🇳🇪 Niger · Megalith
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North — Ténéré (Agadez)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Story Mound
Early Woodland Adena · Adena
Adena conical mound (19.5 ft/6 m high, 95 ft/29 m diameter) preserved as Story Mound State Memorial, encircled by suburban Chillicothe but intact with original ditch.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Cedar Plank House Remnant West — Steppe (Astana)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) kurgan attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Kurgan
Saka Kurgan Chain East — Great Plains (Pierre)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Saka Kurgan Chain East in Great Plains, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) kurgan attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Susa Acropole Temple Platform — Nubia (Khartoum)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site — Tigray (Axum)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Small Step Pyramid East — Cholula (Puebla)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Small Step Pyramid East in Cholula, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Megalith
Adrar Stone Circle — Tassili (Djanet)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Adrar Stone Circle in Tassili, Algeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Zawyet Pyramid North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Zawyet Pyramid North in Cholula, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Balnuaran of Clava Cairns
Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) · Clava cairn tradition (Inverness Bronze Age)
Group of three Bronze Age circular chamber tombs (c. 2000 BCE) at Balnuaran of Clava, defining Clava cairn type: two passage graves with corbelled chambers and a central ring cairn, each within a…
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Iwase Senzuka — Cliff Kofun Cluster with Open Air Display
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Uygarak Kurgan Field (Lower Syr Darya Sakas – Inkardarya Delta)
Early Saka (Uygarak) to Sauromatian · Lower Syr Darya Sakas (Uygarak culture)
Inkardarya delta type-site: 70 low mounds (8-32 m) with standing-stag plaques spanning 300 years.
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South
Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Shilikty North Kurgan (Chilikty North Royal Terrace)
Early Saka (7th–6th c. BCE) · Early Saka (Shilikty facies)
Shilikty north: 5 early royal kurgans (62 m) 2.2 km north of Golden Ridge, Zaisan valley 820 m.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Aktobe Tortoba East Satellite Kurgans (Kobda District Eastern Cluster)
Early Sarmatian (600–400 BCE) · Sarmatian / Prot. Sauromatian
Eastern satellite cluster 10 km east of Tortoba core (Kobda District, Aktobe, 165 m) with 12 kurgans 18–52 m diam, 2–6 m high on low Emba-Uil interfluve steppe.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster
Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Kyzyl-Tobe North Kurgan (Uil River North Frontier Outpost)
Middle Sarmatian · Sarmatian frontier
Kyzyl-Tobe north outpost: 18-m isolated kurgan with rampart overlooking Uil River ford.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Royal Giza Ridge West — Giza (56-35)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Giza Ridge West — Giza (56-35) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Boralday North Boralday River Terrace Kurgans (River Boralday Terrace North Bank)
Saka (520–280 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda
North bank terrace of Boralday River (Boraldy) 2.1 km north of park (770 m) with 5 mounds 24–52 m diam on 8-m river terrace scarp.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Aktobe Batpak Kurgan Field (Batpak Steppe Line)
Sauromatian to Early Sarmatian (700–400 BCE) · Sauromatian
Linear alignment of 15 kurgans over 2.8 km on Ilek River upper terrace Batpak steppe (190 m) with diameters 16–38 m, heights 1.2–3.5 m, spaced 120–220 m (Sauromatian ‘street’ necropolis).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Ditch Stone Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Ditch Stone Tumulus in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.