🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Loughcrew — Cairn L Passage Tomb Slieve na Calliagh
Neolithic (3300 BCE) · Loughcrew Neolithic
Slieve na Calliagh Cairn L excavated by Conwell 1860s, sun beam at equinox lights chamber art, Hag's Chair kerbstone.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cantona — Asymmetrical Pyramid on Lava Malpaís
Classic (600–900 CE) Cantona apex · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca derivative)
Cantona excavated by García Cook 1990s, asymmetrical pyramid 26 m, lava city 80k.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Tholos do Barro — Torres Vedras Neolithic Tomb
Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (3000–2500 BCE) · Estremadura Neolithic
Coastal tholos excavated by Leonor Pina 1910, grave goods including limestone idols and Bell Beaker pottery.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Bet Guvrin — Roman Amphitheatre in Subterranean Complex
Roman (2nd–3rd c. CE Eleutheropolis) · Roman/Byzantine Eleutheropolis
Beit Guvrin amphitheatre excavated by Kloner 1980s, only fully underground Roman arena in Israel.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Maes Howe Annex — Quanterness Chambered Cairn
Neolithic (c.3250 BCE) · Orcadian Grooved Ware
Mainland Orkney cairn excavated by Renfrew 1972–74, yielding 157 adults and children, dated to Early Neolithic with Grooved Ware sherds.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan
Classic (300–600 CE) · Teotihuacan
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (300–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Priestly palace south-west of Moon Pyramid with colonnaded patios and murals.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Paharpur (Somapura Mahavihara)
Pala Buddhist 8th–12th c CE · Pala Buddhist Mahayana–Vajrayana
Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur — largest single Buddhist vihara south of Himalaya (27-acre cruciform complex) built c.781–820 CE by Dharmapala Pala on Barind alluvium. Excavated 1923–34 by D.R.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Aswad — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Skull Building
PPNB (8700–7500 BCE) · PPNB (Aswadian)
Damascus oasis village excavated by de Contenson 1960s–2008, oldest plastered skulls with wheat/barley and domestication evidence.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE) · Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)
Chuera excavated by Moortgat 1958–76 and Meyer, rare stone temple on tell, double wall with gates, early palace.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Coldrum Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Medway Early Neolithic
Best-preserved Medway rectangular long barrow with kerb and sarsen chamber on North Downs.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Durrington Walls and Woodhenge
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Wessex
Massive Neolithic henge enclosure (c. 2600 BCE), 500 m diameter, largest in Britain, with southern timber circle and dense Late Neolithic settlement (1000+ pits, houses).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún — Puuc Twin Pyramid Cave Mouth
Late Classic Puuc (700–900 CE) + cave use 200 CE · Maya Puuc (Uxmal sphere) and cave paint Chac cult
Chacmultún excavated by Thompson and Andrews, cave rain cult.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Yarim Tepe
Hassuna to Ubaid (c.5900–4300 BCE; Yarim multi-period) · Hassuna → Halaf → Ubaid (Yarim I–III)
Three-mound Hassuna-Halaf-Ubaid reference sequence (5900–4300 BCE) on Sinjar plain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Abdul Hosein
Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7300 BCE; Abdul Hosein phase) · Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon)
Luristan PPN eponym (8500 BCE) on Seimareh — coarse ware before Deh Luran.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Manmodi Hill Caves — Junnar
Satavahana (100 BCE–200 CE) · Buddhist
Manmodi Hill Caves — Junnar in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (100 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist. 40 Buddhist caves on Manmodi hill opposite Shivneri with chaityas and viharas.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Ajanta Caves
Satavahana early phase 200 BCE–100 CE; Vakataka renaissance 460–480 CE · Buddhist (Hinayana → Mahayana)
Thirty horseshoe-gorge rock-cut caves overlooking Waghora River with exquisite murals and sculptures: early 2nd century BCE–1st century CE Hinayana phase and later 460–480 CE Mahayana phase under…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure (Wiltshire, England)
Early Neolithic · Windmill Hill culture
Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Windmill Hill culture culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 373).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Quiriguá
Late Classic Maya · Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán)
Quiriguá in Izabal, Guatemala is a Late Classic Maya ancient city attributed to Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 149).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Delphi Archaeological Site
Mycenaean to Late Antique · Greek (Apollo/Pythia)
Delphi Archaeological Site in Phocis, Greece is a Mycenaean to Late Antique temple complex attributed to Greek (Apollo/Pythia) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 393).
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Poulnabrone Wedge Tomb — Poulawack Plateau
Chalcolithic (2500–2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone's lesser-known sister wedge tomb on Poulawack plateau in the Burren, a well-preserved wedge-shaped gallery grave with double-walled construction set in limestone pavement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Alcalar Extension — Monte Velho Tholoi
Chalcolithic · Alcalar / Los Millares related
Western tholoi group of Alcalar Chalcolithic necropolis (c. 3000–2600 BCE) on Algarve ridge, comprising tholos Monte Velho and ancillary cists.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira — Eastern Reservoir Rock-Cut Complex
Harappan (2650–2000 BCE) · Harappan Dholavira
Kutch Dholavira excavated by Bisht 1989–, signboard 10 Indus signs and stadium 300 m.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin
Shang · Shang (Late)
Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin in Henan Province, China is a Shang ancient city attributed to Shang (Late) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1114).