🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Quarry of Terramare Bajada Farm
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quarry of Terramare Bajada Farm in River Nile State, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) quarry attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Furnace Ancient Village
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Furnace Ancient Village in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Qabrestan
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.5000–2900 BCE) · Qazvin plain Chalcolithic (Zagheh–Qabrestan)
Qazvin tell 12 m high (c.5000–2900 BCE, Zagheh→Qabrestan, cemetery) south of Qazvin.
🇦🇺 Australia · Necropolis
Ben Glen Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ben Glen Necropolis in New South Wales, Australia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Geoglyph
Church Geoglyph
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Church Geoglyph in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) geoglyph attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock art
Côa Valley Rock Art
Upper Paleolithic to Iron Age (~25,000 BCE – 1000 BCE; main 20,000–10,000 BCE) · Solutrean/Magdalenian to Atlantic Iron Age
Largest open-air Paleolithic art complex known, spread over 17 km of the Côa tributary with over 1,000 engraved schist panels bearing thousands of zoomorphs.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Maijishan Eastern Cliff — Tianshui Stacked Grottoes East Face
Later Qin to Song (384 – 1279 CE) · Buddhist Hexi to Central Plains transition at Wei River gap
East face stacked 90 caves 142 m hill with 16 m Buddha and plankway tiers.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Earthwork
Row Seaton Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Row Seaton Earthwork in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Rock Art of Torr Workshop Midfield in Sicily, Italy is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) rock art attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Necropolis
Stone Vale Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Stone Vale Necropolis in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Furnace
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Tadrart Acacus Rock Art
Early Holocene to Garamantian (~12,000 BCE – 100 CE) · Saharan hunter-gatherer to Pastoral Neolithic (Kel Essuf, Round Head, Pastoral)
150-km sandstone plateau on the Algerian border preserves thousands of paintings and engravings in styles paralleling nearby Tassili n'Ajjer: giant Kel Essuf headless figures, Round Head masked…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Cave of Tana-Chott
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Tana-Chott in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Erlitou – Xia Capital
Early Bronze Age (~1900–1500 BCE; Xia to early Shang) · Erlitou ( Xia, early Bronze Age Chinese)
300-ha rammed-earth palace enclosure on the Luo River where 11,000 m² Palace No.1 and a bronze foundry document the transition from Longshan Neolithic to bronze kingship.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Tholos de Montelirio
Chalcolithic · Valencina Copper Age / Los Millares horizon
Seville Chalcolithic tholos with 40 m corridor and sun-motif slabs, part of 400 ha Valencina copper town.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Pyramid of Town Forge
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pyramid of Town Forge in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) pyramid attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Shwedagon Pagoda Yangon
Mon foundation legend 6th c. BCE; major form 14th–18th c. CE · Mon-Burmese Theravada Buddhist
Shwedagon Zedi Daw – 112m gilded stupa encrusted with 60 tonnes of gold leaf and 5,448 diamonds (76-carat crown), enshrining hairs of Gautama and relics of three prior Buddhas.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Estuary West Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Estuary West Tumulus in Ohio, United States is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Poduri — Dealul Ghindaru Cucuteni Tell
Precucuteni to Cucuteni B (5200–3500 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A3–B1 (Ariușd)
Cucuteni mega-tell 4600 BCE — 120 houses & salt-trade proto-city (Monah).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Neferefre (Raneferef)
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished pyramid of ephemeral King Neferefre: mastaba-like stump with an intact cult temple, royal statues and papyri found by Czech excavators.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Submerged site
Sunken City off Valley Fort
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Sunken City off Valley Fort in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) submerged city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Bakla Tepe
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Bakla Tepe — buried eba tell/village at İzmir Province.