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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Central queens pyramid of Pepi II group, built for Queen Iput II (not to be confused with Iput I of Teti), sister of Pepi II or daughter of Pepi I.
🇨🇦 Canada · Pyramid
222 Jarvis Street is an office building on Jarvis Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The inverted-pyramid-shaped building contains ten storeys and was completed in 1971.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Magdalenian ~17–14 ka BP · Magdalenian
Vézère polychrome gallery with 230 Magdalenian figures, last original painted cave open to public.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Phoenician to Byzantine (c.500 BCE–643 CE; monumental Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Tripolitanian Phoenician port (5th c BCE) with Hellenistic and then Roman city: Theatre of Sabratha – most complete Roman theatre in Africa (Marcus Aurelius era 175–200 CE, cavea 92.6 m, three-storey…
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port
Phoenician (500 BCE) → Punic → Roman Septimian basilica 2nd c. CE urban expansion Severus, 365 Crete quake partially submerged 1 m · Punic → Roman Antonine Severan harbour theatre 108 m diameter with 3-storey scaenae
Sabratha Guidi 1923 Severan theatre of Severus 150.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid foundation to Sassanian peak (5th century BCE – 3rd century CE) · Achaemenid, Sassanid Persian (with Roman engineering)
Sassanid re-engineering of the Karun River where the Band-e Kaisar (Caesar's Dam) — said built by Roman soldiers captured with Emperor Valerian — diverted the river into the Gargar canal feeding 40…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Medieval (9th c. church St Paul-Peter 895–906; 11th c. Surb Astvatsatsin; Gavazan column 895) · Armenian Syunik princes medieval scriptorium (14th c. Tatev University 1373–1435)
Tatev Wings tram 5.7 km 2010, excavated Soviet, university 1373 Tatev School of lord.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port
Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty (2620–2500 BCE, Sneferu–Khufu) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Southern annex of the world's oldest harbour (Khufu) with 8 rock-cut galleries storing mortised cedar boats and 150 anchors, plus Merer papyrus dump. South mole stub now -1 m.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Neolithic (7400–6000 BCE) · Neolithic Anatolian
Çatalhöyük — East Mound Building 131 North Wall in Konya, Çumra, Çatalhöyük, Turkey is a Neolithic (7400–6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic …
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Azenia (Ancient Greek: Ἀζηνία) was a deme of ancient Attica between Anaphlystus and Sunium. It was probably situated in the bay of which Sunium forms the eastern cape.
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Mesolithic (7000 BCE) · Mesolithic
Bhimbetka Satellite Shelter — IIB-33 in Madhya Pradesh, Bhimbetka outlier, India is a Mesolithic (7000 BCE) rock shelter attributed to Mesolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Cairn Khirbet Mound Complex in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) earthwork attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial 281 BCE–300 CE · Seleucid Greek over Carian; later Roman
Seleucid league city and Hekate crossroads sanctuary linked by 8 km sacred way with frieze.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Solutrean to Magdalenian ~18–11 ka BP · Magdalenian Cantabrian
Ribadesella polychrome Magdalenian cave sealed until 1968 with 14 ka harpoon culture art.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Bazira of Alexander · Gandhara (Bazira besieged by Alexander)
Barikot — Swat Gandhara City (Bazira) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Bazira of Alexander ancient-city attributed to Gandhara (Bazira besieged by…
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Buried City of Syke Geoglyph in Ohio, United States is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) buried city attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Goguryeo Kingdom 37 BCE–668 CE (pyramids 3–7 c CE peak) · Goguryeo (Korean–Chinese proto-state)
Eastern Asia's largest tumulus pyramid cluster: 7,000+ stone step-pyramids and earthen mounds 3 Kingdoms Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE) across Ji'an (Tonggou, Guonei) and DPRK Pyongyang cluster.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Palmyra — Tower Tomb E (Elahbel Sector) in Homs, Palmyra, Valley of Tombs, Syria is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New King…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early–Middle Formative 1500–500 BCE (Rosario phase) · Zapotec (Mogote phase)
Earliest Zapotec urban precursor with Monument 3 captive blood glyph, earliest Oaxacan writing 600 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic (Militaristic) 1100–1521 CE · Zapotec-Mixtec (Late Zapotec)
Final Zapotec capital with two Mixtec polychrome tombs and unfinished pyramid, 1100–1521.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Achaemenid to Kushan to Hephtalite (500 BCE–500 CE) · Kushan capital of Kapisa founded by Cyrus (?)
Begram (Kapisa) — Kushan Summer Capital North Annex in Parwan Province, Afghanistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan to Hephtalite (500 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Kushan capital of Kapisa…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Buried City of Nahal Well in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) buried city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Rock-cut
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Pura Cairn Rock-Cut Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Andean Formative culture.