🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 74
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 74 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 85
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 85 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Hadidi — Azana
Bronze Age (2400–1200 BCE) · Mari-Ebla
Tell Hadidi — Azana in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a Bronze Age (2400–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Mari-Ebla culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Ammonite
Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland
Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) · Ammonite
Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland in Amman Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) tell attributed to Ammonite.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Tell el-Ajjul
MB to Iron Age (c.2000–600 BCE; peak Hyksos–Egyptian anchorage 1750–1550) · Hyksos → Egyptian (Thutmosis III) → Philistine
Tell el-Ajjul near Gaza is the Hyksos–Egyptian port-town (likely ancient Sharuhen of Ahmose sack, or Gaza) with gold hoards — Petrie 1930–34 yielded 1200 gold o...
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Wat Banan Hill Temple — Rear Sanctuary
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer
Wat Banan Hill Temple — Rear Sanctuary in Battambang Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca del Sol — Moche Largest Adobe Mound
Moche (100–800 CE) 340 m long · Moche
Moche Spanish flooded mine 1602 removed 2/3, 340 m mound traced by Moseley.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus
Magarsus — Athena Magarsia Temple in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) temple-complex attributed to Hellenistic Mallus–Magarsus.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell Arqa
Neolithic to Crusader (c.6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EB–Iron) · Halaf → EBA Levantine → Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite → Phoenician → Crusader
Coastal plain tell near the Akkar river, French-Lebanese excavations by Jean-Paul Thalmann since 1978. Continuous Neolit...
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Mane Braz — Erdeven Megalithic Necropolis
Neolithic (4500–3000 BCE) · Morbihan Neolithic
Erdeven forest necropolis stretching 2 km inland from Kerzerho alignments, with 1000+ menhirs and 50 dolmens surveyed by FOR.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Bderi — Khabur Halaf Settlement
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.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Uaxactun Group E
Classic · Maya/Andean
Uaxactun Group E — E-Group observatory archetype.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Kosenivka Trypillia Settlement
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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain
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.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Great Wall at Badaling & Jiayuguan
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).
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Bono Manso (Bono State Capital) – Northern Akan Metropolis
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 · Ancient village
Pengersick Enclosed Hut Group
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
Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension
Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) · Lycian
Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Fortress
Mixco Viejo
Classic · Maya/Andean
Mixco Viejo — fortified hilltop twin capital.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Takwa Ruins — Manda Island
Swahili (1500–1680 CE) · Swahili (Bajuni)
Takwa Ruins — Manda Island in Lamu County, Kenya is a Swahili (1500–1680 CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Bajuni).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Hadidi (Tell Hadidi / Azu)
EB IV to Iron I (c.2400–1000 BCE) · Eblaite → Amorite → Mitanni → Hittite/Emar → Aramaean
Euphrates terrace tell now peninsula in Tabqa Lake, excavated by Rudolph Dornemann; Emar texts identify it as Azu on the...
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort
Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) · Median then Achaemenid
Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort in North Khorasan Province, Iran is a Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) tell attributed to Median then Achaemenid.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Limisa (Ksar Lemsa)
Roman to Hafsid (2nd c. BCE–15th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Hilltop municipium with amphitheatre reused as Borj fortress.