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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Sidon — North Harbour Submerged Wall (Lebanon) in South, Sidon, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze–…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) in Siem Reap, Baksei Chamkrong, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to …
🇸🇩 Sudan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Soba East — Buried Church North (Khartoum, Sudan) in Khartoum, Soba East, Sudan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bron…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma reuse to Kushite (25th Dynasty–Meroitic) · Kerma / Kushite (Napatan)
Argo Island pyramidal mound-temple at Tabo — 14 m mudbrick platform with Taharqa Amun temple c.690 BCE and 8 Napatan pyramids 5–8 m.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1760 BCE), Isin-Larsa Eshnunna · Sumerian–Akkadian (Eshnunna Dynasts)
Capital of powerful Eshnunna kingdom (2100–1760 BCE) ruling Diyala and parts of Elam trade. Central tell holds Palace of the Rulers (45x38 m courtyard palace) and 32x30 m Shu-Sin (Ur III)…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Aksum — North Stele Park Stele 4 Plinth in Tigray, Aksum, North Stele Park, Ethiopia is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic att…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age · Atlantic Iron Age
Broch of Gurness Orkney at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Iron Age megalithic of the Atlantic Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 BCE for broch with external village and ditch.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Ephesus — Terrace House 2 Peristyle Court East in İzmir, Selçuk, Ephesus, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to …
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche in Peloponnese, Argolis, Kilada, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Formative / Initial Period (Chillón tradition) · Andean Formative (Chillón / Lima precursor)
Formative pyramid mound Huaca de la Florida Baja — 40 m Collique platform pyramid 8 m high c.1200–600 BCE, Chillón Valley Lima tradition companion to Garagay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1795 BCE (Sobekneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sobekneferu)
Southern Mazghuna pyramid 500 m south of north mound: 52 m base, now 18 m mound. Excavated by Mackay 1911. Mudbrick with limestone casing, undulating wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 6 km north Hierakonpolis (c.2630 BCE), 18.6 m base, near predynastic capital.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-05) at Xi an, China is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
EB through Persian; LB-Iron I transition key · Ammonite frontier; EB Canaanite → LB Canaanite/Ammonite
Ammonite wadi fortress with earliest Levantine four-room house (13th c. BCE) — LB-Iron citadel, casemate-rampart and Persian farm in Madaba Plains.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Bronze–Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–700 BCE; Kilamuwa dynasty 9th c.) · Hittite → Aramaean Samaliyya → Assyrian province
Perfect circular Aramaean capital Samʾal with inner citadel (double-entry) and outer town 40 ha.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (1000–1450 CE) · Arica / Cabuza–Maytas-Chiribaya
South-bank slope 0.9 km south of classic La Tropilla caravan (Azapa km 12), opposite San Miguel museum access.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) in Cusco, Huayna Picchu, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Raimondi Stela — North Face (Chavín de Huántar, Ancash) in Ancash, Chavín, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Priene — Theatre Ancillary Stage Building North in Aydın, Söke, Priene, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to …
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Sasanian Empire 224–651 CE (peak 5th–7th century) → Ilkhanid 13th century reuse · Sasanian Zoroastrian → Ilkhanid Mongol Islamic palace phase
Sasanian Great Fire temple on a 120 m artesian lake — shahs' coronation sanctuary, later Ilkhanid palace.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Ninevite 5 to Old Babylonian (3200–1728 BCE) Shamshi-Adad capital · Akkadian Shekhna→Amorite Shubat-Enlil (Shamshi-Adad I)
Tell Leilan Lower Town South — Shubat-Enlil Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Ninevite 5 to Old Babylonian (3200–1728 BCE) Shamshi-Adad capital ancient-city attributed to Akkadian…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cholula — Great Pyramid North Stair Ancillary (Puebla) in Puebla, Cholula, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Edfu — Horus Temple North Pylon Ancillary in Aswan, Edfu, Horus Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–N…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Ruins of Karez Terramare Monastery in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
