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🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
PPNB · PPNB cult
Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee at Galilee, Nazareth, Israel is a PPNB temple complex of the PPNB cult tradition, built c. 8800 BCE for ppnb mortuary cult enclosure 30 pillars.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Bronze Age · Dartmoor Bronze Age
Merrivale Stone Rows Dartmoor at Devon, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age megalithic of the Dartmoor Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2000 BCE for double rows 180 m and 150 m with cairn.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–2000 BCE) · EBA Syrian → Akkadian → Post-Akkadian → MBA Syrian
Tell Selenkahiyeh Southern Terrace is the lower-town terrace south of the four-tell cluster (15 ha) on the Euphrates west bank, salvaged before Lake Assad (Tabqa Dam) rose 20 m.
🇬🇮 Gibraltar · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vanguard Cave — North Face Ancillary (Strait of Gibraltar) in Gibraltar, Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Triple-walled Orkney-Cromarty cairn near Kirkwall with 4.5 m passage to tripartite corbelled chamber.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Iron Age · British Iron Age
Cadbury Castle Somerset Camelot at Somerset, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the British Iron Age tradition, built c. 1000 BCE for camelot-identified hillfort 4 ramparts.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chavín de Huántar — Lanzón Gallery North Vent (Ancash) in Ancash, Chavín de Huántar, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic (Tepeu 1–2) · Maya (Petexbatun / Tikal-Calakmul splinter)
Petexbatun fortified capital Dos Pilas (648–761 CE): 18 m twin pyramid Main Plaza encircled by unique double limestone palisade — Classic Maya collapse war laboratory.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Small three-step pyramid at Nag el-Ghneima, 5 km south of Edfu on desert edge: 11.2 m base, 3–4 steps, now ~5 m granite and limestone ruin.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Huaracana — Rock Painting Ancillary Shelter North (Ayacucho, Peru) in Ayacucho, Huaracana, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Iron Age IIA · Judahite / Early Israel
Khirbet Qeiyafa Shaaraim at Judean Lowlands, Israel is a Iron Age IIA ancient city of the Judahite / Early Israel tradition, built c. 1020 BCE for two-gated casemate city shaaraim.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Hattusa Temple East — Hattusa (60-29) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) contested of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for temple and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle subsidiary queens pyramid east of Khufu (4th Dynasty), base 49 m, height ~30 m, discrete enclosure and offering chapel east.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Cuzco Sanctuary II — Cuzco (55-46) at Cuzco, Peru is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Nineveh Governorate.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tiwanaku — Kalasasaya North Balcony Platform (Bolivia) in La Paz, Tiwanaku, Kalasasaya, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple compl…
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Ozieri (San Michele) → Beaker → Bonnannaro → Nuragic
Largest Sardinian Domus de Janas necropolis — 38 rock-cut chamber tombs with bull-horn carvings, 4200-2600 BCE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Meroe Village Outer — Meroe (56-20) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Lower Meroe Temple East — Meroe (53-21) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic-EBA (c.6000-2500 BCE) · Balkan Chalcolithic-EBA (Gumelnița-Karanovo–Vinča)
Promachon-Topolniča — buried late tell/village at Central Macedonia.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, very late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Westernmost and smallest of Pepi II's three queen pyramids (base 23.5 m, height ~13 m), dedicated to Wedjebten, likely late wife of Pepi II.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn Rousay at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3200 BCE for 13 m stalled cairn 7 compartments.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway in Arusha, Engare Sero, Tanzania is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
New Kingdom to Greco-Roman (c.1400 BCE–300 CE; main 1390–1225 BCE) · Egyptian New Kingdom / Roman / Islamic layer
New Kingdom temple built by Amenhotep III (1388–1350 BCE), Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II on Nile east bank.
