🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin
Shang · Shang (Late)
Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin in Henan Province, China is a Shang ancient city attributed to Shang (Late) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1114).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
El Kab (Elythias) – Walled Town & Tombs
Predynastic to Ptolemaic (c. 3500 BCE – 30 BCE; peak 1550–1070 BCE) · Egyptian (Naqada – New Kingdom – Late)
Twin to Hierakonpolis, El Kab's double walls 12 m high enclose predynastic to New Kingdom town with rock tombs narrating Hyksos expulsion (Ahmose son of Ibana biography). Temple of...
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Gihon Spring and Warren's Shaft (City of David water system, Jerusalem)
Middle Bronze II to Iron Age IIA–B (1800–580 BCE) · Canaanite (Middle Bronze) → Jebusite / Israelite–Judite
Jerusalem's 1800 BCE–701 BCE fortified perennial spring and karst shaft — 1,500-year water-security evolution.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Ralswiek Slavic Prince's Settlement (Rügen)
Early Middle Ages (750–850 CE peak; revived 9th–12th c.) · Slavic Rani / Rügen Principality
Ralswiek Slavic Prince's Settlement (Rügen) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Großer Jasmunder Bodden shore, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (750–850 CE peak; revived 9th–12th c.) Slavic Rani /…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) · Canaanite
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Southern Extension in Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) · Canaanite
Tel Kabri Palace Storage Annex West — Eastern Outlier in Galilee, Western Galilee, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex — Western Terrace
Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) · Kindah
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex — Western Terrace in Riyadh, Wadi al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) ancient city attributed to Kindah.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Castro of Vila Nova de São Pedro
Chalcolithic (c.3000–2000 BCE) · Vila Nova de São Pedro (Iberian Chalcolithic / Bell Beaker)
Iberian Chalcolithic type-site (3000–2000 BCE) — three-walled fortified settlement with bastions and copper workshop on Tagus plain.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Eastern Outlier
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) · Uruk Period
Uruk Anu Ziggurat Terrace North Annex — Eastern Outlier in Al Muthanna, Warka, Iraq is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3100 BCE) ancient city attributed to Uruk Period.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Southern Extension
Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Southern Extension in Haryana, Hisar, India is a Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Eastern Outlier
Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Eastern Outlier in Haryana, Hisar, India is a Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Western Terrace
Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) · Thulamela
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Western Terrace in Limpopo, Kruger, South Africa is a Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) ancient city attributed to Thulamela.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran — Southern Extension
Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) · Minoan
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran — Southern Extension in Cyclades, Santorini, Greece is a Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex
Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) · Kindah
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex in Riyadh, Wadi al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) ancient city attributed to Kindah.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ma'agan Michael Byzantine Reservoir & Aqueduct
Byzantine (Justinianic) · Byzantine Palestina Prima
Byzantine 6.5-ha reservoir (c.530 CE) on Nahal Taninim — Caesarea hinterland water buffer.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mogador Island Purple Dye Workshop
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mogador Island Purple Dye Workshop in Marrakech-Safi, Essaouira, Morocco is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dur-Katlimmu Red House Archive Room
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dur-Katlimmu Red House Archive Room in Al-Hasakah, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Nabta Playa Stone Complex Alignment 7
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nabta Playa Stone Complex Alignment 7 in New Valley, Nabta Playa, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Haft Tepe (Haft Tappeh, ancient Kabnak)
Middle Elamite (1500–1350 BCE; short floruit ~100 years) · Middle Elamite (Kidinuid→Igihalkid)
Middle Elamite tomb-temple city of Tepti-Ahar with vaulted royal tombs and 600-tablet archive.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappa Mound E Granary North Platform
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Harappa Mound E Granary North Platform in Punjab, Sahiwal, Pakistan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient city
Ribe
Early Medieval Viking Age 704–900 (Denmark's oldest town dendro 704) · Danish Viking Age (South Jutland emporium — Frisian–Frankish contact)
Ribe — Viking Age emporium and Denmark's oldest town (dendro 704–710 market 8th c foundation, peak 700–900), on Ribe River 5 km from Wadden Sea tidal flats, southern Jutland. Excavated M.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell es-Sweyhat (Tell Sweyhat, ancient Burmarina?)
Early to Middle Bronze (3100–1600 BCE; peak EBA III 2500–2200 BCE) · Middle Euphrates Early Bronze (EJ) → Middle Bronze Amorite
Sweyhat embayment EBA city with 180-grave shaft cemetery and donkey sacrifices before Lake Assad.