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🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Cueva de El Castillo Lower Gallery in Cantabria, Puente Viesgo, Spain is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) · Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic
Dust Cave in Alabama, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) cave attributed to Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Northern Annex in Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq is a Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) · Great Basin Archaic
Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada, United States is a Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) cave attributed to Great Basin Archaic culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) · Napatan
Gebel Barkal Temple B500 Terrace Annex in Northern State, Karima, Sudan is a New Kingdom-Napatan (1500-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Napatan.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Godin Tepe Buried Oval Compound Inner Court in Hamadan, Godin Tepe, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Medieval (1100-1500 CE) · Zimbabwe Culture
Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex Terrace Annex South — Northern Annex in Masvingo, Zimbabwe is a Medieval (1100-1500 CE) ancient city attributed to Zimbabwe Culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Early Medieval Slavic 850–1000 (Warnower–Obotrite) · Slavic Warnower/Obotrite (Mecklenburg pagan lake temple)
Gross Raden (Groß Raden Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum) — Slavic island temple-fort (9th–10th c, Slavic rondel 9th c, peak 900–1000) on Rader See lake island 8 km north Sternberg, Mecklenburg lake…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Jeitun Neolithic 6000–5000 BCE → Pessejik phase · Jeitun culture (Central Asian Neolithic)
Type-site for Neolithic Jeitun culture (c.6000–5000 BCE) in the Kopet Dag piedmont north of Ashgabat — 10 house settlement (0.8 ha) excavated 1952–62 by Vadim Masson, the earliest permanent farming…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical to Hellenistic · Dorian Greek, Knidian
Knidos commercial-harbour Apollo Karneios 4th BCE Dorico-Ionic temple beside Aphrodite's Praxiteles temenos, Tekir Burnu.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kültepe Buried Old Assyrian Archive House 12 in Kayseri, Kültepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
La Quemada Pyramid Votive Pyramid North in Zacatecas, La Quemada, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Mari Buried High Terrace Mudbrick Massif in Deir ez-Zor, Mari, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite Old Kingdom through Empire (1600–1180 BCE) · Hittite (Hatti)
Ortaköy-Sapinuwa (Hittite Administrative Quarter) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Ortaköy District, Çekerek valley, Turkey — Hittite administrative and military-ritual city…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Shaduppum Tell Harmal Buried Tablet School in Baghdad, Tell Harmal, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Uruk Period
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector in Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Uruk Period.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE)
Tell Qarqur in Hama Governorate, Orontes, Ghab Valley, Syria is a Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE) settlement attributed to Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron →…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Chalcolithic through Ottoman; EBA III, MB–LB Canaanite, Iron I–II Philistine/Judahite, Crusader–Mamluk · EBA Canaanite → Philistine Pentapolis (Sea Peoples) → Judahite fortress → Crusader
40 ha Philistine pentapolis capital — EBA to Crusader tell with Gath Siege Trench and Goliath inscription (c.5000 BCE–present).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Termessos Temple of Zeus Solymos East in Antalya, Termessos, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal · Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)
Truong Son Sa Huynh Site — Sa Huynh culture type locality edge (1000 BCE–200 CE, Iron Age coastal Vietnam) on South China Sea dunes at Sa Huynh 50 km S Quang Ngai, foothill of Truong Son (Annamite…
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Archaic (600–500 BCE) · Ionian Greek (Samian) — engineer Eupalinos of Megara
Herodotean 1,036-m tunnel 550 BCE dug from both ends with 60 cm meet error.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) · Minoan
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran — Eastern Outlier in Cyclades, Santorini, Greece is a Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) · Minoan
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran — Western Terrace in Cyclades, Santorini, Greece is a Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
