🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Pajatén Archaeological Zone
Chachapoya 800–1532 CE · Chachapoya
Chachapoya cloud-forest citadel slate-mosaic friezes, UNESCO 548.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Ellora Caves
Late classical: Kalachuri, Chalukya, Rashtrakuta periods 600–1000 CE · Buddhist, Hindu (Shaiva), Jain under Rashtrakuta patronage
Largest rock-cut monastery-temple complex in world with 34 caves carved 600–1000 CE into basalt Charanandri Hills: 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu, 5 Jain, including monolithic Kailasa Temple (Cave 16)…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Tiwanaku
Formative to Tiwanaku Period 300–1000 CE (flourishing 500–950) · Tiwanaku Empire
Capital of Tiwanaku Empire (300–1000 CE) on Altiplano near Lake Titicaca at 3,850 m, featuring Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya enclosure, and Gateway of the Sun carved from single andesite blocks…
🇰🇷 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.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Newgrange
Neolithic · Irish Middle Neolithic (Boyne Valley)
Grand passage tomb in the Bend of the Boyne with 85 m diameter cairn, decorated kerbstones and cruciform chamber. Famous for winter solstice sunrise illuminating chamber through roof-box.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Tholos de El Romeral
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (c.3800–2500 BCE) · Los Millares / Alentejo Chalcolithic (tholos tradition)
Antequera hill tholos (corbelled dome 5.2 m) with 26 m corridor — Mediterranean-type beehive tomb 4 km north of Menga/Viera.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Southern Extension in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Broken Menhir Base Deposit — Southern Extension
Middle Neolithic (4500-4000 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Er Grah Broken Menhir Base Deposit — Southern Extension in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-4000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex — Northern Annex
Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex — Northern Annex in Brittany, Finistere, France is a Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Western Terrace
Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Western Terrace in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Western Terrace
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Iberian Chalcolithic
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Western Terrace in Andalusia, Malaga, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Chalcolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex — Eastern Outlier
Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Finistere, France is a Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Grah Broken Menhir Base Deposit — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (4500-4000 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Er Grah Broken Menhir Base Deposit — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-4000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Iberian Chalcolithic
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Eastern Outlier in Andalusia, Malaga, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Chalcolithic.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Tiya Stele Field South Cluster — Northern Annex
Medieval (1200-1500 CE) · Tiya Culture
Tiya Stele Field South Cluster — Northern Annex in Southern Nations, Gurage, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1200-1500 CE) megalithic attributed to Tiya Culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex — Western Terrace
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex — Western Terrace in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Tumulus
Hwangnam Daechong (Twin Tombs)
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
Cheonmachong Tomb (Heavenly Horse Tomb)
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).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements du Ménec — Carnac
Early to Middle Neolithic (c.4500–3000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Castellic/Chasséen-derived Atlantic)
Ménec (Early–Middle Neolithic c.4500–3000 BCE) is the westernmost and largest Carnac alignment: 11 parallel rows 1,167 m long with 1,099 menhirs descending from a western cromlech (egg-shaped 100 ×…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Coricancha (Qorikancha) – Temple of the Sun, Cusco
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (1200–1533, imperial 1440–1532) · Inca (Manco Capac to Atahualpa)
Supreme Inca sanctuary (c.1200–1533, imperial rebuild Pachacuti c.1440) at heart of Cusco's sacred geography: trapezoidal-walled temenos enclosing Sun Temple curved ashlar wall (6 m high, 55 m long,…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Jelling Stones
Viking Age (Jelling dynasty) · Viking Age Danes / Jelling dynasty
UNESCO Viking royal complex at Jelling — two mounds, Gorm and Harald Bluetooth runestones (965 CE) and ship outline.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Tanum Rock Carvings (Hällristningar Tanum)
Bronze Age · Nordic Bronze Age (Bohuslän rock art tradition)
UNESCO Bohuslän rock art — 600 panels / 2500 pecked figures (ships, sun, ploughs) on granite, 1700–500 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Taos Pueblo
Ancestral Pueblo to historic 1000 CE–present (Hlauuma founded c.1000–1450 CE) · Taos Pueblo (Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; ancestors Ancestral Puebloans)
Living Native American community and UNESCO World Heritage Site (1992) inhabited continuously for >1,000 years: two multi-storey adobe complexes Hlauuma (north house) and Hlaukwima (south house) up…