🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) · PPNB
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin in Rif Dimashq, Damascus basin, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB culture.
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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) · PPNB
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin in Rif Dimashq, Damascus basin, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Eridu hinterland, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)
Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Chalcolithic (3500 BCE) · Ghassulian
Nahal Mishmar — Treasure Cave in Judean Desert, Dead Sea cliffs, Israel is a Chalcolithic (3500 BCE) cave attributed to Ghassulian culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) · Swahili (Ozi)
Ungwana — Ozi / Tana Delta Ruins in Tana River County, Kenya is a Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Ozi).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Marksville 0–400 CE · Marksville culture
Semicircular enclosure 530 m wall, Marksville Southern Hopewell 0–400 CE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (5000–4000 BCE menhir of 7.15 m phallic Bernardus hill) · Alentejo Neolithic menhir carver 5000 BCE
Meada menhir 1990 inspection largest Iberia 7.15 m 18 t.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Chenla late (7th c. CE) · Chenla (Bhavavarman II)
Sambor Prei Kuk South Group S2 — Yeai Poen in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla late (7th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Bhavavarman II).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Portchester Castle in Hampshire, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Crusader (1115 CE) + Ayyubid/Mamluk · Crusader Latin Kingdom / Ayyubid
Shobak excavated by Brown 1990s, 1115 Baldwin I foundation besieged by Saladin, secret spring tunnel unique.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (400–100 BCE) · Dumnonii
Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Horizon · Andean
Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Iron Age (700–400 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology
Naikund — Vidarbha Iron Smelting Mound in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (700–400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE) · Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related
Chalcolithic painted-ware village (4 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by Negahban and Malek Shahmirzadi. Late Neolithi...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan
Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient village
Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) · Pre-Aksumite
Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Aksumite.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman · Roman
Auxilia castra of Cohors II Sardorum on Auzia–Lemellef road controlling Tell–Plateaux pass. Fort 180×140 m with canabae, baths, Gordian III rebuild inscription.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Kushan (50–300 CE) · Kushan (Surkhandarya)
Dalverzin Tepe — Kushan Palace Hall Extension in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Kushan (50–300 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Surkhandarya).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra ware then Harappan
Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound in Punjab, Pakistan is a Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Hakra ware then Harappan.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor early (9th c. CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman II)
Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor early (9th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman II).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city
Hittite to Byzantine · Phrygian / Byzantine
Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) · Clava cairn tradition (Inverness Bronze Age)
Group of three Bronze Age circular chamber tombs (c. 2000 BCE) at Balnuaran of Clava, defining Clava cairn type: two passage graves with corbelled chambers and a central ring cairn, each within a…
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Neolithic to Achaemenid (c.7000 BCE–330 BCE; Achaemenid fortress c.550 BCE) · Neolithic Bakhtiari → Achaemenid pastoral fortress
Bolaghi valley Achaemenid route fortress (550 BCE) over Neolithic knoll between Pasargadae and Persepolis.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Cornish Late Neolithic
The Pipers — St Buryan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Cornish Late Neolithic.