🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Swinside Stone Circle (Sunkenkirk)
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Cumbria (Langdale axe trade area)
55-stone porphyritic circle (28.6 m) above Duddon estuary — best preserved in North-West England.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Beydar (Nabada)
Early Bronze Age Ej II–IVa (Jezirah Early Dynastic to Akkadian) · North Mesopotamian Kish tradition, Semitic (Nabada Akkadian)
Circular walled 3rd-millennium city Nabada (c.2900–2200 BCE, Early Jezirah III), 28 ha upper town + lower town 20 ha, centre of western Jezirah after Tell Brak.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna
Neolithic Hassuna-Samarra (c.6000–5600 BCE) · Hassuna
Type site 1939–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd that defined the Hassuna painted pottery tradition of northern Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Ingharra (Eastern Kish) — Ziggurat and Temple Oval Terrace
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Kish)
Eastern mound of the Sumerian city-state Kish (3200–2200 BCE), once Sargon's capital, dominated by Early Dynastic III 60x45 m Temple Oval ziggurat-like terrace and later 3-stair Old Babylonian…
🇹🇳 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 …
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Gogo Falls Rock Shelter and Dam
Late Stone Age to Iron Age (8000 BCE–1500 CE) · Kansyore fishers → Elmenteitan herders → Urewe Iron Age Bantu
Stratified river terrace Gogo Falls — Kansyore fisher sequence at Kuja rapids.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Barkal Pyramid Field — Kushite Necropolis
Meroitic, c.300 BCE–350 CE · Kushite / Meroitic
Jebel Barkal north necropolis at foot of holy mountain's pinnacle rock: 11 pyramids (Bar.1-20, 10-15 m base, 70° steep) with chapels for Meroitic kings and queens who retained Napatan sacred…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Ancillary Causeway North
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Ancillary Causeway North in Preah Vihear, Koh Ker, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
La Milpa
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Three Rivers)
Third-largest Belize Maya city (400 BCE–900 CE) — 25-m Great Pyramid with 85 plazas and 60-km sacbé network.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Outer Meroe Temple B — Meroe (56-23)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Outer Meroe Temple B — Meroe (56-23) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) earthwork of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Wilcahuain (Huilcahuaín)
Middle Horizon Wari 700–800 CE · Wari (Huaraz highland)
3-storey Wari gallery-mausoleum with interior ventilated labyrinth, 700–800 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Danebury Hillfort — Outer Entrance Hornwork
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Danebury Hillfort — Outer Entrance Hornwork in England, Hampshire, Stockbridge, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attribu…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Jerash — North Theatre West Entrance (Gerasa)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Jerash — North Theatre West Entrance (Gerasa) in Jerash Governorate, Jerash, Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Kerbatch Stone Circles — Senegambian Megaliths
Medieval Senegambian (750–1100 CE) · Senegambian Iron Age (Serer)
Kerbatch (Kerr Batch) is the second Gambian UNESCO stone-circle nucleus (1226) with 9 circles (3–5 m Ø) and V-shaped laterite pillars up to 1.7 m.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Nemea — Zeus Temple North Crypt
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nemea — Zeus Temple North Crypt in Peloponnese, Corinthia, Nemea, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Nippur — Inanna Temple North Platform (Nuffar)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nippur — Inanna Temple North Platform (Nuffar) in Qadisiyyah, Nippur, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mult…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) tell of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Middle to Late Bronze Age · Nuragic civilisation
Giant Sardinian nuraghe at Torralba — 21 m central tower with three bastions and corbelled chambers, 1600-1200 BCE.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Pundranagara — East Rampart Gate (Mahasthangarh)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Pundranagara — East Rampart Gate (Mahasthangarh) in Rajshahi, Bogura, Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city…
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art
Saimaluu-Tash West Ashu Pass Petroglyphs
Saka to Turkic Medieval · Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Western cirque shelf of Saimaluu-Tash at Ashu Pass, a glacial hanging valley 2 km west of Saimaluu-Tash I main valley floor at 3420 m.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Barri (Kahat)
Early Bronze to Mitanni to Assyrian to Parthian · Hurrian Mitanni → Middle Assyrian
Stratified Jezirah tell Kahat (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE, peak Mitanni capital c.1500–1360 BCE and Assyrian Kahat) on Jaghjagh mid-Khabur.
🇵🇪 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...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Antioch
Seleucid to Mamluk · Greek → Roman → Byzantine → Crusader
One of the four great cities of antiquity (300 BCE–1400 CE), founded by Seleucus I honoring father Antiochos, capital of Seleucid kingdom and Roman Syria with 500,000 inhabitants at peak (Aug 5),…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Didyma — Apollo Temple Adyton North Column
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Didyma — Apollo Temple Adyton North Column in Aydın, Didim, Didyma, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mult…