🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Al-Qattafi East Arm Kites (Eastern Mesa Kite Line)
PPNB to Chalcolithic · Eastern Badia Neolithic–Chalcolithic
Qattafi east arm: 6 mesa-lip kites driving gazelles off 40-m basalt mesa to playa.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
AyrTam (Air Tam)
Kushan 1st–4th c CE (Kanishka–Huvishka) · Kushan Bactria Buddhist (Gandhara–Bactrian)
AyrTam — Kushan Buddhist monastery (1st–4th c CE) 17 km east Termez on Amu Darya north bank, discovered 1932 (Stavisky frieze), excavated 1963–82 Stavisky and 1979 Kushan inscription found.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad North Basalt Plateau Extension Kites (Northern Plateau Table)
PPNB (7400–6400 BCE) · PPNB pastoral hunters
Northern extension of Jabal Wisad basalt table plateau (735 m) 5 km north of classic central plateau.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Phycus (Naustathmos) – Storm Refuge Harbour on Cyrenaica Tip
Archaic to Late Roman (6th c. BCE – 5th c. CE naustathmos) · Greek Cyrenean / Roman
Cyrenaica northern tip storm harbour — twin 120 m moles at 2 m depth on Ras al-Hamama cape refuge.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Harappa Mound AB — Citadel Punjab
Indus Valley Civilisation, Mature Harappan (c.2600–1900 BCE, Harappan 3A–3C) · Indus Valley Civilisation (Harappan)
Mound AB at Harappa is the Harappan citadel (≈150×150 m, 15 m high) — massive mudbrick terraced platform dominating the 150 ha city on the Ravi.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid at Abu Rawash
Late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty (Huni?, c.2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Enormous denuded mound at Abu Rawash north (Lepsius I), sometimes attributed to ephemeral Huni (?) or early 4th Dynasty.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Durankulak Tell South Settlement
Eneolithic to Early Bronze (5000–2800 BCE) · Hamangia → Gumelnița → Ezero (EBA)
Durankulak Tell South Settlement is the south lakeside extension on Lake Durankulak — a Hamangia–Gumelnița tell (5000 BCE) with a 1200-grave flat cemetery, the largest Eneolithic necropolis on the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Norte Mound (Casma satellite pyramid)
Initial Period (Sechín–Casma) · Sechín / Casma
Sechín polity satellite mound at Sechín Norte — 25 m adobe pyramid 6 m high c.1500 BCE, 2 km north of Cerro Sechín relief walls.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Shwesandaw — Ancillary Terrace (Bagan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Shwesandaw — Ancillary Terrace (Bagan) in Mandalay, Bagan, Shwesandaw, Myanmar is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to …
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Halaf — North Palace Annex (Khabur)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Tell Halaf — North Palace Annex (Khabur) in Al-Hasakah, Ras al-Ayn, Tell Halaf, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Ch…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Western Deffufa at Kerma — Kushite Massif
Classic Kerma, c.1750-1500 BCE · Kerma (Kushite)
Western Deffufa (Western Massif) at Kerma: massive mudbrick solid massif 52×52 m base, 19 m high, with internal stair, altar and funerary chapel on summit.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Tawayama
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Early–Middle–Late) → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Sea of Japan coastal)
Sea of Japan Yayoi paddy village (300 BCE–300 CE) at Tawayama near Tottori — 150 m ring ditch with Izumo trade horizon.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Alto Ramírez Quebrada Lima Geoglyphs (Lluta Tributary Terrace)
Formative (500 BCE–600 CE) · Alto Ramírez / Cabuza
Terraced alluvial cone at Quebrada Lima mouth into Lluta at km 68 (1,050 m), 5° north-facing slope with 12 figures: 25-m lizards, 18-m camelid files and 40-m graded avenues with lateral berms (40 cm).
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Little Aleppo Platform Outer — Aleppo (53-35)
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
Rondônia — Fazenda Geoglyph Ancillary Circle (Brazil)
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 · 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.
🇸🇩 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.
🇪🇬 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…
🇮🇳 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.