🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
Classical High 444–440 BCE · Athenian Greek
Pericles' white cliff-top Poseidon temple guarding Attica's maritime gateway.
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🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical High 444–440 BCE · Athenian Greek
Pericles' white cliff-top Poseidon temple guarding Attica's maritime gateway.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Tre Mains Tumulus in Alentejo, Portugal is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Pre-Talayotic to Talayotic (1200–750 BCE Tudons; earlier 1600 naveta prototypes) · Balearic pre-Talayotic naviform (Naveta builders 1600–750) with collective inhumations 100 persons
Tudons restored Pericot 1960 14.5 m ship tomb.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis Quay Ancient City in Catamarca, Argentina is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Necropolis of Panel Qasr in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Holm-Pit in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Neolithic Shuangdun (7300–5600 BCE) · Shuangdun culture (Huai River painted pottery, carved symbols)
Shuangdun is Shuangdun culture's type site (7300–5600 BCE) on the Huai River — 10-ha village with stamped pottery with 600+ carved symbols (proto-writing, 7300 BCE).
🇵🇱 Poland · Hillfort
Early Medieval (7th–1260 CE) · Polanian / Piast Poland
Strategic Piast stronghold nicknamed Custos Poloniae (Guard of Poland) at Warta–Noteć confluence isthmus, with massive 8-phase ramparts (7th–13th c) enclosing 0.8 ha hillfort plus 10 ha outer town,…
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Cwm Hill Fort in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hillfort Spring Shahr Mine in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) quarry attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Inlet Pictograph in Piauí, Brazil is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Geometric to Classical ~750–300 BCE · Corinthian Greek
Corinth's cliff sanctuary of Hera on coastal lagoon with apsidal 750 BCE temple and cistern.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Earthwork
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Stone Pur Mound Complex in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field in Occitanie, France is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock art attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Rock Art of Bryn Thornby in Andalusia, Spain is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1400–400 BCE Garagay culture 1200 BCE major three-armed U-temple; Chavín 800 BCE feline repaint) · Garagay (Chillón) → Chavín cup style with feline dragon facing
Garagay feline atrium 2.5 m 1200.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ditch Stone Mound Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Moche (100–800 CE) earthwork attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Thornby Grove Ancient City in Thessaly, Greece is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Casma (Sechín Casma culture 1100–1470 Chimú conquer 1350; Inca 1470 Chimu later) · Casma (Sechín) → Chimú → Inca (Manchan 1100 pre-CHimú capital of Casma Sechin polity 63 ha Terraced Sechin Cerro)
Manchan Moore 1981 Casma empire 63 ha planned 200 compounds.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic
20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Ault in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock-Cut Tombs of Aber Broch in Negev, Israel is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Neolithic (Maeshowe group)
Maeshowe-type cairn on hill above Firth with 5 m crawl passage to chamber containing human and dog skulls.