🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul Structure II
Late Classic · Maya
Massive Late Classic Maya pyramid Structure II at Calakmul (c.600 CE) 55 m high base 120×100 m, twin temples, burial of Yuknom Yich'aak K'ak.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Massive Late Classic Maya pyramid Structure II at Calakmul (c.600 CE) 55 m high base 120×100 m, twin temples, burial of Yuknom Yich'aak K'ak.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Kerma (2500–1500 BCE) + Egyptian overlapping · Kerma / Egyptian
Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City in Northern State, Sudan is a Kerma (2500–1500 BCE) + Egyptian overlapping ancient-city attributed to Kerma / Egyptian.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Gopuram Gateway East in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) · Jiroft culture (Halil Rud)
Shahdad — Kerman Bronze Age Oasis in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Jiroft culture (Halil Rud).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Kayenta Ancestral Pueblo (1250–1300 CE) plus earlier Basketmaker 300 CE · Kayenta Ancestral Pueblo (Hisatsinom)
Keet Seel excavated by Fewkes 1917 and Dean dendro 1970s, 155 rooms, trail 8 km.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Rock art
Mauryan (260 BCE) · Mauryan Greek–Aramaic
Kandahar — Ashokan Greek-Aramaic Bilingual Inscription Extension in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan Greek–Aramaic.
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Late Classic Maya · Maya
Lubaantun in Toledo District, Belize is a Late Classic Maya ancient city attributed to Maya culture. Settlement complex with stratified occupation, demonstrating urban planning and craft production.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) · Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra
Mopsuestia — Pyramidal Pyramid Road Station in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Western Ridge Tumulus in Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on Rousay flank, excavated by Henshall, with stalled chamber and partition slabs, containing Neolithic human bone and pottery.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Passage Grave
Passage grave on Mont Ubé hill, St Clement, Jersey, rectangular chamber, c.4000 BCE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port
Archaic Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Rock-cut shipsheds and breakwater on Phycus headland north of Cyrene.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) · Olba kingdom then Byzantine
Kanytelis (Kanlıdivane) — Cilician Chasm City in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Olba kingdom then Byzantine.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Pavement South in Tigris Plain, Iraq is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Preclassic–Late Classic 400 BCE–1450 CE · Maya (Chenés–Puuc)
Five-storey 32 m pyramid, 1.4 km hydraulic canal.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland · Nabataean desert frontier
Ashar? Actually Shaharut — Negev Highlands Fortlet in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland fortress attributed to Nabataean desert frontier.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) · Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery)
Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Dohuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Hakra to Early Harappan (7000–2600 BCE) earliest claimed · Hakra–Kunal–Early Harappan
Bhirrana — Ghaggar-Hakra Earliest Harappan Type Mound in Haryana, India is a Hakra to Early Harappan (7000–2600 BCE) earliest claimed tell attributed to Hakra–Kunal–Early Harappan.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Kushan (1st–3rd c. CE) · Kushan Buddhist (Kanishka)
Fayaz Tepe — Termez Buddhist Stupa and Monastery in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Kushan (1st–3rd c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan Buddhist (Kanishka).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Commagene (80–50 BCE Antiochus I) · Commagene Greek-Persian syncretism
Arsameia excavated by Dörner & Young 1935–64, inscription records founding by Arsames c.230 BCE and Antiochus reshaping.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Champa early capital (4th–8th c. CE) · Cham (Simhapura)
Tra Kieu Lion Citadel — Simhapura in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa early capital (4th–8th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Cham (Simhapura).
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic
Maski — Ash Mound and Megalith Extension in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Postclassic (1200–1520 CE) Totonac-Huastec mixed · Totonac (Postclassic Quiahuiztlan allied to Cortés 1519)
Veracruz Quiahuiztlan excavated by INAH, 78 tombs Totonac necropolis, Cortés 1519 alliance spot.