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🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Chalcolithic – Roman (peaks: Chalcolithic, Iron Age–Roman Edom/Phaino) · Chalcolithic miners to Edomite–Nabataean–Roman (Phaino)
30-km copper valley (4500 BCE–400 CE) — mines, slag heaps and Roman Phaino mining town.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age · Dartmoor Bronze Age
Grimspound Village Dartmoor at Devon, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age ancient village of the Dartmoor Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1300 BCE for pound-walled village 24 hut circles.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Lalibela Ridge Outer — Lalibela (59-31) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Aleppo Fortress South — Aleppo (53-25) at Aleppo, Syria is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Yucatan Necropolis I — Yucatan (55-01) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Late Neolithic · Halaf / Ubaid
Tell Sabi Abyad Balikh Valley at Balikh Valley, Raqqa, Syria is a Late Neolithic ancient village of the Halaf / Ubaid tradition, built c. 6200 BCE for halaf fortified village with seals.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic (Early Jezireh I–II, c.2900–2600 BCE) · Ninevite 5 → Early Dynastic Khabur
ED Khabur granary town (c.2900–2600 BCE, 8 beehive silos, burnt grain) on Khabur tributary.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Great Potosí Hilltop East — Potosí (55-05) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kazane Höyük — West Workshop Quarter (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Kazane Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Knap of Howar Papa Westray at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic ancient village of the Orcadian Neolithic tradition, built c. 3700 BCE for oldest standing houses in nw europe.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nineveh — Ishtar Temple North Ancillary (Kuyunjik) in Nineveh, Nineveh, Kuyunjik, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attrib…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (646 BCE – 4th c. CE; revisited 14th c.) · Milesian Greek / Scythian / Roman / Gothic
Milesian Black Sea emporium whose harbour lower town now lies 1–4 m under Bug–Dnieper liman.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Pavlopetri — North Street Insula (Laconia, Submerged) in Peloponnese, Laconia, Pavlopetri, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged …
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South in Idlib, Tell Mardikh, Syria is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to B…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Bronze Age · Cork-Kerry recumbent circle tradition
Recumbent circle (9.3 m, 17 stones) above Glandore with midwinter sunset alignment and hut/fulacht complex.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Late Antiquity to Medieval (4th–13th century; peak 7th–10th) · Arsacid Armenia → Sasanian marzpan → Arab Dabil emirate → Bagratuni → Seljuk
100 ha medieval Silk Road capital — trilobed palace, glazed-market vault and ceramic aqueduct.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Dwarka Village North — Dwarka (58-28) at Dwarka, India is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) in Haryana, Hisar, Rakhigarhi, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Upper Potosí Hilltop South — Potosí (55-35) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel in Madhya Pradesh, Raisen, Bhimbetka, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Central Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-14) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 400 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Inner Baiae Settlement A — Baiae (58-10) at Baiae, Italy is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty (Huni?, c.2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Enormous denuded mound at Abu Rawash north (Lepsius I), sometimes attributed to ephemeral Huni (?) or early 4th Dynasty.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Musawwarat es-Sufra — Great Enclosure North Terrace (Nubia) in River Nile, Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…
