🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sadd Al-Rahwah Dam (Hadramawt Highland Dam)
Himyarite–Hadrami to Rasulid · Hadrami kingdom to Rasulid dynasty
Hadramawt highland: 45-m crescent dam at Shibam hinterland, Himyarite 500 BCE–Rasulid 12th c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Tepeyahualco (Cantona zone)
Classic to Epiclassic (c.300–900 CE); Classic 300–600 CE, Epiclassic fortified 600–900 CE · Central Veracruz–Puebla highland (Cantona sphere) → Epiclassic Tepeyahualco–Totonac fringe
Cantona-linked lava-field fortress town (c.300–900 CE) with obsidian workshops on Malinche flank (García Cook).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Waylands Smithy II Cairn
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Waylands Smithy II Cairn in Oxfordshire, Ashbury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bishapur — Sassanid City and Anahita Temple
Sassanian Early (Shapur I–II, 241–379 CE) · Sassanian Persian with Roman–Palmyrene craftsmen (prisoners)
Shapur I 260 CE grid city by Roman POWs after Valerian capture — Anahita water temple, mosaics, Chogan gorge 6 reliefs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Boquillas Hill Geoglyphs (Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora)
Late Archaic to Trincheras (Amargosa–Hohokam interface) · Trincheras / Hohokam desert–Tohono O'odham continuity
17 Gran Desierto hill intaglios (300 BCE–1400 CE) on Pinacate cerro islands — Tohono O'odham salt pilgrimage.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Heuneburg Hillfort — Herbertingen-Hundersingen
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt D, c.620–500 BCE) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt west, Hunsrück? Hallstatt princely)
The Heuneburg (Hallstatt D1, c.600–540 BCE) is Central Europe's earliest princely seat (Fürstensitz) on a 3-hectare plateau 40 m above the Danube near Hundersingen, famed for its Mediterranean-style…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas II South Bend Ili Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Tibetan Buddhism · Andronovo, Turkic Kipchak, Oirat-Mongol Buddhist
South bend of Ili River 400 m south of main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha triad with vertical palimpsest.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Etemenanki (Tower of Babel)
Old Babylonian to Neo-Babylonian · Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian ziggurat of Marduk at Babylon — Etemenanki 'House of Heaven-Earth' — 91 m seven-stage prototype of Tower of Babel, rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar II.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Banavasi
Satavahana to Kadamba–Chalukya (100 BCE–1400 CE) · Satavahana to Kadamba (Karnataka early historic)
Kadamba capital (345 CE)—100 ha Varada bend with 4-km rampart, oldest Karnataka city, 1st–14th c continuous.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Barnenez South Passage Chamber
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Barnenez South Passage Chamber in Brittany, Ploudalmézeau, France is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tumulus
Dimini Mycenaean Tholos North Dromos
Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) · Mycenaean
Dimini Mycenaean Tholos North Dromos in Thessaly, Volos, Greece is a Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Mycenaean.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Karahan Tepe T-Pillar Structure AD
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Karahan Tepe T-Pillar Structure AD in Şanlıurfa, Karahantepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Kudatini (Ash Mound)
Southern Neolithic 2800–1200 BCE → Megalithic 1000 BCE · Southern Neolithic Ash Mound → Megalithic
Giant 15 m ash mound (2800–1200 BCE) at Kudatini Ballari — three-burnt dung lenses with megalithic circle on summit.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 Upper Gallery Petroglyphs
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I · Late Chalcolithic Syunik-Areni, Kura-Araxes early
Upper chamber 12 m above Areni-1 winery cave with Chalcolithic lattice petroglyphs.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jibal al-Khashabiyeh South Kite Field
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · PPN / Yarmoukian pastoralists
45 PPNB desert kites (8000–5500 BCE) — southern extension of Khashabiyeh mega-cluster.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Rehman Dheri (Rahman Dheri)
Kunal–Kot Diji–Early Harappan 4000–2900 BCE · Kot Diji / Kunal-related Early Harappan (Gomal culture)
Early Harappan planned city (c.4000–2900 BCE) on the Gomal Plain near Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — 22 ha rectangular walled town (550×350 m) with grid street plan, mudbrick fortification…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ur Royal Cemetery PG 800 Death Pit
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ur Royal Cemetery PG 800 Death Pit in Dhi Qar, Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Chandman Mountain Kurgan Field – Uvs Valley
Early Iron Age (Pazyryk-related) · Chandman / Pazyryk (Uyuk–Chandman)
35 Pazyryk-hybrid kurgans (700–300 BCE) — frozen felt graves on Chandman piedmont.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
El Baul
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE – 800 CE) · Cotzumalhuapa
El Baul in Escuintla, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE – 800 CE) rock art attributed to Cotzumalhuapa culture. Cotzumalhuapa core with Bilbao, El Baúl, El Castillo.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Fortress
Hammershus
High–Late Medieval Bornholm 1259–1658 (Lund Archbishop Danish struggle) · Medieval Bornholm (Lund Archbishop vs Danish crown, Hammershus feud 1259)
Hammershus — largest medieval fortress ruin in Scandinavia (c.1259 Archbishop Jacob Erlandsen, Lund–Danish struggle 13th c) on Hammeren granite promontory 74 m a.s.l.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Lixus Garum Factory Tank 12
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Lixus Garum Factory Tank 12 in Tanger-Tétouan, Lixus, Morocco is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Torsburgen
Migration Period → Viking Age 400–1100 Gotland fornborg · Gotlandic Iron Age Gutar → Viking Age
Torsburgen (Thors Burg) — largest Gotland hillfort (fornborg) Migration–Viking Age (c.400–1100) on Tors limestone plateau 71 m a.s.l., Kräklingbo, eastern Gotland.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari (Huari) Archaeological Complex
Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE (Huarpa antecedent 200 BCE–600 CE) · Wari (Huari, Middle Horizon Andean empire, Quechua predecessor, Ayacucho basin)
Capital of Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) – Andean first empire predating Inca by 400 years, 2,000 ha patchwork city with 7 m-high, 2 m-thick walled enclosures (Moraduchayuq, Vegachayuq Moqo),…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zempoala
Teotihuacan to Aztec (300 – 1521 CE, aqueduct 1554) · Teotihuacano / Aztec / Spanish
Zempoala in Hidalgo, Mexico is a Teotihuacan to Aztec (300 – 1521 CE, aqueduct 1554) ancient city attributed to Teotihuacano / Aztec / Spanish culture.