🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Ayanlar Höyük (Gre Hut)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Taş Tepeler / Upper Euphrates PPN
Taş Tepeler megasite (14 ha) with T-pillars 30 km west of Şanlıurfa, unexcavated Göbekli-contemporary.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Godin Tepe
Late Chalcolithic to Iron Age II (c.5000–500 BCE; peak Uruk interlude and Median 750–550) · Ubaid-derived Zagros → Uruk colonial (Susa) → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian) → Early Transcaucasian → Iron Age Median
Zagros road-stop tell of Uruk traders, Kura-Araxes migrants, Median hall and earliest chemically attested wine.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Great Meroe Sanctuary Inner — Meroe (56-16)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Meroe Sanctuary Inner — Meroe (56-16) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) pyramid of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad West Hamada Kites (Western Piedmont Lines)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7200–6200 BCE) · PPNB Black Desert hunters
West hamada piedmont 6 km west of Jabal Wisad inselberg (690 m) on flat basalt pavement with scattered chert.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06) at Giza, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Old Potosí Village Inner — Potosí (55-20)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Old Potosí Village Inner — Potosí (55-20) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Medieval (regional) earthwork of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sarnath — Dhamek Stupa Ancillary Platform
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sarnath — Dhamek Stupa Ancillary Platform in Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Sarnath, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
🇧🇯 Benin · Tumulus
Tounouna — Stepped Tumulus (Borgu, Benin)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Tounouna — Stepped Tumulus (Borgu, Benin) in Borgou, Tounouna, Benin is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hallstatt / Ear…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Upper Eridu Citadel North — Eridu (53-44)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Upper Eridu Citadel North — Eridu (53-44) at Eridu, Iraq is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Banawali
Pre-Harappan to Mature Harappan (Harappan 3A–5) · Indus Valley (Harappan)
Harappan planned city (2600–1900 BCE) on the left bank of the dried Sarasvati in Fatehabad, Haryana, excavated by R.S. Bisht (1974–77).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bharhut Stupa
Shunga 187–78 BCE · Shunga (Maurya successors)
Great Shunga Buddhist stupa (c.150 BCE) whose 8 m-high gateway and 3.2 m limestone railing — longest early Indian stone railing (40 m diameter stupa) — was dismantled in 1873–76 by Cunningham and is…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Camarones Pachica Escarpment Geoglyphs (Pachica Headwall)
Formative (800 BCE–650 CE) · Alto Ramírez–Camarones
Headwall escarpment (1,250 m) at Camarones Valley source zone near Pachica, where precordillera meets Altiplano.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Eastern Axum Mound Inner — Axum (57-04)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Eastern Axum Mound Inner — Axum (57-04) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / …
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Great Dwarka Ridge I — Dwarka (58-06)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Dwarka Ridge I — Dwarka (58-06) at Dwarka, India is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Inner Baiae Mound West — Baiae (58-40)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Inner Baiae Mound West — Baiae (58-40) at Baiae, Italy is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad Southwest Wadi Throat Kites (Wadi Wisad Narrows)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (7000–5800 BCE) · Late PPNB/PPNC
Wadi throat where Wadi Wisad narrows to 45 m between basalt bluffs 8 km southwest of plateau (675 m).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Lower Axum Terrace B — Axum (57-43)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Lower Axum Terrace B — Axum (57-43) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche in Ma'an, Petra, Qasr al-Bint, Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to M…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Agora of Athens — Hephaisteion North Frieze
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Agora of Athens — Hephaisteion North Frieze in Attica, Athens, Agora, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Becan Structure VIII Twin-Tower Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Becan (Békan) 1.7 km moat-and-earthwork-walled city (Campeche): 25 ha nucleated center unlike dispersed Río Bec — Structure VIII 32 m high Río Bec pyramid with twin solid towers flanking central…
🇯🇴 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…