🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Shortugai
Mature Harappan (c.2500–1800 BCE) · Harappan colony (Indus diaspora on Oxus)
Northernmost Harappan colony on Oxus (Darqad) — lapis procurement hub 250 km from Badakhshan mines.
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The first farming settlements and the houses people lived in.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Late Harappan / Copper Hoard & Ochre Coloured Pottery (c.2200–1800 BCE) · Late Harappan–OCP / Copper Hoard Culture
Royal Late Harappan cemetery with India's first Bronze Age chariots (2200–1800 BCE) at Sinauli.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (c.2500–1800 BCE) · Harappan colony (Indus diaspora on Oxus)
Northernmost Harappan colony on Oxus (Darqad) — lapis procurement hub 250 km from Badakhshan mines.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Carn Euny Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early to Late Harappan (c.3000–1700 BCE, five phases) · Harappan (Sindhi–Kachchhi)
Harappan island fort Bakarkot in eastern Kachchh — five-phase Harappan–medieval citadel.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (c.6000–3200 BCE, type-site 5000 BCE) · Kili Gul Mohammad → Togau → Kechi Beg → Damb Sadaat
Type-site for earliest South Asian farming (5000 BCE) — 15 m high Quetta Valley Neolithic mound.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Santa Cruz Submerged Village West in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – ubaid village with grain storages (dims 1.1 ha).
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Caracol Causeway Terminus in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to EBA II (4900–2300 BCE) · Obed → Late Uruk → EBA Karababa
EBA low mound with Uruk citadel — 4900 BCE to 2300 BCE furnace village.
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Kretinga Hillfort & Iron Age Grave in Klaipėda County, Lithuania is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés in Balearic Islands, Menorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Baiae Submerged Villa North in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Pazyryk Frozen Kurgan Outlier West in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pavlopetri Megalithic Wall West in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Hydraulic Basin North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Drishadvati Harappan town 60 km west of Hisar — fortified Early Harappan to planned Mature grid.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Ses Païsses in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇦🇺 Australia · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Bimini Inlet Stone Wall Extension in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Drainage Channel North in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Port Royal Submerged Street North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii / Romano-British
Chysauster Ancient Village — Gulval in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii / Romano-British.
