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Burial mounds raised over the dead.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Maikop to Sarmatian (3600 BCE–300 CE) · Maikop / Yamnaya / Catacomb / Sarmatian
Stratified Maikop–Catacomb–Sarmatian kurgan cemetery (3600 BCE–300 CE) — Caucasus-steppe anchor.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Scythian Classic Royal) · Royal Scythian (Pontic Scythia)
Iconic Royal Scythian kurhan (45 m asl, 47°19′34″N 34°20′21″E 47.3269,34.3392 12 km southeast of Bol'shaia Znamenka, Vasil'evka Raion) excavated by Veselovski 1912-13 under 18 m high mound (4th-mill.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (eastern Ural–Aral)
Sarmatian ridge cemetery 38 km from Aktobe: 17 mounds with Greek kylix sherd and eagle gold.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Iron Age Sarmatian (Prokhorovka culture) · Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian–Prokhorovka)
29 Sarmatian chief mounds (400–300 BCE)—26,000 gold appliqués and scale-armored elite on the Ural steppe.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Mound
Sambaqui (c.7000–1500 BCE) South-Central Brazilian Coast · Sambaqui – Camacho fishermen-collectors
Sambaqui Figueirinha near Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, is a giant late Holocene shell mound (sambaqui) on the Imaruí–Garopaba coastal lagoon plain at 5 m asl.
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
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…
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)
Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Southern Extension in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Northern Annex in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Western Terrace in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Late Kofun 560–710 CE (Asuka) · Late Kofun (Yamato–Silla contact)
Unlooted 48 m Kofun at Ikaruga — gilt horse trappings and lacquer coffins (late 6th c, 1985 discovery).
🇬🇷 Greece · Tumulus
Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) · Mycenaean
Dimini Mycenaean Tholos North Dromos — Western Terrace in Thessaly, Volos, Greece is a Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Mycenaean.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
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.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector — Western Terrace in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)
Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ile de Gorée Precolonial Shell Midden 7 in Dakar, Gorée, Senegal is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Jebel Moya Tumulus Field South Edge in Sennar, Jebel Moya, Sudan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Meroe North Pyramid N19 Chapel in River Nile, Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mawangdui Han Tomb 1 East Chamber in Hunan, Changsha, China is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
