🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Ventanillas de Otuzco
Early Horizon to Cajamarca (700 BCE – 800 CE) · Cajamarca / Wari
Ventanillas de Otuzco in Cajamarca, Peru is a Early Horizon to Cajamarca (700 BCE – 800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Cajamarca / Wari culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Varvarovka
Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1 (3800–3500 BCE) Southern Bug · Cucuteni-Trypillia C1 (Varvarovka variant, Usatovo contact)
Varvarovka (Varvarovca) — cluster of Cucuteni-Trypillia C1 settlements Varvarovka VIII and XV (c.3800–3500 BCE, 5–10 ha each) on Southern Bug right bank at Varvarovka village, Mykolaiv NW suburb, Bug…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Jhusi (Pratishthana)
Neolithic I (7000–4000) → Chalcolithic II (2500–1200) → NBPW III (600 BCE–300 CE) → Gupta IV · Vindhyan–Gangetic Neolithic → Gangetic Chalcolithic → Kuru-Panchala NBPW
Massive Neolithic–Early Historic mound (c.7000 BCE–1200 CE) on the Ganga's east bank opposite Prayagraj Sangam — 4 ha mound with 16 m cultural deposit excavated 1995–2003 by Allahabad University (G.R.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kaundinyapura Wardha Settlement
Early Historic 3rd c BCE–4th c CE Early Historic Deccan · Vidarbha Early Historic — Satavahana trading city (Kundina literary)
Kaundinyapura Wardha Settlement — Early Historic trading city (3rd c BCE–4th c CE) on Wardha River at Kaundinyapura, identified with Mahabharata Kundina (Vidarbha capital of Bhishmaka, Rukmini…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chinkultic (Lagunas de Montebello) Maya City
Early to Late Classic Maya (300–1200 CE) · Maya (Tojolabal – Comitán sphere)
Highland Maya city (300–1200 CE) perched above Cenote Agua Azul at Montebello Lakes, Comitán plateau: 127 mounds grouped in 4 architectural clusters (Groups A–D) over 50 ha, including 25-m-high…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Thimlich Ohinga
Late Iron Age (15th–19th c CE) · Luo (Bantu-Luo Nilotic) / Gusii
UNESCO Luo walled town Thimlich Ohinga — 4-m dry-stone walls enclosing hill settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Andher
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Sunga–Gupta 2nd c BCE–5th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta
Sanchi SE terminus — 3 brick stupas (Stupa 1 17 m) on watershed with reservoir (17 km SE).
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Zhetytobe South Kurgan Cluster (Seven Hills South Ridge)
Early Saka to Wusun Transition · Saka–Wusun
Zhetytobe south: 6 adobe-ring Saka kurgans 3 km south of Seven Hills core, Turkestan Ridge.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Imlidih Khurd
Pre-Narhan Neolithic-Chalcolithic 3500–1400 BCE → Overlapped by Narhan · Sarayupar Pre-Narhan (Vindhyan-derived)
Pre-Narhan early farming settlement (c.3500–2000 BCE) in the Sarayupar plain at Gorakhpur, immediately preceding Narhan — excavated 1992–96 by Purushottam Singh and Rakesh Tewari, Imlidih Khurd…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Mazghuna South Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, late 12th Dynasty, ~1795 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Southern Mazghuna pyramid, 400 m south of north (c.1795 BCE), 52.5 m base, Amenemhat IV candidate.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Jaén — Huaca La Ventilla / Huaca del Inca Pyramid
Initial to Early Formative (Bagua-Jaén, Bracamoros) · Bagua-Jaén / Bracamoros culture (Marañón)
Jaén valley mound cluster Huaca La Ventilla (1500–500 BCE) near Montegrande: 40×40 m 15 m adobe-cobble pyramid — Bagua-Jaén phase dense temple field in upper Marañón.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Cactus Hill
Pre-Clovis to Clovis · Pre-Clovis (Cactus Hill)
Sandy terrace pre-Clovis site (16,000 BCE) with blades beneath Clovis on Nottoway River, Virginia.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Outer Djenné-Jeno Mound East — Djenné-Jeno (57-33)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Outer Djenné-Jeno Mound East — Djenné-Jeno (57-33) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Hulbuk
Samanid 9th c → Ghaznavid–Karakhanid 10th–12th c · Banijurid–Ghaznavid Islamic (Khatlon)
Hulbuk (Qalai Hulbuk) — Islamic palace-fortress (9th–12th c CE) 26 km west Kulob, Khatlon Yakhsu plain, excavated 1953–2010s Yakubov and Akhunov (Tajik Academy).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Kanlıdivane (Kanytelis / Neapolis)
Hellenistic to medieval (c.400 BCE–1200 CE) · Olbian priest-kings → Isaurian pirates → Roman → Byzantine
Sinkhole-city Kanytelis: 60 m chasm with rim temples, three basilicas and tower-tomb skyline.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Dilbat
Early Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c.3000–539 BCE) · Sumerian → Akkadian → OB → Kassite → NB
Dilbat (Tell al-Deylam, ancient Dulbat) is a 30-ha Sumerian town 30 km south of Babylon on the Arahtu canal, centre of the grain-goddess Uraš and later Nabu of...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Suberde (Göğrem Su Göleti)
Aceramic Neolithic to Early Pottery Neolithic · Central/West Anatolian Neolithic
Aceramic Neolithic lakeside tell (c.7500–6500 BCE) on terrace of Lake Suğla near Karadağ, excavated 1965–71 by Jacques Bordaz.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Volodymyrivka
Chalcolithic Trypillia BI (4100–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni-Trypillia BI (Tomashivka central)
Volodymyrivka — Trypillia BI mega-site (c.4100–3800 BCE, 100 ha, 800 houses) on Synyukha River, Kirovohrad, SBDI central cluster between Nebelivka and Dobrovody.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Surkotada
Mature Harappan 2600–1700 BCE · Indus Valley (Harappan)
Small fortified mature Harappan town (2600–1700 BCE) in Kutch, 1.4 ha with stone-built citadel and residential area sharing fortification like Kalibangan. Excavated 1964–68 by J.P.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Canhasan
Pottery Neolithic to Early Bronze · Central Anatolian Chalcolithic
Three mounds (Canhasan I, II, III) spanning Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (c.6000–3000 BCE) on the south Konya Plain, bridging Çatalhöyük to Mersin-Yumuktepe.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Rock art
Red Town Petroglyph Field
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Red Town Petroglyph Field in County Kerry, Ireland is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Malhar — Chhattisgarh Urban Centre
Early Historic (350 BCE–500 CE) · Kalchuri
Malhar — Chhattisgarh Urban Centre in Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, India is a Early Historic (350 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Kalchuri culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Can Hasan III
Pottery Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (c.6300–5500 BCE) · Central Anatolian Pottery Neolithic
Small Neolithic mound (80 m diameter, 4 m high) on the Konya Plain, excavated by David French 1960s as the earliest of t...
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Nemyriv Scythian Hillfort
Early Scythian (7th–6th century BCE) · Scythian (Forest-Steppe)
Largest Scythian-period fortified settlement between Dnieper and Dniester (110 ha) on both banks of a Boh tributary at Sazhky–Nemyriv, with double earthen ramparts 6 km perimeter (8 m high, 32 m…