🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cussac Cave
Gravettian ~28–25 ka BP · Gravettian
Sealed 1.6 km Gravettian engraved gallery with 4 m bison and bear nests intact since 25 ka.
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🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Gravettian ~28–25 ka BP · Gravettian
Sealed 1.6 km Gravettian engraved gallery with 4 m bison and bear nests intact since 25 ka.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pyramid of Town Forge in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) pyramid attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Submerged site
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
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
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Sura-Hillfort Grotto in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) cave attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇨🇳 China · 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.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Tell
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.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
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.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Workshop Earthwork Cave in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) · Ubaid – Uruk
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) Ubaid – Uruk tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary – ubaid–uruk village on khabur tributary (dims Mound 2 ha, 6 m Ubaid–Uruk).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Hillfort Dolmen in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) megalithic attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) · Thracian Bronze Age
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) Thracian Bronze Age tell at Edirne Province, Thrace – thracian bronze age mound on thracian plain (dims Mound 6 m high, Bronze deposits with Troy imports).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Necropolis of Roxby Dale in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Bronze Age to early nomadic (~2000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Andronovo, Karasuk, Saka and Turkic nomadic
Arid gorge in the Chu-Ili massif preserving five major groups with over 5,000 petroglyphs, famed for anthropomorphic sun-headed figures up to 80 cm tall with rayed haloes.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (c.580 BCE – 10th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
590 BCE neighbour to Phanagoria whose harbour quarter is now under Taman Bay.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Dolmen de Wadi Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Henge Gallery Aqueduct in Sicily, Italy is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Edge Ben in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Eastfield Sanctuary Rock Shelter in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Early Holocene to 1st millennium CE (10,000 BCE–500 CE) · Saharan hunter-pastoralist (Capsian, Pastoral Neolithic)
Tassili n'Ajjer Tin Merzouga – Saharan sandstone forest with 15,000+ paintings/engravings (10,000 BCE–500 CE) in the Tin Merzouga erg-edge sector: Round Head period giant pastoral figures (Jabbaren),…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (6000–5000 BCE; Levels I–III) · Cappadocian Neolithic–Chalcolithic with Halaf links
Neolithic skull-cult village 6000 BCE — plastered skulls and relief houses.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tell el-Glen in Ancash, Peru is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tell attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Preclassic Mirador 300 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Southern satellite of Preclassic supersite: 18 m triadic pyramid and 1.8 m Ajaw stucco mask cache with causeway.