🇴🇲 Oman · Ancient village
Village of Quay-North
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Quay-North in Dhofar, Oman is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
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🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Sproxton Ditch Ley Burial Mound in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient village
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Village of Necropolis in British Columbia, Canada is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient village attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Quay-North in Dhofar, Oman is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Wari to Inca 1000–1532 CE · Wari–Cusco–Inca
Terraced Wari–Inca ushnu spring shrine on Cusco–Abancay road, 1000–1532 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo I-III; early Bonito · Chacoan pioneer (Pueblo I) → classic Bonito
Earliest canyon great house (800–930 CE) at eastern mouth — L-shaped early Bonito 80-room great house with great kiva, petroglyphs and Fajada alignment, Chaco genesis type.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra · PPNB then Nabataean
Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra tell attributed to PPNB then Nabataean.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Fortress
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Citadel of Torr Workshop Midfield in Petén, Guatemala is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) fortress attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon, c.1400–850 BCE (peak 1200–900 BCE) · Manchay / Chavín (Early Formative)
Central pyramid at Garagay (c.1400–850 BCE, Initial/Formative Manchay/Chavín), 250 × 200 m base area (3 pyramids: Central 28 m high, north and south arms), U-shaped with atrium.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Misapata or Misapata (Quechua hatun big, misa table, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, also spelled Qatun Mesapata or Mesapata) is an archaeological site in the…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Preclassic 1400 BCE–100 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin Preclassic)
46-m Preclassic triadic pyramid, earliest monumental Maya 1400 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Coastal long stalled cairn on Westray eroding at Point of Cott, c.3600 BCE.
🇮🇹 Italy · Geoglyph
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Roxby Geoglyph in Sicily, Italy is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Village of Spring Black in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Moche culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Holm-Pit in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Stone Vale Geoglyph in Piauí, Brazil is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Ancestral Pueblo (1275–1350 pueblo) + Spanish/American inscriptions 1605–1906 · Zuni / Ancestral Pueblo → Oñate Spanish 1605 to Beale wagon 1857
El Morro Atsinna excavated by Watson Smith 1940s, Oñate 1605 'pasó por aquí' oldest European inscription SW US.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Jemdet Nasr to Ur III / Old Babylonian · Sumerian
Sumerian city-state Lagash (Tell al-Hiba proper) and its religious capital Girsu (Tello, 25 km SE) — often conflated as Lagash-Girsu.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Rock art
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Narrow-Moat Rock Shelter in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border)
Lonely Syrtis salt post at Syrtis Major's southernmost bay, Paliurus marks the dangerous coastal road's water point between Leptis and Berenice; still salt flats.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1800–1200 BCE (Sechin Culture) · Casma-Sechín (Andean Initial Period)
Principal mound at Sechín Alto — largest architectural complex in the Americas before 2000 BCE (c.1800–1200 BCE, Initial Period Sechin Culture), 300 m long, 250 m wide, 35 m high platform mound with…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Buried city
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Castle in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Rock art
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ard Bury Rock Shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) rock art attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Buried city
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Baraka Circle in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Cwm Burial Mound in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
