🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Eastern Necropolis Offshore Grave Terrace
Archaic to Late Antiquity · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern drowned grave terrace of Kepoi — limestone mortuary landing at 3–5 m with sarcophagi in situ.
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🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern drowned grave terrace of Kepoi — limestone mortuary landing at 3–5 m with sarcophagi in situ.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Late Iron Age to Medieval (750–1000 CE peak) · Serer–Wolof proto-Jola / Senegambian megalithic
Wassu is the Gambian component of UNESCO Senegambian Stone Circles (1226, 2006) — 11 megalithic circles (4.5–6 m Ø) with 1–2 m laterite pillars (cylindrical, dressed with iron wedge) enclosing burial…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Thwaite in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Necropolis
Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) · Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus)
Yunus Cemetery — Carchemish Field of Stelae in Gaziantep Province, Turkey is a Early Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neo-Hittite / Aramaean funerary (Yunus).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Qarakhanid to Timurid 11th–15th century CE · Qarakhanid / Timurid Islamic
Eleven medieval mausolea (11th–15th c) lining narrow alley on Afrasiyab tell above Samarkand, enshrining Kusam ibn Abbas (cousin of Prophet) and Timurid royal women and generals.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Ancient village
Early Neolithic to Medieval (Hamangia → Varna → Gumelnița → Thracian → Greek) · Hamangia → Varna → Gumelnița → Thracian coastal
Island tell and lake necropolis spanning 6500 years continuously (c.5100 BCE Early Neolithic to 1000 CE medieval) — the longest stratigraphic column on Black Sea coast.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Necropolis
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.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of Dara-Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen (4600–4300 BCE) · Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Varna
Gumelniţa gold necropolis 4600 BCE — 1500 flat graves with Spondylus (Andreescu).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Intermediate to Inca 1200–1450 CE · Colla (Aymara) succeeded by Inca
12-m funerary towers in finely jointed stone above lake - Andes highest chullpas.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Roman to Merinid (1st c CE to 14th c) · Roman / Mauretanian / Merinid Islamic
Roman port Sala Colonia beneath Merinid walled necropolis with stork-colonised minaret and Roman spolia throughout Islamic masonry.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Medieval Senegambian (750–1100 CE) · Senegambian Iron Age (Serer)
Kerbatch (Kerr Batch) is the second Gambian UNESCO stone-circle nucleus (1226) with 9 circles (3–5 m Ø) and V-shaped laterite pillars up to 1.7 m.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Necropolis of Priory Pit in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Necropolis
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Necropolis of Kala in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) necropolis attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Greek to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Quarry-necropolis north of Tocra with 120 chamber tombs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to medieval (c.400 BCE–1200 CE) · Olbian priest-kings → Isaurian pirates → Roman → Byzantine
Sinkhole-city Kanytelis: 60 m chasm with rim temples, three basilicas and tower-tomb skyline.