🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Cerro Blanco — Huacas de Moche Extension Terrace
Early–Middle Moche (200–600 CE) · Moche
Cerro Blanco — Huacas de Moche Extension Terrace in La Libertad Region, Peru is a Early–Middle Moche (200–600 CE) pyramid attributed to Moche.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Paviland Cave — Goat's Hole
Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) · Aurignacian / Gravettian
Paviland Cave — Goat's Hole in Swansea, Gower Peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom is a Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) cave attributed to Aurignacian / Gravettian culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Fortress
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel
Swahili (15th c. CE) · Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?)
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (15th c. CE) fortress attributed to Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sianu
Middle Bronze to Iron Age (c.2000–500 BCE; floruit LBA-Iron) · Canaanite / Ugaritic periphery → Phoenician → Neo-Assyrian
Coastal capital of Siyannu kingdom (2000–500 BCE) between Ugarit and Amurru at Jableh.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume — 26 Pyramids
Sicán to Inca (1000–1532 CE) · Sicán / Chimú / Inca
Túcume — 26 Pyramids in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Sicán to Inca (1000–1532 CE) pyramid attributed to Sicán / Chimú / Inca.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
West Mebon — West Baray Island Temple
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Udayadityavarman II)
West Mebon — West Baray Island Temple in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Udayadityavarman II).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xpujil — Structure I Three-Temple Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.550–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Iconic three-tower pyramid Structure I at Xpujil (c.550–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). Triple pyramid with three non-functional towers along 54 m facade, central stair leads to temple with Chenes…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound
Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE) · Gandhara / Bannu sequence
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara / Bannu sequence.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Blythe Intaglios
Late Prehistoric 1000–1500 CE (OSL), possibility Protohistoric · Mojave/Quechan; Patayan culture
Mojave giant desert figures: 50-m human intaglios above Colorado River.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortress
Boreum South Tower (Bu Grada South)
Roman to Byzantine (3rd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Tripolitana/Syrte)
Salt-pan watchtower south of Boreum with sebkha causeway.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Halutza — Elusa Western Quarter
Nabataean to Byzantine (300 BCE–636 CE) · Nabataean (Elusa/Elusates)
Halutza — Elusa Western Quarter in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (300 BCE–636 CE) ancient-city attributed to Nabataean (Elusa/Elusates).
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line
Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) · Judahite then Nabataean–Roman
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Judahite then Nabataean–Roman.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Jaulian Monastery Northern Courtyard Extension
Kushan (2nd c CE) · Gandhara Buddhist
Jaulian Monastery Northern Courtyard Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (2nd c CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
La Blanca Acropolis – Mopán Valley
Classic · Maya/Andean
La Blanca — Mopán River vaulted acropolis.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Semthan — Kashmir Early Historic Mound
Neolithic to Early Historic (1500 BCE–500 CE) · Kashmir Neolithic–Saka
Semthan — Kashmir Early Historic Mound in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic to Early Historic (1500 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Kashmir Neolithic–Saka.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Dan — Laish / Leslie
Bronze to Iron Age (4500–733 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Dan — Laish / Leslie in Northern District, Upper Galilee, Israel is a Bronze to Iron Age (4500–733 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Tell Halula — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) · PPNB Halula
Tell Halula — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB Halula.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sarab
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Tepe Sarab ware (c.7000–5000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Sarab culture)
Small but culturally seminal tell near Kermanshah at Sarab pass with Braidwood 1947 type-site red-painted Sarab ware, proto-domestic goat bones, and pisé hamlets preceding Jarmo and Hassuna…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Kit's Coty House
Early Neolithic · Medway Early Neolithic
Remnant chamber of Medway long barrow above River Medway — three sarsens supporting 3.5 m capstone.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
Parthian Arsacid 3rd c BCE–3rd c CE (peak 1st c BCE–1st c CE) · Parthian / Arsacid
Parthian ceremonial and administrative capital (3rd c BCE–3rd c CE) of two tells: Old Nisa (Mithridatkert fortress 14 ha with 43 towers, wine rhytons and ivory rhytons inscribed Arsacid) and New Nisa…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex
Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Hazor — Upper Galilee
Bronze to Iron Age (2700–732 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Hazor — Upper Galilee in Northern District, Hula Valley, Israel is a Bronze to Iron Age (2700–732 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture.