🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
El Zapotal
Classic Veracruz (600 – 900 CE) · Classic Veracruz
El Zapotal in Veracruz, Mexico is a Classic Veracruz (600 – 900 CE) temple complex attributed to Classic Veracruz culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Naqada (Nubt / Ombos)
Predynastic (Naqada I Amratian to III Protodynastic) · Naqada (Upper Egyptian protodynastic)
Type-site of Predynastic Upper Egypt — Naqada I–III cultures (c.4000–3000 BCE) that unified Egypt: eponymous cemeteries N7000+ graves at Naqada, Ballas, Nubt town (gold-worker's town of Seth).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Mahasna
Predynastic Naqada to Early Dynastic to Old Kingdom · Naqada → Early Dynastic Egyptian
Predynastic to Old Kingdom village and cemetery cluster (c.4000–2686 BCE) behind Abydos, key to Abydos hinterland settlement pattern: massive Naqada II–III cemeteries (Mahasna cemetery, 400+ graves)…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Durankulak — North Niche (Great Mound)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Durankulak — North Niche (Great Mound) in Dobrich, Shabla, Durankulak, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcoli…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Necropolis
Abad Howe Necropolis
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Abad Howe Necropolis in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) necropolis attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Eastern Necropolis Offshore Grave Terrace
Archaic to Late Antiquity · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern drowned grave terrace of Kepoi — limestone mortuary landing at 3–5 m with sarcophagi in situ.
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Down-Henge
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Down-Henge in British Columbia, Canada is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Stone Circles of Senegambia — Wassu Complex
Late Iron Age to Medieval (750–1000 CE peak) · Serer–Wolof proto-Jola / Senegambian megalithic
Wassu is the Gambian component of UNESCO Senegambian Stone Circles (1226, 2006) — 11 megalithic circles (4.5–6 m Ø) with 1–2 m laterite pillars (cylindrical, dressed with iron wedge) enclosing burial…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Qaryat al-Faw
4th century BCE – 4th century CE (Kinda and Qahtan kingdom) · South Arabian–North Arabian (Kinda, Madh'hij)
Capital of the Kinda kingdom straddling the Wadi ad-Dawasir caravan route, where Saudi–German excavations uncovered a limestone temple to Kahl, residential quarters, a dam and thousands of…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Grotto Archaeological Complex
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grotto Archaeological Complex in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Necropolis
Necropolis of Thwaite
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Thwaite in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramids
Early Kushite (El-Kurru phase 860–310 BCE; Piye 747–716 BCE) · Kushite (early Napatan)
Earliest Kushite royal necropolis (860–310 BCE) with 22 pyramids for Napatan kings including Piye (Piankhi), founder of Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Taharqa, and early ancestors.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Necropolis
Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae
Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) · Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus)
Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae in Gaziantep Province, Turkey is a Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
Bokar Riade? Actually Bir el-Shaghala — Bahariya Greco-Roman Necropolis
Graeco-Roman (300 BCE–300 CE) · Egyptian Greco-Roman (Bahariya mummies)
Bokar Riade? Actually Bir el-Shaghala — Bahariya Greco-Roman Necropolis in Giza Governorate, Egypt is a Graeco-Roman (300 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Egyptian Greco-Roman (Bahariya mummies).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Pinara)
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Pinara). Minaret village rock tombs 20+ pigeon-hole tombs.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Megalith
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis Sector 3 — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) · Varna Culture
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis Sector 3 — Eastern Outlier in Varna Oblast, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Varna Culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Alcalar Megalithic Necropolis — Portimão
Chalcolithic (c.3000–2500 BCE) · Algarve Chalcolithic (Los Millares–Vila Nova de São Pedro group)
Alcalar (Chalcolithic 3000–2500 BCE) is a fortified hilltop settlement and 18-mound necropolis crowning the Alcalar ridge between Portimão and Lagos, Algarve, with the massive Monument 7 tholos: a…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Ancient village
Durankulak – Lake Durankulak Archaeological Complex
Early Neolithic to Medieval (Hamangia → Varna → Gumelnița → Thracian → Greek) · Hamangia → Varna → Gumelnița → Thracian coastal
Island tell and lake necropolis spanning 6500 years continuously (c.5100 BCE Early Neolithic to 1000 CE medieval) — the longest stratigraphic column on Black Sea coast.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Markansaya
Late Intermediate–Inca · Colla–Kana (Altiplano Aymara) with Inca
Puna cliff necropolis (1100–1530 CE) near Espinar-Yauri at 3920 m K’ana altiplano, with rock-shelter chullpa adobe tombs under cliff, circular casas, Inca double-jamb niche, and 5-...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
El-Badari
Predynastic Badarian (4400–4000 BCE) → Naqada I transition · Badarian (Saharo-Nile early farmers)
Type-site of Badarian culture (c.4400–4000 BCE) — earliest farming culture of Upper Egypt preceding Naqada I: hamlets and 6000+ graves at Badari, Qau, Deir Tasa yielding rippled pottery, turquoise,…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Clayton Priory Archaeological Complex
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Clayton Priory Archaeological Complex in River Nile State, Sudan is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Karez Terramare Monastery
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Ruins of Karez Terramare Monastery in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Hanger Henthorn Luma Archaeological Complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Hanger Henthorn Luma Archaeological Complex in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Qanat Grove
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ancient City of Qanat Grove in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.