🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Stanton Drew Stone Circles
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Severn
England's third-largest circle complex — 113 m Great Circle plus two smaller circles and Cove near Bristol.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Drehem
Ur III (c.2112–2004 BCE; peak Shulgi–Ibbi-Sin c.2050 BCE) · Ur III state (Third Dynasty of Ur)
Ur III state cattle redistribution centre Puzrish-Dagan (Drehem) — Shulgi's royal livestock agency (c.2050 BCE) processing thousands of cattle/sheep for Ur and...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok III — Khabur Headwaters
Halaf late to Ubaid 4 (5200–3700 BCE; peak Ubaid 3 4500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid (Khabur facies)
Ubaid tripartite houses 4800 BCE — most intact Halaf-Ubaid transition cluster.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Amri — Dadu
Pre-Harappan (3600–2600 BCE) · Amri
Amri — Dadu in Sindh, Dadu, Pakistan is a Pre-Harappan (3600–2600 BCE) tell attributed to Amri culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North — Pavlopetri Coast (Elafonisos)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gre Virike South — Euphrates Terrace
Halaf to EBA III (5600–2000 BCE; main 3100–2000 BCE) · Halaf → Uruk interaction → EBA Karababa and Transcaucasian
EBA terrace tell on Suruç plain — Halaf under EBA jar-burial cemetery.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kampyr Tepe
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.300 BCE–3rd cent CE, candidate Alexander 329 BCE) · Greco-Bactrian → Kushan
Hellenistic–Kushan Oxus fortress — candidate Alexandria on the Oxus (329 BCE) with 'Pompeii' preservation.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Konar Sandal South (Jiroft)
Early Dynastic III–Akkadian (c.2500–1900 BCE) · Halil (Jiroft) / Proto-Elamite late → Early Dynastic sphere
Monumental third-millennium citadel (13 ha, 21 m high mound with 300 m lower town) on the Halil River, excavated by Yous...
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Lis Cairn Pyramid
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lis Cairn Pyramid in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Penjikent (Ancient Panjakent)
Early Medieval Sogdian (5th–8th century CE) · Sogdian (easternmost Sogd)
Easternmost Sogdian Silk Road city — 13.5 ha frescoed shahristan with Rustam murals and Mount Mug letters.
🇦🇺 Australia · Archaeological wonder
Port Royal Submerged Street North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Port Royal Submerged Street North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Sinki
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Sinki small step pyramid south of Abydos: 18.2 m base limestone 3-step to 4 m (orig. ~11 m), guarding Abdju necropolis c.2630 BCE.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rusuccuru
Phoenicio-Punic to Medieval (5th c. BCE–16th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Rusuccuru (modern Dellys) is a Phoenician–Roman port on Algeria's Kabyle coast, founded 5th c. BCE as Carthaginian fish-salting station.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Talianki
Trypillia C1 (Cucuteni B2) · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillia mega-site phenomenon)
Cucuteni-Trypillia mega-settlement (c.3850–3700 BCE, 450 ha, perhaps 15,000 inhabitants) — largest city in Europe at that time, larger than Uruk contemporary — with concentric burnt houses (2,700…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Taşlı Tepe
PPNA · Taş Tepeler PPN
Tektek ridge domestic-ritual village showing everyday life behind Göbekli's monuments.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Wijiji (Chaco Canyon)
Pueblo III; late McElmo revival · Mesa Verde McElmo → Chaco East Wash
Late McElmo eastern great house (30 rooms, 1105–1115 CE) at Chaco Wash narrows — single-wing McElmo revival after main canyon collapse, with check dams.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Akhan Kot? Actually Akhnoor? Let's use Akhnur? Replace: Bhamala Stupa Extension — Taxila West
Kushan to Hindu Shahi (150 BCE–1000 CE) Gandhara · Gandhara Buddhist (Kushan)
Akhan Kot? Actually Akhnoor? Let's use Akhnur? Replace: Bhamala Stupa Extension — Taxila West in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan to Hindu Shahi (150 BCE–1000 CE) Gandhara temple-complex…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Alamgirpur
Late Harappan (c.3300–1300 BCE, easternmost Harappan) · Harappan–Bara
Easternmost Indus Valley site (Parasaram-ka-Khera) — Harappan frontier on Hindon/Ganga Doab.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Hegra
Lihyan to Nabataean to Roman Arabia Petraea · Nabataean Arab
Second capital of Nabataean kingdom after Petra (1st c. BCE–106 CE), with 131 rock-cut monumental tombs with decorated façades (Qasr al-Farid loner tomb iconic), Nabataean Aramaic inscriptions…
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Helan Mountains Helankou North — Rock Art Park North Gorge
Spring and Autumn to Western Xia (770 BCE – 1227 CE) · Northern nomadic to Dangxiang (Tangut Xi Xia)
North fork with 1200+ ibex and Xi Xia script at 1970 m opposite main park.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Khalchayan — Kushan Palace Hall North
Kushan (50 BCE–150 CE early Kushan) · Kushan (Heraios, Kujula Kadphises)
Khalchayan — Kushan Palace Hall North in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Kushan (50 BCE–150 CE early Kushan) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Heraios, Kujula Kadphises).
🇧🇷 Brazil · Tumulus
Moor Burial Mound
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Moor Burial Mound in Piauí, Brazil is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Roman culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas Ili North Terrace — Kurty Shore Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Dzungar to Kazakh (1500 BCE – 1900 CE) · Oirat Mongol (Buddhist) and earlier Andronovo/Kazakh nomad
North-bank Ili terrace with Bronze Age carts and Kazakh tamgas opposite Buddhist cliffs.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Abu Hureyra Northern Extension — Epi-Paleolithic to Neolithic
Natufian to Pottery Neolithic (11100–5800 BCE) · Natufian to Pre-Pottery
Abu Hureyra Northern Extension — Epi-Paleolithic to Neolithic in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to Pottery Neolithic (11100–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian to Pre-Pottery.