🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Prieta
Preceramic VI – Initial Period 6000–1800 BCE · Cupisnique/Pre-Cupisnique maritime
6000-year preceramic cotton mound 30×8 m with indigo dye and 7000-year textile nets 3 km from El Brujo.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Clontygora Court Tomb
Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb
Huge court tomb near Killeen (King's Ring), court 6.4×13 m, lintelled entrance, c.3800 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Pyramid of Grotto
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Pyramid of Grotto in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tell
Tell el-Scar Ridge
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Tell el-Scar Ridge in Alentejo, Portugal is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tell attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Sefid
Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE) · Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)
Deh Luran tell 5 m high (c.7500–5800 BCE, Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, goat lentil) in Deh Luran plain.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Hwaseong Fortress (Suwon)
Joseon Dynasty 1794–1796 CE · Joseon Korean (Jeongjo)
5.52 km bastioned city wall (1794–1796) built by King Jeongjo to honor father Prince Sado and establish new capital, combining Korean, Chinese and Western bastion design via Silhak scholar Jeong…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Yeay Lao Group (Sambor Prei Kuk)
Chenla (Isanapura 616–635 CE) to Angkor · Chenla (Isanapura, King Isanavarman I)
Yeay Lao is one of three walled cities of Isanapura (Samor Prei Kuk, UNESCO 2017) — Chenla capital 616–635 CE, 250×250 m walled enclosure with 3 octagonal brick sanctuaries.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Chysauster Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Chysauster Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Carn Euny Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Quarry Gallery Submerged 70 — Greece Region 10
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Quarry Gallery Submerged 70 — Greece Region 10 in Greece Region 10, Greece is a Iron Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sapinuwa
Hittite Empire (c.1600–1200 BCE; peak Sapinuwa 1500–1200 BCE as second capital) · Hittite (Old → Empire)
Sapinuwa (Ortaköy, Çorum) is the Hittite Empire's second capital and military–religious administration — Building A with 3000+ Hittite cuneiform tablets (larges...
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Puig Morter de Son Ferragut — Post-Talayotic Islet Hypostyle Hall
Post-Talayotic (550–123 BCE Son Ferragut hall 400 BCE) · Post-Talayotic Mallorcan iron age Son Ferragut 550 BCE square talayot abandon→ hall 400 BCE
Puig Morter 14.6 m hypostyle 5 columns 400 BCE.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
S'Illot — Talayotic Coastal Cliffs and Punic Cistern
Talayotic (1100–500 BCE settlement 2000 m²; 200 BCE Punic cistern 2 after 123 BCE Roman conquest) · Talayotic → Punic 6th c. BCE contact → Roman to Punic merged
S'Illot coastal talayotic with Punic cistern 200 BCE.
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Ancient village
Kretinga Hillfort & Iron Age Grave
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Kretinga Hillfort & Iron Age Grave in Klaipėda County, Lithuania is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés in Balearic Islands, Menorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient village
Orlat
Sogdian–Kangju (200 BCE–300 CE) · Kangju–Sarmatian to Sogdian (Orlat plaques)
Orlat is the Sarmatian–Kangju cemetery with famed Orlat bone plaques — carved battle and hunting scenes linking Sogdiana to Steppe nomads, 4 kurgans (8 m high).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pecos Pueblo — Forked Lightning Trading Post Cicuye
Pueblo III to Historic (1150–1838 CE) — gateway pueblo at plains-pueblo interface · Towa Pueblo (Cicuye) / Plains-Pueblo trade
Pecos excavated by Kidder 1915–29, birthplace of Pueblo stratigraphy, 700 rooms 1300–1838 then abandoned to Jemez.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Kalibangan Mound — Thar Extension West Square
Early to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) · Harappan (Pre-Harappan Sothi–Hakra)
Kalibangan Mound — Thar Extension West Square in Rajasthan, India is a Early to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan (Pre-Harappan Sothi–Hakra).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar
Somavamshi to Eastern Ganga 11th c. (c.1090–1104 peak) · Kalinga Hindu (Odisha)
Lingaraja (c.1090–1114) – tallest Kalinga deula (55m) in Bhubaneswar's Ekamra Kshetra, housing Svayambhu linga (Shiva) revered as both Shiva and Vishnu (Harihara).
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Talaiot de Ses Païsses
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Ses Païsses in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Soleb — Amenhotep III Lion Temple Jebel Dosha Link
New Kingdom (Amenhotep III c.1375 BCE Temple of Amun ; Soleb lions Prudhoe) · Egyptian New Kingdom (Sed-festival temple)
Soleb excavated by Breasted 1907 and Schiff Giorgini 1957–, Amenhotep lion temple 1375 BCE.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Ajanta Caves 9–10 — Early Hinayana Group
Satavahana (100 BCE) Hinayana; repainted 5th c. · Buddhist Hinayana then Mahayana
Ajanta Caves 9–10 — Early Hinayana Group in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (100 BCE) Hinayana; repainted 5th c. rock_cut attributed to Buddhist Hinayana then Mahayana.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Hillfort Rampart Buried 19 — Syria Region 7
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Hillfort Rampart Buried 19 — Syria Region 7 in Syria Region 7, Syria is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Meroe Town — Royal City North of Pyramids with Temple of Amun
Meroitic (600 BCE–350 CE capital after 300 BCE shift from Napata) · Meroitic royal capital (Kandake city)
Meroe town excavated by Garstang & Sayce 1911–14, iron capital 200k t slag, temple of Amun 600 m.