🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
La Pasiega Cave
Middle Paleolithic to Magdalenian ~64–11 ka BP · Neanderthal and later Solutrean/Magdalenian
Monte Castillo cave with 64 ka Neanderthal ladder motif and 700 parietal figures.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Tell of Painted Ware Mideast 23 — Jordan Region 11 in Jordan Region 11, Jordan is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Kimberley Gwion Gwion Rock Art
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (c.12,000–4000 BCE Gwion phase) · Aboriginal Australian (Kimberley)
Kimberley Gwion (Bradshaw) – elegant, tasselled dancing figures with elaborate headdresses and dillybag (c.12,000–4,000 BCE), 2,800+ sites on Kimberley Plateau.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lombrives Cave Gallery - Ariege Extended System
Upper Paleolithic Aurignacian to Magdalenian (c.40,000–10,000 BCE) · Magdalenian and earlier Paleolithic
Lombrives – Europe's largest single cave by volume (39 km gallery, 2.5 km long chamber) in Ariège Pyrenees, extending Niaux system.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Kangla Grottoes (Minhe) — Yellow River Tibetan Fringe
Northern Dynasties to Qing (Western Wei to 19th c.) · Han-Tibetan Buddhist communities of Longxi
Yellow River Tibetan fringe 5-cave scarp Western Wei 540 CE seated Buddha with Tibetan repaint.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Kurgan Field Pyramid 108 — Sudan Region 12 in Sudan Region 12, Sudan is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Cumbemayo Aqueduct, Cajamarca
Andean Formative (Early Horizon) · Cajamarca (Cumbemayo culture) pre-Chavín
Andean 9-km zigzag rock-cut canal 1500 BCE with zigzag flow-slowing and Frailones hoodoos.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Snaketown Ball Court 1
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Snaketown Ball Court 1 in Arizona, Snaketown, United States is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Grotta di Fumane Aurignacian Level
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Grotta di Fumane Aurignacian Level in Veneto, Fumane, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Paracas Candelabra
Early Horizon, Paracas culture 200 BCE–100 BCE · Paracas culture, precursor to Nazca
181-m trident/cactus cut into coastal hill facing Pacific as sailors beacon.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Wadi Shab Aflaj System
Iron Age to Islamic ~500 BCE–1000 CE · Omani (Sassanian overlay)
Emerald-pool wadi terraces fed by swim-through aflaj tunnels on Oman Gulf coast.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Lines
Formative to Imperial, 900 BCE–1500 CE active; origins possibly 1500 BCE · Aymara and pre-Aymara Andean; later Tiwanaku-Inca incorporation
Largest line network on Earth - 16,000 km of sacred Aymara pilgrimage lines.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Tara and Burj Karez System (Pishin Valley, Balochistan)
Early Modern on Iron Age antecedent (Achaemenid wad?) · Baloch / Brahui oasis with Afghan karez diffusion
Balochistan karez (fog-qanat) field (1,680 m, 30°12′N 67°03′E 30.20,67.05) in Pishin Lora valley between Khwaja Amran and Takht-i-Sulaiman ranges; twin karez Tara (1.8 km) and Burj (2.3 km) with…
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Knowes Weston
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ancient City of Knowes Weston in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Harappan culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Earthwork
Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 in Canada Region 2, Canada is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.