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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Old Alexandria Settlement I — Alexandria, Pharos (58-23) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Neolithic (Halaf–Hassuna), c.6200-5800 BCE (Neolithic, burn layer) · Halaf
Tell Sabi Abyad Balikh Valley (Raqqa): 5 ha tell (mound 10 m high) excavated by Peter Akkermans (Leiden/Amsterdam 1986–): Operation I Burnt Village 6000 BCE — intact burned houses with 3D preserved…
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Earthwork
Early Middle Ages (850–1250 CE) · Curonian / Baltic
Apuolė Hillfort – Earliest Lithuanian Stronghold in Klaipėda County, Skuodas District, Apuolė village, Lithuania is a Early Middle Ages (850–1250 CE) Curonian / Baltic site built pre-850 CE, siege…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (600–800 CE peak Rio Bec–Chenes, moat c.100 BCE–150 CE early) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Becán polity)
Largest moated Maya city (550 BCE–1000 CE, peak 600–800 CE) 5.75 ha enclosed by artificial ditch and rampart (1900 m perimeter moat) with 7 entrances: Structure VIII twin-tower pyramid 32 m high east…
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1600–1000 BCE) · Nuragic (Bonnanaro–Middle Bronze)
Sa Domu 'e S'Orcu (Middle–Late Bronze Age c.1600–1000 BCE) on the Giara di Siddi basalt plateau is a 17-m giants' tomb with a 4.5-m high crescent forecourt (hemicycle) of basalt orthostats and a 10-m…
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Chaco Canyon Terrace Outer — Chaco Canyon (55-44) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Great Zimbabwe Terrace Outer — Great Zimbabwe (57-35) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Rajasthan Fortress Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-44) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Djenné-Jeno Settlement Inner — Djenné-Jeno (57-10) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic (regional) rock art of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Phoenician to Arab (12th c. BCE – 7th c. CE; Augustinian 354–430 peak) · Phoenician / Numidian / Roman
Augustine coastal capital — Numidian-Roman 60 ha city whose Seybouse estuary moles now 1–3 m offshore.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Horizon, c.500-700 CE (Lima to Wari, Middle Horizon) · Andean (Lima / Wari)
Huaca Pucllana (Huaca Juliana) in Miraflores, Lima: stepped pyramid 22 m high, 7 platforms made of vertical adobe books (librero technique) — adobitos stacked vertically for seismic resistance.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze Age IA · Proto-Jawa Ghassulian-Chalcolithic
120-m south spillway with ogee crest and riprap of main Jawa dam — earliest weir hydraulics.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian Middle Cumberland (1000–1350 CE) · Mississippian (Mound Bottom phase)
Major Mississippian town (1000–1350 CE) on Harpeth River meander: 14 platform and burial mounds including 13-m-high Monks-Mound-scale Mound A (90×70 m base) within 10 ha palisaded plaza, plus Pack…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (early to late Meroitic) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Meroitic royal city and temple town 50 km east of Nile, famed for co-built Temple of Apedemak (Natakamani & Amanitore, 1st century CE) with twin pylons covered in lion-god reliefs, Roman kiosk and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classic Kerma (c.1750–1500 BCE, Kerma Moyen to Classique) · Kerma culture (Nubian, Classic Kerma)
Massive Classic Kerma mudbrick sacred mountain (c.1750–1500 BCE) in Kerma capital: 52×52 m base, 19 m high preserved with three-stage stairway on east, internal rooms with timber roofs, and ritual…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Late Uruk (Susa A) · Susiana Elamite (Proto-Elamite horizon)
Chalcolithic high temple platform at Chogha Mish c.4000–3100 BCE: 27 m mound with proto-urban administration and early sealings, Susiana precursor to Elamite ziggurats.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Lower Angkor Settlement B — Angkor (60-40) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Formative to Classic 500 BCE–850 CE (Monte Albán I–V; apogee IIIa 250–500 CE, IIIb–IV 500–850) · Zapotec (Beni Zaa); later Mixtec reuse
Zapotec capital on artificially levelled 400 m hilltop (6 km²) commanding Oaxaca Valley confluence: Main Plaza (300×150 m), South and North Platforms, Pyramid of the Dancers (Temple I) with Danzantes…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Late Numidian–Mauretanian (25 BCE–23 CE) · Berber Mauretanian / Hellenistic Roman
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Kbour er Roumia) is the 32 m high Numidian–Mauretanian royal tomb 32 km W of Algiers on Sahel ridge 261 m with 60 columns (Ionic below, Doric above) and 4 false doors.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-50) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Medieval Solomonic to Gondarine (1313–1748 CE) · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic / Amhara-Tigray
Lake Tana (3,000 km², source of Blue Nile) hosts 37 medieval island and peninsula monasteries (14th–17th c) with circular thatched churches, vivid murals and parchment libraries.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2680 BCE (Huni?) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Unfinished mound pyramid Lepsius I on Abu Rawash plateau north of Djedefre pyramid: enormous 215 m base, rock-cut foundation trench and core mound 19 m high, now limestone rubble hill.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Chaco Canyon Reservoir A — Chaco Canyon (55-02) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Late Classic Maya (550–900 CE) · Maya (Dolores valley – Petén southeastern)
Late Classic Maya kingdom capital (600–900 CE) in southeastern Petén mountains: 120 structures organized in 2 plazas, main Acropolis pyramid 18 m high, Group 2 palace, Structure 104 vaulted causeway…
