🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Iulia Valentia Banasa (Sidi Ali Bou Djenoun)
Mauretanian to Late Roman (4th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Augustan veterans' colonia Banasa on Sebou with Tabula Banasitana and double forum.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Hattusa Temple B — Hattusa (60-24) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Late Roman (4th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Augustan veterans' colonia Banasa on Sebou with Tabula Banasitana and double forum.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Naqsh-e Jahan? Actually Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North (Iran) in Zanjan, Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze Age II–III (c.3000–2350 BCE) with MB II and Iron I–II reuse · EBA III Canaanite urban (Proto-Canaanite) — Jordan Valley city-state network
16 ha EBA III walled palace-city (2700–2350 BCE) with Palace B2 (6000 m²) — largest EBA town in Israel (Miroschedji).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Uluburun Wreck — Ancillary Scatter West Ridge (Kaş, Turkey) in Antalya, Kaş, Uluburun Wreck, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerge…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid north of Nubt/Ombos near Naqada (c.2630 BCE), 18.39 m base, near Naqada culture type-site.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Castlerigg — Borrowdale Cairn Knot (Northwest Outlier) in England, Cumbria, Keswick, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE)…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Hippo Regius — Harbour North Mole (Annaba, Algeria) in Annaba, Hippo Regius, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribut…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Djenné-Jeno Temple Central — Djenné-Jeno (57-47) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for temple and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Hattusa Necropolis II — Hattusa (60-10) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) contested of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Musawwarat — North Pyramid Field Small Pyramid 5 in River Nile, Musawwarat, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Classical Lycian to Byzantine · Lycian → Hellenistic Greek → Roman → Byzantine
Lycian cliff-tomb metropolis of St Nicholas with river theatre and purple-dye port granary.
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Djenné-Jeno Enclosure B — Djenné-Jeno (57-25) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Northern Baiae Mound Central — Baiae (58-31) at Baiae, Italy is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Yonaguni Reservoir B — Yonaguni (58-29) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) submerged city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (c.7400–6800 BCE) · PPNB (southern Levantine highland)
PPNB cliff village (c.7400–6800 BCE, siq access, 2500-bead necklace, painted plaster) 14 km N Petra.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan
Lower Eneolithic → Repin → Classic Yamnaya (Pit Grave) · Sredny Stog / Trypillia → Repin → Yamnaya (Pit Grave culture)
Yamnaya triple settlement on Dnieper (3600–2600 BCE) — Lower Trypillian fort, Middle Repin–Yamnaya ditch and Upper Yamnaya town with adjacent Pit Grave kurgans, birthplace of Yamnaya culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Old Hattusa Reservoir A — Hattusa (60-44) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Prambanan — Candi Lumbung Ancillary Shrine North in Central Java, Prambanan, Candi Lumbung, Indonesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Shahr-i Sokhta — Burnt Palace East Wing in Sistan and Baluchestan, Zabol, Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city …
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Bronze to Iron Talayotic (c.1200–300 BCE) · Talayotic Menorcan
Torralba d'en Salord (Talayotic c.1200–500 BCE) south of Alaior is a compact 3-ha talayotic ceremonial cluster with two talaiots (max 5 m high), a 5-m taula enclosure (taula pillar 4.98 m highest on…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Moche V – Transitional (Moche-Wari interphase) · Moche Late (Jequetepeque facies)
Late Moche feasting pyramid Huaca Colorada (600–800 CE) Jequetepeque: 15 m 7-phase stepped adobe pyramid with gable-roof feasting chambers ritually burned and rebuilt.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Saal dynasty)
Aggressive Classic superpower capital Sa'aal (500 BCE–950 CE), 180 m hill above Holmul valley with 19 palaces, hieroglyphic stairway recording 45 star-war defeats by Lady Six Sky,...
