🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Zaghouan Aqueduct — Carthage Water Supply
Roman Imperial (Hadrianic, 2nd c. CE) · Roman Africa Proconsularis (Latin-Tunisian)
Hadrianic 132-km aqueduct Zaghouan to Carthage with 17-km arcade, Rome's longest.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Bir Aliqua Qanat – Ma'an Plateau (Wadi Araba fringe)
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription in Deir ez-Zor, Dura, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Fondukistan Conical Hill Monastery
Hephthalite–Turk Shahi 7th–8th c CE late Buddhist · Hephthalite Buddhist — Central Asian late Gandhara (Fondukistan style)
Fondukistan Conical Hill Monastery — 8th c CE (c.700 CE Hackin terminus post quem 689 CE via coins) Buddhist monastery on conical hilltop at Ghorband Valley pass 50 km NW Kabul, excavated 1933–40 by…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Giza Queen's Pyramid G Ia East Face
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Giza Queen's Pyramid G Ia East Face in Giza, East Field, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Hawara Pyramid Labyrinth South Wing
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Hawara Pyramid Labyrinth South Wing in Fayoum, Hawara, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Inga Stone South
Late Archaic to Early Ceramic (5000 – 2000 BCE disputed) · Pre-ceramic Nordeste
Inga Stone South in Paraíba, Brazil is a Late Archaic to Early Ceramic (5000 – 2000 BCE disputed) rock art attributed to Pre-ceramic Nordeste culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Jawa Dam East Reservoir System
Early Bronze Age IA · Ghassulian–Early Bronze IA (Proto-Jawa)
Eastern 72-m basalt dam and canal feeding Jawa proto-city — earliest desert irrigation.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hillfort
Los Millares Outer Fort 1
Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age
Los Millares Outer Fort 1 in Andalusia, Almería, Santa Fe de Mondújar, Spain is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)
Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) · Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)
Măgura Tell (Buduiasca) in Teleorman County, Măgura-Buduiasca, Romania is a Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) settlement attributed to Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Porsuk Höyük (Zeyve Höyük)
Middle Bronze to Hellenistic (Karum → Neo-Hittite/Tabal, Iron Age, Hellenistic) · Hittite/Luwian → Tabal → Neo-Hittite (Luwian-Phrygian contact)
Neo-Hittite/Iron Age tell (ancient Tynna) on Cilician Gates — Hittite citadel, Luwian inscriptions and Tabal fortifications.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sadd Al-Rahwah Dam (Hadramawt Highland Dam)
Himyarite–Hadrami to Rasulid · Hadrami kingdom to Rasulid dynasty
Hadramawt highland: 45-m crescent dam at Shibam hinterland, Himyarite 500 BCE–Rasulid 12th c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Tepeyahualco (Cantona zone)
Classic to Epiclassic (c.300–900 CE); Classic 300–600 CE, Epiclassic fortified 600–900 CE · Central Veracruz–Puebla highland (Cantona sphere) → Epiclassic Tepeyahualco–Totonac fringe
Cantona-linked lava-field fortress town (c.300–900 CE) with obsidian workshops on Malinche flank (García Cook).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Tikal Temple IV Summit Shrine
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Tikal Temple IV Summit Shrine in Petén, Tikal, Guatemala is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Waylands Smithy II Cairn
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Waylands Smithy II Cairn in Oxfordshire, Ashbury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Yungang West Caves — Wuzhou Mountain Western Annex
Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Tuoba Xianbei-Han Buddhist imperial
Yungang western annex 5 caves with Cave 12 music pavilion and 10k-buddha niches, 453–494 Northern Wei Tanyao.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bishapur — Sassanid City and Anahita Temple
Sassanian Early (Shapur I–II, 241–379 CE) · Sassanian Persian with Roman–Palmyrene craftsmen (prisoners)
Shapur I 260 CE grid city by Roman POWs after Valerian capture — Anahita water temple, mosaics, Chogan gorge 6 reliefs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Boquillas Hill Geoglyphs (Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora)
Late Archaic to Trincheras (Amargosa–Hohokam interface) · Trincheras / Hohokam desert–Tohono O'odham continuity
17 Gran Desierto hill intaglios (300 BCE–1400 CE) on Pinacate cerro islands — Tohono O'odham salt pilgrimage.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Casamero Pueblo
Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) · Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE)
Casamero Pueblo in New Mexico, McKinley County, Rio Puerco, near Prewitt, United States is a Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Din Lligwy Hut Circle Settlement
Late Iron Age – Romano-British (c.100 BCE–500 CE) · Romano-British / Late Iron Age Welsh
Polygonal-walled Romano-British hut-circle village (~500 CE) with two roundhouses on limestone ridge above Lligwy Bay.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Fuxian Lake – Dian Kingdom Sunken City, Yunnan
Warring States to Eastern Han (c. 300 BCE – 100 CE) · Dian Kingdom / Han
Dian kingdom lake city 20 m deep in Fuxian – 2 km² walled town and pyramid platform.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Heuneburg Hillfort — Herbertingen-Hundersingen
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt D, c.620–500 BCE) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt west, Hunsrück? Hallstatt princely)
The Heuneburg (Hallstatt D1, c.600–540 BCE) is Central Europe's earliest princely seat (Fürstensitz) on a 3-hectare plateau 40 m above the Danube near Hundersingen, famed for its Mediterranean-style…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber
Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber in County Meath, Ireland is a Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki Small Step Pyramid Abydos South
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Sinki Small Step Pyramid Abydos South in Sohag, Sinki, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).