🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira Rock-Cut Reservoirs – Rann of Kutch
Early to Mature Harappan to Late Harappan · Harappan (Sindhu–Sarasvati)
16 Harappan rock-cut reservoirs (2600–1900 BCE) — 250,000 m³ desert catchment, Dholavira.
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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Median Kingdom (750-550 BCE) – earlyMedian · Median (western Iranian)
Median rockfill dam and plastered cistern (42 m x 4.8 m, 2,200 m³) at fire-temple citadel of Nush-i Jan (750 BCE).
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan (Early to Late Harappan 3000–1800 BCE) · Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization Kotada Timba)
Harappan desert city 16 rock-cut reservoirs and dam-fed canals 3000–1800 BCE on Kutch island.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early to Mature Harappan to Late Harappan · Harappan (Sindhu–Sarasvati)
16 Harappan rock-cut reservoirs (2600–1900 BCE) — 250,000 m³ desert catchment, Dholavira.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900–1600 CE) · Upper Xingu / ancestral Kuikuro Arawak
Central reservoir K12 of Kuhikugu at Seki isthmus — 80×60 m embanked reservoir and 900 m canal.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (Justinianic) · Byzantine Palestina Prima
Byzantine 6.5-ha reservoir (c.530 CE) on Nahal Taninim — Caesarea hinterland water buffer.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Ancient city
Pre-Aksumite Ethio-Sabaean to Late Aksumite (800 BCE–800 CE) · Ethio-Sabaean D'MT / pre-Aksumite → Aksumite
10 ha highland caravans town with Hawulti 5.5 m Sabaean obelisk, Aksumite stelai, palace of Kaskase and dam reservoir.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–5th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi SE terminus — 3 brick stupas (Stupa 1 17 m) on watershed with reservoir (17 km SE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic · Extremadura Megalithic (Tagus basin Chalcolithic)
Extremadura's 'Spanish Stonehenge' — oval chamber + 144-stone ovoid enclosure in Valdecañas reservoir, visible only in drought.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Classic to Postclassic · Maya Nakum polity
Holmul River city Nakum (250–1200 CE): 15 m Acropolis Building 99 palace-pyramid and triadic Group East, Postclassic stela plaza — rare Terminal Classic continuity.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Medieval (1205–1701) · Latgalian then Livonian Order
Episcopal stone castle at Koknese island fortress at confluence of Daugava and Pērse (Latgalian hillfort predecessor Kukonoyse), founded 1205 by Bishop Albert after grant by King Vetseke of Koknese,…
