🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Bingling Temple Upper Gorge Grottoes
Sixteen Kingdoms to Early Tang · Western Qin, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang
8-km-upstream Western Qin cliff with 420 CE earliest murals above reservoir.
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🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Early Tang · Western Qin, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang
8-km-upstream Western Qin cliff with 420 CE earliest murals above reservoir.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Chysauster North Court in Cornwall, Penzance, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Los Millares Culture
Los Millares Bastion South Gate in Andalusia, Almeria, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) ancient city attributed to Los Millares Culture.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Qohaito Plateau Temple A Podium in Debub, Qohaito, Eritrea is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Southern Vietnam Neolithic 2300–1200 BCE (An Son phase) · Southern Neolithic (Mekong) → Bronze transitional
Mekong Neolithic rice mound (2300–1200 BCE) north of delta — An Sơn with raised-floor village.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Fortress
Late Horizon Inca (c.1480–1534 CE) – Yumbo anterior occupation · Inca – Yumbo (pre-Inca)
Rumicucho (Kichwa rumi stone + cucho corner/hill) is the northernmost Inca fortress-temple of Pichincha, 13 km north of Quito at Mitad del Mundo (Equator monument zone) at 2,420 m.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Middle to Late Intermediate (Maitas–Gentilar) · Azapa valley folk (Maitas–Gentilar)
Mid-Azapa hillside: 28 figures at km 14 including 32-m feathered anthropomorphs above olive valley.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Neolithic (Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) · Late PPNB steppe-hunting tradition
Eastern rim kite chain of the Jordanian Harrat basalt plain (880 m, 31°02′21″N 37°30′00″E) where basalt peneplain meets limestone Hamad: 18 desert kites arrayed along 17 km N-S per Jibal…
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Early Mississippian (Stirling antecedent) · Cahokia Mississippian with Oneota interaction
Northernmost Cahokia-affiliated platform mounds (1050–1100 CE) on Mississippi bluffs — 500-km colony.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Formative to Tiwanaku (Alto Ramírez III) · Alto Ramírez–Pukara caravan
Summit pampa geoglyphs 5 km east of Lluta: 22 horizontal geometric avenues on drainage divide.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic · Carian, Chrysaoric League
450-m Mazınkale Artemis mountain sanctuary with 200+ votives and Chrysaoric League epigraphy wall, 3rd BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Late Preclassic – Postclassic (c.300 BCE–1518 CE) Cozumel Maya – Spanish contact · Maya (Coastal East Coast)
El Cedral is Cozumel island's oldest pueblo (Preclassic village Oycib) 17 km south of San Miguel, Quintana Roo, at 10 m.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector — Southern Extension in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Late Woodland – Glades I–II (300 BCE–1150 CE) · Glades / Calusa tradition (Okeechobee Basin)
Late Woodland–Glades/Calusa affiliated town (300 BCE–1150 CE, peak 550–850) spread 5 sq mi along Caloosahatchee River north bank: 3 sand mounds (Mound A Plaza 3.5 m, Mound B and borrow mound), 2…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (7000–2600 BCE, earliest South Asian farming village) · Balochistan Neolithic (Mehrgarh culture, Kili Gul Mohammad)
Mehrgarh Mound — Kacchi Bolan in Balochistan, Kacchi Plain at foot of Bolan Pass (near Dadhar), Pakistan is a Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (7000–2600 BCE, earliest South Asian farming village)…
🇪🇸 Spain · Hillfort
Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age
Zamora Hillfort El Castillón Outer Wall in Castile and León, Zamora, Spain is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.900–1470 CE) Huaura – Chancay – Inca · Huaura – Chancay (Coastal)
Acaray (often misattributed as 'Inca fortress') crowns a tabular hill 6 km inland in the lower Huaura Valley, Lima, at 250 m.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Canyon de Chelly White House South Ledge in Arizona, Chinle, United States is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Caral Shicra Pyramid Amphitheatre in Lima, Caral Shicra, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland / Hopewell (100 BCE – 400 CE) · Hopewell
Cowan Creek Circular Enclosure in Ohio, United States is a Middle Woodland / Hopewell (100 BCE – 400 CE) earthwork attributed to Hopewell culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic – Classic (c.400 BCE–800 CE) Kaan dynasty predecessor · Maya (Lowland – Kaan/Snake Kingdom capital precursor)
Ichkabal is a vaulted jungle metropolis on the pitted limestone plateau 40 km northwest of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, at 110 m.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate Gentilar · Camarones–Conanoxa Gentilar
Conanoxa south terrace: 14 inverted additive ring geoglyphs mirroring north-bank Camarones.
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) · Djenne Culture
Djenne-Djeno Mound Urban Quarter North Annex in Mopti, Djenne, Mali is a Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) tell attributed to Djenne Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Southern Neolithic (2500–1000) → Megalithic Iron (1000–300 BCE) → Mauryan → Satavahana · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic → Mauryan
Neolithic–Megalithic–Mauryan mound (c.2500 BCE–500 CE) at Maski, Raichur Doab — hillock settlement (12 ha) with Southern Neolithic grey ware, Megalithic iron burials and the decisive Maski Rock Edict…