🇮🇶 Iraq · Submerged site
Sunken City off Cist Northfield
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Sunken City off Cist Northfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) submerged city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 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.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Sura-Hillfort Grotto
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Sura-Hillfort Grotto in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) cave attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Dyke Tula Burial Mound
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dyke Tula Burial Mound in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tumulus attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
Afanasievo to Sarazm Chalcolithic–Bronze Age · Sarazm culture (Central Asian proto-Bactrian)
Earliest proto-urban centre in Central Asia (4000–2000 BCE) in Zarafshan Valley, Tajikistan's first UNESCO site (2010), 100 ha town with irrigation canals, palace, fortified citadel and aeolian…
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Thornby Grove Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Atzompa — Oaxaca
Classic Xoo 650–900 CE · Zapotec (Xoo/Mahuitz phase)
Monte Albán northern barrio: 45 m ballcourt largest in Oaxaca and House of the Altars on 250 m plaza.
🇹🇷 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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Kfar HaHoresh
Middle PPNB · PPNB cult complex
PPNB cult and mortuary center (7500–6650 BCE) in the Nazareth hills, not a normal village but a regional feasting and secondary-burial site serving surrounding settlements.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Mine Tel Dolmen
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Mine Tel Dolmen in Sicily, Italy is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) megalithic attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Panaramitee Engraved Rock Art
Pleistocene to Holocene (c.45,000 BCE–present; classic Panaramitee tradition) · Aboriginal Australian (Adnyamathanha, etc)
Panaramitee – pan-continental pecking tradition (Panaramitee style) of classic circle, dot, crescent, track and line motifs on desert varnished rocks; type site Panaramitee Station South Australia.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Tell
Quay Jala Höyük
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quay Jala Höyük in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Gilda / Rirha
Mauretanian to Islamic (5th c. BCE–8th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Rirha (ancient Gilda) on the Sebou River is a Mauretanian city turned Roman colonia, 5th c. BCE–8th c. CE, excavated by Callegarin 2005–.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Pyramid of Motte Marsh Varna
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Pyramid of Motte Marsh Varna in Occitanie, France is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Rock Art of Stone Norton
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Rock Art of Stone Norton in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace
Archaic to Roman 7th c. BCE–300 CE · Thracian-Greek mystery cult (pan-Hellenic pilgrimage)
Mystery sanctuary on Samothrace where Winged Victory crowned a sacred torrent ravine.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Acharneh
Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (c.3000–300 BCE) · Syrian EBA → Aramaean → Neo-Hittite fringe
Ghāb Orontes fortress tell 12 ha (EB glacis, Iron Age Aramaean town Tunip/Qarqar) in Ghāb swamp.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Girmeler Cave
Epipalaeolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.14,000–5500 BCE) · Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Aceramic Neolithic → Chalcolithic
Lycian karst cave (14 ka) with Epipalaeolithic burials to Aceramic Neolithic herding above Fethiye.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Jerash (Gerasa)
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (c.332 BCE–749 CE, peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Graeco-Roman / Nabataean / Byzantine / Umayyad
One of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities in the Near East, Gerasa was a Decapolis city with colonnaded cardo, two tetrapylons, Hadrian's Arch (129 CE), Oval Plaza, Temple of Artemis and Temple of…
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Black Field
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Black Field in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) temple complex attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Village of Pit-Gill
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Village of Pit-Gill in Fezzan, Libya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Labranda Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
Hecatomnid Classical 380–330 BCE · Carian (Hecatomnid satrapal) Greek-Anatolian hybrid
Carian mountain Zeus sanctuary of Mausolus with double-axe cult and 14 km sacred road.