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🇫🇰 United Kingdom · Phantom island
Phantom cartographic (1762–1856) · Spanish Antarctic / British sealing / Argentine hydrography
South Atlantic phantom archipelago of four islands charted 94 years before refuted – chronometer-error Shag Rocks.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (800–1200 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic–Classic Gila Bend phase
Gatlin Site Gila Bend Hohokam Village is the platform-mound village at the Gila River's great bend 80 km southwest of Phoenix — an isolated Hohokam outpost where the Gila bends 90 degrees.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna Mound — Nineveh Region in Nineveh Governorate, 35 km south of Mosul, Iraq is a Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Neolithic
Crucuno (Middle Neolithic c.4000–3500 BCE) near Crucuno hamlet between Plouharnel and Erdeven is a rare double monument: a 7.5-m classic dolmen passage grave with 40-t capstone 5 m high plus an…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hittite Empire (Old to New Kingdom) · Hittite (Nesite with Hurrian scribes)
Hittite administrative second capital (c.1600–1180 BCE, peak 1400–1200 BCE) on two hills Ağılönü and Tepelerarası, built by Hatti kings as storehouse/forward capital during Kaskaean wars when Hattusa…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Early Intermediate Moche 100–700 CE (Sipán tombs 100–300 CE Early Moche, late tombs to 700) · Moche (Mochica, north coast of Peru)
Moche necropolis-platform complex (100–700 CE) with two adobe pyramids (Huaca Rajada 10 m and Huaca de la Raya) covering 10 elite tombs – crowning discovery of 1987 Lord of Sipán (Señor de Sipán,…
🇬🇪 Georgia · Submerged site
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE Greek emporion – 14th c. patriarchate) · Milesian Greek / Roman / Byzantine Colchian–Abkhaz
Northernmost Black Sea Roman fortress — east wall and mole now –0.5 to –4 m on Pitsunda lagoon-sea spit.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Rajasthan Citadel North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-19) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient village of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Hypogeum Necropolis Inner — Hypogeum, Paola (59-09) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (350–800 CE) · Huamachuco culture (Highland, Wari contemporary)
Vast 240-ha hilltop capital of Huamachuco culture (350–800 CE) eclipsing Wari north, built on 3595 m mesa dominating Carabamba plateau.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Grottes de Gargas — Upper Talc Panel (Hautes-Pyrénées) in Occitanie, Hautes-Pyrénées, Aventignan, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Great Zimbabwe Enclosure South — Great Zimbabwe (57-09) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Almohad (1125–1276) · Berber Almohad (Masmuda)
Tinmel Mosque (1156 CE) is the prototype Almohad mosque at 2200 m in High Atlas where Ibn Tumart, Mahdi of Almohads, fortified village and is buried (Tumart tomb).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Upper Derinkuyu Temple Central — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-20) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) tomb of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age (Celtic) · Pre-Christian Celtic / Iron Age Ireland
Iron Age janus idols (1.2 m double-headed) in Boa Island cemetery, Lough Erne — most enigmatic Celtic stones in Ireland.
🇲🇹 Malta · Underground city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Eastern Hypogeum Platform Outer — Hypogeum, Paola (59-40) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Chalcolithic (regional) underground city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pre-Clovis to Clovis (16,000–12,700 BCE) · Pre-Clovis (Gault Assemblage) → Clovis
Pre-Clovis workshop (16,000 BCE) — 600k artifacts and engraved stones below Clovis at Buttermilk Creek, Texas.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Phanagoria — Submerged Harbour Mole North (Taman, Ancillary) in Krasnodar, Taman Peninsula, Phanagoria North Harbour, Russia is a Bronze Age to Classical (…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Alexandria Settlement South — Alexandria, Pharos (58-04) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Azraq depression hunters
Wadi al-Ghadf depression: 4 single-arm kites using 8-m natural caliche bluff as wall.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Byzantine (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Acholla (Henchir Botria/Boutria) is a coastal Byzacena city founded Punic 5th c. BCE and Roman colonia, famed for its Trajanic amphitheatre (one of Africa's largest, ~6,000 seats), Byzantine fortress…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Drakensberg — Game Pass Ancillary Shelter North (South Africa) in KwaZulu-Natal, Drakensberg, Game Pass, South Africa is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Great Zimbabwe Citadel North — Great Zimbabwe (57-13) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Pedra Furada — Rock Shelter North Panel (Piauí, Brazil) in Piauí, Serra da Capivara, Pedra Furada, Brazil is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–50…
