🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Trbmsa (Telmessos inland) — Telmessos Upland Fort
Lycian (600 BCE) · Lycian
Trbmsa (Telmessos inland) — Telmessos Upland Fort in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (600 BCE) fortress attributed to Lycian.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac Stones
Middle to Late Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic
Over 3,000 standing stones in three major alignments (Ménec, Kermario, Kerlescan) extending 4 km, plus dolmens and tumuli. Earliest European megalithic region (Antiquity 2025).
GR · Ancient city
Kenchreai – Eastern Submerged Port of Ancient Corinth
Archaic to Medieval (8th c. BCE – 12th c. CE port) · Corinthian / Roman / Byzantine
Corinth eastern harbour on Saronic Gulf — Tiberius mole and Isis glass warehouses now 3 m under Kechries bay, Diolkos terminus.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tal-i Iblis
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (c.5000–2500 BCE; Iblis I–VI) · Yahya-related Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Kerman
Kerman Chalcolithic copper centre (5000 BCE) with earliest slag/crucibles south of Kerman.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Cave
Goyet Caves
Middle to Late Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Aurignacian / Gravettian / Neolithic
Network of limestone caves 15 m above Samson River near Mozet, with Aurignacian to Neolithic occupations (45,000–3000 BCE), early modern human remains, Neanderthal DNA and famous 35,000-year-old…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Sotto
Hassuna to Halaf (c.6000–5000 BCE; Hassuna incubator) · Proto-Hassuna → Hassuna → Halaf Nineveh
Incubator Hassuna village (6000 BCE) with pisé round huts on Sinjar plain.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple (Abuseir) – Userkaf & Niuserre
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2494–2345 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian (5th Dynasty solar cult)
Only two excavated sun temples of six built by 5th Dynasty kings, Abu Ghurab's open courts with granite obelisks (36 m) and alabaster altars (5.8 m) manifest Ra cult; Borchardt and...
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Ganghwa — Bugun-ri Supported Dolmen L7
Bronze Age (1000–700 BCE) · Mumun
Ganghwa Bugun-ri excavated 1965, 120 dolmens on island, table 6.5 m with altar stone, UNESCO.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Pepi II
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Pepi II Neferkare, c.2278–2184 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Cult pyramid southeast of Pepi II pyramid (c.2278 BCE, 6th Dynasty) — last great Old Kingdom pyramid complex. 15.7 m base cult pyramid documented by Jéquier (1927-32) and Leclant.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki — Abydos Provincial Small Pyramid
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c.2670 BCE) Abydos province · Old Kingdom
Sinki Abydos surveyed by Petrie, intact 12 m.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Zarai
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Customs station famed for 202 CE Zarai Tariff (longest Latin customs law).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Pinara)
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Pinara). Minaret village rock tombs 20+ pigeon-hole tombs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Mehaa
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2330 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Western queens row pyramid west of Pepi I, belonging to Mehaa (Mery-ankh?) wife of Pepi I, excavated by Jéquier and re-cleared by Labrousse.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Baalbek
Phoenician to Roman (c. 16 BCE–250 CE major Roman phase) · Roman / Phoenician
Monumental Roman temple complex on earlier Phoenician tell, with Temple of Bacchus (best preserved Roman temple) and Trilithon – three megalithic limestone blocks 19 x 4.5 x 3.6 m, 800 tonnes each,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Great Pyramid of Khufu
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Only surviving Wonder of Ancient World: 146.6 m limestone pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), 2580–2560 BCE, 2.3 million blocks, internal King's Chamber with relieving chambers and ascending/descending…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Megalith
Namoratunga / Kalokol (Turkana) – Megalithic Astronomical Pillars
Pastoral Neolithic · Pastoral Neolithic (Nderit/ Cushitic)
19 basalt pillar alignments (2400 BCE) claimed as oldest archaeoastronomy in sub-Saharan Africa: pillars aligned to stellar asterisms (Triangulum, Pleiades).
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Rano Raraku Quarry detail
900–1500 CE · Rapa Nui
Cross-ref quarry within Rapa Nui National Park main entry; tuff quarry with 400 moai in situ including El Gigante (~21 m).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Aquae Regiae
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Hot-spring road station with bath complex and Byzantine granary fort.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Cassibile Rock-Cut Necropolis
Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) · Sikel
Cassibile Rock-Cut Necropolis in Sicily, Italy is a Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sikel. 180+ chamber tombs along Cassibile river gorge cliffs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station
Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE) · Karian
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Karian.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Pyramids of Meroë
Meroitic Kingdom · Kushite / Meroitic
Royal cemetery of Kushite Kingdom of Meroë (300 BCE–350 CE) with ~200 steep Nubian pyramids, smaller and narrower than Egyptian, with offering chapels decorated with Egyptian-Kushite reliefs.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Atlit-Yam
PPNB (6900–6300 BCE) · PPNB Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B mega-village (6900–6300 BCE) submerged 300–400 m offshore after post-glacial sea rise, with stone wall 150 m, paved well 5.5 m deep (earliest seawall and well), megalithic…
🇧🇪 Belgium · Cave
Grotte de Ramioul
Middle Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Mousterian / Aurignacian / Neolithic
Limestone cave in Flémalle with Mousterian to Neolithic deposits (70,000–2500 BCE), Neanderthal tooth, Upper Palaeolithic engravings and Neolithic collective burial.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor & Terracotta Army
Qin Dynasty · Qin / Han-precursor
Unopened earthen pyramid mound of Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE) with 600 pits, ~8000 terracotta warriors, chariots, weapons protecting subterranean bronze palace described by Sima Qian with mercury…