🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Winterville Mounds
Plaquemine Mississippian Coles Creek-Winterville 900–1450 CE · Coles Creek / Plaquemine
16.7 m truncated pyramid center of 23-mound plaza, 1200–1400 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex
Chimú (1200–1470 CE Chimu Empire; Tschudi palace 1400 CE last Nik An) · Chimú (Chan Chan 9 palaces 100k pop)
Chan Chan excavated by Bennett, Moseley, 1200–1470 Chimú 100k population 20 km².
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Revash Mausoleums
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Kilclooney Portal Tombs
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb tradition
Two portal tombs and court tomb at Kilclooney More, Ardara, capstone 30 tons, c.3500 BCE.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Kouass
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
La Roche aux Fées
Late Neolithic · Western French Neolithic
Major passage dolmen near Rennes — 19.5 m passage of 45-tonne schist slabs, largest in Upper Brittany.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Shortughai — Oxus Harappan Outpost
Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE) · Harappan frontier (Shortugai Indus colony)
Shortughai — Oxus Harappan Outpost in Takhar Province, Afghanistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Harappan frontier (Shortugai Indus colony).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 in Egypt Region 4, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase)
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Stanton Drew Stone Circles
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Severn
England's third-largest circle complex — 113 m Great Circle plus two smaller circles and Cove near Bristol.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North — Pavlopetri Coast (Elafonisos)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gre Virike South — Euphrates Terrace
Halaf to EBA III (5600–2000 BCE; main 3100–2000 BCE) · Halaf → Uruk interaction → EBA Karababa and Transcaucasian
EBA terrace tell on Suruç plain — Halaf under EBA jar-burial cemetery.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Odzun Church — 6th Century Basilica Hall Vault
Early Medieval (Odzun St Astvatsatsin c. 6th–8th c. with 5th c. core; Catholicos Hovhannes Odzunetsi 717–728) · Early Armenian basilica hall church (Hall-type) with U-thin altar
Odzun church preserved 6th–8th, Hovhannes Odzunetsi catholicos 717 origin.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Penjikent (Ancient Panjakent)
Early Medieval Sogdian (5th–8th century CE) · Sogdian (easternmost Sogd)
Easternmost Sogdian Silk Road city — 13.5 ha frescoed shahristan with Rustam murals and Mount Mug letters.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rusuccuru
Phoenicio-Punic to Medieval (5th c. BCE–16th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Rusuccuru (modern Dellys) is a Phoenician–Roman port on Algeria's Kabyle coast, founded 5th c. BCE as Carthaginian fish-salting station.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Abu Hureyra Northern Extension — Epi-Paleolithic to Neolithic
Natufian to Pottery Neolithic (11100–5800 BCE) · Natufian to Pre-Pottery
Abu Hureyra Northern Extension — Epi-Paleolithic to Neolithic in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to Pottery Neolithic (11100–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian to Pre-Pottery.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Moral-Reforma
Maya Classic Late 600–800 CE · Maya (Moral-Reforma polity)
Twin Maya temples on San Pedro River, 300 BCE–900 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Nazca Hummingbird Annex North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Nazca Hummingbird Annex North in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
Real Alto — Valdivia Type Site
Valdivia (3500–1500 BCE) Early Ceramic Neolithic · Valdivia culture (earliest ceramics)
Real Alto — Valdivia Type Site in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador is a Valdivia (3500–1500 BCE) Early Ceramic Neolithic ancient-village attributed to Valdivia culture (earliest ceramics).
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 in Armenia Region 2, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Ekornavallen Grave Field
Middle Neolithic to Viking Age · Funnel Beaker → Bronze Age → Iron Age Scandinavia
3000-year grave field with Neolithic Girommen passage grave, Bronze cairn, Iron Age settings and Viking ship in one meadow.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Necropolis
Necropolis of Dara-Wadi
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Dara-Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Qasr Burquʿ
Late Roman/Byzantine to Umayyad · Roman/Byzantine → Umayyad Arab
Black basalt desert castle (qasr) on the shores of seasonal Burqu Lake and Roman strata — possibly Byzantine Valentinian outpost incorporated into Umayyad qusur (~700 CE) — isolated in Harra basalt…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Yarmouth Roads Submerged Forest West
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Yarmouth Roads Submerged Forest West in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.