🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Beidha
PPNB to Nabataean · PPNB Levantine to Nabataean
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7200–6500 BCE) 5 km north of Petra at Siq al-Barid ('Little Petra'), first excavated by Diana Kirkbride.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Duddo Five Stones — Northumberland
Early Bronze Age (c.2000–1800 BCE) · British Early Bronze Age (Collared Urn)
Duddo Five Stones (Early Bronze Age c.2000 BCE) is a 10-m sandstone circle on a low rise 4 mi south of the Scottish border, with five soft, deeply weathered pillars up to 2.3 m tall standing in a…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Monks Mound
Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Resafa (Sergiopolis) — North Basilica Cistern B
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Resafa (Sergiopolis) — North Basilica Cistern B in Raqqa, Resafa, Syria is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25) at Xi an, China is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pınarbaşı (Bor)
Epipalaeolithic to Aceramic Neolithic · Central Anatolian Epipalaeolithic (Kebaran-like) → PPNA
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic rockshelter and open-air spring-site (c.14,000–7000 BCE) on limestone spur at Pınarbaşı, type-site for Central Anatolian hunter-gatherer sedentism before…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Upper Lima Reservoir Inner — Lima (56-39)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Upper Lima Reservoir Inner — Lima (56-39) at Lima, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bassae — Apollo Temple North Colonnade (Arcadia)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Bassae — Apollo Temple North Colonnade (Arcadia) in Peloponnese, Arcadia, Bassae, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attr…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Clayton Priory Archaeological Complex
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Clayton Priory Archaeological Complex in River Nile State, Sudan is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Temple complex
Dougga — Capitol Ancillary Cryptoporticus North (Thugga)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Dougga — Capitol Ancillary Cryptoporticus North (Thugga) in Béja, Dougga, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇵🇪 Peru · Settlement
Waman Marka
Late Horizon (Inca) · Inca (Ollantaytambo sphere)
Sacred Valley terrace annex (1400–1532 CE) on south hillside opposite Ollantaytambo fortress across Urubamba River at 2850 m, comprising 100-storey andenería over 28 ha fed by high...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Sidon — North Harbour Submerged Wall (Lebanon)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Sidon — North Harbour Submerged Wall (Lebanon) in South, Sidon, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze–…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Incallajta Fortress
Inca Late Horizon to Resistance 1463–1572 CE · Inca (Chinchaysuyu eastern frontier)
78-m kallanka—largest roofed Inca hall—within 2 km walled fortress, 1463–1572 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24) at Giza, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Serpent Mound — Head Coil North Bend (Adams County)
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland
Serpent Mound — Head Coil North Bend (Adams County) in Ohio, Adams County, Serpent Mound, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) …
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Tabo (Argo) Temple-Mound & Pyramids
Kerma reuse to Kushite (25th Dynasty–Meroitic) · Kerma / Kushite (Napatan)
Argo Island pyramidal mound-temple at Tabo — 14 m mudbrick platform with Taharqa Amun temple c.690 BCE and 8 Napatan pyramids 5–8 m.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Kin Ya‘a (Chaco Outlier Great House)
Pueblo II-III; Bonito outlier peak · Chacoan outlier (McElmo transitional)
South Road great house outlier (100 rooms, 1080–1100 CE) 35 km south of Chaco — tower kiva, 8 m wide Chaco road berm to canyon, defining regional system maximum.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Mazghuna South Pyramid — Sobekneferu Complex
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1795 BCE (Sobekneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sobekneferu)
Southern Mazghuna pyramid 500 m south of north mound: 52 m base, now 18 m mound. Excavated by Mackay 1911. Mudbrick with limestone casing, undulating wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Seila Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Fayum provincial step pyramid on Gebel el-Rus (c.2630 BCE, up to Sneferu), 25 m base, 6.8 m high, four steps.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Limatambo
Late Horizon (Inca) · Inca (Cusco imperial)
Inca road sanctuary (1400–1532 CE) at Limatambo pass on Cusco–Andahuaylas–Apurímac corridor at 2550 m, with Tarawasi polished polygonal gateway-mur retaining 4-m terrace, ushnu pla...
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Kaole Ruins — Swahili Settlement
Early Swahili (13th–16th c) · Swahili-Shirazi
Kaole is a 13th–16th c Swahili settlement 3 km S of Bagamoyo, Tanzania's earliest Swahili site (Shiraz origin legend 13th c).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room in Deir ez-Zor, Tell Hariri, Mari, Syria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bro…
🇮🇹 Italy · Tumulus
Thapsos — North Cist Grave Field (Priolo)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Thapsos — North Cist Grave Field (Priolo) in Sicily, Priolo Gargallo, Italy is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hallstat…