🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Alexandria Prophthasia
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία), also known as Alexandria in Drangiana, was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Alto Ramírez West Quebrada Cardones Geoglyphs (Cardones Ravine Terraces)
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate (Alto Ramírez–Cabuza 600–1100 CE) · Lluta Alto Ramírez–Cabuza–Maitas
27 western Cardones ravine figures 3.5 km from Lluta confluence: bow-legged giants plus feline and trapezoid avenue to puquios.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Paititi — Upper Madre de Dios Terraces at Salvación Ridge (Manu East)
Hypothetical Inka Late Horizon to Colonial refuge · Hypothetical Inka / Anti
Hypothetical Salvación Ridge terraces in Manú — 2 km terrace claim vs colluvial benches.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Hydraulic works
Jericho–Wadi Qelt Herodian Aqueduct System (Judean Desert, Palestine)
Hasmonean to Herodian–Early Roman (100 BCE–70 CE) · Hasmonean / Herodian Judean (Hellenistic–Roman desert court)
20-km Wadi Qelt cliff aqueducts (c.20 BCE) cascading 400 m to irrigate Herod's Jericho oasis palaces and balsam plantations.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Kalbak-Tash Kurgan Field
Early Bronze to Early Saka, Afanasievo to Saka · Afanasievo to Early Saka Altai
Kalbak-Tash multi-period kurgan field (2800-600 BCE) of 22 cromlechs co-located with 500-panel rock-art gorge on Chuya River.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Rock Art of Djelfa — Atlas Saharan
Neolithic to Protohistoric (Bubalus → Bovid pastoral → Libyco-Berber) · Capsian Neolithic pastoralists then Garamantian–Libyco-Berber
Ouled Nail Atlas 1162 ram-engravings 7000–3000 BCE, Bubalus ram 1.2 m with headdress, CapSian cattle pastoral transition.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Quebrada de Camiña Geoglyphs (Camiña Precordillera)
Middle to Late Intermediate (Camiña) · Camiña–Camiña culture (highland enclave)
Precordillera hillside geoglyphs at Camiña: 16 ladder-body figures linking Nama petroglyphs to valley terraces.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Arsal
Arsal (also spelled Aarsal, Ersal or 'Irsal; Arabic: عرسال), is a town and municipality situated east of Labweh, 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast of Beirut, in Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Thorsberg Moor Plankway and Votive Causeway (Schleswig-Holstein)
Roman Iron Age (Angles) · Germanic Angles (North Germanic)
Thorsberg moor (Thorsberger Moor, Thorsberg Mose) peat bog (18 m asl, 54°38′14″N 09°46′07″E 54.6373,9.7687) in Anglia where Angles deposited votive offerings for four centuries, with 100 m oak…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Besoba Kurgan Mausoleum (Karaganda Steppe Pyramid)
Early Iron Age Tasmola transition · Tasmola–Begazy (Sary-Arka early nomads)
Stepped tetrahedral kurgan southeast of Karaganda: 54-m four-terrace pyramid mound (800 BCE).
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Azapa La Portada Geoglyphs (Eastern Extension)
Formative to Late Intermediate (Alto Ramírez–San Miguel) · Azapa–Cabuza agropastoralists
Eastern Azapa extension at La Portada pass: 18 additive cobble figures beyond Cerro Sombrero.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Harrat Uthaib Mustatil–Kite Hybrid Field (Tabuk South)
Late Neolithic (Arabian) · Uthaib lava-field hunter-ceremonialists
Hybrid of 18 mustatils and 8 kites stratigraphically entangled on Harrat Uthaib lava south of Tabuk.
🇴🇲 Oman · Earthwork
Jebel Qara Desert Kites
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, Qara Neolithic · Dhofar Neolithic pastoral-hunter groups
18 Neolithic limestone desert kites (4600-3800 BCE) on Dhofar's Jebel Qara, southernmost kite province at monsoon escarpment.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Tayma Mustatil Field
Neolithic, Arabian Late Neolithic 5200-5000 BCE · North Arabian Late Neolithic pastoralists
12 Neolithic mustatil ritual enclosures (5000-5200 BCE) on Tayma sabkha margin with causeway gates aligned to Jebel Ghunaym.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Glastonbury Lake Village – Iron Age Crannog Cluster
Iron Age, British Middle–Late (Hod Hill + Glastonbury ware) · Iron Age Somerset wetland Britons (Durotriges–Dumnonii border)
250 BCE–50 BCE Iron Age peat islands—90 wattle houses on Somerset artificial crannogs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Menua (Semiramis / Shamiram) Canal (Van, Eastern Anatolia)
Iron Age (Urartian Kingdom) · Urartian
Urartian masterpiece (1,720 m, 38°30′37″N 43°21′58″E 38.5103,43.3661; also 38°29′39″N 43°22′48″E Van city) 56 km (35 mi) gravity canal plus aqueducts built by King Menua (r.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Khaybar North Mustatil Corridor (Harrat Khaybar Northern Margin)
Late Neolithic Arabian · North Khaybar pastoral ceremonialists
Northern Khaybar mustatil line: 22 early Neolithic ritual platforms along 8.4 km lava–sandstone beach ridge.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Taldy-2 Kurgan – Tasmola Culture Royal Tomb
Early Iron Age, Tasmola/Scythian-Saka (9th–5th c. BCE) · Tasmola (Saka-Scythian) steppe pastoralists
8-m-high 800 BCE Tasmola royal mound (70 m wide) with 4,500 golds and 30 satellite 'moustache' stone alignments.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Azapa Valley Geoglyphs
Formative Alto Ramirez to Late Intermediate San Miguel · Azapa (Alto Ramirez, Cabuza, San Miguel)
40+ Azapa Valley terrace geoglyphs (500 BCE-1350 CE) viewed at short range, bridging Formative to Late Intermediate.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Lluta Mid-Valley Geoglyphs (Molinos – Rosario Sector)
Late Intermediate (Cabza) · Lluta–Azapa agriculturalists
Mid-Lluta terrace geoglyphs between Poconchile and Molinos: 27 figures on fluvial benches below Alto Ramírez.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Gran Paititi — Pusharo Lagoon Mesa Plateau North (Madre de Dios Plateau North)
Hypothetical Inka Late Horizon to Refuge · Hypothetical Inka mega-city
Hypothetical northern mesa plateau of Gran Paititi — 3 km natural sandstone outliers as pyramids.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Aartswoud
Aartswoud (West Frisian: Ierswoud) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, part of the municipality of Opmeer. It lies about twelve kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Heerhugowaard.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Eleke Sazy Royal Kurgan
Early Iron Age, Early Saka 8th-5th c. BCE · Early Saka Tarbagatai
680 BCE Early Saka golden warrior kurgan (4,300 golds) in ranked 280-mound cemetery at Eleke Sazy, Tarbagatai.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch – Longest Qanat in Iran
Achaemenid to present (2,500 years continuous) · Persian qanat engineers (Achaemenid, Sassanian, Safavid)
71-km Zarch qanat—longest gravity aquifer tunnel on Earth (500 BCE–Safavid).