🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cantona Norte Acropolis
Classic–Epiclassic 200–1000 CE · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca hybrid)
Northern acropolis of largest pre-Hispanic highland city: 20 terraces, 12 ballcourts and 700 m paved causeways on malpaís.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Grotto Archaeological Complex
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grotto Archaeological Complex in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Qarqur — Orontes Valley Multiphase Tell
PPNB to Mamluk (8500 BCE–1300 CE) · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic → EBA Amorite → Iron Syro-Hittite → Roman → Crusader
8600-year Ghab tell — PPNB to Crusader 30 m sequence (Harrison).
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Ancient village
Velika Zaka — Pile Dwelling Sector D2 (Bled)
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Velika Zaka — Pile Dwelling Sector D2 (Bled) in Upper Carniola, Bled, Slovenia is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to…
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Oyu Stone Circles
Late Jomon 2000–1500 BCE · Jomon Late
Twin Late Jomon double-stone circles (2000–1500 BCE) — Manza (46 m dia) and Nonakado (42 m dia) placed either side of prefectural road at Oyu, Kazuno, each concentric with sundial-like 2.1 m central…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Sefer Tepe
PPNA · Taş Tepeler PPN
Taş Tepeler T-pillar quarry hill with unfinished 5 m blanks still attached to bedrock.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Beçin Castle — Chapel North Wing (Milas)
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Beçin Castle — Chapel North Wing (Milas) in Muğla, Milas, Beçin, Turkey is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortifi…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
Meir — Rock Tombs B2 Ancillary Facade (Asyut)
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Meir — Rock Tombs B2 Ancillary Facade (Asyut) in Asyut, Meir, Rock Tombs, Egypt is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut t…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar del Sur Southwest Bajada Geoglyphs (Bajada del Sur)
Formative (600 BCE–800 CE) · Tarapacá–Atacama
Southwest bajada descending from Salar del Sur margin toward Pampa del Tamarugal corridor (2,280 m).
🇨🇳 China · Tomb
Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang) in Henan, Anyang, Yinxu, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Fortress of Kistvaen Barrow
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Fortress of Kistvaen Barrow in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Tatev Monastery — Vorotan Gorge Wings Aerial
Medieval (9th c. church St Paul-Peter 895–906; 11th c. Surb Astvatsatsin; Gavazan column 895) · Armenian Syunik princes medieval scriptorium (14th c. Tatev University 1373–1435)
Tatev Wings tram 5.7 km 2010, excavated Soviet, university 1373 Tatev School of lord.
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Bhimbetka Satellite Shelter — IIB-33
Mesolithic (7000 BCE) · Mesolithic
Bhimbetka Satellite Shelter — IIB-33 in Madhya Pradesh, Bhimbetka outlier, India is a Mesolithic (7000 BCE) rock shelter attributed to Mesolithic culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Beng Mealea
Angkor Early–Classical transition · Hindu (Vishnu? Shaiva debated)
Unrestored jungle-strangled temple-city (early 12th c., possibly Suryavarman I–Suryavarman II transition, ~1110–1120) at 110×120 m moated eastern face now collapsed into rubble choked by silk-cotton…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Goguryeo Pyramidal Tombs – Jian (Ji'an)
Goguryeo Kingdom 37 BCE–668 CE (pyramids 3–7 c CE peak) · Goguryeo (Korean–Chinese proto-state)
Eastern Asia's largest tumulus pyramid cluster: 7,000+ stone step-pyramids and earthen mounds 3 Kingdoms Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE) across Ji'an (Tonggou, Guonei) and DPRK Pyongyang cluster.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zaachila
Postclassic (Militaristic) 1100–1521 CE · Zapotec-Mixtec (Late Zapotec)
Final Zapotec capital with two Mixtec polychrome tombs and unfinished pyramid, 1100–1521.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Begram (Kapisa) — Kushan Summer Capital North Annex
Achaemenid to Kushan to Hephtalite (500 BCE–500 CE) · Kushan capital of Kapisa founded by Cyrus (?)
Begram (Kapisa) — Kushan Summer Capital North Annex in Parwan Province, Afghanistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan to Hephtalite (500 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Kushan capital of Kapisa…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasqui Northern Pyramids
Late Intermediate Caranqui 950–1470 CE to Inca 1470–1534 CE · Caranqui (Quitu-Cara, Cayambe) Cayambi-Inca
Northern cluster of Cochasqui Archaeological Park 28 miles north of Quito at 3100 m on Mojanda slopes: truncated earthen pyramids 20–24 m high on cangahua (volcanic) rock core, with ramps up to 290…
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Hallur — Karnataka Iron Age
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–1000 BCE) · Southern Neolithic
Hallur — Karnataka Iron Age in Karnataka, Haveri, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–1000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Southern Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Saywite Monolith
Inca Late Horizon ca.1470 CE · Inca
2.28-m granite boulder with 203 miniature carvings, ca.1470 Inca hydraulic model.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Bazi
Early–Middle Bronze (2600–1600 BCE) · Euphrates EB – Mitanni
Early–Middle Bronze (2600–1600 BCE) Euphrates EB – Mitanni tell at Raqqa Governorate, Tabqa Dam zone – twin northern town with tell banat across euphrates branch (dims 15 ha northern citadel with Mittani temple).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Dala Hill
Iron Age to Modern (c. 400–1900 CE; ritual ongoing) · Iron Age (Early Kano) / Hausa / Fulani
Dala Hill (Goron Dutse pair) is Kano's 534-m granite inselberg nucleus where Kano city was founded by Dala Iron Age smiths (c. 400 CE) before Hausa walling, with 999-step stair.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
Tang → Yuan → Ming Yongle peak → Qing · Taoist (Zhenwu / Xuanwu school)
Taoist sacred mountain complex on 72 peaks 800–1612 m, 9 palaces, 36 convents and 72 cliff temples built primarily 1412–1424 under Ming Yongle emperor (200,000 artisans) as political legitimation…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Dutsen Kongba (Jos Plateau)
Nok to Berom (1500 BCE–present) · Nok / Proto-Berom
Jos Plateau rock-gong complex with 8 granite gongs and Nok scatter.