🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Holm-Pit
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Holm-Pit in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Naqsh-e Rostam
Achaemenid to Sassanian (Tombs 522–404 BCE; Sassanian reliefs 224–651 CE) · Achaemenid Persian / Sassanian
Achaemenid royal necropolis: four cruciform tombs cut into Haji Abad cliff – Darius I (522–486 BCE), Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Darius II – with columned facades and relief of king before Ahuramazda and…
🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Gerisa South Necropolis (Ghirza Southern Tombs)
Roman Tripolitanian (1st–6th c. CE) · Tripolitanian (Libyan–Roman pastoral)
Ghirza southern tomb shelf with 20 temple mausolea and bazina.
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Necropolis of White
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of White in Ohio, United States is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Gohar Tepe
Bronze to Iron Age (c.2500 BCE–800 BCE; peak 2000–1500 BCE) · Caspian Bronze → Iron I (Amlash–Hasanlu sphere)
Gohar Tepe near the Caspian is the largest Bronze–Iron mound in Mazandaran — 50 ha with stratigraphy ca.2500 BCE to Iron I, revealing Caspian–Central Asian bron...
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens
Late Bronze Age to Late Antique · Athenian
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens in Attica, Greece is a Late Bronze Age to Late Antique ancient-city attributed to Athenian.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Alcalar Chalcolithic Megalithic Necropolis
Chalcolithic (3000–2000 BCE) · Alcalar / Bell Beaker
Algarve's leading Chalcolithic centre excavated by Estácio da Veiga 1880s, with slate plaques, copper tools and ivory.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Cemetery
Harappa — Cemetery R-37 Bara Mound
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE; Cemetery R-37 2600–2000) · Harappan Harappa
Harappa cemetery excavated by Wheeler 1946 and Dales, 200 graves with coffins and steppe DNA later.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Ammonite
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Alepotrypa Cave
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Final Neolithic / Early Helladic
Vast Neolithic cave complex at Diros Bay, Laconia, used as settlement and burial site 6000–3200 BCE before earthquake sealed entrance.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Gagai — Lycia Coastal Necropolis Annex
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Gagai — Lycia Coastal Necropolis Annex in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Pyramids of Meroë
Meroitic Kingdom · Kushite / Meroitic
Royal cemetery of Kushite Kingdom of Meroë (300 BCE–350 CE) with ~200 steep Nubian pyramids, smaller and narrower than Egyptian, with offering chapels decorated with Egyptian-Kushite reliefs.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Li Muri Necropolis
Late Neolithic · Arzachena Culture (Ozieri)
Li Muri Necropolis in Sardinia, Olbia-Tempio, Italy is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Arzachena Culture (Ozieri) culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Aphrodite Sanctuary and Eastern Submerged Necropolis (Taman)
Archaic to Roman (c.580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek
Taman 'Gardens' Aphrodite polis — eastern necropolis and lower quarter 1–3 m submerged 3 km east of Phanagoria.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Hillat el-Arab Cemetery & Pyramids
New Kingdom (viceregal Kush) to early Napatan · Egyptian / Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan pyramid cemetery 5 km N of Jebel Barkal — 20 tombs 1400–300 BCE with small steep pyramids 5–8 m bridging New Kingdom viceregal and Kushite Kush.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Giyan (Tappeh Giyan)
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (5000–1000 BCE; peak Giyan IV 2000–1500 BCE) · Central Zagros Chalcolithic → Bronze Age Luristan → Iron I Luristan bronzes
Zagros valley tell with Giyan I–V paint sequence and 120-grave Luristan bronze cemetery.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Bagawat Necropolis Kharga Oasis
Late Antique · Roman Byzantine Egyptian
Bagawat Necropolis Kharga Oasis at Western Desert, Kharga Oasis, Egypt is a Late Antique necropolis of the Roman Byzantine Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Hillat el-Arab Cemetery
Late New Kingdom to early Napatan (1200–750 BCE) · Kushite (Nubian, Napatan early, Egyptianised)
Napatan-period cemetery (1200–750 BCE, early Kush) 3 km south of Jebel Barkal near Karima, on low sandstone ridge.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Baia-Hamangia Tell
Middle Neolithic to Late Neolithic (Hamangia I–IV) · Hamangia (Black Sea Neolithic)
Type-site Hamangia culture (c.5250–4550 BCE, Middle Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic) on Goloviţa lagoon: low tell plus flat cemetery famous for 'The Thinker' (Gânditorul) and Woman seated figurines —…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Sedeinga Pyramids
Kushite Napatan to Meroitic (500 BCE–350 CE; peak 250 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan → Meroitic)
Largest Kushite pyramid cemetery west of Nile near Second Cataract: ~80 pyramids (densest Meroitic cemetery) and 200+ tombs, discovered by Lepsius 1844 and re-excavated by Vincent Francigny…
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Kerbatch Stone Circles — Senegambian Megaliths
Medieval Senegambian (750–1100 CE) · Senegambian Iron Age (Serer)
Kerbatch (Kerr Batch) is the second Gambian UNESCO stone-circle nucleus (1226) with 9 circles (3–5 m Ø) and V-shaped laterite pillars up to 1.7 m.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Black Field Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Necropolis
Port Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Port Necropolis in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Ditch-Newton Archaeological Complex
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ditch-Newton Archaeological Complex in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Ubaid culture.