🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell el-Burak
MB II (c.2000–1600 BCE) · Canaanite MB II coastal → Phoenician
Small Middle Bronze II fortified town (1.6 ha) on a coastal hill south of Sidon, Lebanese-German excavations by Uwe Fink...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland
Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) · Ammonite
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland in Amman Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) tell attributed to Ammonite.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Thornborough Henges — Central Henge
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Yorkshire
Central of three Neolithic henges at Thornborough (c. 3500–2500 BCE), 240 m diameter earthwork with outer bank and inner ditch aligned with northern and southern henges on River Ure terrace.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tell
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound
Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) · Beja–Meroitic
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Beja–Meroitic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Hayonim Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to Chalcolithic (c.250 ka–3500 BCE) · Mousterian → Aurignacian → Kebaran → Natufian → Chalcolithic
Multi-period cave (6 m deposits) above the Hayonim terrace, excavated by Tamar Noy and Anna Belfer-Cohen. Sequence Moust...
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Tell el-Ajjul
MB to Iron Age (c.2000–600 BCE; peak Hyksos–Egyptian anchorage 1750–1550) · Hyksos → Egyptian (Thutmosis III) → Philistine
Tell el-Ajjul near Gaza is the Hyksos–Egyptian port-town (likely ancient Sharuhen of Ahmose sack, or Gaza) with gold hoards — Petrie 1930–34 yielded 1200 gold o...
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Wat Banan Hill Temple — Rear Sanctuary
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer
Wat Banan Hill Temple — Rear Sanctuary in Battambang Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Zennor Quoit — Penwith Moor
Neolithic (2500 BCE) · Penwith
Zennor Quoit — Penwith Moor in Cornwall, West Penwith, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Penwith culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Begho (Brong-Ahafo) – Akan Gold Entrepôt
Late Iron Age / Akan · Akan (Brong) / Wangara / Kramo
Iron-curtain city of 10,000+ (11th–18th c) at Akan–Niger gold, kola, cloth and Saharan salt crossroads.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Junapani — Nagpur Stone Circle Field
Iron Age megalithic (1000 BCE–300 CE) · Vidarbha megalithic
Junapani — Nagpur Stone Circle Field in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age megalithic (1000 BCE–300 CE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Mahasthangarh (Ancient Pundranagara)
Mauryan 4th c BCE → Pala 12th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta → Pala
Ancient Pundranagara — Mauryan–Pala fortified city (4th c BCE–13th c CE) on Karatoya at Mahasthangarh, 12 km north Bogra. 1.5 km rampart, citadel mound, 1928–29 P.C.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Saharonim — Nabataean Hill Fort
Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean
Saharonim — Nabataean Hill Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell Arqa
Neolithic to Crusader (c.6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EB–Iron) · Halaf → EBA Levantine → Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite → Phoenician → Crusader
Coastal plain tell near the Akkar river, French-Lebanese excavations by Jean-Paul Thalmann since 1978. Continuous Neolit...
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Temple complex
Togolok 21 — BMAC Fire Temple
BMAC (2200–1800 BCE) · Oxus civilization
Togolok 21 — BMAC Fire Temple in Mary Province, Turkmenistan is a BMAC (2200–1800 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Oxus civilization.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Chacmultún East
Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE with Postclassic cave shrine reuse · Maya (Puuc cave shrine)
Hilltop Puuc palace above sacred caves of Chacmultún with permanent water pools and Postclassic red hand cave paintings.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Kerma Eastern Cemetery Tumulus K.III
Kerma Classic (1750–1550 BCE) · Kerma culture (Upper Nubia)
Kerma Eastern Cemetery Tumulus K.III in Northern State, Sudan is a Kerma Classic (1750–1550 BCE) tumulus attributed to Kerma culture (Upper Nubia).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Rock art
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription
Mauryan (260 BCE) · Mauryan (Ashoka)
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan (Ashoka).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Tuneinir
Early Bronze to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE; Mittani–Assyrian peak) · Early Jazira → Mittani → Neo-Assyrian → Islamic (Tunainir)
30-ha multiperiod tell at Jaghjagh–Khabur confluence with EB–Islamic continuity, Mittani–Assyrian town and casemate wall by magnetometry (Lyonnet). Nodal market...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Bderi — Khabur Halaf Settlement
Halaf to Uruk (6000–3200 BCE) · Halaf→Ninevite 5
Tell Bderi — Khabur Halaf Settlement in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Halaf to Uruk (6000–3200 BCE) tell attributed to Halaf→Ninevite 5.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Ad Maiores
Roman to Byzantine (104 CE–7th c. CE) · Roman
Trajanic desert camp 130×80 m anchoring Fossatum Negrine segment.
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia · Archaeological wonder
Nan Madol
Saudeleur Dynasty 1200–1500 CE; construction ~1180–1628 · Pohnpeian / Saudeleur
Abandoned basalt-and-coral city covering 18 km² of reef flats southeast of Pohnpei with ~92 artificial islets bounded by sea walls and tidal canals, with walls up to 8 m high built from columnar…