🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Fatehpur Sikri
Mughal 1571–1585 CE · Mughal (Akbar)
Mughal imperial city founded 1571 by Akbar as capital to honor Sufi Salim Chishti, combining Persian, Timurid and Gujarati-Rajasthani architecture in red sandstone.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gordion
EB to Medieval (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Phrygia 900–600 BCE) · Hittite → Phrygian (Midas) → Persian → Galatian → Roman
Gordion is the Phrygian capital (Yassıhöyük) — Midas's city (Midas Mound tumulus 53 m), terraced citadel with Phrygian Gate (Ashlar), and 100-tumulus necropolis...
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Parkin Archeological State Park
Mississippian / Nodena phase 1000–1541 CE · Mississippian Nodena
Moat-walled Mississippian Casqui town visited by de Soto 1541.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Aqueduct of Segovia
Roman Flavian Trajanic c.112 CE · Roman (Hispania)
Aqueduct of Segovia – 28.5m double-tier granite ashlar aqueduct (167 arches, 15 km total, 813m bridge) carrying Río Frío to Alcázar without mortar, c.112 CE Flavian-Trajanic. UNESCO 1985.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Tustrup Dysser
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB / Tragtbægerkultur)
Danish cemetery of three dolmens and passage grave plus timber cult house showing Funnel Beaker evolution, c.3200 BCE.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Mainamati (Shalban Vihara)
Early Medieval 7th–13th c CE · Buddhist Samatata Chandra dynasty
Mainamati-Lalmai ridge — Buddhist monastic city (7th–13th c CE) 8 km west Comilla, 18 major mounds (Shalban Vihara, Ananda Vihara, Kotila Mura) excavated 1955–73 F.A. Khan.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Miqne-Ekron
MB to Iron Age (c.2000 BCE–700 BCE; Philistine Ekron 1200–604 BCE) · Canaanite → Philistine (Ekron) → Judah → Assyrian
Tel Miqne is Philistine Ekron, one of the Pentapolis (Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath, Gaza). Lower town 20 ha with 110 olive-oil installations (largest ancient o...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Xochipala Region — Olmec Figurine Caves
Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala · Olmec / Mezcala
Xochipala Region — Olmec Figurine Caves in Guerrero, Mexico is a Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala rock_art attributed to Olmec / Mezcala.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Brihadeeswarar Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Chola c.1035 CE · Chola Hindu (Tamil)
Gangaikonda Cholapuram Brihadeeswarar (1035, Rajendra Chola I) – sister to Thanjavur: 55m vimana, concave curve vs Thanjavur's straight, 9m Nandi, Simhakeni tank.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chennakesava Temple Complex Belur
Hoysala 1117–1210 CE · Hoysala Vaishnava
Chennakesava (1117) – Hoysala Vishnu soapstone flagship commissioned by Vishnuvardhana after Talakad victory.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Calaforno Hypogeum — Monterosso
Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) · Sicilian Castelluccio
Calaforno Hypogeum — Monterosso in Sicily, Italy is a Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sicilian Castelluccio.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Dehra Gopipur Terrace — Kangra Valley
Late Harappan to Early Historic (1900 BCE–300 BCE) · Late Harappan / Kangra early
Dehra Gopipur Terrace — Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India is a Late Harappan to Early Historic (1900 BCE–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Late Harappan / Kangra early.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Ancient village
Embute Hillfort
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Embute Hillfort in Kurzeme, Latvia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound
Pre-Harappan Hakra to Early Harappan (3500–2500 BCE) · Kunal–Hakra ware
Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound in Haryana, India is a Pre-Harappan Hakra to Early Harappan (3500–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Kunal–Hakra ware.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Assur (Qal'at Sherqat)
Old Akkadian to Middle Assyrian, c.2600–1200 BCE · Assyrian
Ziggurat of Assur at Qal'at Sherqat — holy city of Ashur, earliest Assyrian capital (c.2600–614 BCE, core Old Akkadian/Ur III, restored Shamshi-Adad I, Shalmaneser I).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Ixtepete Pyramid — Jalisco
Classic–Epiclassic (400–700 CE) · Teuchitlan / Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition
Ixtepete Pyramid — Jalisco in Jalisco, Mexico is a Classic–Epiclassic (400–700 CE) pyramid attributed to Teuchitlan / Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Jiayuguan Pass (First Strategic Pass Under Heaven)
Ming Dynasty 1372–1540 CE (major 1484 rebuild) · Ming Han Chinese
Ming western gateway fortress (1372–1540) on Hexi Corridor terminus of Great Wall, 33,500 m² bastioned rammed-earth and brick rectangle abutting Qilian foothills and Black Mountain gorge.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzurum Province.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Telesterion of Eleusis — Hall of Mysteries
Mycenaean to Roman (1500 BCE–395 CE) · Eleusinian
Telesterion of Eleusis — Hall of Mysteries in Attica, Greece is a Mycenaean to Roman (1500 BCE–395 CE) temple-complex attributed to Eleusinian.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Airavatesvara Temple Complex Darasuram
Chola 12th c. (1146–1172 CE) · Chola Hindu (Rajaraja II)
Airavatesvara (1146–1172, Rajaraja II) – Chola chariot temple (Skt ratha) where front mandapa wheels are stone chariot wheels, music steps that resonate seven tones, and yali_balustrade.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Barclodiad y Gawres
Late Neolithic · Irish Sea passage grave tradition
Anglesey cruciform passage grave with spiral-decorated stones and 27 m cairn on coastal headland.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Ancient Village and Fogou
Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii
Carn Euny Ancient Village and Fogou in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Godin Tepe — Oval Compound High Mound
Early Bronze (III) to Iron III/Median, c.2600–500 BCE · Elamite / Median / Achaemenid
Oval Compound high mound at Godin Tepe (Period VI:1, c.500–330 BCE plus earlier Period III, c.2600 BCE high terrace). 120 × 80 m oval compound with bastions on natural mound 32 m high. T.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last great pyramid of the Old Kingdom for the longest-reigning pharaoh (traditionally 94 years, modern 64+): 78.75 m base, 52.5 m high, tallest South Saqqara pyramid with extensive Pyramid Texts,…