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🇪🇸 Spain · Hillfort
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 · Hillfort
Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age
Castell Henllys Inner Rampart in Pembrokeshire, Crymych, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
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
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
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
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
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).
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)
Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Late Bronze to Tibetan Buddhism · Andronovo, Turkic Kipchak, Oirat-Mongol Buddhist
South bend of Ili River 400 m south of main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha triad with vertical palimpsest.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Atchana Palace IV Buried Archive Room in Hatay, Tell Atchana, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Xochicalco Observatory Cave Zenith Tube in Morelos, Xochicalco, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian to Neo-Babylonian · Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian ziggurat of Marduk at Babylon — Etemenanki 'House of Heaven-Earth' — 91 m seven-stage prototype of Tower of Babel, rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar II.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) · Minoan
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran in Cyclades, Santorini, Greece is a Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient technology
Claimed 950 BCE Jerusalem–Axum transfer; literary 1314 Kebra Nagast; chapel built 1965 · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic dynasty ideology
Kebra Nagast's Ark at Axum chapel — fringe claims capacitor/weapon, unviewable solitary-guardian tabot.
