🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Fortress of Harbor Grimston
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fortress of Harbor Grimston in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) fortress attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maeshowe-type hilltop cairn on Eday with four side cells, c.3200 BCE.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Ulugh Depe
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (5000–500 BCE; Bronze Age city 2500–1500 BCE) · Anau–Namazga to Oxus (BMAC) to Yaz
Ulugh Depe is Turkmenistan's largest tell — 26-m-high (5000 BCE–500 BCE), 13-ha Bronze Age citadel with Yaz I citadel (1500 BCE) and Namazga IV–VI ceramics.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Buried city
Buried City of Khirbet
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Buried City of Khirbet in Alentejo, Portugal is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) buried city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Aphek
EB to Ottoman (c.3500 BCE–1917 CE; peak Canaanite–Philistine–Herod 3000 BCE–74 CE) · Canaanite → Philistine → Israelite → Philistine → Hellenistic → Herodian (Antipatris)
Tel Aphek (Herodian Antipatris) guards the Yarkon springs — Via Maris bottleneck, famous as Philistine camp before Saul's defeat (1 Sam 4) and Herod's Antipatri...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Lambityeco
Classic Xoo 600–850 CE · Zapotec (Xoo phase, Late Classic)
Xoo-phase Zapotec salt palace with Cocijo friezes and tell de sal 140 m salt workshop for Monte Albán tribute.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Cave
Palace Jabal Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Palace Jabal Cave in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇵🇪 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.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Rock art
Dun Petroglyph Field
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Dun Petroglyph Field in County Kerry, Ireland is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Krak des Chevaliers
Crusader to Mamluk (11th c Kurdish fort; Hospitaller 1142–1271; Mamluk after 1271) · Kurdish / Frankish (Hospitaller) / Mamluk
Paradigmatic concentric Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers was built by Kurdish emir and expanded by Knights Hospitaller 1142–1271.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Glebe Cairn
Early Bronze Age · Bronze Age Food Vessel
Gravel-terrace cemetery cairn NW of Kilmartin village with seven Bronze Age cists.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock art
Tashkirmansay Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Medieval (3000 BCE–1500 CE) · Central Asian petroglyph tradition (Boysun UNESCO)
Tashkirmansay is 50-m-long gorge wall with 1000+ petroglyphs — Bronze Age ibex/chariots, Iron Age archers, Turkic tamgas at 1100 m Boysun UNESCO Landscape.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Brauron Northwest Spring Sanctuary — Erasinos Source
Geometric to Hellenistic (900–200 BCE) · Athenian
Brauron Northwest Spring Sanctuary — Erasinos Source in Attica, Greece is a Geometric to Hellenistic (900–200 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Athenian.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Dazu Rock Carvings
Tang to Southern Song ~650–1252 CE · Chinese esoteric Buddhist (Tang–Song)
50,000 Tantric cliff sculptures — China's last Buddhist rock-cut synthesis at Baoding.
🇬🇧 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).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Megalith
Dolmen de Glen Spur
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Dolmen de Glen Spur in Petén, Guatemala is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Roman culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Middle Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Middle Quarry in River Nile State, Sudan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Dolmen Avenue Submerged 112 — Greece Region 4
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Dolmen Avenue Submerged 112 — Greece Region 4 in Greece Region 4, Greece is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Tumulus de Bougon
Early to Middle Neolithic · Atlantic Early Neolithic / Cerny
Necropolis of six tumuli A-F spanning 4800-3000 BCE, including oldest megalithic building in western France.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Forbidden City (Imperial Palace, Beijing)
Ming to Qing 1406–1420 construction, occupied 1420–1912 CE · Ming / Qing Chinese imperial
Ming-Qing imperial palace (1420–1912, 961 buildings, 9,999 rooms) occupying 72 ha within Beijing's inner city, the world's largest wooden palace ensemble.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8 in Peru Region 8, Peru is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7 in France Region 7, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Tichitt — Stone Walled Village Cliff Neo-Sahara
Neolithic agro-pastoral (2000–500 BCE Tichitt Tradition) · Tichitt Tradition (Soninke antecedent, Ghana Empire ancestor)
Tichitt excavated by Munson 1971, 400 Dhar sites 2000–500 BCE, Ghana Empire antecedent, UNESCO tentative.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park
Swift Creek–Weeden Island 350–750 CE · Swift Creek – Weeden Island
Woodland Mound A 17 m, Swift Creek 350–750 CE.