🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus
Cwm Burial Mound
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Cwm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Quarry
Easton Quarry
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Easton Quarry in Thessaly, Greece is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) quarry attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Edge
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Submerged Harbour of Edge in Fars Province, Iran is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Issyk Kurgan and the Golden Warrior
Saka (400–200 BCE) · Saka (Issyk–Tasmola, East Scythian)
Six-meter stone mound on the Talgar fan where Kemal Akishev in 1969 recovered an undisturbed side cist containing an 18-year-old Saka prince clad in 4,000 gold plaques depicting leopard, ibex and…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Uaxactun — Structure E-VII, Group E Astronomical Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Early Classic, c.500 BCE–300 CE · Maya (Preclassic Lowland)
Pyramid E-VII-sub in Uaxactun Group E (c.500 BCE–200 CE, Preclassic–Early Classic). Eastern triadic platform of the canonical E-Group solar observatory: western pyramid E-VII aligned to three eastern…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Millbarrow (Winterbourne Monkton Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Excavated Cotswold-Severn long barrow north of Avebury, 30 m, discrete façade, c.3750 BCE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Temple complex
Cyrene — Sanctuary of Apollo and Fountain of Apollo Terrace
Greek (630 BCE Cyrene Battus I → Apollo Temple 550 BCE; fountain Hellenistic 300 BCE) · Greek Cyrene (Theraean Greek colony 630 BCE Battus I oracle)
Cyrene sanctuary Smith & Goodchild, 630 Theran Battus delphi oracle.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Sijilmasa — Trans-Saharan Gold Entrepôt Draa
Midrarid Kharijite foundation 757 CE to Alaouite 1818 destruction · Miknasa Kharijite → Almoravid → Marinid caravan city (Ibn Battuta)
Sijilmasa excavated by Lightfoot & Miller 1988–, Midrarid Kharijite 757, 14th c. Leo Africanus description.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun
Chalcolithic (c.4200–3500 BCE; Bakun B–A 4200–3700) · Bakun (Fars Chalcolithic, Ubaid-related)
Tall-i Bakun (Mound A, Fars) is the type-site of Bakun Chalcolithic (c.4200–3700 BCE) — elaborate black-on-buff painted ware with ibex and geometric motifs, sea...
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Huaca and Lady of Cao Temple
Moche (100 BCE–700 CE) Cao 450 CE mural facade; Wari-Chimú upper 800–1300; Cao Lady tomb 450 CE intrusive · Moche → Lambayeque/Chimú → Inca
El Brujo excavated by Franco 1990–, Lady of Cao 2005 tattooed ruler with 23 weapons.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Mingtepa
Ferghana Hellenistic to Karakhanid (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Ferghana (Dayuan/Ershi) to Karakhanid
Mingtepa is Ferghana capital Ershi — 35-ha walled city with Greek fort, Sogdian palace, Karakhanid mosque, identified with Chinese Han Ershi and Ferghana horses.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Abu al-Kharaz
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu al-Kharaz — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Irbid Governorate.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Quarry
Quarry of Bala Midfield
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Ancient city
Sauran
Karakhanid to Kazakh Khanate (1000–1600 CE) · Karakhanid to Golden Horde to Timurid to Kazakh
Sauran is a Karakhanid–Timurid fortified oasis city (1000–1600 CE) — 3-km rectangular wall (6 m high) with karez hydraulic network feeding Syr Darya plain.
🇱🇾 Libya · Temple complex
Temple of Croxton Forge
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Temple of Croxton Forge in Fezzan, Libya is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Kafara Dam - Wadi Garawi
Old Kingdom c.2700–2600 BCE (Third–Fourth Dynasty) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Sadd el-Kafara (c.2700 BCE) – Old Kingdom's 113m-long, 14m-high masonry embankment dam with 98m base and 500,000 m³ rubble core in Wadi Garawi, 30 km south Cairo.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney Cromarty stalled tradition
Rousay stalled cairn — 13 m seven-compartment chamber under 22 m mound on south coast.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dombate Dolmen — Galician Passage Grave Painted Panel-Menhir Atlantic
Neolithic (3800–2700 BCE corridor 3800, painted 2700 BCE) · Galician Neolithic Dombate style (Atlantic megalithic painted art)
Dombate excavated by Bello 1998 Galician largest.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Labraunda Zeus Temple — Karian Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
Hekatomnid to Roman (351 BCE – 300 CE) · Hekatomnid Karian to Roman Mylasa
Mountain Zeus sanctuary 680 m with Maussollian androns on sacred way from Milas.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Hillfort Rampart Europe 44 — France Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Hillfort Rampart Europe 44 — France Region 8 in France Region 8, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Hydraulic Reservoir Pyramid 103 — Mexico Region 7
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Pyramid 103 — Mexico Region 7 in Mexico Region 7, Mexico is a Iron Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Las Aldas — Initial Period Pyramid Hill Preceramic Cliff
Initial Period (1800–1000 BCE) major construction 1600 BCE; Preceramic fishing net 2500 BCE earlier · Initial PeriodCas ma (Las Aldas) coastal temple
Las Aldas excavated by Pozorski 1976, 1800 pyramid Initiation.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Amberd Fortress — Aragats Slope Fort-Church- Bath Complex
Bagratid (7th c. church; 10th c. Vahram Paphlavuni castle 1026; Seljuk captured 1236) · Bagratid Pahlavuni princes (Vahram) with church 1026 and bath
Amberd excavated by Harutyunyan 1963–64, Pahlavuni family castle 1026.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn Neolithic
100 m Early Neolithic chambered long barrow near Avebury with five sarsen chambers under chalk mound.