🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Raqefet Cave
Late Natufian (c.15000–11800 BCE) · Natufian
Late Natufian burial cave (c.15000–11800 BCE) on Mount Carmel, excavated by Dani Nadel. Dense Natufian cemetery with dec...
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae
Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) · Aksumite
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Aksumite.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Sidyma — Lycia Sunken Tomb
Lycian–Roman (400 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian–Roman
Sidyma — Lycia Sunken Tomb in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (400 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian–Roman. Sarcophagi field with Sidyma tombs on hillside above Calynda bay.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Thimlich Ohinga – Enclosure Stone Town (Lake Victoria)
Late Iron Age · Bantu / Luo (Kabwa)
Largest of 138 Lake Victoria dry-stone enclosures (15th–19th c), UNESCO 2018. Concentric walls 1–4.2 m high ×51–152 m diam with internal compounds, shafts, and livestock pens.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury)
Late Neolithic · Wessex
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Wessex culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 373).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age hillfort attributed to Dumnonii. Small univallate promontory fort with hut terraces, facing St Austell Bay.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Mambrui — Malindi North
Swahili (14th–18th c CE) · Swahili
Mambrui — Malindi North in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (14th–18th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Swahili creek town north of Malindi with Friday mosque and tombs.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Hazna II
Ubaid to Ninevite 5 (c.5000–2800 BCE) · Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic Uruk-related → Ninevite 5
Ubaid–Late Chalcolithic tell on the Wadi Khanzir, Russian-Syrian excavations by Rauf Munchaev. Spectacular Ubaid painted...
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Tiwanaku
Formative to Tiwanaku Period 300–1000 CE (flourishing 500–950) · Tiwanaku Empire
Capital of Tiwanaku Empire (300–1000 CE) on Altiplano near Lake Titicaca at 3,850 m, featuring Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya enclosure, and Gateway of the Sun carved from single andesite blocks…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Ghoraife — Damascus Basin Neolithic Hamlets
PPNB (8200–7000 BCE) · PPNB Ghoraife
Ghoraife — Damascus Basin Neolithic Hamlets in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a PPNB (8200–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB Ghoraife. Hamlet scatter 0.5 ha with pits near Ghoraife wadi.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Erythron (Latrun)
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Red-soil harbour with bath-kiln and Mid Roman amphora production.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art
Tsagaan Salaa North Ridge Rock Art
Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Turkic
North ridge of Tsagaan Salaa valley exposing 200+ Bronze Age horse-herd processions and Early Kalgutinsky ibex, part of 20 km Tsagaan Salaa–Baga Oigor complex dated Late Pleistocene–Turkic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Wadi el-Hudi Amethyst Mines
Old to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE; peak 2050–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Middle Kingdom amethyst mining landscape with 14 quarries and fortified miners' fort.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Gwoza Hills Settlements
Iron Age to present (500 BCE–present) · Mandara / Wandala / Kanuri
Mandara terrace villages with 10 km stone terraces and iron forges.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Ollantaytambo
Inca Imperial 15th century; continued as Neo-Inca stronghold 1537–1572 · Inca
Inca royal estate and ceremonial center in Sacred Valley with unfinished Temple Hill featuring six massive pink rhyolite monoliths (Wall of Six Monoliths) and extensive terraces that doubled as…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Selenkahiyeh
Jemdet Nasr to EB III (c.3100–2300 BCE) · Uruk-derived → EBA Euphrates → Akkadian sphere
Major Early Bronze I–III town (14 ha, 12 m high) on the Euphrates Tabqa bend, excavated by Mauritz van Loon. EB I–II pro...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tepe Asiya — Kifri Neolithic Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic
Tepe Asiya — Kifri Neolithic Tell in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Zarai
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Customs station famed for 202 CE Zarai Tariff (longest Latin customs law).
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Anta da Pedra da Orca — Gouveia Extension North
Middle Neolithic · Beira Alta Megalithic
Polygonal anta (dolmen) north of Gouveia, part of Beira Alta megalithic cluster (c. 3800–3200 BCE), with 7 granite orthostats, short corridor and tumulus remnant on granite plateau.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Bagasra — Pipal Harappan Town
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Bagasra — Pipal Harappan Town in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Harappan walled town 2 ha on Bagasra plain with bone industry.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Pinara)
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Pinara). Minaret village rock tombs 20+ pigeon-hole tombs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell Nabasha (Imet)
Old Kingdom to Late Period (2680–332 BCE) · Egyptian (Delta)
Wadjet shrine centre with Amasis monoliths and Cartonnage cemetery.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Baalbek
Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase) · Roman / Phoenician
Monumental Roman temple complex on earlier Phoenician tell, with Temple of Bacchus (best preserved Roman temple) and Trilithon – three megalithic limestone blocks 19 x 4.5 x 3.6 m, 800 tonnes each,…
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Ancient city
Adi Quala — Southern Aksumite Satellite
Aksumite (300–700 CE) · Aksumite
Adi Quala — Southern Aksumite Satellite in Debub Region, Eritrea is a Aksumite (300–700 CE) ancient-city attributed to Aksumite. Southern Aksumite town with stele field and dam.