🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier (West Bank)
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient port
Portus Julius — Agrippa's Warport Lake Avernus Canal
Roman (37 BCE Agrippa Lake Lucrino-Avernus warport for Agrippa's fleet vs Sextus Pompey, Abandoned 12 BCE Misene) · Roman Augustan military harbor Julius (37–12 BCE)
Portus Julius canal excavated by Borriello & D' Agostino, Cocceius tunnel to Avernus.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
Yayoi (500–100 BCE) · Yayoi Tanba
Kameoka Yayoi dolmens excavated 1970s, Tanba Yayoi slate dagger and Jar-coffin under.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Tatev Monastery — Vorotan Gorge Wings Aerial
Medieval (9th c. church St Paul-Peter 895–906; 11th c. Surb Astvatsatsin; Gavazan column 895) · Armenian Syunik princes medieval scriptorium (14th c. Tatev University 1373–1435)
Tatev Wings tram 5.7 km 2010, excavated Soviet, university 1373 Tatev School of lord.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex (Andalusia)
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Huaca and Lady of Cao Temple
Moche (100 BCE–700 CE) Cao 450 CE mural facade; Wari-Chimú upper 800–1300; Cao Lady tomb 450 CE intrusive · Moche → Lambayeque/Chimú → Inca
El Brujo excavated by Franco 1990–, Lady of Cao 2005 tattooed ruler with 23 weapons.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Izamal — Kinich Kakmó Pyramid North Face Remnant
Preclassic to Classic (400 BCE–600 CE Preclassic megapyramid 195 m base) · Maya Early northern gigantic pyramid city (6 pyramid hills over 53 ha)
Izamal excavated by INAH, Kinich Kakmó 22 m hill biggest Yucatán megapyramid volume.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Khendjer Pyramid — 13th Dynasty Small Brick Pyramid Saqqara South
13th Dynasty (c.1760 BCE Khendjer) · 13th Dynasty late Middle Kingdom
Khendjer excavated by Jequier 1929, twin quartzite-roofed vault, fragment 'kanopen?'
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Old Dongola — Medieval Christian Cathedral and Mosque Stack
Makurian Christian (600–1400 CE cathedral 1000 CE; 1317 mosque conversion) · Nubian Makuria Christian → Funj Islamic
Old Dongola excavated by Godlewski 1964–, 700 CE frescoes, 1317 mosque oldest Sudan.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock shelter
Tadrat Acacus — Ti-n-Torha East Shelter Pastoral
Acacus pastoral (7000–2000 BCE) radiocarboned · Acacus pastoral (Early Pastoral 6300–5400 BCE)
Acacus Ti-n-Torha excavated by Mori & Barich 1980s, 16k Acacus rock art site UNESCO.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Thonis-Heracleion Annex — Central Canal House Islets
Saite to Roman (550 BCE–50 BCE Thonis = Heracleion Greek; 8th c. BCE Canopic temple) sank 100–300 CE subsidence and liquefaction · Egyptian-Saite → Ptolemaic Thonis first port before Alexandria with Decree of Sais 380 BCE twin stelae (Rosetta precursor) and Amun of Gereb
Thonis Goddio 2000 rediscovery after10 m, temple Amun Gereb with Sais stele 380 BCE.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Tullaghoge Fort
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) · Irish Iron Age
Tullaghoge Fort in County Tyrone, Ireland is a Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) megalithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Tullaghoge Fort (County Tyrone)
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) · Irish Iron Age
Tullaghoge Fort in County Tyrone, Ireland is a Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) megalithic.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Akhtala Monastery — Fortress Copper Mining Fresco Manor
Bagratid Kyurikian (10th c. fortress Pghndzahank Prince Gurgen 1188 church; fresco 1205–16 Byzantine; Armenian-Georgian) · Kyurikian branch of Bagratid (David Gareji) with Georgian Chalcedonian fresco after 1220
Akhtala fresco excavated by Soviet, copper fortress with fresco Byzantine-Georgian.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Khor Virap — Ararat View Monastery Pit Dungeon Khor Virap
Artashat hill fortress 180 BCE; monastery 642 CE; pit 298 CE Gregory the Illuminator imprisoned 13 years · Armenian Christian and earlier Artaxiad capital Artashat (180 BCE Arshak?)
Khor Virap pit 298 CE Gregory 13 years per Agathangelos, Artashat capital Xenophon.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)
Late Bronze Age (c.1320 BCE) Palatial cargo ship 15–16 m · Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t
Uluburun excavated by Bass & Pulak, 1300 BCE greatest bronze age cargo 10 t copper.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle (La Libertad)
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Homolovi — Homolovi II Winslow Pueblo on Little Colorado
Pueblo IV (1260–1400 CE) Homolovi Cluster · Hopi ancestral (Hisatsinom)
Homolovi excavated by Fewkes 1896 and Adams & Hays 1980–, Hopi migration to mesas.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars
Phoenician 8th c. BCE → Mauretanian Juba II 25 BCE → Roman Tingitana · Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman
Lixus excavated by Montalban & Ponsich 1947–, Atlantic garum capital of Tingitana.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell el-Farah North Sector 117
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 117 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell el-Farah North Sector 132
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 132 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.