🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Colossus of Rhodes site
Hellenistic 292–280 BCE; destroyed 226 BCE · Greek Rhodian (Hellenistic)
33-m bronze sun-god toppled by earthquake 54 years after raising.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Southern Extension
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Iberian Chalcolithic
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Southern Extension in Andalusia, Malaga, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Chalcolithic.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Gudensberg-Maden Grave Field — Schwalm-Eder
Late Neolithic (Wartberg 3400–2800 BCE) · Wartberg
The Gudensberg-Maden cluster, on the basalt Odenberg plateau 15 km south of Kassel, is a Wartberg gallery grave field of at least three known 12–15 m gallery chambers (Maden I–III) and cist graves of…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Dohnsen-Siddernhausen Dolmen
The dolmen (German: Großsteingrab) on a low elevation between the villages of Dohnsen and Siddernhausen near the town of Bergen in North Germany, was originally 500 m further north.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Great Dolmen of Dwasieden
The Great dolmen of Dwasieden (German: Großdolmen von Dwasieden), is a great dolmen in the borough of Sassnitz, on the Jasmund peninsula of Germany's largest island, Rügen.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hill of Caldback Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Hill of Caldback Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇪🇹 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.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber — Eastern Outlier in County Meath, Ireland is a Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Gannarve
Bronze Age → Early Iron Age 1100–500 BCE Gotland · Nordic Bronze Age Gotlandic (Gotland stone-ship tradition)
Gannarve — Gotland stone ship (skeppssättning) Late Bronze–Early Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE) on Gannarve farm ridge 4 km NE Sandhamn, Fröjel, Gotland west coast, 25 km south Visby.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Kurgan
Bayan-Undur Kurgan & Deer Stone Field (Khövsgöl)
Late Bronze to Early Iron (Khirigsuur / Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Complex) · Mongolian Late Bronze pastoral
Steppe-forest ecotone kurgan and deer-stone complex (1,580 m, 46°29′28″N 104°07′07″E 46.4912N 104.1186E Bayan-Öndör) bridging Mongolian Khirigsuur (Late Bronze 1300-700 BCE) and deer stone-khirigsuur…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Pömmelte Ring Sanctuary
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Bell Beaker → Únětice / Early Bronze Age
115 m Bell Beaker/Early Bronze Age ring sanctuary with seven concentric timber-ditch circles and ritual pits, c.2300 BCE.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca
Talayotic (1000–500 BCE taula; 900 BCE talayot cone 10 m high 18 m diameter 12th–6th) · Talayotic Menorca Talayot-taula-hypostyle triple (Mediterranean Bronze to early Iron village)
Torralba 1990s talayot-taula-hypostyle 14 columns.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Gannarve Stone Ship (Gotland)
Late Bronze Age to Pre-Roman Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE) · Nordic Bronze Age / Gotlandic
Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age stone ship on Gotland's west coast, 30 m long outline of limestone slabs forming a ship shape aligned roughly north–south with larger prow stone.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Xlapak
Maya Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE · Maya (Puuc Chenes)
Puuc mosaic palace with stacked Chaac masks, 600–900 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Tomb of the Eagles — Isbister Chambered Cairn
Neolithic (c.3150–2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
South Ronaldsay chambered cairn excavated by J. Hedges (1976), yielding 16,000 human bones, 725 bird bones including white-tailed eagle talons, and Beaker pottery — headland cliff-edge site.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Stele of Gwanggaeto — Ji'an Memorial Inscription
Goguryeo (414 CE erected) · Goguryeo (King Jangsu for Gwanggaeto)
Ji'an 414 CE stele re-discovered 1875, textual key to 4th-c Korea-Manchuria-Japan, UNESCO buffer.
🇫🇷 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.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Western Terrace
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Western Terrace in Andalusia, Huelva, Spain is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace
Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II
Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II in Occitanie, Herault, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Ockelbo Runestone — Gästrikland
Viking Age (Late, Christian, c.1050–1080 CE) · Swedish Viking (Christian transition, Gästrikland)
The Ockelbo runestone (Gs 19, c.1050–1080 CE, Late Viking Age) was a 2.2-m sandstone memorial at Ockelbo Church in Gästrikland, famed for intertwined Urnes-style beasts and a rider-and-cross motif,…