🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Tasmola Kurgans
Early Iron Age Tasmola 800-300 BCE · Tasmola Saka (western Saka)
Tasmola culture earthen kurgans (800-300 BCE) with 12-m dromoi catacombs, western Saka type-site at Karaganda.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Eilean Dòmhnuill Phase 2 Crannog Extension (Loch Olabhat, North Uist)
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Hebridean Early Neolithic (Eilean Dòmhnuill Ware, 3700 BCE)
Early Neolithic 18 x 12 m crannog annexe (c.3500 BCE) with 3 conjoined Hebridean houses — earliest Hebrides village plan.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace)
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) → Cernavodă
Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Radovanu Commune, Argeș terrace, Danube plain, Romania — Argeș–Danube Gumelnița terrace…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Hatfield Moor Neolithic Trackway (Lindholme Trackway) – South Yorkshire
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Humberhead communities (Grooved Ware)
821-m Neolithic pine corduroy trackway (2435 BCE) on Hatfield Moor — longest British Neolithic.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Pesse Canoe – World's Oldest Boat
Mesolithic (Maglemosian/Boreal) · Northern European Early Mesolithic forest foragers (Maglemose)
8040 BCE Scots pine dugout—world's oldest preserved boat, fire-hollowed Mesolithic canoe.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Kostromskaya Kurgan – Maikop Iron Canopy Grave
Early Iron Age, Early Scythian (Kuban group) · Early Scythian (Kubano–Chernogorovka) proto-Scythian elite
7th-c. BCE 30-m Maikop-Mounded Scythian tent-canopy grave with iron-shod poles and 22 horse sacrifice.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Starigard
Early Medieval Wagrian Slav 700–1168 (Obotrite Wagria) · Wagrian Slav (Obotrite–Wagria tribal; Helmold)
Starigard (Starigard Wagrien, German Oldenburg in Holstein) — Wagrian Slav princely hillfort (7th–12th c, Oldenburg/Starigard 8th c timber-earth Wallburg 120×110 m, 10 m rampart, princely hall) 5 km…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus
Solokha Royal Kurgan — Scythian Gold King (Lower Dnieper, Ukraine)
Scythian Classical (4th c BCE, Scytho-Greek contact) · Pontic Scythian (Scythian–Bosporan Greek elite network)
18-m Pontic Scythian royal hill-mound (430–400 BCE) with Greek-Scythian gold comb and 1.4-kg queen diadem.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka)
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Taq-e Bostan Rock Reliefs
Sassanian Empire (224–651 CE), late Sassanian zenith · Sassanian Zoroastrian (Ahura Mazda, Anahita, Mithra) court art
Sassanian Zagros spring iwans: Shapur II/III small and Khosrow II great with boar hunt and armored cavalry.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Kerma Defuffa Western Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension
Middle Bronze Age (2500-1500 BCE) · Kerma Culture
Kerma Defuffa Western Annex Courtyard — Southern Extension in Northern State, Kerma, Sudan is a Middle Bronze Age (2500-1500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Kerma Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Western Terrace
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Western Terrace in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Seahenge – Holme-next-the-Sea Timber Circle
Early Bronze Age (~2050 BCE) · British Early Bronze Age (Beaker to post-Beaker)
2049 BCE Bronze Age timber circle with inverted oak altar—Nordic beach ritual uncovered 1998.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Western Terrace
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Ozieri Culture
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Western Terrace in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Burrian Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Burrian Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient village
Tybrind Vig Submerged Ertebølle Settlement – Lillebælt, Denmark
Ertebølle Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic · Ertebølle culture
Submerged Ertebølle lagoon settlement (5600–4000 BCE) 3 m under Lillebælt — dugouts, bast textiles, paddles.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Antas de Olival da Pega
Early Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.3500–2800 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Almendres tradition)
Reguengos twin antas in shared mound — Anta 1 with 16 m corridor, 4 m polygonal chamber and schist plaques (3500 BCE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Southern Extension
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East — Southern Extension in Andalusia, Huelva, Spain is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun (A & B)
Late Chalcolithic Bakun phase (c.4800–4000 BCE); Ubaid-related Bakun painted ware · Bakun (Fars Chalcolithic) with Ubaid–Susiana ties and early Elamite precursor
Bakun painted Chalcolithic capital (c.4800–4000 BCE) with 20-room admin complex and seals — Marvdasht chiefdom precursor (Persepolis 7 km).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Western Terrace
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) · Proto-Elamite
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Western Terrace in Isfahan, Kashan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) tell attributed to Proto-Elamite.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Western Terrace
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Western Terrace in Alentejo, Evora, Portugal is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II — Southern Extension in Occitanie, Herault, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.