🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Fortress of Harbor Grimston
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fortress of Harbor Grimston in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) fortress attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Aphek
EB to Ottoman (c.3500 BCE–1917 CE; peak Canaanite–Philistine–Herod 3000 BCE–74 CE) · Canaanite → Philistine → Israelite → Philistine → Hellenistic → Herodian (Antipatris)
Tel Aphek (Herodian Antipatris) guards the Yarkon springs — Via Maris bottleneck, famous as Philistine camp before Saul's defeat (1 Sam 4) and Herod's Antipatri...
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Krak des Chevaliers
Crusader to Mamluk (11th c Kurdish fort; Hospitaller 1142–1271; Mamluk after 1271) · Kurdish / Frankish (Hospitaller) / Mamluk
Paradigmatic concentric Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers was built by Kurdish emir and expanded by Knights Hospitaller 1142–1271.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Paramonga — Fortaleza de Paramonga Stair-Pyramid Border Fort
Chimú (1100–1470 CE border fortress 30 m high pyramidal fortress) later Inca 1470 reused · Chimú border fort vs Chancay/Inca; Inca reused as border 1470
Paramonga fort excavated by Cieza and Middendorf.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Thubunae (Barika) – Hodna Basin Fort
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Numidia)
Southernmost Numidian walled town 32 ha facing Hodna chott, Thubunae dominates Sahara margin with 1.8 km circuit and Donatist basilica; 411 Conference bishop list.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortress
Boreum (Al Burdi) – Desert Frontier Tower
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine (Cyrenaica–Marmarica)
Desert–lagoon frontier tower at Marmarica's Cyrenaica edge, Boreum guarded the coastal road's last water before Egyptian desert and lagoon fishery.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Katsina Hillfort of Dutsin Ma
Medieval Hausa to Sokoto period (13th–19th c. CE) · Hausa (Katsina)
Granite inselberg hillfort south of Katsina with rock gongs.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
En Hazeva — Nabataean–Roman Road Station Annex
Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road)
En Hazeva — Nabataean–Roman Road Station Annex in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tigisis (Aïn el-Bordj)
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman-Christian (Donatist/Catholic)
Episcopal twin-church city in Souk Ahras hills with schism basilicas.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Thubunae Outlier – Henchir Ksar Bou Saad
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Outlier fortlet of Thubunae on Hodna rim with 6-tower enceinte.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Mascula (Khenchela) – Aurès Road Station
Roman (1st–7th c CE; colony under Trajan) · Roman (Numidia)
Mountain road colony with large baths fed by Aurès springs, arch of Caracalla and Byzantine chapel, on Theveste–Lambaesis road.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Sagzabad
Iron Age II–III (c.1200–550 BCE) · Iranian Iron (Persian pre-history)
Qazvin plain Iron Age type-site: four-period red-slipped citadel with storeroom jars red-burnished late Bronze to Iron I transition, “Sagzabad Ware”.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande — Huaca Fortaleza Chimú Border Pyramid
Moche Late (600–750 CE Transitional Moche V state, crucial 2012 Pampa Grande polity) · Late Moche → Wari overlap 750 collapse
Pampa Grande excavated by Shimada— 600–750 Moche V large city border.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tatilti (Aïn Touta) – Mountain Refuge
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Berber
Aurès pass city with bazina tumuli and thermal baths.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Gobir Citadel of Gidan Sabon Birni
Sokoto period (19th c. CE; Gobir resistance) · Hausa (Gobir)
Late Gobir fortified birni (4.2 km) after 1808 fall of Al Kalawa.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Fortress
Koy-Krylgan Kala — Khorezm Fortress
Achaemenid to Kushan (400 BCE–400 CE) Khorezm · Khorezmian
Koy-Krylgan Kala — Khorezm Fortress in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan (400 BCE–400 CE) Khorezm fortress attributed to Khorezmian.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
La Bastida de Totana — Argaric Fortified City
El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 BCE) · El Argar
Totana hill city excavated by Lull & Micó since 2009, type-site of Argaric urbanism, with fortified acropolis and extramural cemeteries.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line
Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) · Judahite then Nabataean–Roman
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Judahite then Nabataean–Roman.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Dara Anastasiopolis — Eastern Roman Cistern Complex
Anastasian Roman (505–530 CE) · Eastern Roman (Anastasius Justinian)
Tur-Abdin Roman city built to block Persian Nisibis, excavated by Keser 1986–, Procopius De Aedificiis description intact.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Housesteads Roman Fort
Roman (124–400 CE) · Roman (Hadrianic)
Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland, Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (124–400 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman (Hadrianic) culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Apurlec — Chimu-Cusco Wall Border Fort Motupillo
Chimú to Inca border (1200–1470 Chimú; 1470 Inca modified La Frontera) · Chimú → Inca Chimu-Inca frontier wall Motupillo (Pativilca analog)
Apurlec surveyed by Kosok, 10 km walls.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort
Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier · Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier fortress attributed to Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Portchester Castle
Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Portchester Castle in Hampshire, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Ayani Fortress — Lake Van Urartu
Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) · Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani)
Ayani Fortress — Lake Van Urartu in Van Province, Turkey is a Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) fortress attributed to Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani).