🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Komchen
Formative to Early Classic 350 BCE–600 CE · Maya (Komchen formative)
Formative slate-ware town before Dzibilchaltun, 350 BCE–600 CE.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Kuchai — Singhbhum Neolith and Megalith
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) · Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur
Kuchai — Singhbhum Neolith and Megalith in Jharkhand, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Cumbrian
Largest circle in northern England — 59-stone oval with 3.6 m outlier Long Meg bearing cup-and-ring spirals.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Rani ki Vav (Queen's Stepwell)
Solanki Chaulukya 1022–1063 CE · Gujarati / Solanki Hindu (Maru-Gurjara)
Jewel-box stepwell (1022–1063 CE) built by Queen Udayamati in memory of Bhima I, 64 m long with seven descending galleries and 500+ principal sculptures.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Whitehills Stone Circle — Monymusk
Late Neolithic · Recumbent/Clava related
Whitehills Stone Circle — Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Recumbent/Clava related.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Utnur — Mahbubnagar Ash Mound
South Indian Neolithic (2900–1800 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic cattle pastoralists
Utnur — Mahbubnagar Ash Mound in Telangana, India is a South Indian Neolithic (2900–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic cattle pastoralists.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Konark Sun Temple
Eastern Ganga 1243–1255 CE · Odia / Kalinga Hindu (Surya)
13th-century (1243–1255 CE) Kalinga-style Sun temple built as colossal 30-m high chariot of Surya with 24 giant stone wheels (9.5 ft sundials) pulled by seven horses, originally 68 m shikhara…
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Mont Ubé Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Passage Grave
Passage grave on Mont Ubé hill, St Clement, Jersey, rectangular chamber, c.4000 BCE.
🇬🇬 Guernsey · Megalith
La Varde Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Guernsey Passage Grave
Largest passage grave on Guernsey, L'Ancresse Common, 10 m chamber with side cells, c.4000 BCE.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Viking Age · Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth)
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church in South Denmark, Vejle Municipality, Denmark is a Viking Age megalithic attributed to Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth) culture.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Leshan Giant Buddha
Tang Dynasty 713–803 CE · Tang Chinese Buddhist (Maitreya cult)
71 m seated Maitreya monolith (713–803 CE) carved into Lingyun red sandstone cliff at confluence of Min and Dadu rivers, largest premodern Buddha worldwide.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Maski — Ash Mound and Megalith Extension
South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic
Maski — Ash Mound and Megalith Extension in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Etowah Indian Mounds
Mississippian, Etowah phase 1000–1550 CE · Mississippian (Muscogean ancestors)
19-m Mississippian Temple mound with copper falcon plates and marble effigies.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) · PPNA
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary in Aleppo Governorate, Queiq plain, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) temple complex attributed to PPNA culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Pentre Ifan
Early Neolithic · Preseli Early Neolithic
Wales' largest portal dolmen with 16-tonne capstone on three 2.4 m orthostats.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Pallava Dynasty 580–728 CE (Mamalla and Rajasimha phases) · Tamil / Pallava Hindu (Shaiva/Vaishnava)
Pallava (7th–8th c CE) coastal temple town with 40 rock-cut shrines: Shore Temple granite seaside, Five Rathas monolithic chariot-temples cut from single boulders, Arjuna's Penance 27 m bas-relief,…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Kit's Coty House
Early Neolithic · Medway Early Neolithic
Remnant chamber of Medway long barrow above River Medway — three sarsens supporting 3.5 m capstone.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Lannic Double Cromlech
Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged · Morbihan
Er Lannic Double Cromlech in Brittany, Morbihan, Gulf of Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged megalithic attributed to Morbihan culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor Wat
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Innisidgen Cairns — St Mary's
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) · Scillonian Bronze Age
Innisidgen Cairns — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Scillonian Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold Neolithic
Severn-Cotswold long cairn near Cardiff with Britain's largest capstone at 40 tonnes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Bryn Celli Ddu
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Irish Sea Passage Tomb tradition
Anglesey passage tomb with 8.4 m passage aligned to midsummer sunrise and decorated spiral stone.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Le Creux ès Faïes
Late Neolithic (3000 BCE) · Channel Islands Late Neolithic
Le Creux ès Faïes in Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Channel Islands Late Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Piklihal — Lingasugur Ash Mound
South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic pastoralist
Piklihal — Lingasugur Ash Mound in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic pastoralist.