🇳🇬 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.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Kainji Rock Art and Mounds
MSA to Iron Age (50,000 BCE–1800 CE; rock art 2000 BCE–500 CE) · MSA / Kintampo-related / Iron Age (Borgawa)
Kainji shoreline and islands host Middle Stone Age to Iron Age rock shelters with geometric rock art and 2,000-year mound settlements along Niger River, inundated partially 1968 by Kainji Dam.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Necropolis
Necropolis of Thwaite
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Thwaite in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramids
Early Kushite (El-Kurru phase 860–310 BCE; Piye 747–716 BCE) · Kushite (early Napatan)
Earliest Kushite royal necropolis (860–310 BCE) with 22 pyramids for Napatan kings including Piye (Piankhi), founder of Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Taharqa, and early ancestors.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu (Aqar Quf)
Kassite (Middle Babylonian) c. 1375–1155 BCE · Kassite Babylonian
Kassite capital Dur-Kurigalzu built by Kurigalzu I (c. 1375 BCE): enormous ziggurat to Enlil, still 57 m high (originally ~69 m) with rope reinforcement layers (reed mats) visible, highest surviving…
🇨🇦 Canada · Megalith
Dolmen de Sanctuary
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Dolmen de Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Tetitla Apartment Compound (Teotihuacan)
Classic Teotihuacan (Tlamimilolpa) · Teotihuacano (multi-ethnic)
One of 2,000 apartment compounds that made Teotihuacan (100 BCE–550 CE, 200,000 inhabitants — largest city in Americas) a planned grid city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Cutimbo
Late Intermediate–Late Horizon Colla–Inca 1100–1532 CE · Colla (Qolla) and Inca
Second chullpa field after Sillustani: 120 towers 10 m on mesa with puma and monkey reliefs.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Washinoki Stone Circle
Late Jomon (c.2000 BCE) · Late Jomon (Mori)
Largest Hokkaido stone circle (37 m oval, c.2000 BCE) — triple rings with mass-grave pit cemetery above Funka Bay.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Gannarve Stone Ship (Gotland)
Late Bronze Age to Pre-Roman Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE) · Nordic Bronze Age / Gotlandic
Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age stone ship on Gotland's west coast, 30 m long outline of limestone slabs forming a ship shape aligned roughly north–south with larger prow stone.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Kurgan Grotto
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kurgan Grotto in Ohio, United States is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Lairo Chambered Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Horned long stalled cairn 50 m long on Rousay, c.3600 BCE.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thaenae (Thyna) – Roman Byzacena Port
Punic / Roman / Byzantine (4th c BCE–7th c CE) · Punic / Roman
Roman–Punic oil port with amphitheatre and thermae on Gulf of Gabès.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Barrow Tall Temple Complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Barrow Tall Temple Complex in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Choquequirao
Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)
Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Earthwork
Earthworks of Lake
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Lake in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Kajuru Hill Settlement
Iron Age to Late Medieval (500 BCE–1800 CE) · Nok–Koro–Atyap continuum
Kajuru Hills are dramatic inselberg hillforts above southern Kaduna plain, occupied Nok-terminal to Koro–Atyap phases 500 BCE–1800 CE, with dry-stone terracing and hilltop granaries akin to Sukur's…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Camarones Conanoxa North Ridge Geoglyphs (North Bluff Conanoxa)
Formative to Middle Period (400 BCE–1000 CE) · Camarones / Cabuza–Tiwanaku influenced
North ridge bluff (820 m) opposite documented Conanoxa south terrace, forming paired valley markers. Nine figures: 16-m pelican, 22-m ‘wavy man’ anthropomorph, and 38-m stepped avenue.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Basin Beck
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Reservoir of Basin Beck in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Quebrada Loma Southwest Geoglyphs (Loma Ravine Rim)
Early Intermediate (300 BCE–500 CE) · Huarpa–Topará
Ravine rim (3,350 m) above Quebrada Loma with 10-m drop; figures perched on rim crest with foresight over Nasca–Ayacucho corridor.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Fortress
Citadel of Narrow-Moat
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Citadel of Narrow-Moat in Piauí, Brazil is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) fortress attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Fortress
Fortress of Pictograph Kala
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Fortress of Pictograph Kala in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) fortress attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phnom Bakheng
Angkor Yasodharapura 889–928 · Hindu Shaiva (Linga)
Mountain-temple on 65 m natural Bakheng hill (c.889–910 CE, Yasovarman I) at centre of first Angkor capital Yasodharapura, five-tier pyramid with 108 shrines plus central quincunx representing Mt.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Baiqa
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB South Levantine (Ghouta)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB South Levantine (Ghouta) tell at Damascus Basin, Ghouta fringe – eb walled town on damascus oasis fringe (dims Mound 8 ha, wall 8 m thick).