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🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Atapuerca Galería Lower Level in Castile and León, Atapuerca, Spain is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber in Brittany, Locmariaquer, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Moon Plaza Group in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Roman to Early Islamic (130–800 CE) · Roman / Greek / Egyptian
130 CE Hadrian-planned city for Antinous with 300-m hippodrome, triumphal arch and North Cemetery mummy portraits.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Predynastic to Medieval (3500 BCE–10th c CE; peak Old Kingdom and Persian-Jewish) · Ancient Egyptian / Jewish-Aramaic / Nubian
1.8-km cataract island with Khnum temples, nilometer 90 steps and Elephantine Aramaic Jewish papyri archive.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Mesolithic to Chalcolithic (7000–2000 BCE) · Mesolithic Levantine hunters then Neolithic Schematic farmers
Levantine type site Cova dels Cavalls 57 deer-archer frieze 7000–3500 BCE, UNESCO 874 origin.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age transition (1800–300 BCE) Pre-Ghana · Soninke ancestors / Tichitt Culture (agropastoralists)
250 km cuesta with 200+ Neolithic villages (1800 BCE) and earliest domesticated pearl millet 1900 BCE – West Africa's first sedentism.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Asuka Late 645–710 CE → Nara 710–784 · Yamato–Asuka (Chinese Kaiyuan–Korean star lore)
Asuka round tomb (700 CE) at Kitora south Asuka — 13.8 m with 28-zodiac astronomical ceiling and four gods National Treasure murals.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Late Iron Age Baltic → Livonian Crusade 1213 · Latgallian → Liv (Livs) → Livonian Order (Sword Brethren)
Aizkraukle (Ascheraden) — Latgallian → Liv hillfort and later stone castle hill (Iron Age–16th c) on Daugava right bank 82 km southeast Riga, 40 m above Daugava, ~67 m a.s.l.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Arene Candide Epigravettian Layer in Liguria, Finale Ligure, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Ancient city
Samanid → Karakhanid → Qara Khitai → Mongol 9–14 c. CE · Perso-Islamic Samanid → Turkic Karakhanid (Qarakhanid)
Karakhanid capital Balasagun (c.10–14 c. CE) in the Chu Valley near Tokmok — 36 ha shahristan (650×560 m) with the iconic Burana minaret (24 m surviving, originally 45 m, 11 c., Karakhanid brickwork…
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (550 BCE – 1200 CE) · Mytilenean / Bosporan / Genoese
Western reef anchorage of Hermonassa — enhanced reef with 12 mooring cuttings at 4–7 m off Tuzla cape.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Submerged site
Pleistocene lowstands (2 Ma – 12k BCE; maximally exposed 21k BCE) · Paleolithic hunter-gatherer / H. erectus Java Man (Sangiran) / H. floresiensis context
1.8M km² Ice Age continent linking Asia to Indonesia— now 40 m under Java Sea, with real paleo-river systems.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Rock-cut
Iron Age (900-100 BCE) · Lihyanite/Dedanite
Al Ula Dedan Necropolis Lion Tomb Access Ridge in Al Ula, Medina, Saudi Arabia is a Iron Age (900-100 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Lihyanite/Dedanite.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Filitosa Central Monument Corsica in Corsica, Sollacaro, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Namazga II–IV 3200–2000 BCE (Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze) · Namazga oasis (Pre-BMAC) → BMAC (Bactria-Margiana)
Middle–Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze oasis town (c.3200–2000 BCE, Namazga II–IV) between Namazga and the Karakum — 26 ha walled town famous for its Ziggurat-like mudbrick 'altar' complex (massive…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Marib Awwam Temple Oval Sanctuary in Ma'rib, Marib, Yemen is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early Formative 1500–900 BCE (San Lorenzo phase, Olmec apogee 1500–1200) · Olmec (Olmeca, earliest Gulf Olmec capital)
Earliest Olmec capital (1500–900 BCE) on 50 ha artificial plateau (700 m long) raised 50 m above floodplain with surrounding ditch and berm modification of natural hill, controlling Coatzacoalcos…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector — Eastern Outlier in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Medieval (1100-1500 CE) · Zimbabwe Culture
Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex Terrace Annex South in Masvingo, Zimbabwe is a Medieval (1100-1500 CE) ancient city attributed to Zimbabwe Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Archaic to Byzantine (800 BCE – 700 CE) · Argive Greek / Carian / Hellenistic / Roman
Carian fishopolis — 120 m agora stoa now −3 m under Güllük Gulf with red marble quarries and isthmus lagoon.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Maurya 3 c. BCE → Sunga 187–78 BCE → Gupta 4–6 c. CE · Maurya → Sunga → Indo-Greek → Gupta (Malwa)
Ancient Vidisha (Besnagar) capital with Heliodorus Garuda column (113 BCE) — first Indo-Greek Krishna inscription 6.5 m monolith.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Almoravid to Marinid (11th–14th c.) · Zenaga Berber oasis (Figuig ksour)
Figuig oasis: 14 khettaras 28 km Atlas piedmont irrigating 650 ha seven-ksar border oasis 32.12N 1.23W.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) · Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE)
Hârşova Tell in Constanța County, Danube, Hârșova town, Romania is a Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) settlement attributed to Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) culture.
