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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Rock art
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
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
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
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
Roman to Byzantine (104 CE–7th c. CE) · Roman
Trajanic desert camp 130×80 m anchoring Fossatum Negrine segment.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Trypillia BII (c.4050–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
BII settlement at Kosenivka in the core Southern Bug–Dnieper mega-site cluster between Dobrovody and Maydanets.
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia · Archaeological wonder
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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNB–Halaf Transitional (6300–5500 BCE) · Balikh Halaf
Tell Assouad — Balikh Neolithic Settlement in Raqqa Governorate, Syria is a PPNB–Halaf Transitional (6300–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Balikh Halaf.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE) · Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine
Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain in Madaba Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian (850–600 BCE) Argishti II · Urartian
Altintepe — Erzincan Urartian Citadel in Erzincan Province, Turkey is a Urartian (850–600 BCE) Argishti II fortress attributed to Urartian.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (550 BCE–100 CE) · Iron Age Wessex (Atrebates)
Type-site Iron Age hillfort (c. 550 BCE) covering 5 hectares on a chalk ridge north-west of Winchester.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.2800–500 BCE) · EB coastal → Middle Bronze Canaanite → Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron
Secondary coastal tell (2800–500 BCE) on Jableh-Baniyas corridor south of Sianu.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Early Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c.3000–500 BCE; OB peak c.1800) · Sumerian → Old Babylonian → Kassite → Neo-Babylonian
Twin-mound (with Tell al-Sib) on Diyala-Adhaim — ancient Mê-Turran/Turran cult city with Adad temple and ziggurat podium. Iraqi–Italian Hamrin Dam rescue excava...
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) · Swahili (Shirazi)
Gonja Maore Swahili Ruins — Tanga in Tanga Region, Tanzania is a Swahili (13th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Shirazi).
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Warring States to Ming · Qin/Han/Ming
Great Wall at Badaling & Jiayuguan in Beijing & Gansu, China is a Warring States to Ming archaeological wonder attributed to Qin/Han/Ming culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 438).
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Early Intermediate (1–600 CE) · Recuay / Huaraz
Huari Castle — Huari Province? (Actually Markansaya?) in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (1–600 CE) fortress attributed to Recuay / Huaraz.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Hausa Late Iron Age to Sultanate (c.1100 CE–present) · Hausa (Katsinawa)
Hausa walled city (14 km walls, 7 gates) with Gobarau Minaret and Kusugu well legend.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Kushan (100 CE) Gandhara · Gandhara Buddhist
Sahri Bahlol — Taxila Mound Annex at Loriyan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (100 CE) Gandhara ancient-city attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic (300 BCE) · Ptolemaic Berenike
Aphrodites Bay Shrine — Berenike North Bay Temple in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic (300 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Ptolemaic Berenike.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Late Iron Age / Akan · Akan-Bono
Crowned hilltop capital of Bono (Bono Manso) 13th–18th c, mother of Akan gold kingdoms (Mampong, Asante).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age · Penwith Bronze Age
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Penwith Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (2400 BCE) · Penwith
Chûn Quoit — Penwith in Cornwall, West Penwith, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (2400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Penwith culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age – Romano-British · Dumnonii
Pengersick Enclosed Hut Group in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Phellos — Lycian Hill City Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
