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🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Southern Extension in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Western Terrace in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
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.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Monte d'Accoddi Platform II Sardinia in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Middle to Final Bronze Age (c.1500–900 BCE) · Nuragic (Middle–Late Bronze)
Nuraghe Arrubiu (Middle–Final Bronze Age c.1500–900 BCE) on the basalt Pran'e Muru plateau near Orroli is Sardinia's largest nuraghe (3,000 sq m): a central keep 15 m high preserved plus five bastion…
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Etruscan to Medieval (273 BCE colony – 1320 CE sack) · Etruscan / Roman Republican / Imperial
Etruscan-cut Tagliata channel port — 70 m rock-cut harbour canal now tidal 0–1 m, Rome earliest colony harbour.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1600–1000 BCE) · Nuragic (Bonnanaro–Middle Bronze)
Sa Domu 'e S'Orcu (Middle–Late Bronze Age c.1600–1000 BCE) on the Giara di Siddi basalt plateau is a 17-m giants' tomb with a 4.5-m high crescent forecourt (hemicycle) of basalt orthostats and a 10-m…
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Baiae Citadel East — Baiae (58-12) at Baiae, Italy is a Chalcolithic (regional) submerged city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Inner Baiae Settlement A — Baiae (58-10) at Baiae, Italy is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Buried Street Grid Submerged 87 — Italy Region 3 in Italy Region 3, Italy is a Iron Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Archaeic-Classical 651–409 BCE · Greek (Megaran colonists)
Largest Greek archaeological park with colossal unfinished Temple G.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 in Italy Region 4, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) · Sicilian Castelluccio
Calaforno Hypogeum — Monterosso in Sicily, Italy is a Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sicilian Castelluccio.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Middle Bronze Age (1500–1200 BCE) · Sikels with Mycenaean contact
Thapsos — Mycenaean Emporium in Sicily, Italy is a Middle Bronze Age (1500–1200 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Sikels with Mycenaean contact.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–650 BCE) · Sikel (Siculi)
Pantalica — Rock-Cut Necropolis in Sicily, Italy is a Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–650 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sikel (Siculi).
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Archaeic-Classical Greek 6th–5th c. BCE, peak 480–406 BCE · Greek (Doric Greeks from Gela/Rhodes-Crete)
Greek city ridge with best-preserved Doric temple in world: Concordia.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Roman (720 BCE – 193 BCE Thurii/Copia) · Achaean Greek / Krotoniate besiegers / Thurian successors
Northern canal of Kroton's 510 BCE Crati diversion drowning Sybaris — 3.2 km silted channel with revetment.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (700 BCE – 400 CE) · Greek Syracusan / Roman
Syracusan colony 700 BCE — 120 m submerged ashlar quay at −3 m on the Tellaro mouth where Athenians landed in 413 BCE.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Etruscan Archaic to Roman (c. 700 BCE – 300 CE) · Etruscan / Roman
Etruscan iron-smelting harbour drowned under Baratti slag beach – quay blocks at –1 to –2 m.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Hellenistic (720 – 300 BCE) · Achaean Greek / Sybarite
Southern stoa quarter of Sybaris 5 m under Crati alluvium — 80 m Doric stoa at –5 m and potters' kilns south of main park.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Val Camonica Naquane Rock 1 Panel Upper in Lombardia, Val Camonica, Italy is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Ötzi Discovery Ridge Hauslabjoch in Trentino-Alto Adige, Schnalstal, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Ozieri Culture
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Northern Annex in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Late Bronze Age (1300-800 BCE) · Sicel Culture
Pantalica Anaktoron South Necropolis Ridge — Southern Extension in Sicily, Syracuse, Italy is a Late Bronze Age (1300-800 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sicel Culture.
