🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo in Konya, Boncuklu, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pauni
Vidarbha Megalithic 1100–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Sunga–Satavahana 187 BCE–250 CE → Vakataka 250–500 CE · Vidarbha Megalithic → Mauryan → Satavahana → Vakataka (Vidarbha Early Historic)
Vidarbha fortress-city Padmavati on Wainganga (1100 BCE–300 CE) — 4 km rampart with two Satavahana stupas (38 m) and megalithic-to-Mauryan continuity.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Kültepe Karum Ib Lower Level
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kültepe Karum Ib Lower Level in Kayseri, Kültepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Atij (Tell ʿAtiq, Atij)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze II (3400–2600 BCE; Ninevite 5) · North Mesopotamian Ninevite 5 (Khabur) → EJ 2
Khabur granary acropolis with 200+ beehive silos — Early Bronze dry-farming surplus hub.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Amastris (Amasra) – Submerged Double Harbour Moles of Sesamos
Archaic to Genoese (c. 600 BCE – 1460 CE) · Paphlagonian / Persian / Hellenistic (Amastris) / Roman / Byzantine / Genoese
Queen Amastris's twin-bay double harbour – western mole 80 m at –2.5 m and eastern mole 60 m at –3 m.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Cancuen
Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) · Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port)
Cancuen in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala is a Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port) culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Harunotsuji (Iki)
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Ikikoku under Wei Zhi Wa federation) · Yayoi Iki–Tsushima maritime (Wa – Wei Himiko federation)
Wei Zhi Ikikoku maritime capital (300 BCE–300 CE) at Harunotsuji Iki — 100 ha with 2 km moat, 47 Han mirrors and plaza warehouse.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Lake Moeris Harbour Pier (Kom Aushim)
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (c.260 BCE – 450 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Peak Fayum metropolis on Lake Moeris — harbour pier and quay 1–3 m under lake-edge reeds, papyrus capital of Arsine.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Talagunda
Kadamba (345–540 CE) with Shatavahana precursor · Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
455 CE Sanskrit pillar—longest early Karnataka (16 lines, Mayurasharma vita)—with 2-ha Kadamba hillock settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Aigosthena – Fortified Harbour of Megaris, Porto Germeno
Classical to Medieval (370 BCE – 1500 CE) · Megarian / Boeotian / Hellenistic
Megarian border fort — 18 m SE tower with original roof above 60 m mole at −2 m guarding Kithairon pass.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Qatna Royal Tomb AnteChamber
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Qatna Royal Tomb AnteChamber in Homs, Mishrifeh, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Písac (Písaq)
Late Horizon Inca Imperial 1440–1530 CE (built under Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui) · Inca (Quechua, Late Horizon, Sacred Valley expansion)
Inca royal estate and agricultural terraces considered among finest Inca ashlar engineering beyond Machu Picchu: Intihuatana (Sun-hitching stone) solstice-gnomon ridge, Qalla Q'asa fortress on…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Aigai Temple of Athena — Manisa Yunt Dağ
Archaic to Roman · Aiolian Greek, Hellenistic Attalid
Yunt Dağ 400-m Aiolian Athena 300 BCE terrace with 3-storey stoa and agora, 12 Aiolian League wool city.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Elkab Rock Tomb 8 West Wall
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Elkab Rock Tomb 8 West Wall in Luxor, Elkab, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Myos Hormos — Mangrove Lagoon Harbour at Marsa Nakari (Aphrodite Port)
Ptolemaic to Roman (c.280 BCE – 150 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Myos Hormos system southern mangrove lagoon at Marsa Nakari — 0.5–1.5 m mangrove-enclosed harbour 18 km south of Marsa Alam, Nechesia hypothesis.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mansar
Vakataka–Gupta (250–550 CE) · Vakataka (Deccan) – Gupta contemporaneous
Vakataka–Gupta palace city (5th–6th c)—38×38 m palace, Shiva–Vishnu temple, 170×40 m dammed reservoir at Nagpur.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) – Decapolis Port on Jordan Valley Escarpment
Natufian to Byzantine (c. 10000 BCE – 749 CE) · Natufian / Chalcolithic / Canaanite / Hellenistic Decapolis / Roman / Byzantine
Decapolis wadi harbour city – revetment 30 m at –1 m in Wadi Jirm below escarpment terraces.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Uthina (Oudhna)
Numidian to Early Islamic (2nd c BCE–9th c CE; peak 2nd–4th c) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine / Early Islamic
90-ha Augustan veteran colonia with half-buried 16,000-seat amphitheatre and Zaghouan-fed baths.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dur-Katlimmu
Middle Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (c.1800 BCE–300 CE), peak Assyrian 800–600 BCE · Mitanni → Middle/Neo-Assyrian → Parthian
Lower Khabur Assyrian capital 55 ha (600 tablets, Red House archive, canal) 70 km NE Deir ez-Zor.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Caral-Supe
Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) · Caral-Supe (Norte Chico)
Caral-Supe in Lima, Peru is a Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Caral-Supe (Norte Chico) culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern lagoon harbour of Maeotian Bata at Kuban Liman — 80 m timber quay at –1.5 m and fish weir.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Lixus
Phoenician to Early Islamic (8th c BCE–8th c CE; peak Mauretanian-Roman) · Phoenician / Carthaginian / Mauretanian / Roman
Phoenician tell 8th c BCE of Hesperides legend with garum factories, hybrid theatre-amphitheatre and Helios mosaic.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Akchakhan-Kala (Kazakly-Yatkan)
Kangju–Kushan Khorezmian 200 BCE–200 CE · Khorezmian (Chorasmian) Zoroastrian
Khorezmian ceremonial city (c.2 c. BCE–2 c. CE) at Kazakly-Yatkan near Beruni — 10 ha double-walled town with ceremonial palace complex (Columned Hall 30×30 m with 20 columns), fire temple, and…
🇳🇪 Niger · Archaeological wonder
Bura Culture (Bura-Asinda-Sikka)
Late Iron Age (3rd–13th c CE) · Bura
834-tomb iron funerary field 3rd–13th c with equestrian terra-cotta sculptures and urn spears.