Partially excavated places

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Larsa Fresco House Wall Painting

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Larsa Fresco House Wall Painting in Dhi Qar, Tell as-Senkereh, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex

Ggantija North Temple Forecourt

Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) · Temple Period

Ggantija North Temple Forecourt in Malta, Gozo, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.

🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork

Hill of Tara

Neolithic to Early Medieval (c.3400 BCE–1200 CE) · Neolithic → Iron Age La Tène → Early Medieval Gaelic

Ireland's paramount ceremonial landscape (142 ha) — Neolithic tomb, Lia Fáil kingship stone and Iron Age royal enclosure complex.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid

Rehman Dheri Mound — Gomal Plain

Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3300–1900 BCE, Rehman Dheri I–III) · Early Harappan (Rehman Dheri culture, Kot Diji–Harappan)

Rehman Dheri Mound — Gomal Plain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan, Gomal plain (Rehman Dheri), Pakistan is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3300–1900 BCE, Rehman Dheri I–III) pyramid/mound…

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Kunal (Haryana)

Hakra/Kunal (5000–3300) → Early Harappan (3300–2600 BCE) · Kunal culture → Early Harappan (Hakra-Ghaggar)

Pre-Harappan Hakra-type village (c.5000–2600 BCE) on the Sarasvati paleochannel near Ratia — type-site for Kunal culture, cultural ancestor of Rehman Dheri. Excavated 1986–91 by J.S. Khatri & M.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Quebrada Santo Domingo Geoglyphs

Late Formative to Early Intermediate (Salinar–Recuay) · Salinar / Recuay (Pashash)

40+ Salinar–Recuay cleared-pavement geoglyphs (500 BCE–400 CE) on Santa Valley quebrada fans.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Jabal Wisad South Chain Desert Kites (Southern Basalt Plateau)

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Late Neolithic · Eastern Badia Late Neolithic pastoral-hunting

Wisad south kite chain: 7 desert kites (8500–6200 BCE) on Black Desert basalt, 6 km SSE of pools.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid

Julian Mound — Taxila Pyramidal Stupa

Early Historic to Classical (200 BCE–500 CE, Indo-Greek, Kushan, Gupta) · Buddhist Gandhara (Taxila, Kushan, Indo-Greek heritage)

Julian Mound — Taxila Pyramidal Stupa in Punjab, Taxila Valley, Jaulian (Mohre Maliaran, Taxila), Pakistan is a Early Historic to Classical (200 BCE–500 CE, Indo-Greek, Kushan, Gupta) pyramid/mound…

🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works

Nahr Al-Kabir Canal (Orontes Coastal Canal, Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi)

Roman Hadrianic to Byzantine Justinian · Roman–Byzantine coastal Levant

Nahr al-Kabir: 3.2-km Roman 2nd-c. canalized river reach on Syria 35.30N coastal plain, Latakia.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Huaishan Central Helan Rock Art

Early Bronze to Western Xia (Tangut) · Zhukaigou, Ordos, Han, Western Xia (Tangut)

Zhongwei Huaishan central terrace with naturalistic ibex and Western Xia inscriptions.

🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient technology

Orichalcum – Atlantean Red Metal (Hypothetical Metallurgy)

Plato 360 BCE description; metal 8th–5th c. BCE brass production · Greek (Platonic) + Sicilian Greek brass workers

Plato's orichalcum second-to-gold — 2015 Gela wreck 40 brass ingots proved high-zinc cementation brass, not superconductor.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Sardis Lydian Fortification North Gate

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Sardis Lydian Fortification North Gate in Manisa, Sart, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Ugarit Royal Palace North Court

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Ugarit Royal Palace North Court in Latakia, Ras Shamra, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus

Jebel Moya Tumulus Field South Edge

Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age

Jebel Moya Tumulus Field South Edge in Sennar, Jebel Moya, Sudan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Tula Atlante Terrace Column Row 3

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Tula Atlante Terrace Column Row 3 in Hidalgo, Tula, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Beycesultan Palace West Bastion

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Beycesultan Palace West Bastion in Denizli, Çivril, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Fortified city

Cổ Loa Citadel

Dong Son 3rd c BCE → Han 2nd c BCE → Ngo Quyen 938 CE · Dong Son Au Lac → Han → Dai Viet (Hanoi first capital)

Cổ Loa — spiral-walled citadel city (3rd c BCE–10th c CE) 17 km north Hanoi Old Quarter, excavated 1960s–2010s Nguyen Giang Hai (Vietnam Academy).

🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell

Polyanitsa Platoto

Late Chalcolithic (c.4500–4200 BCE); KGK VI complex (Kodžadermen–Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI) · KGK VI Chalcolithic (Balkan Late Copper Age) Ludogorie facies

Ludogorie Chalcolithic fortified tell (c.4500–4200 BCE) with KGK VI burnt horizons and double ditch — Todorova.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid

Takht-i-Bahi Pyramidal Monastery — Mardan

Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara) · Buddhist Gandhara (Kushan, Indo-Parthian, Huna)

Takht-i-Bahi Pyramidal Monastery — Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan District, Takht-i-Bahi hill spur, Pakistan is a Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara)…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo in Konya, Boncuklu, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Pauni

Vidarbha Megalithic 1100–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Sunga–Satavahana 187 BCE–250 CE → Vakataka 250–500 CE · Vidarbha Megalithic → Mauryan → Satavahana → Vakataka (Vidarbha Early Historic)

Vidarbha fortress-city Padmavati on Wainganga (1100 BCE–300 CE) — 4 km rampart with two Satavahana stupas (38 m) and megalithic-to-Mauryan continuity.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Ancient city