Archaeological wonders

🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork

Llanos de Moxos – Casarabe Culture Monuments

Late Intermediate, Casarabe culture · Casarabe (Moxos) savanna farmers

1,000 km of causeways + 147 forest-island cities (500–1400 CE) in seasonally flooded Beni savanna.

🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art

Khoit Tsenkher South Overhang

Palaeolithic to Early Bronze · Afanasievo, Chemurchek, Okunev

South overhang 180 m south of cave with Afanasievo exterior petroglyphs on talus.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Toro Muerto Extended Geoglyph Field (La Caldera)

Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate · Wari / Chuquibamba

18 geometric and zoomorphic cleared geoglyphs (800–1200 CE) on La Caldera pampa south of Toro Muerto.

🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan

Chuya Steppe Kurgan Complex (Kosh-Agach Basin)

Early Iron Age (Chuya Pazyryk / Saka) · Pazyryk-derived Chuya steppe

Chuya intermontane basin floor (1,750 m, 49°55′N 88°30′E 49.92,88.50 tectonic depression, Chuya River) dense kurgan necropolis on dry steppe: 35 mounds 6-32 m diameter (1760 m at Tydtuyaryk…

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Kayatha

Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 BCE → Malwa 1700–1500 → Early Historic · Kayatha Chalcolithic → Ahar → Malwa → Sunga-Kushan-Gupta

Type-site of Malwa Kayatha Chalcolithic culture (2400–1700 BCE) on Choti Kali Sindh — earliest farming village in Malwa with five-period stratigraphy.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Chaviña Pampa Geoglyphs (Lucanas, Ayacucho)

Early Intermediate (Huarpa–Early Wari) · Huarpa / Rancha–Huarpa transition

18+ high-puna (3,200 m) trapezoids and zoomorphs (200 BCE–600 CE) linking Nazca to Wari highlands.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder

Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance

Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period

Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance in Derbyshire, Monyash, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.

🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

Band-e Gar and Dariun Aqueduct Extension (Greater Shushtar)

Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid · Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour

Northern Shushtar (65 m, 32°03′N 48°51′E 32.05,48.85) hydraulic extension of UNESCO 1315 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (1315): Band-e Gar (Gar Dam) and Dariun Great Weir interconnect canal…

🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex

Taposiris Magna (Abusir el-Malk / Abu Sir)

Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c BCE–7th c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Greek

Lake Mariout harbour-city Taposiris Magna with Osiris temple and Cleopatra-tunnel.

🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art

Kamennyye Mogily North Gully Petroglyphs

Early Bronze Age · Catacomb (Katakombnaya)

North gully 350 m north of Kamyana Mohyla with Catacomb geometric masks and wagon panels.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village

Truong Son Sa Huynh Site

Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal · Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)

Truong Son Sa Huynh Site — Sa Huynh culture type locality edge (1000 BCE–200 CE, Iron Age coastal Vietnam) on South China Sea dunes at Sa Huynh 50 km S Quang Ngai, foothill of Truong Son (Annamite…

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex

Yeha Temple (Great Temple)

Pre-Aksumite Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT) Early South Arabian to Aksumite (800 BCE–500 CE) · Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT; South Arabian migrants + Tigrayan)

Africa's oldest standing building – 14 m high 700 BCE Sabaean Almaqah temple intact with dry-jointed ashlar sandstone.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder

Alston Moor Bronze Age Peat Trackway (Cumbria Pennines)

Middle Bronze Age · Pennine Bronze Age (Stanwick-related)

Upland blanket-peat trackway (295 m asl, 54°48′36″N 02°26′24″W 54.81,-2.44 Alston Moor) on Cross Fell mire, North Pennines 890 m dome, rare high Pennine example at 295 m (not wetland fen but…

🇸🇪 Sweden · Temple complex

Gamla Uppsala

Vendel Period → Early Viking Age 500–1100 (Swedish pre-Christian) · Vendel Period Svear (Yngling dynasty) — Swedish pagan royal

Gamla Uppsala — Vendel Period royal cult centre (c.500–800 CE pagan temple and 6th c King's Mounds Kungshögarna: three 45–60 m diameter burial mounds 9–11 m high, Thing Mound flat-top) on Uppsala…

🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder

San Agustín Archaeological Park (Huila – Colombian Massif (Magdalena watershed))

Regional Classic 1–900 CE (Early 1–300, Middle 300–800, Late 800–900) · Agustinian (San Agustín culture, undetermined linguistic affiliation, Colombian massif)

Largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in Latin America: 500+ monumental tombs, volcanic tuff statues (5.5 m ‘Double of San Agustín’ double-figure, Eagle devouring snakes),…

🇹🇭 Thailand · Cave

Spirit Cave Mae Hong Son

Upper Paleolithic 18,000 BP → Hoabinhian 10,000–5500 BP → Neolithic 5300 BP pottery · Hoabinhian Tenasserim Shan Hills — Spirit Cave foragers (Tham Lod Rockshelter)

Spirit Cave Mae Hong Son — Hoabinhian rock shelter (18,000–5500 BP, Tham Lod Rockshelter) in Shan Hills karst at Pang Mapha 110 km N Mae Hong Son, excavated 1966 by C. Gorman (Univ.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Kuahuqiao

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…

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus

Besshatyr Royal Necropolis (Royal Mound 6 — Altyn-Emel, Semirechye)

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.

🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city

Thulamela

Zimbabwe–Khami Tradition (Late Iron Age 1250–1700 CE) · Shona-Venda (Lemba/Vhangona) / Tsonga hinterland

5 ha hilltop Mapungubwe-descendant gold citadel with Queen's grave (gold bangles, Chinese porcelain) controlling Levuhbu–Indian Ocean ivory route.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder

Skara Brae Outbuilding 8

Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period

Skara Brae Outbuilding 8 in Orkney, Bay of Skaill, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.

🇸🇰 Slovakia · Fortress

Bojna

Early Medieval Great Moravian frontier 800–950 (830–900 peak) · Great Moravian Slav frontier elite (Mojmirid) + Carolingian Frankish

Bojná-Valy — Great Moravian frontier stronghold system (c.800–950, peak 830–900) at Považský Inovec foothills above Bojňanka stream, comprising Valy 12 ha fort, Bojná I–III forts covering 20 ha, 3…

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph

Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field

Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · Northwest Arabian Neolithic

37 high-elevation basalt kites (8000–5000 BCE) on Harrat Rahah — NW Saudi volcanic field.

🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder

Olympia Workshop of Phidias

Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period

Olympia Workshop of Phidias in Peloponnese, Olympia, Greece is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.

Archaeological wonders

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Phu Tho Phung Nguyen Hill

Llanos de Moxos – Casarabe Culture Monuments

Khoit Tsenkher South Overhang

Toro Muerto Extended Geoglyph Field (La Caldera)

Chuya Steppe Kurgan Complex (Kosh-Agach Basin)

Kayatha

Chaviña Pampa Geoglyphs (Lucanas, Ayacucho)

Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance

Band-e Gar and Dariun Aqueduct Extension (Greater Shushtar)

Taposiris Magna (Abusir el-Malk / Abu Sir)

Kamennyye Mogily North Gully Petroglyphs

Truong Son Sa Huynh Site

Yeha Temple (Great Temple)

Alston Moor Bronze Age Peat Trackway (Cumbria Pennines)

Gamla Uppsala

San Agustín Archaeological Park (Huila – Colombian Massif (Magdalena watershed))

Spirit Cave Mae Hong Son

Kuahuqiao

Besshatyr Royal Necropolis (Royal Mound 6 — Altyn-Emel, Semirechye)

Thulamela

Skara Brae Outbuilding 8

Bojna

Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field

Olympia Workshop of Phidias

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