🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Old Oswestry Hillfort Shropshire
Iron Age (800 BCE–43 CE) · Cornovii
Shropshire's most spectacular hillfort excavated by Varley 1939–40 atop hill with 3-circuit ramparts and ritual pits, view over Welsh Marches.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ring of Brodgar
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Massive henge and stone circle 104 m diameter, originally 60 stones (36 surviving). Enclosed by rock-cut ditch up to 10 m wide. Core of Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave
Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge
Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group)
Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge in Erbil Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Begarawiya North Cemetery
Old Kingdom · Kushite
Meroitic north cemetery at Meroe (Beg N 1–20) c.300 BCE–350 CE steep pyramids 6–20 m base, Beg N9 Tabirqo etc.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Burna
EB to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE; peak Canaanite–Philistine 1600–600) · Canaanite → Philistine? → Judah (Shephelah)
Tel Burna is Shephelah unfortified town (maybe Libnah?) excavated by Itzhaq Shai/Ariel University since 2009; LB courtyard palace, Iron Judahite silos and culti...
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Lachish — Shefela
Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) · Canaanite/Judahite
Tel Lachish — Shefela in Southern District, Shefela, Israel is a Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Judahite culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Tumbatu Ruins — Zanzibar North
Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) · Swahili
Tumbatu Ruins — Zanzibar North in Zanzibar Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Island town abandoned abruptly mid-14th c.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tell
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound
Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak · Mundigak–Helmand
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak tell attributed to Mundigak–Helmand.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Kaya Mtswakara — Mijikenda Sacred Grove
Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still · Mijikenda (Giriama)
Kaya Mtswakara — Mijikenda Sacred Grove in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still ancient-village attributed to Mijikenda (Giriama).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village
Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) · Halaf culture
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Halaf culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates
Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) · EBA Syrian
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) tell attributed to EBA Syrian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Vindolanda Roman Fort
Roman (85–410 CE) · Roman
Vindolanda Roman Fort in Northumberland, South of Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (85–410 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Taxila
Gandhara 6th c BCE–5th c CE (Achaemenid to late Kushan) · Gandharan / multi-empire (Persian, Greek, Buddhist)
Palimpsest city spanning Gandhara civilization 6th c BCE–5th c CE with three successive cities (Bhir Mound, Sirkap, Sirsukh) and Buddhist monastery complex Dharmarajika.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village
Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village in Saladin Governorate, Tigris, Iraq is a Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Samarra culture culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev
Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) · Israelite (Judah)
Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite (Judah) culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) · PPNB
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin in Rif Dimashq, Damascus basin, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Eridu hinterland, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Kohunlich Archaeological Zone
Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)
Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Ungwana — Ozi / Tana Delta Ruins
Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) · Swahili (Ozi)
Ungwana — Ozi / Tana Delta Ruins in Tana River County, Kenya is a Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Ozi).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Marksville State Historic Site
Marksville 0–400 CE · Marksville culture
Semicircular enclosure 530 m wall, Marksville Southern Hopewell 0–400 CE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Menhir da Meada — Largest Standing Stone Iberia and Atlantic Europe 7.15 m
Neolithic (5000–4000 BCE menhir of 7.15 m phallic Bernardus hill) · Alentejo Neolithic menhir carver 5000 BCE
Meada menhir 1990 inspection largest Iberia 7.15 m 18 t.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk South Group S2 — Yeai Poen
Chenla late (7th c. CE) · Chenla (Bhavavarman II)
Sambor Prei Kuk South Group S2 — Yeai Poen in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla late (7th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Bhavavarman II).
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Tipón Archaeological Park
Wari → Inca 1100–1480 CE · Wari → Inca
13 terraces 13 fountains laminar flow, Inca estate.