🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Sunken City off Dyke
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Temple of Dail
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Temple of Dail in New South Wales, Australia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) temple complex attributed to Harappan culture.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Vendel Boat Grave Field
Vendel Period (550–800 CE) · Vendel Period Svear
Eponymous Vendel Period cemetery in Vendel churchyard with 14 intact boat graves 550–800 CE excavated 1881–93 by Hjalmar Stolpe.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Vitlycke Rock Carvings
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Hunter-gatherer rock art tradition
Vitlycke Rock Carvings is a rock art site in Västra Götaland, Sweden featuring carvings and paintings on exposed bedrock dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–1000 BCE).
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Park Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Park Hillfort in Fezzan, Libya is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khendjer
Second Intermediate Period, early 13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian (13th Dynasty; king foreign origin 'boar')
Only completed pyramid of 13th Dynasty at South Saqqara, for obscure Levantine-derived king Khendjer (c.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Roxby Midden Dolmen
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Roxby Midden Dolmen in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) megalithic attributed to Harappan culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Tel Floodplain Höyük
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tel Floodplain Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Anta de Pavia Chapel
Late Neolithic to Modern (reuse) · Alentejo Megalithic → Baroque Christian
17th-century chapel built inside a Neolithic anta with seven granite uprights whitewashed as walls, near Évora.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Aswan First Cataract — Unfinished Obelisk Quarry Canal
New Kingdom to British (1470 BCE – 1902 CE) · Egyptian New Kingdom with British Aswan regulation
Quarry slipway and basin 150 m to float 42 m Unfinished Obelisk and blocks to Nile.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Gough's Cave
Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Gough's Cave in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Lindholm Høje
Germanic Iron Age to Viking Age · Late Iron Age Jutland / Viking Danes
Viking-age burial field at Aalborg with 682 graves and stone-ship settings preserved under sand since 1000 CE.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Midden Dolmen Ancient City
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Midden Dolmen Ancient City in River Nile State, Sudan is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) ancient city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Pyramid of Abbey
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Pyramid of Abbey in Coquimbo, Chile is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) pyramid attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock-cut
Sproxton-Broad Rock-Cut Complex
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Sproxton-Broad Rock-Cut Complex in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth)
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Temple of Bailey
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Temple of Bailey in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hillfort
Tre Camp
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tre Camp in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hillfort attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hazleton North Long Cairn
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Fully excavated Cotswold-Severn cairn at Hazleton, 21 burials, detailed construction sequence, c.3800 BCE.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Olympia Sanctuary
Geometric to Roman 776 BCE–393 CE; classical temple peak 5th c. BCE · Ancient Greek (pan-Hellenic, Eleian administration)
Sacred grove of Zeus and birthplace of Olympic Games with Phidias' Wonder statue temple.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Dun Great
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Dun Great in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sanchi Great Stupa and Temple Complex
Maurya to Gupta (3rd c. BCE–5th c. CE; Great Stupa core 260 BCE, gateway 1st c. BCE) · Mauryan, Sunga, Satavahana, Gupta Buddhist
Great Stupa No.1 at Sanchi – Ashoka's 3rd c. BCE relic mound enlarged to 36m hemispheric brick-and-stone anda, 16m high stone torana gateways (Satavahana 1st c.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Cotta Garum Factory
Roman (1st–5th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Roman (Mauretanian)
Cotta (Cap Spartel) is Mauretania Tingitana's largest Roman garum factory, 1st–5th c. CE, 8 km west of Tangier on Atlantic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Epidaurus Sanctuary of Asklepios
Archaic to Hellenistic 6th–2nd c. BCE · Ancient Greek Argive
Asklepios healing sanctuary with world's most acoustically perfect 14,000-seat Greek theater.