🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa North Ridge Geoglyphs (Cerro Chaviña Norte)
Early Nasca to Wari · Nasca–Huarpa–Wari
Chaviña north ridge: 15 crest lines on 3,420 m hilltop with solstice-aligned avenue.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Choquequirao — Northern Terrace Coriwayrachina Saddle Sector
Late Horizon Inca (c.1450 – 1572 CE) · Inca (Quechua) Pachacuti — Tupac Yupanqui
Choquequirao northern Coriwayrachina saddle — Inca terraces 4 m and quartz llama enclosures across saddle from central plaza.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Farmana Mound — Haryana Daksha
Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) · Harappan (Farmana / Daksha, Mature Harappan)
Farmana Mound — Haryana Daksha in Haryana, Rohtak District, Ghaggar plain (Farmana/Daksha), India is a Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Gò Cấm and Mỹ Sơn vicinity (Maliang region)
Sa Huỳnh (500 BCE–200 CE) → Champa (200–1500 CE) → Vietnamese · Sa Huỳnh → Cham (Austronesian maritime)
Champa coastal port complex (c.2 c. BCE–15 c. CE) at Gò Cấm, Quảng Nam — 5 ha delta port with Chinese Han–Tang sherds, Indian Rouletted Ware, Mediterranean glass, and Cham kiln cluster, excavated…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Mawaki Noto Shell Mound
Jomon Early 7000 → Late Jomon 3000 BP · Jomon Hokuriku Noto — Mawaki dolphin hunters
Mawaki Noto Shell Mound — Jomon early to late massive shell midden with dolphin remains (c.7000–3000 BP) on Noto Peninsula bay at Mawaki, Hokuriku, excavated 1980s–90s.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Phùng Nguyên Culture Site
Phùng Nguyên (2000–1500) → Đồng Đậu (1500–1200) → Đông Sơn (800 BCE+) · Phùng Nguyên (Late Neolithic–Bronze, Austroasiatic Vietic)
Late Neolithic–Bronze Age type-site for Phùng Nguyên culture (c.2000–1500 BCE) in Phú Thọ on the Red River plain — 2 ha settlement with 5 m deposit, excavated 1968 by Hà Văn Tấn.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Pol Box
Late Preclassic – Terminal Classic (c.300 BCE–950 CE) Río Bec – Chenes transition · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Peten fringe)
Pol Box is a jungle pyramid town on the karst plateau 48 km south-southwest of Xpujil in the Calakmul Biosphere fringe, Campeche, at 260 m.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Mehriz — Deh-shir Qanat Chain (Mehriz Highland Qanat)
Sasanian to Safavid (500–1700 CE) · Sasanian–Islamic
Highland qanat chain at Deh-shir plain Mehriz County (1,450 m) with 18 km gallery from Shir Kuh massif (3,200 m) alluvial fan piedmont.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Rakhigarhi Mound — Haryana
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Rakhigarhi I–III, Ghaggar-Saraswati)
Rakhigarhi Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Hisar District, Ghaggar plain (ancient Saraswati), India is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
el-Hibeh (Teudjoi / Ankyropolis)
Third Intermediate through Late-Byzantine; TI fortress phase · Theban High Priest (21st) → Libyan 22nd → Saite → Graeco-Roman
Third Intermediate border fortress (1070 BCE) with 12 m bastioned wall on Nile cliff — Theban–Tanite frontier garrison, Amenhotep III temple, priestly necropolis and Hibeh papyri.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Ali Murad Mound — Sindh
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3500–2500 BCE) · Amri-Nal culture (Sindh pre-Harappan)
Ali Murad Mound — Sindh in Sindh, Johi District, Kirthar foothills (Amri-Nal–Kot Diji horizon), Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3500–2500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Dimini Neolithic Settlement — Thessaly
Late Neolithic to Mycenaean (c.4800–1200 BCE) · Thessalian Late Neolithic (Dimini) and Mycenaean Iolkos area
Dimini (Late Neolithic c.4800–4000 BCE, Early Helladic 2800–2000 BCE) 5 km northwest of Volos is a fortified hill settlement 0.8 ha with six concentric stone circuit walls 2–3 m thick enclosing a…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Fortress
El Fuerte de Samaipata
Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) · Chanè / Inca / Guaraní
El Fuerte de Samaipata in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is a Chanè to Inca (1000 – 1500 CE) fortress attributed to Chanè / Inca / Guaraní culture. UNESCO 1998.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Glendalough Monastic City
Early Medieval (c.590–1398 CE) · Early Christian Gaelic (Anchorite tradition)
Wicklow glacial valley monastic city (6th century St Kevin) with 33 m round tower, medieval churches and double lakes.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Hastinapura
PGW 1100–600 BCE (Kuru) → NBPW 600–300 BCE → Historic · Kuru Mahajanapada (PGW culture) → NBPW Early Historic
Hastinapura — capital of Kuru Mahajanapada (c.1100–600 BCE, PGW 1100–600 BCE, NBPW 600–300 BCE) at Hastinapur, Meerut district, excavated 1950–52 by B.B. Lal (ASI).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pauni Wainganga Fortified Settlement
Mauryan 3rd c BCE → Satavahana 1st c BCE–2nd c CE · Mauryan→ Satavahana Deccan — Wainganga basin
Pauni Wainganga Fortified Settlement — Mauryan–Satavahana fortified city (3rd c BCE–2nd c CE) on Wainganga River at Pauni, excavated 1969–70 by S.B. Deo and later Bhilai–Nagpur University.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Piedras Negras — Pyramid Complex K-5 and Acropolis (Usumacinta, Guatemala)
Early to Late Classic Maya (250–900 CE) · Maya (Usumacinta basin)
Powerful Classic Maya kingdom capital Yo’k’ib on Usumacinta north bank (450–810 CE) with 8 km² centre.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Tabo
Napatan to Meroitic and Christian (680 BCE–500 CE) · Kushite (Napatan/Meroitic)
Kushite temple mound on Argo Island (Taharqa, 700 BCE), 75.6 m Amun temple, 15 m high mound.
🇸🇾 Syria · Geoglyph
Jebel Druze (Jabal al-Arab) Kite Field
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Late Neolithic / Ghassulian
48 Late Neolithic montane kites (6000–3500 BCE) on Jebel Druze volcanic slopes.
🇮🇳 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.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient village
Kara-Depe
Late Chalcolithic Namazga II–IV 3500–2000 BCE · Kopet Chalcolithic (Kara-Depe facies)
Namazga II–IV Chalcolithic mound (c.3500–2000 BCE) on the Kopet chain between Geok-Tepe and Kaahka — Kara-Depe excavated 1950s–60s by Masson and Berezkin, 3 ha tell with tripartite painted ware…
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Makimuku Keyhole Kofun
Early Kofun 250–300 CE (transition Yayoi→Kofun) · Yayoi–Early Kofun — Makimuku/Yamato nucleus (Kinai)
Makimuku Keyhole Kofun — Makimuku Kofun cluster's keyhole trio at Miyama foothills 3 km south Sakurai, earliest keyhole zenpo-koen (late 3rd c CE) defining Yamato Kofun genesis before Hashihaka…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Mitathal Mound — Haryana
Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) · Harappan (Mitathal I–II, Sothi–Siswal)
Mitathal Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Bhiwani District, Ghaggar plain (Mitathal), India is a Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park
Middle Woodland 1–500 CE (Pinson phase) · Middle Woodland (Pinson Mound culture, Hopewell-influenced)
Largest grouping of platform mounds in Tennessee and largest Middle Woodland earthwork complex: 17 mounds (12 platform, burial, effigy) in 1,200-acre Forked Deer River park, with Saul's Mound (Sauls’…