🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 891
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 891 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 899
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 899 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 931
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 931 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 971
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 971 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 14
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 14 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 22
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 22 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Malinalco Archaeological Zone
Aztec Late Postclassic 1476–1501 CE · Aztec (Mexica)
Rock-cut Cuauhcalli temple 1501 CE, eagle-warrior initiation.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Raqchi — Temple of Wiracocha
Inca Late Horizon 1430–1532 CE · Inca (Tawantinsuyu)
Inca temple 92 m, 11 m wall, 152 qollqas, Wiracocha oracle.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Rano Raraku Quarry detail
900–1500 CE · Rapa Nui
Cross-ref quarry within Rapa Nui National Park main entry; tuff quarry with 400 moai in situ including El Gigante (~21 m).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Taş Tepeler Network – Karahan & Sefer Tepe etc.
PPN A/B 9600–8000 BCE · Taş Tepeler PPN
Umbrella for 12 PPN hilltop sanctuaries (Karahan, Göbekli, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe, Sefer Tepe etc.) being excavated 2019-present, revealing 250+ T-pillars region-wide, reshaping Neolithisation model.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Calanais Standing Stones
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Hebridean Late Neolithic
Cruciform setting: central circle 13 m diameter with 4.8 m monolith and avenues N,S,E,W. Most prominent of 19 Callanish sites on ridge above Loch Roag. Potential lunar standstill alignment.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Megalith
Hunebed D49 at Ellertshaar
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker West Group
TRB hunebed D49 at Ellertshaar (c. 3350 BCE) on Drenthe plateau, 10 m chamber with 4 capstones in heathland. Excavated by van Giffen showing funnel beakers and erratic granite provenance.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
La Quemada Archaeological Zone
Classic–Epiclassic 350–900 CE · Northern Mesoamerican frontier
Northern hill fortress Salón de Columnas, 350–900 CE, Chicomóztoc candidate.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Axum Obelisks & Archaeological Site
Aksumite · Aksumite / Ge'ez
Capital of Aksumite Kingdom (100 BCE–940 CE) with monolithic granite stelae quarried 4 km, carved to imitate multi-storey buildings with false doors/windows, elite tombs, palaces.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Tarxien Temples
Chalcolithic (Tarxien phase) · Maltese Temple culture
Four interconnected temples with spiral reliefs, animal friezes and 2.7 m mother-goddess statue fragment. Most decorated of Maltese temples, adjacent to Hal Saflieni Hypogeum.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Mnajdra
Chalcolithic · Maltese Temple culture
Clifftop complex of three conjoined temples 500 m below Ħaġar Qim; best preserved in Malta with corbelled walls, precise equinox/solstice solar alignments through doorways.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tzintzuntzan Archaeological Zone (Las Yácatas)
Late Postclassic 1350–1530 CE · Purépecha (Tarascan)
Five yácatas on 425 m platform, Tarascan capital 1350–1530 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Standing Stones of Stenness
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Four surviving uprights of oval henge circle originally 12 stones up to 5.7 m tall on promontory between lochs. One of earliest henges in Britain (c.3100 BCE).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Barnenez Passage Mound Finistère — Timestep Variant
Early Neolithic (4800–4300 BCE) · Barnenez (Cerny / VSG)
Brittany's great passage-mound on Kernéléhen peninsula, 11 dolmens in two phases, oldest chamber C1 4850 BCE, with Neolithic engravings and quartz façade.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
El Brujo Archaeological Complex (Huaca Cao Viejo / Lady of Cao)
Moche Early Intermediate 100 BCE–800 CE · Moche (Chicama Valley)
Moche pyramid 30 m, Lady of Cao tomb 400 CE proving queenship.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
High Bank Works
Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition
Circle-octagon pair 320 m circle, UNESCO 2023.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Hill Earthwork and Nature Preserve
Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition
14.6 ha hilltop enclosure 2.4 km wall, 33 gateways.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Kotosh Archaeological Site — Temple of the Crossed Hands
Late Archaic–Initial 2300–1200 BCE · Kotosh–Mito tradition
Crossed Hands temple 1800 BCE, 10 superimposed Mito temples.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bandurria Archaeological Site (Huacho)
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.