Partially excavated places

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress

Portchester Castle

Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval · Roman (Saxon Shore)

Portchester Castle in Hampshire, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress

Shobak — Crusader Montreal Castle Cistern

Crusader (1115 CE) + Ayyubid/Mamluk · Crusader Latin Kingdom / Ayyubid

Shobak excavated by Brown 1990s, 1115 Baldwin I foundation besieged by Saladin, secret spring tunnel unique.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort

Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay

Iron Age (400–100 BCE) · Dumnonii

Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.

🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Aspero Huaca Alta

Early Horizon · Andean

Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.

🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Naikund — Vidarbha Iron Smelting Mound

Iron Age (700–400 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology

Naikund — Vidarbha Iron Smelting Mound in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (700–400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Tepe Zagheh

Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE) · Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related

Chalcolithic painted-ware village (4 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by Negahban and Malek Shahmirzadi. Late Neolithi...

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Can Hasan Höyük I

Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan

Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient village

Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement

Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) · Pre-Aksumite

Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Aksumite.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Rapidum (Sour Djouab / Masqueray)

Roman · Roman

Auxilia castra of Cohors II Sardorum on Auzia–Lemellef road controlling Tell–Plateaux pass. Fort 180×140 m with canabae, baths, Gordian III rebuild inscription.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex

Dalverzin Tepe — Kushan Palace Hall Extension

Kushan (50–300 CE) · Kushan (Surkhandarya)

Dalverzin Tepe — Kushan Palace Hall Extension in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Kushan (50–300 CE) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Surkhandarya).

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound

Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra ware then Harappan

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound in Punjab, Pakistan is a Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Hakra ware then Harappan.

🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex

Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills

Angkor early (9th c. CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman II)

Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor early (9th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman II).

🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city

Kaymaklı Underground City

Hittite to Byzantine · Phrygian / Byzantine

Second major Cappadocian underground city, 8 levels open to tourists, rolling doors, stables, wine storage, connected to Derinkuyu via tunnel.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Tepe Ghabristan

Late Chalcolithic to EBA (c.4000–2900 BCE) · Sialk III–IV → Uruk-related → Early Bronze Central Plateau

Chalcolithic double-mound (5 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban and later Tehran University. Sequence L...

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Balnuaran of Clava Cairns

Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) · Clava cairn tradition (Inverness Bronze Age)

Group of three Bronze Age circular chamber tombs (c. 2000 BCE) at Balnuaran of Clava, defining Clava cairn type: two passage graves with corbelled chambers and a central ring cairn, each within a…

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith