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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Asuka Late 645–710 CE → Nara 710–784 · Yamato–Asuka (Chinese Kaiyuan–Korean star lore)
Asuka round tomb (700 CE) at Kitora south Asuka — 13.8 m with 28-zodiac astronomical ceiling and four gods National Treasure murals.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Kuahuqiao culture 8000–7000 BP (8500–7700 calendar BCE) → Hemudu · Kuahuqiao (Lower Yangzi pre-Hemudu)
Pre-Hemudu pile-dwelling village (c.8000–7000 BP, 6000–5500 BCE) at Xiaoshan wetland south of Hangzhou — Kuahuqiao excavated 1990–93 by Zhejiang Institute, revealing earliest dugout canoe in China…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber — Eastern Outlier in County Meath, Ireland is a Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber — Southern Extension in County Meath, Ireland is a Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian (Ashurnasirpal II) · Assyrian Imperial (Kalhu capital phase)
Kalhu's Tigris diversion rubble dam 40-m with 27-km Patti-hegalli canal 883 BCE.
🇷🇺 Russia · Buried city
Archaic to Medieval (540 BCE – 1000 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian / Khazar
Bosporus capital 540 BCE — eastern harbour lobe 400x200 m silted +2 m 500 m inland with 80 m mole vs western −7 m.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Eastern Outlier in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Pala Period (late, 900–1161 CE) · Late Pala Buddhist
Late Pala (900–1100 CE) quadrangle 65×65 m with 41 cells around reused Gupta shrine, Punarbhaba floodplain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Smyrna Agora Buried Basilica North Stoa in Izmir, Smyrna Agora, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Table des Marchands Extension East in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical (High Classical, Age of Pericles) · Classical Greek (Athenian)
449–415 BCE Doric 6×13 temple atop Agora Kolonos, best-preserved Greek temple, Hephaestus–Athena Ergane.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Ullastret Iberian Cistern 3 in Catalonia, Girona, Ullastret, Spain is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Megalith
Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) · Varna Culture
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis Sector 3 — Western Terrace in Varna Oblast, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Varna Culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (7th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 2nd c) · Numidian / Punic / Roman / Early Christian
12-ha Dorsale hilltop city with Hadrian arch, forum, and 500+ dolmen necropolis showing Numidian continuity.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient technology
1928 proposal to 1952 project's death; included here as hypotethical ancient-tech analogue · Weimar–Nazi technocratic utopia
1928 Atlantropa Gibraltar dam lowering Med 200 m — included as modern megadam mirror for 'what Atlantis tech would look like'.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Iron Age (Saka, 600–400 BCE) · Saka of Semirechye (Issyk–Besshatyr, eastern Saka)
31-mound Saka royal necropolis (600–400 BCE) — Ili River's 'Five Tents' with 105-m royal mound and log house.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Brodgar Outlier Stone 14 in Orkney, Ness of Brodgar, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Brú na Bóinne Satellite Cairn Z — Southern Extension in County Meath, Ireland is a Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Brú na Bóinne Satellite Cairn Z — Western Terrace in County Meath, Ireland is a Late Neolithic (3200-2900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex in Brittany, Finistere, France is a Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate (Cabuza-Maytas-Chiribaya / Arica) · Arica cultural complex
Hill figures and extensive pre-Hispanic village on Cerro Sombrero (Hat Hill) in mid-Azapa Valley, 12 km inland from Arica.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Edfu Temple Mammisi Birth House South Wall in Aswan, Edfu, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
