🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kurdu Tepe
Halaf–Ubaid (c.6000–3800 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid (Amuq A–D)
South Amik Halaf–Ubaid village (c.6000–3800 BCE, geometric painted ware, stamp seals) on former lakebed.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hopeton Earthworks — East Wall Gateway
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell
Hopeton Earthworks — East Wall Gateway in Ohio, Ross County, Hopeton, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwork attributed…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Attirampakkam — Acheulean Quarry
Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic (385k–172k BP) · Acheulean
Attirampakkam — Acheulean Quarry in Tamil Nadu, Kortallaiyar valley, India is a Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic (385k–172k BP) ancient village attributed to Acheulean culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Zaria City Walls
Early Kano to Sokoto (14th–19th c. CE; peak 16th–18th c.) · Hausa (Zazzau) / Fulani
Zaria City Walls (Birnin Zaria) are Hausa Kingdom of Zazzau's 14th-c. mud walls 14 km circuit encircling Zau Zau hill and Emir's palace, founded by Queen Amina legend but archaeologically Sarkin…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chankillo — Second Thirteen Towers Sector
Early Horizon–Early Intermediate Casma Sechín 250–200 BCE · Casma/Sechín (Punkurí tradition)
Second Thirteen Towers line 400 m east of famous solar observatory, with observing building and bastions.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pataliputra — Kumhrar Mauryan Site
Magadhan to Mauryan to Gupta 490 BCE–550 CE · Magadhan / Mauryan / Shunga / Gupta
Capital of Magadha, Maurya and Gupta empires (c.490 BCE–550 CE) sprawling 14 km along Ganga at present Patna; Kumhrar quarter preserves famed 80-pillared Mauryan audience hall (3rd c.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Aktobe Batpak Kurgan Field (Batpak Steppe Line)
Sauromatian to Early Sarmatian (700–400 BCE) · Sauromatian
Linear alignment of 15 kurgans over 2.8 km on Ilek River upper terrace Batpak steppe (190 m) with diameters 16–38 m, heights 1.2–3.5 m, spaced 120–220 m (Sauromatian ‘street’ necropolis).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Salihundam — Srikakulam Buddhist Site
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–4th CE) · Satavahana-Ikshvaku
Salihundam — Srikakulam Buddhist Site in Andhra Pradesh, Srikakulam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–4th CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana-Ikshvaku culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sumaki Höyük
Early Bronze I–II (c.3100–2600 BCE) with later BA · Ninevite 5 → Akkadian → Khabur ware
Ninevite 5 period settlement (250 × 200 m, 10 m high) on the Beşiri plain, Ilısu salvage zone, excavated by Barbara Helw...
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Wold-Ditch
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Wold-Ditch in Ohio, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Spruce Hill Earthworks
Middle Woodland / Late Woodland debated · Hopewell tradition or Fort Ancient tradition
Hilltop stone-walled enclosure 42 ha above Paint Creek; Hopewell vs Fort Ancient debate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Tunanmarca
Late Intermediate Wanka (Xauxa) 1000–1460 CE · Wanka (Xauxa)
1,000-house Wanka honeycomb hilltop citadel, 1000–1460 CE.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Fortress
Kot Diji — Citadel East Rampart
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Kot Diji — Citadel East Rampart in Sindh, Khairpur, Kot Diji, Pakistan is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortifie…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Thotlakonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Thotlakonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Bal Piedmont Petroglyph Field
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Bal Piedmont Petroglyph Field in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) rock art attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Monte d'Accoddi
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age, Ozieri/Abealzu-Filigosa (~4000–2700 BCE) · Ozieri (Late Neolithic Sardinian)
Mysterious 36-by-29-m truncated step pyramid of limestone fill on the Sardinian plain, accessed via a 42-m ramp to a summit altar where sacrifice deposits and a sandstone menhir were found.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Sheri Khan Tarakai — Bannu
Late Neolithic (4300–3800 BCE) · Sheri Khan Tarakai
Sheri Khan Tarakai — Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bannu basin, Pakistan is a Late Neolithic (4300–3800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Sheri Khan Tarakai culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Vasu Vihara — Mahasthangarh
Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) · Gupta-Pala
Vasu Vihara — Mahasthangarh in Bogra District, Mahasthangarh hinterland, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c.) temple complex attributed to Gupta-Pala culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery
Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) · Satavahana
Bavikonda — Visakhapatnam Monastery in Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India is a Early Historic (3rd c. BCE–3rd CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Daima (Lake Chad Mound)
Neolithic to Late Iron (1800 BCE–1500 CE) · Hadjer Lamis / Kotoko ancestral
3-m 115×85 m stratified mound establishing Chad Basin Neolithic-to-Iron sequence 1800 BCE–1500 CE.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Upper Paleolithic to Medieval (100,000 BCE – 2nd century BCE – 1500 CE) · South Asian hunter-gatherer to early historic
Cluster of about 750 sandstone shelters on the Vindhyan fringe with a layered sequence of paintings spanning Mesolithic hunting scenes to historic horsemen and battle processions.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sirpur — Chhattisgarh Buddhist Centre
Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) · Sarapbhapuriya
Sirpur — Chhattisgarh Buddhist Centre in Chhattisgarh, Mahasamund, India is a Early Medieval (5th–8th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Sarapbhapuriya culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Lanyon Quoit
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Penwith portal dolmen — 5.5 m capstone (12 t) on three 1.5 m uprights, collapsed 1815 and reset lower.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tomb
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egyptian…