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🇮🇷 Iran · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Naqsh-e Rostam — North Tomb Facade (Pars, Achaemenid) in Fars, Marvdasht, Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attribute…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Susa — Apadana North Column Base in Khuzestan, Shush, Susa, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (3850–3700 BCE, Cucuteni-Trypillia CI) · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillia C1)
One of Europe's largest Chalcolithic settlements, ca. 250 ha with ~1,575 houses and 13 mega-structures in concentric rings, occupied c.3850–3700 BCE (Trypillia CI).
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Early Pleistocene to Holocene (2.1 Ma–15 ka Beds I–V) · Paranthropus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus → Maasai
Olduvai Gorge is the 50 km Great Rift tributary gorge (48 m deep) exposing 2.1 Ma to 15 ka stratified sequence where Louis & Mary Leakey found Zinjanthropus (Paranthropus boisei 1.75 Ma), Homo…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) · Minoan
Knossos — Caravanserai South Pillar Crypt in Crete, Heraklion, Knossos, Greece is a Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan. Syst…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Khwarezmshah to Golden Horde 995–1388 · Khwarezmshah / Seljuk / Golden Horde
Lost capital of Khwarezm in Amu Darya delta, flourishing 10th–14th c. with 60 m Kutlug Timur minaret tallest in Central Asia and Turabek Khanum mausoleum (1360s) with world's most complex girikh dome…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Epiclassic Bajío 600–900 CE · Bajío Tradition (Northern frontier)
Hilltop city with 1,324 rock-carved building models, 600–900 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture; Inca
Sacsayhuamán — Muyucmarca Tower Base North (Cusco) in Cusco, Sacsayhuamán, Peru is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age…
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Badami — Cave 3 North Veranda Murals in Karnataka, Bagalkot, Badami, India is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut tradit…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Cave of Settlement New in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) cave attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age, Ozieri/Abealzu-Filigosa (~4000–2700 BCE) · Ozieri (Late Neolithic Sardinian)
Mysterious 36-by-29-m truncated step pyramid of limestone fill on the Sardinian plain, accessed via a 42-m ramp to a summit altar where sacrifice deposits and a sandstone menhir were found.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) · Minoan
Phaistos — Upper Court West Wing Annex (Messara) in Crete, Heraklion, Phaistos, Greece is a Minoan Palatial (2700–1450 BCE) ancient city attributed to Mino…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Old Babylonian–Old Assyrian (c.1900–1700 BCE) to Middle Assyrian · Upper Mesopotamian Old Babylonian kingdom of Karana / Qattara
Upper Jazira fortified court city Karana (Tell al-Rimah) with massive temple Zigg followed by a double palace discovered by David Oates: palace with wall paintings, archive of 600 OB letters (Qattara…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Hydraulic System at Gateway-Harbor Cove in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Mehrgarh — Period II Communal Granary in Balochistan, Kachi, Mehrgarh, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed t…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE–750 CE Canopus branch port extention, Justinian baths 500 CE) submerged 750 CE after 1303 liquefaction 1303 Crete 9 8.0? · Ptolemaic → Roman → Byzantine Canopic branch pilgrim shrine of Serapis and Osiris shrine
Canopus Goddio 2000 Byzantine and Osiris Serapis.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic–Epiclassic 200–1000 CE · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca hybrid)
Northern acropolis of largest pre-Hispanic highland city: 20 terraces, 12 ballcourts and 700 m paved causeways on malpaís.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grotto Archaeological Complex in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNB to Mamluk (8500 BCE–1300 CE) · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic → EBA Amorite → Iron Syro-Hittite → Roman → Crusader
8600-year Ghab tell — PPNB to Crusader 30 m sequence (Harrison).
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Velika Zaka — Pile Dwelling Sector D2 (Bled) in Upper Carniola, Bled, Slovenia is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Buried city
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pen Rig Mere Buried Settlement in Catamarca, Argentina is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) buried city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
White South Archaeological Complex in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Late Jomon 2000–1500 BCE · Jomon Late
Twin Late Jomon double-stone circles (2000–1500 BCE) — Manza (46 m dia) and Nonakado (42 m dia) placed either side of prefectural road at Oyu, Kazuno, each concentric with sundial-like 2.1 m central…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA · Taş Tepeler PPN
Taş Tepeler T-pillar quarry hill with unfinished 5 m blanks still attached to bedrock.
