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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Kangavar — Anahita Temple North Column (Kermanshah) in Kermanshah, Kangavar, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
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
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
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
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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Xochicalco — Observatory North Vent Shaft (Morelos) in Morelos, Xochicalco, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed t…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age (4000–2300 BCE) · Northwest Anatolian Chalcolithic → EBA Troy I contemporary
Demircihöyük East Citadel is the fortified nucleus of the type-site for Northwest Anatolian EBA (Troy I contemporary).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Durankulak — North Niche (Great Mound) in Dobrich, Shabla, Durankulak, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcoli…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Natufian–PPNA (c.12000–10300 BCE) · Natufian-related → PPNA northern Fertile Crescent
Late Natufian–PPNA mound (45 m diameter, 2 m deep deposits) on the Batman River, excavated by Michael Rosenberg 1990s be...
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Glades IIIb–Calusa 500–1500 CE · Glades Calusa
Calusa Court of the Pile Dwellers: waterlogged painted wood Cat statuette, masks and netting 500–1500 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Yucatan Mound A — Yucatan (55-18) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
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…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late to Final Jomon 2500–400 BCE · Late–Final Jomon (Tsugaru coastal)
Late to Final Jomon shell midden (c.2500–400 BCE) on the Japan Sea coastal dune at Tsugaru City, Aomori — 6.3 ha site with shell mound (Corbicula, Ezo surf clam) 2.5 m thick, 30+ pit dwellings, and…
