🇲🇾 Malaysia · Archaeological wonder
Lenggong
Lenggong or Lenggong Valley (Malay: Lembah Lenggong) is a geographical area defined by the mountain ranges of Bintang in the west and Titiwangsa to its east.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Balathal
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 500 BCE–300 CE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Northern Black Polished Ware Historic
Key Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic village-town (c.3000–1500 BCE) near Vallabhnagar northeast of Udaipur — under 2 ha mound with 7 seasons excavation 1993–2000 by V.N. Misra et al. (Deccan College).
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Dieng Plateau
The Dieng Plateau, often called simply Dieng (Javanese: ꦣꦶꦲꦾꦁ; Javanese pronunciation: [dijénɡ]) is a plateau in Central Java, Indonesia that forms the floor of the caldera complex on the Dieng…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Kumma (Nubia)
Kumma or Semna East is an archaeological site in Sudan. Established in the mid-12th Dynasty of Egypt, it served as a fortress of ancient Egypt in Nubia.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Ancient city
Ciudad Perdida (Teyuna) (Magdalena – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)
Late Intermediate Tairona 700–1600 CE (Tairona peak 1000–1500) · Tairona (Tairona-Buritaca, ancestors of Kogi / Arhuaco / Wiwa indigenous groups)
Tairona capital city (700–1600 CE) of Sierra Nevada: 184 stone-terraced bases (circular 10 m rings), elevated paved staircases (1,200 steps climb), retaining walls, aqueduct and burial terraces…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cemetery
Man Bac Cemetery
Neolithic 4000–3500 BP Da But→Phung Nguyen mosaic · Man Bac — Da But hunter to East Asian Neolithic admixture (Austroasiatic migration)
Man Bac Cemetery — Neolithic cemetery (c.4000–3500 BP, Phung Nguyen fringe) at Yen Mo karst 25 km S Ninh Binh, excavated 1999–2007 Australian–Vietnamese (Oxenham).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
An Khê Paleolithic Site
Lower Paleolithic 800–500 ka (Acheulean-like) · Acheulean-like (An Khê culture, Homo erectus)
Early Paleolithic settlement (c.800,000–500,000 BP) at An Khê valley, Gia Lai — oldest Paleolithic site in Vietnam and Southeast Asia outside Java, discovered 2014 by Vietnamese–Russian Nishcheta…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Prohear
Iron Age Funan precursor 500 BCE–200 CE → Funan–Chenla · Mekong Iron Age (Prohear) → Funan (proto-Khmer)
Iron Age mass burial and settlement terrace (c.500 BCE–200 CE) at Prohear in Prey Veng near Mekong, southern Cambodia — circular mound 0.8 ha excavated 2008–11 by Andreas Reinecke (German–Cambodian)…
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village
Biskupin Iron Age Lake Fort
Early Iron Age, Lusatian culture Hallstatt C · Lusatian (Lausitz) culture Hallstatt-period farmers
740 BCE Lusatian lake-fort—106 identical street-grid houses on Lake Biskupin islet.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Hafit Desert Kites (Al Ain piedmont, UAE–Oman border)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Hafit, 3200–2600 BCE) · Hafit (early eastern Arabian pastoral)
14 Hafit piedmont kites (3200–2600 BCE) interlocked with beehive tombs — Al Ain UNESCO landscape.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Đồng Đậu
Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200 BCE (Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun → Dong Son) · Phùng Nguyên succession (Vietic Red River) → Dong Son ancestor
Red River Phùng Nguyên succession site (c.1800–1200 BCE, Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200) northwest of Hanoi — type-site for Đồng Đậu culture (Bùi Vinh's Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun sequence)…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib South Sluice & Southern Oasis Canal (Jannat al-Janub)
Sabaean to Himyarite (7th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite
South sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (7th c BCE–575 CE) — 18-m limestone control for the grand southern oasis.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Lluta Valley Geoglyphs
Late Intermediate Cabuza-San Miguel · Arica (Cabuza, Maytas-Chiribaya)
45+ Lluta Valley terrace geoglyphs (700-1300 CE) facing valley floor, bridging Azapa and Tarapaca traditions.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Phu Tho Phung Nguyen Hill
Early Bronze Age Phung Nguyen 2000–1500 BCE · Phung Nguyen culture — Red River early bronze (type-site)
Phu Tho Phung Nguyen Hill — type-site of Phung Nguyen culture (2000–1500 BCE, Vietnam's earliest Bronze Age) on Hong River hill 10 km Viet Tri, 60 km NW Hanoi, excavated 1961 by Hoang Van Khoan (then…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Llanos de Moxos – Casarabe Culture Monuments
Late Intermediate, Casarabe culture · Casarabe (Moxos) savanna farmers
1,000 km of causeways + 147 forest-island cities (500–1400 CE) in seasonally flooded Beni savanna.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art
Khoit Tsenkher South Overhang
Palaeolithic to Early Bronze · Afanasievo, Chemurchek, Okunev
South overhang 180 m south of cave with Afanasievo exterior petroglyphs on talus.
🇵🇪 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.
🇵🇪 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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance in Derbyshire, Monyash, United Kingdom 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…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Taposiris Magna (Abusir el-Malk / Abu Sir)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c BCE–7th c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Greek
Lake Mariout harbour-city Taposiris Magna with Osiris temple and Cleopatra-tunnel.
🇺🇦 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.