🇰🇷 South Korea · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Hope Port
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Submerged Harbour of Hope Port in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) submerged city attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Ancient city
Zalavár–Mosapurc (Mosaburg) Pannonian Centre
Carolingian–Great Moravian (839–907, Pribina–Kocel) · Pannonian Slavic / Carolingian
Island fortress capital of the Pannonian Slavic principality (Mosapurc–Blatnograd) built by exiled Nitra prince Pribina as Frankish vassal 839 and his son Kocel on Lake Balaton islet, with three…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Demircihöyük
Early Bronze Age (c.3000–2300 BCE) with Phrygian/Classical caps · Northwestern Anatolian EBA → Phrygian
Stratified Early Bronze Age mound (300 × 200 m, 12 m high) on the Porsuk upper Sakarya, excavated by Manfred Korfmann 19...
🇨🇦 Canada · Megalith
Dolmen de Sanctuary
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Dolmen de Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Gemellae
Roman (Hadrianic–Late Antique, 126–430 CE) · Roman
Gemellae (Mlili) is the pivot of the Fossatum Africae Saharan limes, a Hadrianic legionary vexillation fort 200×190 m with rounded corners and double ditch, guarding the Seguia–Oued Djedi passage.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Huntichmul
Maya Late to Terminal Classic 600–1000 CE · Maya (Cehpech–Sotuta transitional / Itzá frontier)
Ditched enclosure frontier city, 600–1000 CE, Petén corridor.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Scar Ridge
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Hydraulic System at Scar Ridge in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kondapur — Satavahana Town
Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Kondapur — Satavahana Town in Telangana, Sangareddy, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–200 CE) ancient city attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Geoglyph
Kurgan Church Geoglyph
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Kurgan Church Geoglyph in Negev, Israel is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
La Venta Pyramid (Complex C)
Middle Formative Olmec 1000–400 BCE (pyramid c. 1000–600 BCE) · Olmec
Olmec capital La Venta (1000–400 BCE) great pyramid Complex C: 31–33 m high clay mound (150 × 130 m base, volume 100,000 m³), earliest known intentional pyramid in Mesoamerica (1000 BCE) – uniquely…
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Moray Agricultural Terraces
Late Horizon, Inca (~1300–1530 CE) · Inca
Three colossal natural depressions on the Maras plateau were amplified by Incas into concentric circular andenes up to 150 m across and 30 m deep, each terrace a microclimate ring with temperature…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Necropolis
Necropolis of Combe Ness Spur
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Necropolis of Combe Ness Spur in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Pukará de Quitor
Late Intermediate–Late Horizon 1300–1540 CE · Atacameño (Likan Antai)
Atacameño clifftop fortress above Rio Grande with 4 km walls and 1540 Spanish battle site.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Billa (Shibaniba)
Late Bronze–Neo-Assyrian (c.1500–600 BCE) · Mitanni → Middle/Neo-Assyrian
Small but archive-rich tell 20 km N of Nineveh: Mitanni layer produced Nuzi-type tablets, Middle Assyrian governor’s correspondence (14 c. tablets) and Neo-Assyrian granaries. E.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Tetitla Apartment Compound (Teotihuacan)
Classic Teotihuacan (Tlamimilolpa) · Teotihuacano (multi-ethnic)
One of 2,000 apartment compounds that made Teotihuacan (100 BCE–550 CE, 200,000 inhabitants — largest city in Americas) a planned grid city.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Aphroditopolis (Atfih) Pyramid Field
Predynastic to Late Antique (3500 BCE–7th c. CE) · Egyptian (22nd Upper nome)
Nome capital at Nile bend with cow necropolis and small cenotaph pyramid.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bhoramdeo Temple — Kawardha
Early Medieval (11th c. CE) · Kalchuri
Bhoramdeo Temple — Kawardha in Chhattisgarh, Kabirdham, India is a Early Medieval (11th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Kalchuri culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Can Hasan III
Pottery Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (c.6300–5500 BCE) · Central Anatolian Pottery Neolithic
Small Neolithic mound (80 m diameter, 4 m high) on the Konya Plain, excavated by David French 1960s as the earliest of t...
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Cutimbo
Late Intermediate–Late Horizon Colla–Inca 1100–1532 CE · Colla (Qolla) and Inca
Second chullpa field after Sillustani: 120 towers 10 m on mesa with puma and monkey reliefs.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Nen Chua Port (Takeo Port)
Funan Oc Eo culture (1st–7th century CE, Funan port peak 2nd–6th) · Funan (Oc Eo) → Chenla
Funan canal port (1st–7th cent) — 12 ha brick port 14.5 km from Oc Eo city via canal, 10 km from modern sea.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Pasargadae
Achaemenid (559–530 BCE construction; occupied to Seleucid era) · Achaemenid Persian
Earliest Achaemenid capital built by Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE) on victory site over Medes.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar del Sur Southeast Dune Geoglyphs (Dune-Edge Corridor)
Late Formative to Late Intermediate (500–1200 CE) · Atacama caravan
Southeast margin of Salar del Sur where transverse dunes abut playa fringe (2,300 m). Thirteen figures on compact gypscrete between dunes: 40-m ladder, 22-m feline, and 90-m paired avenues (2.0 m…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tureng Tepe
Neolithic–Bronze (5300–1800 BCE) · Tureng–Gorgan Chalcolithic
Neolithic–Bronze (5300–1800 BCE) Tureng–Gorgan Chalcolithic tell at Golestan Province, Gorgan plain – stratified gorgan plain type-site with grey ware (dims High mound 30 m, 15 ha lower town).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Óc Eo Archaeological Site
Oc Eo–Funan culture 200 BCE–700 CE → Chenla · Austro-Asiatic Funan / Indianised Buddhist-Hindu
Funan port-city of Mekong Delta (c.200 BCE–12th c. CE) on ancient Austro-Asiatic maritime Silk Road, 450 ha moated and canal-grid city linking Mekong to coast 10 km inland — Roman medallions…