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🇺🇸 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…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Preclassic–Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal dynasty)
Classic Maya superpower (600 BCE–900 CE) — UNESCO 1979 Mirador-Tikal jantung dengan Mundo Perdido 30-m E-Group observatory (600 BCE–), North Acropolis dynastic necropolis 1000 year...
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Hellenistic (426 BCE – 88 BCE Sulla/Mithridates sack) · Athenian / Cycladic Delian League
Sacred processional causeway 250 m linking Apollo's Delos to Rheneia necropolis — basalt slabs now –1 to –3 m on channel reef.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Alexandria Ridge I — Alexandria, Pharos (58-36) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Lower Saqqara Necropolis Inner — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-46) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) tomb of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Iron Age to Medieval · Meroitic / Nubian
Qasr Ibrim Fortress Nubia Island at Nubia, Qasr Ibrim, Egypt is a Iron Age to Medieval ancient city of the Meroitic / Nubian tradition, built c.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian to Mitanni · Amorite / Old Assyrian
Old Babylonian planned city ziggurat at Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) c.1800 BCE: 45×45 m Adad ziggurat on 130 m terrace, Sinjar plain encircled city.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Old Angkor Settlement Inner — Angkor (60-41) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Middle Stone Age (164–50 ka) · Early Homo sapiens coastal foragers
Pinnacle Point is the 164,000–50,000 BP sea-cliff cave complex (PP13B, PP5-6) 12 km E of Mossel Bay where Marean found earliest heat-treated silcrete (72 ka), bladelet microliths, marine shellfish…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, c.1350 BCE (Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV) · Ancient Egyptian (Akhenaten)
Sesebi walled town on west bank between 2nd-3rd Cataracts: rectangular fortified settlement 270×200 m with Aten temple (Akhenaten) later converted to Amun temple by Seti I.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Early Kerma to Classic Kerma (Ancient Kerma 2500 BCE to Classic 1700 BCE, peak 2000–1500 BCE) · Kerma culture (Nubian, pre-Kushite)
Completely buried sacred city 1.5 km south of Kerma Western Deffufa, discovered by Bonnet-Honegger Swiss mission 2003 with magnetometry: 250×200 m oval enclosure with palisade, ditch, and 13…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late to Final Jomon 2000–500 BCE · Late–Final Jomon (Lake Toya)
Late–Final Jomon permanent settlement (c.2000–500 BCE) at Lake Toya, counterpart to Takasago cemetery — 1.2 ha Irie terrace with 50+ pit dwellings, large shell middens, and lakeside fishing weirs…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (Early Formative) · Casma–Sechín (Las Haldas coastal)
Arid coastal initial pyramid center (1800–1000 BCE) on dune 20 km south of Casma at 35 m above Samanco Bay, with four sequential sunken circular/plaza courts descending to Main Mou...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Neolithic PPNA (c.9600–8800 BCE) · PPNA Euphrates village culture (with Jerf el Ahmar and Tell Qaramel)
PPNA farming village with painted communal building and rye-cultivation proof, drowned by Tishrin Dam.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Anglesey Neolithic
Bryn Celli Ddu Passage Grave Anglesey at Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic of the Anglesey Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Chersonesos — North Harbour Ancillary Wall (Sevastopol) in Crimea, Sevastopol, Chersonesos, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerge…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu (c.2630 BCE), 21.65 m base, part of Huni network.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Teotihuacan Necropolis Central — Teotihuacan (56-19) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Classical (regional) · Classical
Outer Saqqara Necropolis I — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-22) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Classical (regional) tomb of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Largest of Pepi I’s queens pyramids, positioned south-west of Pepi I’s enclosure at South Saqqara, built for Ankhenespepi II, sister-wife of Pepi I who survived to become queen-mother of Pepi II as…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
West Kennet Long Barrow — Ancillary Ditch Segment in England, Wiltshire, Avebury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) me…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Classic, Kaan dynasty) · Maya (Kaan / Snake Kingdom)
Calakmul Structure I (East Acropolis) inside Calakmul Biosphere: 45 m high pyramid (base 120×80 m) with acropolis palace summit, among largest Mundo Maya (comparable to Tikal Temple IV).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Delphi Sanctuary West — Delphi (60-49) at Delphi, Greece is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
