🇮🇳 India · Fortress
Fortress of Midfield Henge
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Fortress of Midfield Henge in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) fortress attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Ridge Grotto Höyük
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Fortress
Ghat-Mazar Ridge Fortress
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ghat-Mazar Ridge Fortress in Chiapas, Mexico is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) fortress attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Petra Siq Hydraulic Channel
Nabataean Hellenistic–Roman ~100 BCE–106 CE · Nabataean Arab (Hellenistic)
Siq slot-canyon's paired Nabataean canals and flood-tunnel still draining Petra's gorge.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Early–Middle Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Stalled cairn on Rousay with tripartite chamber, 29 burials, c.3500 BCE.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Quarry
Dyke Quarry
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dyke Quarry in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) quarry attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Megalith
Dolmen de Cave
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Dolmen de Cave in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇦🇷 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...
🇫🇷 France · Tell
Tell Knoll-Seaton
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Tell Knoll-Seaton in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 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.