🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Hawara Pyramid Complex (Amenemhat III)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dyn) · Ancient Egyptian
Amenemhat III's mudbrick Hawara pyramid and Herodotan labyrinth mortuary temple.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Hualcayán
Formative to Early Intermediate (Chavín–Recuay) · Chavín–Recuay (Pashash)
Valley-head platform complex (1000 BCE–600 CE) at foot of Cordillera Blanca east of Huaylas, on Hualcayán fan at 3180 m with terraced Chavínoid temple overlain by Recuay galleries,...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Kellis Village Dakhla Oasis
Roman to Late Antique · Roman Egyptian / Kellis
Kellis Village Dakhla Oasis at Western Desert, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt is a Roman to Late Antique ancient village of the Roman Egyptian / Kellis tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan — Khaba
late 3rd Dynasty, c.2650 BCE (Khaba) · Ancient Egyptian (Khaba)
Unfinished layer pyramid Z1 at Zawiyet el-Aryan between Giza and Abu Rawash: 84 m base, 5–7 layers intended, now 20 m high rubble mound of limestone with pink granite foundation.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Lower Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-46)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-46) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Maliwawa — Ancillary Rock Panel (West Arnhem, Australia)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Maliwawa — Ancillary Rock Panel (West Arnhem, Australia) in Northern Territory, West Arnhem, Maliwawa, Australia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement
Chalcolithic Malwa 1600–1300 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Narmada facies — Navdatoli type-site
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement — Malwa Chalcolithic classic site (1600–1300 BCE) on Narmada opposite Maheshwar, excavated 1952–57 by Sankalia–Subbarao (Deccan College–MSU).
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Northern Great Zimbabwe Settlement Inner — Great Zimbabwe (57-27)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Northern Great Zimbabwe Settlement Inner — Great Zimbabwe (57-27) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Classical (regional) rock art of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Temple complex
Old Great Zimbabwe Necropolis Outer — Great Zimbabwe (57-40)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Old Great Zimbabwe Necropolis Outer — Great Zimbabwe (57-40) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Oxkintok Archaeological Zone
Early Preclassic–Postclassic Puuc (300 BCE–1500 CE, zenith 475–750) · Maya (Early Puuc – northwestern border)
Strategic Puuc border capital (300 BCE–1500 CE, florescent 475–750 Classic Early Puuc) northwest tip of Puuc, controlling Mérida–Uxmal–Calakmul corridor: 3 major groups (Ah Canul, May, Dzib) over 50…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Piedras Negras
Late Classic 400–830 CE (peak 608–808 CE, Dynasty of Piedras Negras 7 lords) · Maya (Yo’k’ib / Piedras Negras kingdom, western Petén)
Largest Classic Maya city on Guatemala's Usumacinta north bank (1,000+ structures, pyramid temples 20 m high) famous for epigraphy: Tatiana Proskouriakoff here invented phonetic Maya glyph…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient village of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5.5 km SE of Abydos (c.2630 BCE), 12.7 m base, Huni's provincial network.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman
Chalcolithic to Bronze · Yahya period / Elamite
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman at Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze ancient village of the Yahya period / Elamite tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Western Rajasthan Enclosure II — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-36)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Rajasthan Enclosure II — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-36) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Neolithic (regional) ancient village of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient village
Akjoujt (Agueijit)
Chalcolithic to Early Iron Age (1800–500 BCE) · Pre-Mauritanian / early Berber / unknown Saharan smiths
West Africa's earliest copper-mining landscape Akjoujt — 1,000 tons slag from 1500 BCE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Cancuén Palace-Pyramid City
Maya Classic (Late Classic palace) · Maya (Highland-Pasión portage traders)
Maya water-palace city Cancuén (400–800 CE): 230×150 m largest Maya palace (170 rooms) with attached shrine-pyramids on Pasión River, sacked c.800 CE with elite massacre in cistern.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Cerros Pintados — Ancillary Panel North (Pampa del Tamarugal)
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Cerros Pintados — Ancillary Panel North (Pampa del Tamarugal) in Tarapacá, Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Deir el-Ballas
Second Intermediate to New Kingdom (17th–18th Dynasty, 1580–1320 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban)
Deir el-Ballas is a New Kingdom palace–rampart town opposite Coptos on west bank 2 km desert edge, built early 17th Dynasty (c. 1580 BCE) as military palace for Sekhemre–Wadjitaw?
🇲🇦 Morocco · Submerged site
Essaouira — Ancient Anchorage North (Mogador, Morocco)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Essaouira — Ancient Anchorage North (Mogador, Morocco) in Marrakech-Safi, Essaouira, Mogador, Morocco is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submer…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Gusir Höyük
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B to Pottery Neolithic (9300–5500 BCE) · Upper Tigris PPN (Northern Fertile Crescent)
PPNA–PPNB lakeside village at Tigris–Botan confluence documenting crop domestication pathway.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Hiwassee Island Mound
Mississippian (Hiwassee Island / Dallas) · Mississippian (Tennessee Valley)
Type site Hiwassee Island phase (900–1400 CE) — 5 mounds at Tennessee-Hiwassee confluence.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Karon (Darvaz Karon)
Kushan–Sasanian 1st–7th c → Samanid–Timurid 10th–15th c · Kushan–Sasanian → Samanid → Timurid Pamiri (Darvaz)
Karon — Pamir mountain city-fortress (1st–15th c CE) 2000 m on Darvaz plateau, Panj gorge, excavated 2010s Bobomulloev (Tajik Academy).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Kivik King's Grave (Kungagraven i Kivik)
Early Nordic Bronze Age · Nordic Bronze Age (Scania elite)
Scandinavian Bronze Age masterpiece — 75 m cairn with cist bearing eight slabs of ship and solar carvings, c.1400 BCE.