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🇮🇹 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…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Ancestral Pueblo III–IV 1150–1550 CE (Pajarito Plateau settlement after Mesa Verde diaspora) · Ancestral Puebloan / Keresan and Tewa (ancestors of Cochiti, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara)
13,355 ha of Frijoles Canyon with tuff cliff dwellings (cavates), mesa-top Tyuonyi Pueblo (400 rooms, 1–3 storeys) and Long House cliff village (800 m long) in soft Bandelier Tuff (1.1 Ma Jemez…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Binh Chau — Shipwreck North Scatter (Vietnam) in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Binh Chau, Vietnam is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribut…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic · Maya (Kanul? Witzná polity)
Holmul Witzná (800 BCE–900 CE): Preclassic 20 m Great Pyramid with Classic triadic frieze Building N (8 m stucco masks, feathered serpent) — longest stratified Maya sequence.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Dwarka Citadel North — Dwarka (58-03) at Dwarka, India is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Northern Cuzco Settlement II — Cuzco (55-38) at Cuzco, Peru is a Neolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age to Medieval (c.400 BCE–1400 CE) · Atlantic Iron Age / Pictish / Norse
Iron Age broch village opposite Jarlshof with Pictish and Viking layers; one of Scotland's largest modern excavations.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Minoan to Late Roman (Bronze Age – 2nd c. CE) · Minoan / Dorian Greek / Hellenistic / Roman
Dorian Cretan harbour city subsided by 2nd c. quake — walls now snorkelable in 1–3 m off Elounda causeway.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Delphi Fortress Inner — Delphi (60-15) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) contested of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Tepe Sialk — South Mound Burial Terrace (Kashan) in Isfahan, Kashan, Tepe Sialk, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Ch…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Lothal — Dockyard Ancillary Wharf North in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, Lothal, India is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydra…
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Royal Delphi Fortress B — Delphi (60-42) at Delphi, Greece is a Bronze Age (regional) contested of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Susa — Achaemenid Palace North Apadana Terrace in Khuzestan, Shush, Susa Achaemenid, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇬🇮 Gibraltar · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vanguard Cave — North Face Ancillary (Strait of Gibraltar) in Gibraltar, Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave …
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative (500 BCE–600 CE) · Alto Ramírez / Cabuza
Terraced alluvial cone at Quebrada Lima mouth into Lluta at km 68 (1,050 m), 5° north-facing slope with 12 figures: 25-m lizards, 18-m camelid files and 40-m graded avenues with lateral berms (40 cm).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chavín de Huántar — Lanzón Gallery North Vent (Ancash) in Ancash, Chavín de Huántar, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic (Tepeu 1–2) · Maya (Petexbatun / Tikal-Calakmul splinter)
Petexbatun fortified capital Dos Pilas (648–761 CE): 18 m twin pyramid Main Plaza encircled by unique double limestone palisade — Classic Maya collapse war laboratory.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Small three-step pyramid at Nag el-Ghneima, 5 km south of Edfu on desert edge: 11.2 m base, 3–4 steps, now ~5 m granite and limestone ruin.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Xi an Hilltop Central — Xi an (56-41) at Xi an, China is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Old Potosí Hilltop B — Potosí (55-10) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Middle subsidiary queens pyramid east of Khufu (4th Dynasty), base 49 m, height ~30 m, discrete enclosure and offering chapel east.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Cuzco Sanctuary II — Cuzco (55-46) at Cuzco, Peru is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
