🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Cumbrian
Largest circle in northern England — 59-stone oval with 3.6 m outlier Long Meg bearing cup-and-ring spirals.
🇳🇪 Niger · Rock art
Nok Furnace Complex
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Nok Furnace Complex in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
River Cut Section West — Delta (Mansoura)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
River Cut Section West in Delta, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahdad — Kerman Bronze Age Oasis
Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) · Jiroft culture (Halil Rud)
Shahdad — Kerman Bronze Age Oasis in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Jiroft culture (Halil Rud).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Caral Pyramids
Early Horizon · Andean
Norte Chico pyramids at Caral (3000–1800 BCE) 6 monumental platforms 18–28 m high, Pirámide Mayor 153×109 m, oldest city in Americas UNESCO.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Michal — Yarkon Estuary Palace
Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician
Tel Michal — Yarkon Estuary Palace in Central Coastal Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Casa Malpais Archaeological Park and National Historic Landmark
Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan 1260–1350 CE · Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan
60-room basalt Great House 1260–1350 CE, Great Kiva solar calendar.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Sirkap — Taxila Greek Street South Extension
Indo-Greek–Kushan (180 BCE–200 CE) · Indo-Greek (Demetrius) then Kushan
Sirkap — Taxila Greek Street South Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Indo-Greek–Kushan (180 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Indo-Greek (Demetrius) then Kushan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface
Neolithic to Medieval · Cornish / medieval monastic
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Medieval submerged-city attributed to Cornish / medieval monastic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Al-Rawda — Steppe Kite Walled Town
Early Bronze IV (2400–2000 BCE) · Inner Syria EBA
Al-Rawda — Steppe Kite Walled Town in Hama Governorate, Syrian desert steppe, Syria is a Early Bronze IV (2400–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Inner Syria EBA culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok
Ubaid–Early Jezirah III (c.5000–2300 BCE) · Ubaid → Ninevite-5
Trilogy Kashkashok I–III on Jaghjagh mid-reach: Ubaid hut with Samarra pre-contact, Late Chalcolithic double-temple mound, and ED II dense granaries with Halaf-to-Ninevite transition; Matsutani &…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Masin
Early–Middle Bronze Age (c.2700–1600 BCE) · Syrian EBA–MBA (Qatna–Qadesh sphere)
Homs hinterland EB–MB tell 9 m high (MB glacis, Qatna corridor satellite) east of Qadesh.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Toprak-Kala — Khorezm Palace of Artaxerxes
Kushan–Khorezm (1st–3rd c. CE) · Khorezmian (Artav)
Toprak-Kala — Khorezm Palace of Artaxerxes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan is a Kushan–Khorezm (1st–3rd c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Khorezmian (Artav).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bandurria — Main Pyramid Mound
Late Preceramic (Norte Chico), c.3200–2900 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral–Bandurria)
Main pyramid at Bandurria (c.3200–2900 BCE, Late Preceramic Norte Chico), 12 m high, 70 × 40 m base quadrangular platform with subrectangular sunken court 15 × 13 m. Contrasts with Caral; A.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Chanhu-Daro Eastern Industrial Terrace
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan industrial (shell and bead)
Chanhu-Daro Eastern Industrial Terrace in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan industrial (shell and bead).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension
Early Intermediate to Wari (200 BCE–800 CE) · Moche V to Wari
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension in La Libertad Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate to Wari (200 BCE–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Moche V to Wari.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Gadara — Umm Qais
Hellenistic to Ottoman (300 BCE–1600 CE) · Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis (Menippos poet)
Gadara — Umm Qais in Yarmuk Gorge, Jordan is a Hellenistic to Ottoman (300 BCE–1600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis (Menippos poet).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Silbury Hill South Spur — Waden Hill Causeway
Late Neolithic (2400–2300 BCE) · Beaker / Late Neolithic
Southern approach terraces excavated by Atkinson 1968–70, linking Silbury to West Kennet causewayed enclosure, view from 800 m.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Hadrianopolis (Driana) North Extramural Dunes
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Cyrenaica)
Dune suburb of Hadrianopolis with fish vats and submerged mole.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappa
Harappan (3300–1300 BCE; mature 2600–1900) · Indus Valley
Type-site of Harappan civilization, walled city on Ravi with citadel, granaries, bead workshops and early example of town planning succeeding pre-Harappan Ravi phase.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo)
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Gobir Citadel of Gidan Sabon Birni
Sokoto period (19th c. CE; Gobir resistance) · Hausa (Gobir)
Late Gobir fortified birni (4.2 km) after 1808 fall of Al Kalawa.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian · PPN–Yarmoukian
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian ancient-village attributed to PPN–Yarmoukian.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Hill Earthwork and Nature Preserve
Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition
14.6 ha hilltop enclosure 2.4 km wall, 33 gateways.