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Burial mounds raised over the dead.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (c.4500–3900 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Atlantic Neolithic
Mané-er-Hroëk (Neolithic c.4500–3900 BCE) crowns the Mané-er-Hroëk hill 800 m northeast of Locmariaquer village, a 100-m long trapezoidal passage grave under a 25-m high?
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Igbo-Ukwu Bronzemound Workshop Floor in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early to Middle Sarmatian (Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian, 500–350 BCE) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian (Prokhorovka transitional)
40+ Sarmatian royal mounds (5th–4th c BCE) with 820-g gold torque and Amazon warrior — West Kazakh Ural steppe.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Saka (7th–6th c. BCE) · Early Saka (Shilikty facies)
Shilikty north: 5 early royal kurgans (62 m) 2.2 km north of Golden Ridge, Zaisan valley 820 m.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Iron Age (Early Saka, Tasmola culture, 8th–5th c BCE) · Tasmola (early Saka, Central Kazakhstan)
Tasmola royal dromos kurgan (760–520 BCE) 45 m — eponymous early Saka mound with 200 gold plaques.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Sarmatian (600–400 BCE) · Sarmatian / Prot. Sauromatian
Eastern satellite cluster 10 km east of Tortoba core (Kobda District, Aktobe, 165 m) with 12 kurgans 18–52 m diam, 2–6 m high on low Emba-Uil interfluve steppe.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Middle Sarmatian · Sarmatian frontier
Kyzyl-Tobe north outpost: 18-m isolated kurgan with rampart overlooking Uil River ford.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Kolomoki — Mound A North Ramp (Georgia) in Georgia, Early County, Kolomoki, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attribut…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Tasmola Early Saka (5th c. BCE) · Tasmola
Taldy-2 satellite: 24-m Tasmola maiden kurgan 800 m south of royal Arystan, Karaganda steppe.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Meroe Village A — Meroe (56-50) at Meroe, Sudan is a Early Historic (regional) megalithic of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt La Tène A) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt/Latenian) — Glauberg horizon
Early Celtic princely oppidum with 350 m avenue, statue-menhir of leaf-crowned warrior and 50 m gold-burial mound, c.450 BCE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge South — Meroe (56-30) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Giza Ridge West — Giza (56-35) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Saka (520–280 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda
North bank terrace of Boralday River (Boraldy) 2.1 km north of park (770 m) with 5 mounds 24–52 m diam on 8-m river terrace scarp.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Sauromatian to Early Sarmatian (700–400 BCE) · Sauromatian
Linear alignment of 15 kurgans over 2.8 km on Ilek River upper terrace Batpak steppe (190 m) with diameters 16–38 m, heights 1.2–3.5 m, spaced 120–220 m (Sauromatian ‘street’ necropolis).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Vendel Period to Early Middle Ages (c.500–1150 CE) · Vendel Period Scandinavia / Early Swedish Kingdom
Magnate complex with three monumental Vendel Period royal burial mounds (Östhögen, Mellanhögen, Västhögen, 50–75 m diameter, 8–11 m high, c.550–600 CE), Thing mound and a 12th-century church on the…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Tumulus
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Estuary West Burial Mound in County Kerry, Ireland is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Tumulus
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tumulus of Lowfield Kurgan in Coquimbo, Chile is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tumulus attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Ditch Stone Tumulus in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
West Aber Burial Mound in Henan, China is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Deir-Tre Burial Mound in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
