE – 1300 CE) · Neolithic Altai, Afanasievo, Chemurchek, Karasuk, Pazyryk, Xiongnu, Turkic, Mongol
Mongolian Altai UNESCO high valley 10,000 images 6 ka BCE–Mongol at 2850 m.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Late Pre-Columbian (200 BCE – 900 CE) · Acre (Beni) geoglyph builders
Western Acre Capixaba 300 m circle ditch 3 m deep with embankment and 120 m square 2 m high under pasture — causeway 400 m links.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Late Pre-Columbian (200 BCE – 900 CE) · Acre (Beni) geoglyph builders
Western Acre Capixaba 300 m circle ditch 3 m deep with embankment and 120 m square 2 m high under pasture — causeway 400 m links.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Early Christian Armenian (301–650 CE) · Early Armenian Apostolic; Urartian–Hellenistic pagan predecessor
301 CE Gregory the Illuminator's cathedral over Tir temple — world's oldest state church, Hripsime 618 tetraconch.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Middle to Late Preclassic 700 BCE–150 CE (Preclassic fluorescence, collapsed c.150 CE Mirador hiatus) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin state, Late Preclassic centralized polity)
Second-largest Preclassic Maya city after El Mirador (700 BCE–400 CE, 30 km southeast of Mirador): 250 m-high-adjacent Henequén pyramid (60 m high ×190×165 m, seventh-tallest Maya pyramid), Mano de…
🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV in Baden-Württemberg, Hohle Fels, Germany is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus
Scythian Classical (4th c BCE, Scytho-Greek contact) · Pontic Scythian (Scythian–Bosporan Greek elite network)
18-m Pontic Scythian royal hill-mound (430–400 BCE) with Greek-Scythian gold comb and 1.4-kg queen diadem.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Roman Imperial (Antonine) · Cilician Greek and Roman Pompeiopolis
Pompey's pirate-resettlement port Corinthian 6×12 beside 480-m colonnaded street to harbour.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Gupta Classical (Chandragupta II to Kumaragupta) 320–550 CE · Gupta
Gupta’s open-air bible — 20 sandstone caves with Varaha (402 CE) and Durga, Chandragupta II's inscriptions on Udayagiri Hill.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Villa Epecuen Submerged Street Grid West in Buenos Aires, Villa Epecuén, Argentina is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Tasmola (Early Saka) · Northern Tasmola network
Northern Tasmola horseshoe kurgan 55 km south of Astana: 42-m mound with 18-m mustache avenue to solstice.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Antirhodos Island Submerged Palace of Cleopatra in Alexandria, Eastern Harbour, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Southern Extension in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Eastern Outlier in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Northern Annex in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Boncluklu Hoyuk Field System North — Western Terrace in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8300-7500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
