🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Komchen
Formative to Early Classic 350 BCE–600 CE · Maya (Komchen formative)
Formative slate-ware town before Dzibilchaltun, 350 BCE–600 CE.
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CategoriesMegaliths
Stone circles, dolmens, menhirs and passage tombs raised without metal tools.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Irish Sea passage grave tradition
Anglesey cruciform passage grave with spiral-decorated stones and 27 m cairn on coastal headland.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Formative to Early Classic 350 BCE–600 CE · Maya (Komchen formative)
Formative slate-ware town before Dzibilchaltun, 350 BCE–600 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Deptford–Hopewell–Weeden Island 500 BCE–1000 CE · Deptford / Hopewell Gulf Coast
Six mounds 500 BCE–1000 CE with Hopewell copper and stelae.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (3500 BCE) Alentejo dolmen Fontainhas with painted serpent Hunt Panel · Ourique Alentejo dolmen art
Fontainhas painted 3500 hunt scene oldest Alentejo dolmen painting.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on Rousay flank, excavated by Henshall, with stalled chamber and partition slabs, containing Neolithic human bone and pottery.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Passage Grave
Passage grave on Mont Ubé hill, St Clement, Jersey, rectangular chamber, c.4000 BCE.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Viking Age · Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth)
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church in South Denmark, Vejle Municipality, Denmark is a Viking Age megalithic attributed to Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth) culture.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic
Maski — Ash Mound and Megalith Extension in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zapotec Postclassic 1250–1521 CE · Zapotec (Tlacolula valley)
Zapotec hill-fortress Palace Six Patios 1250–1400 CE, UNESCO 2010.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hopewell 100–500 CE · Hopewell tradition
Effigy mound with 136 portrait pipes, Hopewell 100–300 CE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) · PPNA
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary in Aleppo Governorate, Queiq plain, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) temple complex attributed to PPNA culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Clava Cairns / Beaker
Inverness's classic Clava group excavated by Piggott 1952–53, midwinter sunset aligns down passage, Balnuaran has 3 cairns.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE · Mississippian (Cahokian)
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 1000–1250 CE.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pallava Dynasty 580–728 CE (Mamalla and Rajasimha phases) · Tamil / Pallava Hindu (Shaiva/Vaishnava)
Pallava (7th–8th c CE) coastal temple town with 40 rock-cut shrines: Shore Temple granite seaside, Five Rathas monolithic chariot-temples cut from single boulders, Arjuna's Penance 27 m bas-relief,…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) · Scillonian Bronze Age
Innisidgen Cairns — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Scillonian Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Wari Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE · Wari (Huari imperial)
Wari mausoleum 64 tombs gold queens 600–800 CE, intact 2012.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic · Boyne Valley Neolithic
Westernmost of three great Brú na Bóinne tombs, 85 m diameter, two passages and souterrain. Less restored, preserving original form. Associated winter sunset alignment.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Irish Sea Passage Tomb tradition
Anglesey passage tomb with 8.4 m passage aligned to midsummer sunrise and decorated spiral stone.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8200 BCE) · PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian)
Germuş hill excavated by Schmidt 1995–, 20 enclosures with T-pillars and animal reliefs,intentionally backfilled 8200 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3000 BCE) · Channel Islands Late Neolithic
Le Creux ès Faïes in Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Channel Islands Late Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Postclassic 1220–1440 CE · Maya (Cocom–League)
Walled capital 9 km wall, 4000 structures, League 1220–1440 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Massive henge and stone circle 104 m diameter, originally 60 stones (36 surviving). Enclosed by rock-cut ditch up to 10 m wide. Core of Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic (3700 BCE) · Irish Neolithic / Carrowmore
Carrowmore's centre excavated by P. Woodman 1977–82, dolmen with boulder circle and passage facing Knocknarea's Queen Maeve cairn.
