🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Vale de Rodrigo — Four Neolithic Necropolis Almendres Series
Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) 4-antas series along 1 km corde · Vale de Rodrigo Neolithic necropolis 4 dolmens 4000–3000
Vale Rodrigo Leisner 4-antas.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore
PPN (9300–8500 BCE) · PPN (Upper Tigris)
Siirt mound excavated by Karul 2016–, PPN village with anthropomorphic stele, early wheat and ritual bench.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Rousay
Early Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Rousay hillside cairn excavated by Callander & Grant 1934, yielding 29 individuals and Unstan Ware; managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Karahan Tepe — T-Pillar Hall with Human Statue
PPN (9600–8600 BCE) · Göbeklian
Tek Tek pillar site excavated since 2019, part of 12-site Taş Tepeler, yielding giant human figure holding phallus and vulture pillar.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Seokguram Grotto & Bulguksa Temple
Silla Unified · Silla (Kim Dae-seong)
Seokguram Grotto & Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Silla Unified temple complex attributed to Silla (Kim Dae-seong) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 736).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff
Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier
Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Chimney Rock National Monument
Pueblo II 1076–1125 CE · Chacoan
Chacoan Great House at 2310 m, lunar standstill alignment 1076–1093 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tomb
El Opeño Tombs — Jacona
Early Formative (1600–1300 BCE) Early! · Capacha / El Opeño
El Opeño Tombs — Jacona in Michoacán, Mexico is a Early Formative (1600–1300 BCE) Early! tomb attributed to Capacha / El Opeño.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Sanam — Kushite Administrative Centre opposite Barkal
Napatan (750–600 BCE) and Meroitic later · Kushite Napatan trade centre
Sanam excavated by Griffith 1923, Napatan treasury town opposite Barkal sacred mountain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Ali Kosh
Early Neolithic (c.7500–6000 BCE; Ali Kosh sequence 7500–6000 BCE) · Bus Mordeh → Ali Kosh → Mohammed Jaffar (Deh Luran)
Deh Luran Neolithic eponym (7500–6000 BCE) defining Iran's Bus Mordeh–Ali Kosh sequence.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Oyu Stone Circles — Late Jomon Solar Alignment
Late Jomon (2000–1500 BCE) · Late Jomon Oyu
Kazuno circles excavated 1931 and 1946, Late Jomon double circles aligned to summer solstice sunset.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous
Late 6th c. BCE · Athenian
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous in Attica, Greece is a Late 6th c. BCE temple-complex attributed to Athenian. Distyle prostyle temple adjoining the larger Nemesis temple, earlier cult focus.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Alepotrypa Cave
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Final Neolithic / Early Helladic
Vast Neolithic cave complex at Diros Bay, Laconia, used as settlement and burial site 6000–3200 BCE before earthquake sealed entrance.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Abr
PPNA to PPNB (c.9600–8000 BCE) · PPNA → PPNB (Euphrates Neolithic)
PPNA-PPNB village (9600–8000 BCE) with lime-plaster houses on Euphrates Tishrin plain.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Ambivali Caves — Kalyan Hinterland
Early Historic (100 BCE–500 CE) · Buddhist
Ambivali Caves — Kalyan Hinterland in Maharashtra, India is a Early Historic (100 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist. Small Buddhist cave cluster near Ulhas river with 2 viharas and chaitya.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sun Temple, Konârak
Eastern Ganga · Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I)
Sun Temple, Konârak in Odisha, India is a Eastern Ganga temple complex attributed to Gangesvara Eastern Ganga (Narasimhadeva I) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 246).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis — West Industrial Zone
Late Chalcolithic (Varna Culture) · Varna Culture (Gumelnița-Karanovo)
Chalcolithic cemetery in western Varna industrial zone (c. 4560–4450 BCE) with 294 graves, yielding world's oldest gold treasure (3,000+ gold artifacts, 6 kg).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ness of Brodgar — Structure 14 Annex
Late Neolithic (3200–2300 BCE) · Grooved Ware
Major Ness excavated by Card 2004–, Grooved Ware centre linking Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Seh Gabi
Halaf to Ubaid-Chalcolithic (c.5600–3800 BCE) · Halaf-related → Seh Gabi/Dalma → Ubaid Kangavar
Kangavar Halaf-Dalma type mound (5600–3800 BCE) with Seh Gabi painted ware north of Islamabad.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian)
Koguryo · Koguryo
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian) in Jilin Province / DPRK, China is a Koguryo ancient city attributed to Koguryo culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1135).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet
Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) · Ahar culture
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet in Rajasthan, India is a Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Ahar culture. Small Ahar mound 3 m with white-painted Ahar pottery and microliths.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Toptepe
Neolithic-Chalcolithic (c.6000-3500 BCE) · Kırklareli–Karanovo to Gumelnița-Karanovo VI
Toptepe — buried neolithic-chalcolithic tell/village at Kırklareli Province.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Megalith
San Agustín Archaeological Park
San Agustín Culture · San Agustín
San Agustín Archaeological Park in Huila Department, Colombia is a San Agustín Culture megalithic attributed to San Agustín culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 744).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Meitin — Huni Small Provincial Pyramid Middle Egypt
3rd Dynasty provincial Huni (c.2670 BCE) — northernmost provincial pyramid · Old Kingdom 3rd Dynasty
Zawiyet el-Meitin excavated by Leclant, northern provincial.