🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Sand Canyon South Pueblo
Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
Sand Canyon Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) settlement attributed to Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Herto (Middle Awash – Herto Bouri)
Middle Pleistocene (260–154 ka; idaltu bearing 160 ka) · Homo sapiens idaltu (early sapiens subspecies)
Formation yielding 160 ka Homo sapiens idaltu crania BOU-VP-16 with deliberate defleshing cutmarks and Acheulean→MSA transition.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Phaistos West Court Phaistos
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Phaistos West Court Phaistos in Crete, Phaistos, Greece is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription in Deir ez-Zor, Dura, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Taksai Royal Kurgans (West Kazakhstan)
Early Iron Age (Sarmatian / Sauromatian) · Sarmatian (Sauromatian)
Twin royal Sarmatian kurgans (85 m asl, 51°11′48″N 52°10′37″E per 51.196575N 52.176884E) on the Ural-Mugodzhar steppe east of Ural River.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Ifè Opa Oranmiyan Stele Base
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Ifè Opa Oranmiyan Stele Base in Osun, Ife, Nigeria is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Mapungubwe Hill Summit Grave 14
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mapungubwe Hill Summit Grave 14 in Limpopo, Mapungubwe, South Africa is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Behren-Lübchin
Early Medieval Slavic 900–1180 (Circipanian Obotrite lake island) · Slavic Circipanian (Obotrite confederacy Tollense lake island)
Behren-Lübchin — Slavic lake island fortress (9th–12th c, Feldberg–Fresendorf phase, peak 10th–12th c Circipanian) on Großer See lake island 12 km southeast Teterow, Mecklenburg Tollense–Peene lake…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Knossos Caravanserai South Annex
Neopalatial (1700-1450 BCE) · Minoan
Knossos Caravanserai South Annex in Crete, Heraklion, Greece is a Neopalatial (1700-1450 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Stubline
Vinča C late Neolithic (5400–4700 BCE) · Vinča C late Neolithic (5400–4700 BCE)
Stubline in Belgrade District, Obrenovac, Kolubara Valley, Serbia is a Vinča C late Neolithic (5400–4700 BCE) settlement attributed to Vinča C late Neolithic (5400–4700 BCE) culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Zaidan (Zaidan)
Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE)
Tell Zaidan (Zaidan) in Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Balikh Valley, near Raqqa, Syria is a Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic (6000–3500 BCE) settlement attributed to Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Mizan Dam – Shushtar Hydraulic Node
Achaemenid to Sasanian · Achaemenid / Sasanian (with Roman prisoners)
390-m Karun diversion weir (5th c BCE /260 CE) — head of Shushtar mills system.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Casa Grande Hohokam South Compound
Classic Period Hohokam (1150–1450 CE) · Hohokam (O'odham ancestral) Classic Period (Soho–Civano phases)
Casa Grande Hohokam South Compound is the Classic Period platform-mound village south of the Casa Grande Great House — the iconic 4-story caliche Great House (1350 CE) on the Gila River.
🇲🇹 Malta · Rock-cut
Hal Tarxien Hypogeum Extension North
Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Hal Tarxien Hypogeum Extension North in Malta, Paola, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Temple Period.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Monte Albán Tomb 104 AnteChamber
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Monte Albán Tomb 104 AnteChamber in Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Sidon College Site Middle Bronze Glacis
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sidon College Site Middle Bronze Glacis in South, Sidon, Lebanon is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Türbe Höyük
Halaf-Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → EBA/Uruk (5900–3100 BCE) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk (North Mesopotamian painted then Uruk expansion)
Halaf-Ubaid (5900–4800 BCE) Uruk-contact village — 4 ha buried Euphrates village, Birecik Dam salvage type-site.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Kerma Western Deffufa Brick Massif
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kerma Western Deffufa Brick Massif in Northern, Kerma, Sudan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph in Paraíba, Ingá, Brazil is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Spiro Mounds
Mississippian Spiro phases Harlan–Sprio 950–1450 CE (Craig Mortuary climax 1200–1400) · Caddoan Mississippian (Spiroan, ancestors of Wichita/Caddo)
Premier Mississippian and Caddoan necropolis and ceremonial center on Arkansas River: 12 mounds (Craig Mound – 10 m high, hollow burial chamber or ‘Spirit Lodge’ with shell-carved ‘Great Mortuary’…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Troy VIh Pillar House East
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Troy VIh Pillar House East in Çanakkale, Hisarlık, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Lauriya Nandangarh
Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist
Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.