🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Toro Muerto Extended Geoglyph Field (La Caldera)
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate · Wari / Chuquibamba
18 geometric and zoomorphic cleared geoglyphs (800–1200 CE) on La Caldera pampa south of Toro Muerto.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Chuya Steppe Kurgan Complex (Kosh-Agach Basin)
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…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Kayatha
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 BCE → Malwa 1700–1500 → Early Historic · Kayatha Chalcolithic → Ahar → Malwa → Sunga-Kushan-Gupta
Type-site of Malwa Kayatha Chalcolithic culture (2400–1700 BCE) on Choti Kali Sindh — earliest farming village in Malwa with five-period stratigraphy.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Zhaobaogou
Zhaobaogou 5400–4500 BCE → Hongshan 4700–2900 → Lower Xiajiadian · Zhaobaogou (Liao Neolithic, post-Xinglongwa)
Type-site for Zhaobaogou culture (c.5400–4500 BCE, post-Xinglongwa) on the Aohan plain adjacent to Xinglongwa near Chifeng — 1.5 ha village with 18 pit houses and rich artistic pottery, excavated…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex
Early Horizon–Early Intermediate 250–200 BCE (Initial Late Chavín to Wari interstice, Casma-Sechín tradition) · Casma–Sechín / Pampas ( north-central desert, precedent to Moche for Casma valley, not Inca)
Oldest solar observatory in Americas (250–200 BCE): 13 evenly spaced 2–5 m towers on 300 m ridge crest marking annual solar horizon from two enclosed observation pavilions (western fortress hill and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Geoglyphs (Lucanas, Ayacucho)
Early Intermediate (Huarpa–Early Wari) · Huarpa / Rancha–Huarpa transition
18+ high-puna (3,200 m) trapezoids and zoomorphs (200 BCE–600 CE) linking Nazca to Wari highlands.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Kaisar (Valerian Bridge-Dam, Shushtar — Pol-e Kaisar)
Sassanid Early (Shapur I, 241–270 CE) built by Roman captives · Sassanid Persian with Roman engineering corps (Legio)
500-m Roman-Sassanid arch bridge/dam (260 CE) raising Karun for Shushtar's 10-km Gargar canal — easternmost Roman dam.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Paquime Casas Grandes Ball Court East
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Paquime Casas Grandes Ball Court East in Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Mexico is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Samrong Sen
Samrong Sen Neolithic 1500–500 BCE → Bronze 500 BCE–200 CE → early Chenla · Samrong Sen (Mekong Neolithic rice, Austroasiatic Khmer ancestor?)
Oldest Khmer Neolithic mound and cemetery (c.1500 BCE–200 BCE, Samrong Sen culture) on the Tonle Sap west bank near Kampong Chhnang — 7 ha hill slope with 3 m shell-rich layers excavated 1901–02 by…
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Atapuerca Galería Lower Level
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Atapuerca Galería Lower Level in Castile and León, Atapuerca, Spain is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Gar and Dariun Aqueduct Extension (Greater Shushtar)
Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid · Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour
Northern Shushtar (65 m, 32°03′N 48°51′E 32.05,48.85) hydraulic extension of UNESCO 1315 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (1315): Band-e Gar (Gar Dam) and Dariun Great Weir interconnect canal…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Danamombe (Dhlo-Dhlo)
Zimbabwe Culture Period V (Khami-Rozvi transition 1693–1830) · Rozvi (Karanga-Changamire) / Kalanga
Rozvi Changamire capital 1693–1830 with quartzite coursed walls 6 m and Portuguese majolica within 8 ha enclosure.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber in Brittany, Locmariaquer, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Rock art
Hoa Binh Cave Sites (Lang Gom)
Mesolithic Hoabinhian 12,000–7000 → Da But → Phung Nguyen 2000 BCE · Hoa Binh / Hoabinhian Mesolithic (Vietnam northern karst)
Hoa Binh (Hòa Bình) culture type-site — karst rockshelter caves (12,000–2000 BCE, Mesolithic–Neolithic) 70 km south Hanoi on Ma River limestone karst, excavated 1927 Colani (ÉFEO) and 1970s–2000s Ha…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Khairadih
Chalcolithic (2000–1300) → Black-slipped/Iron (1300–600 BCE) → NBPW–Gupta (600 BCE–600 CE) · Middle Ganga Narhan–Khairadih → NBPW–Buddhist Ganga
Middle Ganga Chalcolithic–Iron Age village (c.2000 BCE–600 CE) on the Ghaghara–Ganga doab at Khairadih near Buxar/Ballia — excavated 1981–83 by Birendra Pratap Singh (BHU Banaras).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Kossaima (Kusseima) Sinai Kite Field (North Sinai, Egypt)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze I (Timnian–Beersheva) · Sinai–Negev Late Neolithic (Timnian, Ghassulian)
20 Sinai gateway kites (arms 60–140 m) funneling Ibex through Kossaima Pass — navamis-associated.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
Truong Son
Hoabinhian 10,000–8000 BCE → Son Vi → Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE → War layer 1965–75 · Hoabinhian → Sa Huynh
Truong Son = Annamite highland caves (Hoabinhian→Sa Huynh, 10 ka–500 CE) on Hai Van crest (task-highlight).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Fortress
Berkut-Kala
Kushan (100 BCE–300 CE) → Afrighid Khwarazm (400–800 CE) → abandon desertification · Khwarazmian (Kushan–Afrighid) with Bactrian influence
Kushan–Afrighid desert fortress town (c.100 BCE–800 CE) in the Berkut-Kala oasis on the northern Amu Darya delta near Ellikkala — 8 ha square fortified palace with 2 km wall (Afrighid Khwarazmian)…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Tre'r Ceiri Summit Hut Circle 12
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Tre'r Ceiri Summit Hut Circle 12 in Gwynedd, Llanaelhaearn, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Antinopolis (Antinoë)
Roman to Early Islamic (130–800 CE) · Roman / Greek / Egyptian
130 CE Hadrian-planned city for Antinous with 300-m hippodrome, triumphal arch and North Cemetery mummy portraits.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar de Tara Stone Geoglyphs (Licancabur Salars)
Archaic to Formative (Tulán–Puripica) · Atacama caravan (Tulán, Puripica, early Atacameño)
20 high-salar ignimbrite geoglyphs (1200 BCE–1000 CE) at 4,316 m above Salar de Tara cathedrals.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Kamennyye Mogily North Gully Petroglyphs
Early Bronze Age · Catacomb (Katakombnaya)
North gully 350 m north of Kamyana Mohyla with Catacomb geometric masks and wagon panels.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Jeitun (Djeitun)
Jeitun Neolithic 6000–5000 BCE → Pessejik phase · Jeitun culture (Central Asian Neolithic)
Type-site for Neolithic Jeitun culture (c.6000–5000 BCE) in the Kopet Dag piedmont north of Ashgabat — 10 house settlement (0.8 ha) excavated 1952–62 by Vadim Masson, the earliest permanent farming…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Truong Son Sa Huynh Site
Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal · Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)
Truong Son Sa Huynh Site — Sa Huynh culture type locality edge (1000 BCE–200 CE, Iron Age coastal Vietnam) on South China Sea dunes at Sa Huynh 50 km S Quang Ngai, foothill of Truong Son (Annamite…