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🇳🇦 Namibia · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Apollo 11 Cave Rock Art Layer 4 Namibia in Karas, Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Early Islamic (560 BCE – 643 CE) · Greek Cyrenean / Ptolemaic / Roman
Overlapping Greek harbours of Euesperides (560 BCE) and Berenice (247 BCE) preserved as lagoon moles and fish-tanks under Benghazi lagoon.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Gupta to Pala–Sena (450–1200 CE) · Gupta to Pala–Sena (Varendra)
Largest Bangladeshi walled city—120 ha, 4 concentric ramparts (6 km outer), 5th–12th c Gupta–Pala–Sena.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Carn Menyn Bluestone Outcrop Preseli in Pembrokeshire, Preseli Hills, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient village
Early Medieval (Early Christian Ireland) · Early Medieval Irish (Uí Briúin)
850-m early medieval alder causeway and 12 x 8 m platform (680–800 CE) — bog-edge iron working.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Dunwich Submerged Church Ruin All Saints in Suffolk, Dunwich, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Islamic Berber (900–1050 CE) Tidikelt Zenata · Zenata Berber Tidikelt (Algerian Sahara)
Tidikelt foggara 3.8 km 84 shafts 8–14 m with 12-notch peigne comb sharing 18 ha In Salah oasis 1050 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) palm swamp levee 900 CE or natural · Hypothetical Inca lagoon city (unvalidated) / pre-Columbian field (?)
Paititi lagoon swamp third variant 1.2 km levee 0.9 m at Pusharo lagoon edge with 15 m mound-islands — 1600 CE charcoal but no stone, palm levee geofact.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) palm swamp levee 900 CE or natural · Hypothetical Inca lagoon city (unvalidated) / pre-Columbian field (?)
Paititi lagoon swamp third variant 1.2 km levee 0.9 m at Pusharo lagoon edge with 15 m mound-islands — 1600 CE charcoal but no stone, palm levee geofact.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Grotte des Fees Dolmen Arles Annex — Northern Annex in Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Southern Extension in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Karain Cave Buried Middle Palaeolithic Layer E in Antalya, Karain, Turkey is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Classical to Byzantine (360 BCE – 700 CE) · Dorian Greek / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Cape Crio twin harbours — northern trireme sheds silted and southern mole now 3.2 m submerged, warning yachts at Knidos.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age (Middle–Late Iron Age, 350–50 BCE) · British Iron Age (Meare–Glastonbury ware, southwest Iron Age)
Iron Age (350–50 BCE) Meare East lake village — 400 x 90 m east island with 20 brushwood roundhouses.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh Culture
Mehrgarh Period I Courtyard Complex North — Southern Extension in Balochistan, Kachi, Pakistan is a Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mehrgarh Culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Mid Holocene to Contact (3000 BCE – 1850 CE) · Aboriginal Australian (Wilyakali, surrounding Western Desert groups)
South Australian type site of Panaramitee track-circle style 3000 BCE–contact.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Intermediate (Topará / Early Nazca) · Paracas-Topará / Early Nazca
30+ trapezoid and anthropomorph lines (200 BCE–300 CE) on inland Pisco River pampas.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Eastern Outlier in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian
Poverty Point Mound B Summit in Louisiana, West Carroll Parish, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tell
Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE) · Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE)
Sitagroi in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Drama Plain, Sitagroi village, Greece is a Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE) settlement attributed to Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA…
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court — Southern Extension in Malta, Tarxien, Malta is a Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel in Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
