🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Shrine Niche North — Thracian Plain (Plovdiv)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Shrine Niche North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Iwo Eleru Cave
Middle Stone Age to Iron Age (92,000 BP–500 CE) · MSA/LSA forest foragers
Iwo Eleru Rock Shelter in southwest Nigeria forest is Later Stone Age to Iron Age shelter 92,000–3,000 BP with 13ka calvaria of early modern human with archaic features (Iwo Eleru skull) sparking…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Po Klong Garai Central Temple — Panduranga
Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) · Cham (Panduranga rump state)
Po Klong Garai Central Temple — Panduranga in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam is a Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Panduranga rump state).
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Pukara Sun Temple West
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Pukara Sun Temple West in Cusco, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Timna Valley — Copper Mines & Temple
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) · Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom
Timna Valley — Copper Mines & Temple in Southern Negev, Arabah, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4500 BCE–1000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Timna / Egyptian New Kingdom culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace
Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) · Canaanite-Hurrian
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace in Latakia Governorate, Mediterranean, Syria is a Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite-Hurrian culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Beothuk Wigwam Post North — Nazca (Nazca)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Sagzabad
Iron Age II–III (c.1200–550 BCE) · Iranian Iron (Persian pre-history)
Qazvin plain Iron Age type-site: four-period red-slipped citadel with storeroom jars red-burnished late Bronze to Iron I transition, “Sagzabad Ware”.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Kampong Kdei Bridge — Spean Kaek
Jayavarman VII (1181–1218 CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman VII)
Kampong Kdei Bridge — Spean Kaek in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Jayavarman VII (1181–1218 CE) hydraulic attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman VII).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Kamyana Mohyla North Grotto — Melitopol North Shelter Group
Mesolithic to Medieval (9000 BCE – 1200 CE) · Azov steppe pastoral to Nogai Turkic
North end shelters with cart/chariot and Turkic tamga palimpsest.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ein Ziq — Nabataean Cistern Desert Farm
Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland farm · Nabataean desert agriculture
Ein Ziq — Nabataean Cistern Desert Farm in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland farm hydraulic attributed to Nabataean desert agriculture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
King Arthur's Table — Bwlch y Ddeufaen
Late Neolithic · Welsh Late Neolithic
King Arthur's Table — Bwlch y Ddeufaen in Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Welsh Late Neolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Shikhara Spire South — Cusco (Cusco)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Shikhara Spire South in Cusco, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Adamgarh Hill North Rock Shelters
Mesolithic to Chalcolithic (9000–2000 BCE paintings) · Central Indian Mesolithic hunter-gatherer
Adamgarh Hill North – Narmada valley quartzite ridge south of Hoshangabad with 11+ Mesolithic rock shelters paintings (9000–3000 BCE) paralleling Bhimbetka 40km west.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Edzná
Maya Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc/ Petén)
Edzná — hydraulic capital with Five Stories Pyramid.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Foster Mounds
Coles Creek 700–1200 CE to Plaquemine 1200–1500 CE · Coles Creek–Plaquemine (Troyville to Mississippian transition Louisiana)
Five-mound complex on Little River near Harrisonburg: largest flat-topped Mound A 8 m high with causeway to plaza, four smaller mounds enclosing 1.5 ha plaza.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Star Carr Mesolithic Site
Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian)
Star Carr Mesolithic Site in North Yorkshire, Vale of Pickering, United Kingdom is a Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian) culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Sungbo's Eredo (Ogun) – Yoruba's 160-km Earthwork Rampart
Late Iron Age / Yoruba (Ijebu) · Ijebu Yoruba (Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo tradition)
Largest single monument in Africa: 160 km curvilinear ditch-and-bank snaking 20 m deep through rainforest around medieval Ijebu kingdom (800–1000 CE, Darling charcoal).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Tepe Sialk Platform A — Meroe (Meroe)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Tepe Sialk Platform A in Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tatilti (Aïn Touta) – Mountain Refuge
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Berber
Aurès pass city with bazina tumuli and thermal baths.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine
Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper · Egyptian mining under Ramesses III
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper temple-complex attributed to Egyptian mining under Ramesses III.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Utnur — Mahbubnagar Ash Mound
South Indian Neolithic (2900–1800 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic cattle pastoralists
Utnur — Mahbubnagar Ash Mound in Telangana, India is a South Indian Neolithic (2900–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic cattle pastoralists.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Myra Rock-Tombs Northern Necropolis — Demre Extension
Lycian (5th–4th c. BCE) then Roman · Lycian (Xanthian) Greek
Myra Rock-Tombs Northern Necropolis — Demre Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (5th–4th c. BCE) then Roman rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Xanthian) Greek.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Surkh Kotal — Baghlan Kushan Fire Temple
Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) · Kushan (Kanishka)
Surkh Kotal — Baghlan Kushan Fire Temple in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Kanishka).