🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok III — Khabur Headwaters
Halaf late to Ubaid 4 (5200–3700 BCE; peak Ubaid 3 4500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid (Khabur facies)
Ubaid tripartite houses 4800 BCE — most intact Halaf-Ubaid transition cluster.
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Lis Cairn Pyramid
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lis Cairn Pyramid in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace
Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic · Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom)
Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic ancient-village attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Khuera — Südstadt (South Town)
EBA to Late Roman (3100 BCE–400 CE; peak EBA 2700 BCE) · EBA Jazira (Khabur zone) → Amorite → Roman
EBA rounded-town south annex 2700 BCE — palace F quarter and Roman overlay.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Gulf of Khambhat Wooden Anchor North
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Gulf of Khambhat Wooden Anchor North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pyramid Outlier Europe 51 — Turkey Region 3
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Pyramid Outlier Europe 51 — Turkey Region 3 in Turkey Region 3, Turkey is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Varna Necropolis
Late Chalcolithic / Copper Age · Varna culture (Karanovo VI/Gumelnița)
Chalcolithic cemetery (4600–4200 BCE) with world's oldest worked gold hoard — 3,000 gold objects, 6.5 kg, in Grave 43 (status male with gold penis sheath) and 294 other graves, demonstrating earliest…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Ai Khanoum — Hellenistic Lower Agora Extension
Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) · Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus)
Ai Khanoum — Hellenistic Lower Agora Extension in Takhar Province, Afghanistan is a Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Lehun
Iron to Nabataean (c.900 BCE–200 CE; peak Moab 900–600, Nabataean 100 BCE–100 CE) · Moabite → Nabataean → Roman
Lehun (Khirbat al-Lehun) is a Moabite hilltop fortress-citadel (1 ha) with casemate wall, extramural Iron II town (3 ha) and Nabataean temple platform on the Ke...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Khambhat Paleochannel Structure North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Khambhat Paleochannel Structure North in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Marsa Alam Monastery? Actually Wadi Feiran — Sinai Oasis Monastery
Byzantine (4th–7th c. CE) · Byzantine Christian (Feiran is biblical Rephidim)
Marsa Alam Monastery? Actually Wadi Feiran — Sinai Oasis Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt is a Byzantine (4th–7th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Byzantine Christian (Feiran is biblical Rephidim).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Iasos Agora Temple — Kıyıköy Fishing Harbour Sanctuary
Archaic to Roman (700 BCE – 400 CE) · Karian–Ionian Iasians with Athenian attachment
Harbour hill temple atop agora overlooking double harbours and garum vats.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Badaling Great Wall
Ming Dynasty 1505 (Jiajing) rebuild over Northern Qi core · Ming Han Chinese
Best-preserved Ming Great Wall pass (1505) at 1,015 m Juyongguan defile north of Beijing, 7.8 m high crenellated brick-stone ramparts with 19 watchtowers, widened for five horses abreast and beacon…
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Mumba Rock Shelter (Lake Eyasi) – Middle Stone Age Stratigraphy
Middle Stone Age / Later Stone Age · Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers
60 m deep sequence from Acheulean bifaces to 30 ka ostrich-eggshell beads and 19 ka geometric microliths bridging Middle Stone Age–Neolithic. Rock paintings overlie MSA horizons.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex
Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana · Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana)
Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana tell attributed to Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Borobudur Hydraulic Basin North
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Hydraulic Basin North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon Great House
Chacoan Phenomenon 828–1126 CE · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) Chaco
Pueblo Bonito – Chaco's 800-room D-shaped great house (828–1126 CE), 4 stories, 650 rooms, theatral central plaza and 32 kivas, aligned to cardinal directions and Chaco meridian.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
La Quemada Archaeological Zone
Classic–Epiclassic 350–900 CE · Northern Mesoamerican frontier
Northern hill fortress Salón de Columnas, 350–900 CE, Chicomóztoc candidate.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Pyramid Outlier Asia 83 — Japan Region 11
Period Medieval · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Pyramid Outlier Asia 83 — Japan Region 11 in Japan Region 11, Japan is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Ancient city
Tells Stratified Sequence North
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Tells Stratified Sequence North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Axel Heiberg Lost City North — Pozzuoli Bay (Naples)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Kobayr Monastery — Lori Cliff-Hanging Two-Storey Narthex
Zakarian (1171 Kobayr main Surb Astvatsatsin Mariam, 1279 chapel of Honents sister) · Armenian Zakarian → Georgian Chalcedonian hybrid after 1223?
Kobayr fresco monastery excavated by Soviet, 1279 Honents church replica nearby.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Monte Albán Terrace South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monte Albán Terrace South in Colorado Plateau, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock-cut
Altamira Bison Ceiling North — Southwest (Santa Fe)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Altamira Bison Ceiling North in Southwest, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.