🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Kouass
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb tradition
Two portal tombs and court tomb at Kilclooney More, Ardara, capstone 30 tons, c.3500 BCE.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Ferghana Hellenistic to Karakhanid (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Ferghana (Dayuan/Ershi) to Karakhanid
Mingtepa is Ferghana capital Ershi — 35-ha walled city with Greek fort, Sogdian palace, Karakhanid mosque, identified with Chinese Han Ershi and Ferghana horses.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Port Wadi Dolmen in Henan, China is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Geoglyphs of Mound-Down in Occitanie, France is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) geoglyph attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock-Cut Tombs of Aber Broch in Negev, Israel is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Roman culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Middle to Late Jomon 3900–2300 BCE (peak Early-Middle) · Jomon (northern Honshu hunter-gatherer)
Largest Jomon hunter-gatherer settlement (3900–2300 BCE) with 40 ha including six-pillar 15 m building (reconstructed), 500+ pit dwellings, longhouses, burial pits with red ochre, and jade exchange…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Late Neolithic Severn
England's third-largest circle complex — 113 m Great Circle plus two smaller circles and Cove near Bristol.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Halaf late to Ubaid 4 (5200–3700 BCE; peak Ubaid 3 4500 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid (Khabur facies)
Ubaid tripartite houses 4800 BCE — most intact Halaf-Ubaid transition cluster.
🇨🇱 Chile · Pyramid
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lis Cairn Pyramid in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Early Medieval (Odzun St Astvatsatsin c. 6th–8th c. with 5th c. core; Catholicos Hovhannes Odzunetsi 717–728) · Early Armenian basilica hall church (Hall-type) with U-thin altar
Odzun church preserved 6th–8th, Hovhannes Odzunetsi catholicos 717 origin.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA · Taş Tepeler PPN
Tektek ridge domestic-ritual village showing everyday life behind Göbekli's monuments.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Temple of Nara Cairn in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Moche (100–800 CE) temple complex attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic · Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom)
Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic ancient-village attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom).
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early medieval c.8th c. legend; current 12th–17th c. rebuilds · Himalayan Hindu (Adi Shankara tradition)
Kedarnath – 12 Jyotirlinga at 3,583m on Mandakini headwater below Kedarnath peak (6,940m). Kate stone temple (north-facing with conical lingam and seated Nandi) attributed 8th c.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Tell
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Tell Combe Ness Spur in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Roman culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EBA to Late Roman (3100 BCE–400 CE; peak EBA 2700 BCE) · EBA Jazira (Khabur zone) → Amorite → Roman
EBA rounded-town south annex 2700 BCE — palace F quarter and Roman overlay.
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Fortress
Medieval (1377–1430) · Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Gediminid)
The only surviving water castle in Eastern Europe, built on 2 ha island in Lake Galvė by Grand Dukes Kęstutis and Vytautas the Great (c.1377–1409) as fortified residence.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Middle Horizon to Inca ~800–1532 CE · Collagua and Cabana then Inca
Collagua 1,000 km of canyon-edge andenería integrating amunas and qochas still irrigated.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Gulf of Khambhat Wooden Anchor North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Pyramid Outlier Europe 51 — Turkey Region 3 in Turkey Region 3, Turkey is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Ancient city
Karakhanid to Kazakh Khanate (1000–1600 CE) · Karakhanid to Golden Horde to Timurid to Kazakh
Sauran is a Karakhanid–Timurid fortified oasis city (1000–1600 CE) — 3-km rectangular wall (6 m high) with karez hydraulic network feeding Syr Darya plain.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) · Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus)
Ai Khanoum — Hellenistic Lower Agora Extension in Takhar Province, Afghanistan is a Hellenistic Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (300–145 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid–Graeco-Bactrian (Euthydemus).
