🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
São Raimundo Rock Art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
São Raimundo Rock Art in Pampas, Argentina is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
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🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
São Raimundo Rock Art in Pampas, Argentina is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin builders
Temple Wood Stone Circles — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin builders.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) · Natufian-Neolithic
Abu Hureyra — Epipalaeolithic in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates Terrace, Syria is a Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Natufian-Neolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Amri to Harappan (3600–2000 BCE) · Amri ware → Kot Diji → Harappan sequence
Amri — Sindh Amri Ware Type Site Extension Foothills in Sindh, Pakistan is a Amri to Harappan (3600–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Amri ware → Kot Diji → Harappan sequence.
🇱🇾 Libya · Quarry
Greek to Byzantine (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica–Marmarica)
Mesa quarry for Tobruk harbour works with slip road cart ruts.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Cemetery Extramural South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) · Neanderthal / Creswellian
Creswell Crags Gorge in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Magnesian Limestone, United Kingdom is a Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) cave attributed to Neanderthal / Creswellian culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining
Ghozza — Eastern Desert Gold Mine and Fort in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) fortress attributed to Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining.
🇮🇳 India · Cave
Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) · Kashmir Neolithic (Gufkral)
Gufkral Cave — Kashmir Pre-Neolithic and Neolithic in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) cave attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Gufkral).
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
La Venta Outlier in Atacama, Chile is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1200–1470 CE, chachapoya mummy bundles · Chachapoyas
Northern annex of famed Laguna de los Cóndores cliff 150 m north of main 6-mausoleum group above lake: 8 painted gable-roofed chullpas (mausoleums) with tiered niches containing ~60 seated mummy…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lindenmeier Paleo Site in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa (10th–12th c. CE) · Cham art transitional My Son A1 style
My Son Sanctuary Group G — Champa in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa (10th–12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham art transitional My Son A1 style.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin complex
Nether Largie Standing Stones — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin complex.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Paramonga Fortress Pyramid in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Cilician–Seleucid
Ramsgetragen? Actually Castabala — Hierapolis Castabala Temple in Osmaniye Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Cilician–Seleucid.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Outlier fortlet of Thubunae on Hodna rim with 6-tower enceinte.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Watson Brake Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Well Shaft Fill East in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Ur III (c.5000–2000 BCE; Sumerian King List antediluvian) · Ubaid → Uruk → Sumerian antediluvian → Ur III
Bad-tibira (Tell al-Madineh) is counted in Sumerian King List as the second antediluvian city (before Shuruppak), ruled by mythical Dumuzi. Surface 50-ha mound...
🇱🇾 Libya · Road station
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Inland mansio between Barca and Ptolemais with milestone cluster.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Neolithic transition to Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BP, ~500 BCE) · Neolithic–Oc Eo transitional (pre-Funan)」「Go O Chua culture
Pre-Funan mound (500 BCE) on Vam Co Tay — cord pottery and earliest Vietnamese chordophones (music).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa (9th–10th c. CE) · Cham (Indrapura phase)
Khuong My Three Towers — Quang Nam in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa (9th–10th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Indrapura phase).