🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Hwasun — Hyosan-ri Dolmen with Quarry
Bronze Age (800–600 BCE) · Mumun dolmen
Hwasun Hyosan-ri excavated 1990s, quarry wedge holes match capstone, UNESCO 2000.
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🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Bronze Age (800–600 BCE) · Mumun dolmen
Hwasun Hyosan-ri excavated 1990s, quarry wedge holes match capstone, UNESCO 2000.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Three Kingdoms Silla 4th–6th c CE → Unified Silla · Silla Three Kingdoms (Gyeongju Hwangnam)
Hwangnam Daechong — largest Silla royal twin mound tomb (5th–6th c CE, Silla middle period) 800 m south Wolseong palace, Gyeongju Tumuli Park, excavated 1973–75 Cultural Heritage Administration…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Three Kingdoms Silla 5th–6th c CE · Silla Three Kingdoms (Gyeongju Tumuli)
Cheonmachong (Tomb No.155) — Silla royal tomb (c.5th–6th c CE, Silla middle) 100 m west Hwangnam Daechong, Gyeongju Tumuli Park, excavated 1973 CHA (Kim Jeong-hak).
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Bronze Age (1000–700 BCE) · Mumun
Ganghwa Bugun-ri excavated 1965, 120 dolmens on island, table 6.5 m with altar stone, UNESCO.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Joseon Dynasty 1794–1796 CE · Joseon Korean (Jeongjo)
5.52 km bastioned city wall (1794–1796) built by King Jeongjo to honor father Prince Sado and establish new capital, combining Korean, Chinese and Western bastion design via Silhak scholar Jeong…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Korean Bronze Age (1000–500 BCE) · Mumun / Korean Bronze dolmen builders
Gochang Jungnim-ri excavated 1980s, largest capstone 5.6 m, UNESCO 2000 with Hwasun, Ganghwa.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Period Classical · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Harbour Mole Submerged Asia 26 — South Korea Region 2 in South Korea Region 2, South Korea is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (Korean: 고창 화순 강화 고인돌 유적) are the location of hundreds of stone dolmens which were used as grave markers, and for ritual purposes during the first…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Period Classical · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hillfort Rampart Asia 90 — South Korea Region 6 in South Korea Region 6, South Korea is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Geoglyph Panel Asia 68 — South Korea Region 8 in South Korea Region 8, South Korea is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.