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🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Bayuda Mound Inner — Bayuda (57-31) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Dwarka Citadel II — Dwarka (58-37) at Dwarka, India is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Samanid 9th c → Ghaznavid–Karakhanid 10th–12th c · Banijurid–Ghaznavid Islamic (Khatlon)
Hulbuk (Qalai Hulbuk) — Islamic palace-fortress (9th–12th c CE) 26 km west Kulob, Khatlon Yakhsu plain, excavated 1953–2010s Yakubov and Akhunov (Tajik Academy).
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Aleppo Platform Outer — Aleppo (53-35) at Aleppo, Syria is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Rondônia — Fazenda Geoglyph Ancillary Circle (Brazil) in Rondônia, Rondonia Geoglyph, Brazil is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.5500–3500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid–Altınova Chalcolithic
Western Altınova Neolithic–Chalcolithic village (Halaf–Ubaid, wattle-and-daub to mudbrick) under Lake Keban.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic to Terminal Classic 600–1000 CE (apogee 800–950, Puuc apogee 850–925) · Maya (Puuc tradition, Northern Maya lowlands)
Greatest Puuc architectural city of northern Yucatán (600–950 CE) with veneer mosaic stonework, Puuc columns, Chac masks and lattice façades: Pyramid of the Magician (Adivino, 35 m high, oval…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late PPNB to Early Pottery Neolithic (7000–6200 BCE) · Southern Levant PPNB → Wadi Rabah (PN)
Late PPNB–Wadi Rabah terrace village tracking Faynan aridity collapse at 7000 BCE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Alentejo Neolithic
Almendre Cromlech Evora at Alentejo, Évora, Portugal is a Early to Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Alentejo Neolithic tradition, built c. 6000 BCE for 95-stone double cromlech.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
