🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Hadrianopolis (Driana) North Extramural Dunes
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Cyrenaica)
Dune suburb of Hadrianopolis with fish vats and submerged mole.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
My Son Sanctuary Group B — Champa
Champa Kingdom (4th–13th c. CE) · Cham (Austroasiatic Hindu-Buddhist)
My Son Sanctuary Group B — Champa in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa Kingdom (4th–13th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Austroasiatic Hindu-Buddhist).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic 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).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center
Middle Horizon Wari (550–1100 CE) · Wari (Huari)
Pikillacta — Wari Administrative Center in Cusco Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon Wari (550–1100 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari (Huari).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Qermez Dere — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) · Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA
Qermez Dere — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center
Regional Development (350 BCE–400 CE) · Jama-Coaque
San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Regional Development (350 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Jama-Coaque.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex
Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) · Uruk expansion at Nagar
Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Uruk expansion at Nagar.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Tham Lod Rockshelter
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (c.35000–10000 BP Hoabinhian) · Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers
Hoabinhian karst rockshelter (35,000–10,000 BP) — continuous pebble-tool sequence before Neolithic.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo)
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Gobir Citadel of Gidan Sabon Birni
Sokoto period (19th c. CE; Gobir resistance) · Hausa (Gobir)
Late Gobir fortified birni (4.2 km) after 1808 fall of Al Kalawa.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Maiden Castle
Iron Age (800 BCE–43 CE), over Neolithic causewayed enclosure · Durotriges (British Iron Age)
Massive Iron Age hillfort enclosing 47 acres on a chalk ridge south of Dorchester, developed from a Neolithic causewayed enclosure (c. 3350 BCE) into a multivallate fort with complex entrances by c.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Shāh-i-Zinda Necropolis
Qarakhanid to Timurid 11th–15th century CE · Qarakhanid / Timurid Islamic
Eleven medieval mausolea (11th–15th c) lining narrow alley on Afrasiyab tell above Samarkand, enshrining Kusam ibn Abbas (cousin of Prophet) and Timurid royal women and generals.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential
Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) · Sumerian
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential in Dhi Qar Governorate, Euphrates, Iraq is a Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian · PPN–Yarmoukian
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian ancient-village attributed to PPN–Yarmoukian.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Ain Mallaha (Eynan)
Late Natufian (c.12000–9600 BCE) · Natufian
Natufian open-air hamlet (c.12000–9600 BCE) at the Hula lake edge, excavated by Jean Perrot. Over 50 round semi-subterra...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Balboura — Lycian Mountain City
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Balboura) Kibyra tetrapolis
Balboura — Lycian Mountain City in Burdur Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian (Balboura) Kibyra tetrapolis.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Bhirrana — Ghaggar-Hakra Earliest Harappan Type Mound
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
Fayaz Tepe — Termez Buddhist Stupa and Monastery
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).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phnom Chisor — Takeo Hill Temple
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phnom Chisor — Takeo Hill Temple in Takeo Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk N1 Tower Subgroup
Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) · Chenla (Isanavarman I)
Sambor Prei Kuk N1 Tower Subgroup in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Isanavarman I).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Tyre — Al-Mina Phoenician Port
Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) · Phoenician
Tyre — Al-Mina Phoenician Port in South Governorate, Phoenician coast, Lebanon is a Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Phoenician culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient city
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa Period 1070–1232 CE (Chola 993–1070 preceding) · Sinhalese / Chola Tamil Buddhist and Hindu
Second Sinhalese capital (1070–1232 CE) after Anuradhapura's sack, 12th c metropolis of Parakramabahu I with 3,400-ha Parakrama Samudra reservoir, Atadage Dalada Maligawa tooth relic temple, and Gal…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora
Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) · Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos)
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village
Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) · Mureybetian culture (PPNA type)
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybetian culture (PPNA type).