🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Oea (Tripoli)
Phoenician to Ottoman (7th c BCE–present) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Islamic
Phoenician Emporion under Tripoli with 163 CE tetrapylon arch of Marcus Aurelius and silted harbour.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Sukhaya Termista — Catacomb Culture Kurgan Field
Late Yamnaya → Catacomb → Srubnaya · Yamnaya → Catacomb Grave culture → Srubnaya (Timber Grave)
Kalmyk steppe Catacomb Grave kurgans (2800–2200 BCE) with shaft-and-niche chambers cut into Yamnaya mounds — post-Yamnaya chariot horizon and ‘caterpillar’ pottery.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly II Central Gorge Petroglyphs
Late Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Central tributary gorge of the Tamgaly (Tanbaly) UNESCO landscape 170 km NW Almaty, comprising 4.5 km of northwest-facing Chu-Ili schist panels with ~800 engravings.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Türlü Höyük
EB I–III → MBA → LBA → Iron Age (3000–700 BCE) · Syro-Anatolian EBA (Euphrates tradition) → Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite
EB walled town (3000–2300 BCE) with 20 ha lower town — Carchemish-Aleppo plain urban gateway, Mitanni/Hittite contested.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia) in Al Madinah, Hegra, Saudi Arabia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hierakonpolis — Locality 6 Ancillary Ceremonial Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Hierakonpolis — Locality 6 Ancillary Ceremonial Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar) in Aswan, Hierakonpolis, Kom el-Ahmar, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BC…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Karahan Tepe — Pillared Hall Ancillary Room E
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Karahan Tepe — Pillared Hall Ancillary Room E in Şanlıurfa, Karahan Tepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Pueblo Bonito — North Wall Ancillary (Chaco Canyon)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Pueblo Bonito — North Wall Ancillary (Chaco Canyon) in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, United States is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Birkrigg Stone Circle — Urswick, Cumbria
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (c.2500–1700 BCE) · Cumbrian Late Neolithic–Bronze Age (Beaker)
Birkrigg stone circle (Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age c.2500–1700 BCE), also called the Druid's Temple, is a double concentric circle 26 m outer and 9 m inner on Birkrigg Common limestone moor 2 mi…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibanché
Early–Late Classic · Maya (Kaan–Chenés frontier)
First Kaan (Snake) capital (300–900 CE) — 28-m Kinichná Acropolis with wooden lintel inscriptions.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Central Dwarka Ridge East — Dwarka (58-14)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Dwarka Ridge East — Dwarka (58-14) at Dwarka, India is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Dion — Sanctuary of Isis North Ancillary (Pieria)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Dion — Sanctuary of Isis North Ancillary (Pieria) in Central Macedonia, Pieria, Dion, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Höyücek Höyük
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Burdur-Antalya (Hacilar-associated)
Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic lakeside shrine-village (c.6500–5500 BCE) in Burdur Lake District, famous for 'Martyrium' burnt shrine phase with mother-goddess and leopard reliefs, and hoard of…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Ancillary Drain
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Ancillary Drain in Sindh, Larkana, Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan
Mykhailivka (Mikhaylovka) — Yamnaya type site
Lower Eneolithic → Repin → Classic Yamnaya (Pit Grave) · Sredny Stog / Trypillia → Repin → Yamnaya (Pit Grave culture)
Yamnaya triple settlement on Dnieper (3600–2600 BCE) — Lower Trypillian fort, Middle Repin–Yamnaya ditch and Upper Yamnaya town with adjacent Pit Grave kurgans, birthplace of Yamnaya culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Neapolis — Ancient Harbour North Mole (Nabeul, Tunisia)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Neapolis — Ancient Harbour North Mole (Nabeul, Tunisia) in Nabeul, Neapolis, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribut…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
New Luxor Hilltop Inner — Luxor, Thebes (53-23)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Luxor Hilltop Inner — Luxor, Thebes (53-23) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Pokrovka — Srubnaya (Timber Grave) Cemetery
Late Bronze Age; Srubnaya post-Catacomb · Catacomb → Srubnaya (Timber Grave) → Andronovo influence
Ilek River Srubnaya cemetery (1800–1200 BCE) with timber-framed ‘srub’ grave chambers, grooved pottery and Late Bronze steppe pastoral expansion.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Submerged site
Tavira — Ancient Harbour North Channel (Algarve)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Tavira — Ancient Harbour North Channel (Algarve) in Algarve, Tavira, Portugal is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to B…
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
New Khajuraho Necropolis East — Khajuraho (60-13)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Khajuraho Necropolis East — Khajuraho (60-13) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) contested of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
New Dwarka Enclosure II — Dwarka (58-21)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Dwarka Enclosure II — Dwarka (58-21) at Dwarka, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) submerged city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Outer Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-37)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Outer Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-37) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cantona Acropolis Pyramid (Terrace City)
Epiclassic (600–950 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca (?) / Cantona culture
Lava-field megacity Cantona Acropolis (600–1000 CE): 12 km² terraced pyramid city on basalt malpaís with 24 ballcourts, 500 causeways, 12 m Acropolis pyramid at 2550 m.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Medieval (regional) megalithic of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.