🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Kit's Coty House
Early Neolithic · Medway Early Neolithic
Remnant chamber of Medway long barrow above River Medway — three sarsens supporting 3.5 m capstone.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tülintepe
Halaf to Middle Ages (c.5800 BCE–1200 CE; Halaf-Ubaid transition type) · Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze → Medieval
Altınova Halaf-Ubaid type mound (5800 BCE) 1 km from Norşuntepe, now under Keban Lake.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Barkal Pyramid Bar.2 (King Amaninatakilebte)
Napatan, c.538–519 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Pyramid Bar.2 at Jebel Barkal north cemetery for King Amaninatakilebte (c.538–519 BCE, Napatan 27th Dynasty contemporaneous with Persian Egypt).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Paquimé-Casas Grandes Annex — House of the Macaws
Paquimé Phase (1200–1400 CE) Medio period · Casas Grandes (Paquimé) Mogollon
Chihuahua Paquimé excavated by Di Peso 1958–61, Medio period 1200–1400, macaw pens and cast turquoise.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Abila of the Decapolis — Quweilbeh
Hellenistic to Umayyad (300 BCE–750 CE) · Seleucid / Roman Decapolis
Abila of the Decapolis — Quweilbeh in North Jordan, Jordan is a Hellenistic to Umayyad (300 BCE–750 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid / Roman Decapolis.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepebağ Mound — Adana
Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana · Kizzuwatna / Cilician
Tepebağ Mound — Adana in Adana Province, Turkey is a Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana tell attributed to Kizzuwatna / Cilician.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Boreum (Buerat / Bū Grādah) – Syrtic Frontier
Roman / Byzantine · Roman
Customs fort marking Tripolitania–Cyrenaica boundary at Syrtis Major where road hugged sea past Arae Philaenorum. Fortlet with bath and cisterns praised by Sallust.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Sotka Koh — Makran Harappan Estuary Fort
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan coastal fort
Sotka Koh — Makran Harappan Estuary Fort in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan coastal fort.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Cave of Pan at Vari
Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) · Athenian
Cave of Pan at Vari in Attica, Greece is a Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) cave attributed to Athenian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Claros Oracle North Stoa — Apollo Annex of the Sacred Way
Archaic to Roman Imperial (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek to Roman Asia
North portico with Hadrianic oracle conduit 200 m from Temple of Apollo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Kanul dynasty)
Powerful Classic Maya superpower (capital of Kanul Snake Kingdom, 6th–9th century) with 6,750 structures, twin reservoirs and stelae. Structure II is massive layered pyramid.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Hambledon Hill
Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) · Neolithic / Iron Age
Hambledon Hill in Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Neolithic / Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Pharr Mounds
Middle Woodland Miller culture contemporary with Hopewell 1–400 CE · Miller (Hopewell-influenced eastern Woodland); Hopewell
Eight low dome mounds (2–6 ft high) at Natchez Trace Milepost 286.7, best-preserved Middle Woodland mound group in northeast Mississippi.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Djoser
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Oldest large stone structure in Egypt: architect Imhotep's six-step pyramid for Djoser, 3rd Dynasty, evolving from mastaba. Inside complex with Heb-Sed court and serdab.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Kurban — Euphrates
Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) · Ubaid-Uruk
Tell Kurban — Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province, Euphrates rescue, Turkey is a Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid-Uruk culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Mandapeshwar Cave — Borivali
Gupta–Kalachuri (530 CE) · Shaivite Hindu (Brahmanical)
Mandapeshwar Cave — Borivali in Maharashtra, India is a Gupta–Kalachuri (530 CE) rock_cut attributed to Shaivite Hindu (Brahmanical).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Warka Uruk — Anu South Precinct
Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian
Warka Uruk — Anu South Precinct in Muthanna Governorate, Warka (Uruk), Iraq is a Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Gobedra Rock Shelter – Aksum's Hinterland
Later Stone Age / Aksumite · Pre-Aksumite / Aksumite
45 m long granite shelter with paintings of plough oxen, humpless cattle and inscriptions, plus 13 ka LSA through Aksumite stratigraphy.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Must Farm Pile Dwelling
Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Must Farm Pile Dwelling in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Mazotos Wreck — 4th Century Greek Wine Carrier Cyprus-Egypt Line
Classical (c. 385 BCE Chian amphora cargo) · Classical Greek Chian wine merchant 385 BCE
Mazotos excavated by Demesticha Southampton, Chian cargo 385 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Cairn de Gavrinis Annex — Er Lannic Double Cromlech
Late Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
Unique tidal double circle excavated by Le Rouzic, half-submerged at high tide revealing Neolithic sea-level, with horseshoe settings.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple
Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) · Roman
Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple in Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Lebanon is a Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Sigiriya (Lion Rock)
Moriyan Anuradhapura · Sinhala
5th-century rock fortress-palace of Kassapa I atop 180 m column, frescoed Mirror Wall, Lion Gate, with summit palace, hydraulic gardens and moat. Short-lived capital 477–495 CE.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sagzabad
Late Bronze to Iron II (c.1400–800 BCE) · Central Plateau Iron Age (grey ware → red ware) → Median precursor
Iron Age I–II fortified town (12 ha, 12 m high) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban. Early Iron (c.1400–900...