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1,600 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) archaeological wonder of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2300 BCE–19th c; peak Roman) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman-Egyptian / Islamic oasis
Western Desert 100-km oasis with Muzawaka painted zodiac tombs and Ain Asil Old Kingdom governor palace.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early Historic to Gupta 700 BCE–400 CE · Kalinga (pre-Mauryan) / Maurya
Massive fortified early historic city (7th/3rd c. BCE–4th c. CE) near Bhubaneswar, largest known settlement of its period in eastern India — nearly perfect square 1.2×1.2 km 1.3 km² with 9 m high…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic–EBA onager hunters
Wadi Rashid hamada: 5 low-wall kites on open pavement with deep 2.4 m onager pits.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
Phoenician to Modern (7th c BCE–present; peak Punic 5th–3rd c BCE and Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Medieval Spanish
Punic–Roman promontory citadel Russadir forming core of Melilla la Vieja.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Late Roman (4th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Augustan veterans' colonia Banasa on Sebou with Tabula Banasitana and double forum.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Phoenician to Ottoman (7th c BCE–present) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Islamic
Phoenician Emporion under Tripoli with 163 CE tetrapylon arch of Marcus Aurelius and silted harbour.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Late Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Central tributary gorge of the Tamgaly (Tanbaly) UNESCO landscape 170 km NW Almaty, comprising 4.5 km of northwest-facing Chu-Ili schist panels with ~800 engravings.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Hattusa Fortress Outer — Hattusa (60-23) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Late Bronze Age (c. 1200 BCE) · Cypriot / Levantine itinerant tinker-trader
1200 BCE tin-trader that pioneered underwater archaeology – first scientific wreck excavation 1960.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Angkor Sanctuary A — Angkor (60-17) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Middle to Late Jomon 3500–1700 BCE · Middle–Late Jomon (Hachinohe region)
Middle–Late Jomon lacquer production village (c.3500–1700 BCE) on the Nii River terrace at Hachinohe, Aomori — 3 ha with 80+ pit dwellings, large midden, and lacquer-ware workshop that produced 400+…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Late Medieval Hausa Banza Bakwai (15th–early 18th c. CE) · Hausa (Kabawa–Kebbi)
Surame (15th–16th c.) is the 9 km² walled capital of Muhammadu Kanta's Kebbi Empire (c. 1516), the sole Hausa Banza Bakwai state to defeat Songhai (Battle of Jebbe).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Old Hattusa Reservoir A — Hattusa (60-44) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Western Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-05) at Delphi, Greece is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Hemudu culture 5500–3300 BCE · Hemudu (Hangzhou Bay maritime rice farmers)
Waterlogged neolithic pile-dwelling settlement (5500–3300 BCE) on Yao River coastal plain, type-site of Hemudu culture famous for earliest Chinese rice cultivation (paddy with wooden plough),…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Khajuraho Mound A — Khajuraho (60-31) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Outer Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-37) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kushan–Khorezmian 1 BCE–6 c. CE · Khorezmian (Chorasmian) with Kushan-Sogdian-Kharoshthi influence
Capital of Khorezm (c.1–6 c. CE) in Karakalpakstan — 500×350 m (17 ha) rectangular palace city with 14 ha shahristan and 3-tower citadel, excavated 1938–1990s by Tolstov and Rapoport (Nerazik).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Ottoman (3rd c. BCE–present; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Numidian / Carthaginian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Cirta (modern Constantine, Qusanṭīnah) is the Tunisian Tell's most dramatic city, perched on a limestone mesa girded by the 300-m-deep Rhumel gorge with four bridges.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Roman Imperial (18 CE–4th c. CE; peak Hadrianic 130–200 CE) · Roman
Mons Porphyrites (Jabal Abu Duhhan) is the world's only imperial porphyry source, 950 m Red Sea mountain, producing purple leucocratic andesine porphyry monolithic columns and sarcophagus of…
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Medieval to Early Modern (13th–19th c; library peak 17th–18th c) · Berber / Arab / Alkhalid
13th c scholar-ksar with 20-m square minaret and 5 manuscript libraries 1400+ codices.
