🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Thonis Temple Pylon South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Thonis Temple Pylon South in Sambaqui Coast, Brazil is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Arbor Low Stone Circle
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Peak District
Peak District henge enclosing 43 recumbent stones with 90 m bank-ditch and central cove, linked to Gib Hill barrow.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Barnes Works
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell
Immense Hopewell enclosure 12 ha west of Bainbridge: square (280 m side) attached to circle (320 m diameter) via parallel walls, with ditch-and-embankment 1.5 m high.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chaitya Arch Facade South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Chaitya Arch Facade South in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Dune Covered Structure North
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Dune Covered Structure North in Ganga Plain, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Etched Mesa Petroglyph North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Etched Mesa Petroglyph North in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North — Harrat al-Sham (Azraq)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock-cut
Kimberley Wandjina Spirit Panel West
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kimberley Wandjina Spirit Panel West in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Kin Klizhin (Chaco Outlier)
Pueblo II-III; Chaco outlier · Chacoan McElmo outlier / local Red Mesa synthesis
Southern Wash outlier great house (50 rooms, c.1085 CE) with L-plan and Chaco road causeway — wash-margin agricultural outlier illustrating Chaco emulation.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Menouthis Church Extension South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Menouthis Church Extension South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Meroe Northern Pyramid Field Extension — Saqqara (Saqqara)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Meroe Northern Pyramid Field Extension in Saqqara, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
News Paper Rock Panel East — Rajasthan (Jaipur)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
News Paper Rock Panel East in Rajasthan, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Nineveh Khinis (Bavian) Aqueduct Head — Sennacherib Mountain Aqueduct Source
Neo-Assyrian 690 BCE · Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib
Mountain head reliefs and 17-spring capture merging to 55 km Nineveh canal.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Pavlopetri Outlier House South — Yonaguni (Ishigaki)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Yonaguni, Japan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South — Chiloé Shelf (Castro)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South — Yucatán Cenote (Mérida)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sultantepe Höyük
Halaf → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian (615 BCE lib) → Hellenistic → Islamic · Halaf → Mitanni Hurrian → Middle & Neo-Assyrian → Islamic
Neo-Assyrian library tell — 400 tablets of Gilgamesh (615 BCE Huzirina).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Tabasqueño
Late Classic Maya 600–900 CE, Chenes style · Maya (Chenes)
Intact Chenes palace at Tabasqueño with renowned zoomorphic portal: doorway transformed into gaping earth-monster mask with stacked Chaac masks and ear assemblages (INAH).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Beydar North Field — Nabada Annex
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada · Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets)
Tell Beydar North Field — Nabada Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada tell attributed to Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Ozbaki (Uzbaki)
Medes to Early Bronze (c.7000 BCE–Medes 7th c. BCE) · Medes–Achaemenid transition plus prehistoric Tappeh
Nine-period mound 15 km SSW of Qazvin with Halil Tepe–like sequence: Median mudbrick fortress + intact brick vault & rampart (oldest in Iran), Edriss Iron-Age citadel, Ozbaki Maad temple?
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock-cut
Anthropomorph Rock Engraving East
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Anthropomorph Rock Engraving East in Cederberg, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Mish — Khuzestan Protourban Center
Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) · Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite
Chogha Mish — Khuzestan Protourban Center in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite.