🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
King Arthur's Stone (Herefordshire)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
32-tonne Herefordshire Cotswold-Severn tomb — nine uprights under 25 m mound on Golden Valley ridge.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Lower Angkor Settlement B — Angkor (60-40)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Lower Angkor Settlement B — Angkor (60-40) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Lower Chaco Canyon Necropolis B — Chaco Canyon (55-30)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Chaco Canyon Necropolis B — Chaco Canyon (55-30) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) earthwork of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Meir (Mir)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1750 BCE peak Twelfth Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
14th nome ridge tombs with Senbi-Ukh-hotep 1970 BCE earliest daily-life genre scenes and pilgrimage frieze.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Monte Albán
Formative to Classic 500 BCE–850 CE (Monte Albán I–V; apogee IIIa 250–500 CE, IIIb–IV 500–850) · Zapotec (Beni Zaa); later Mixtec reuse
Zapotec capital on artificially levelled 400 m hilltop (6 km²) commanding Oaxaca Valley confluence: Main Plaza (300×150 m), South and North Platforms, Pyramid of the Dancers (Temple I) with Danzantes…
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Pietrele Tell Central Platform
Late Neolithic to Eneolithic (5000–3500 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodjadermen–Gumelnița–Karanovo VI)
Pietrele Tell Central Platform is the central terrace of the Pietrele mega-tell — a 10-m Gumelnița tell in southern Romania with one of the thickest Eneolithic sequences in the Balkans.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Preah Vihear — Ancillary Gopura North (Dangrek)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Preah Vihear — Ancillary Gopura North (Dangrek) in Preah Vihear, Dangrek, Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple comp…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Royal Khajuraho Temple Central — Khajuraho (60-36)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Royal Khajuraho Temple Central — Khajuraho (60-36) at Khajuraho, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania — Tipasa
Late Numidian–Mauretanian (25 BCE–23 CE) · Berber Mauretanian / Hellenistic Roman
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Kbour er Roumia) is the 32 m high Numidian–Mauretanian royal tomb 32 km W of Algiers on Sahel ridge 261 m with 60 columns (Ionic below, Doric above) and 4 false doors.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Sacred Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-50)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-50) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Sacred Henan Necropolis B — Henan, Erlitou (54-14)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Henan Necropolis B — Henan, Erlitou (54-14) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient village
Skellig Michael Monastery Kerry Atlantic
Early Medieval · Irish Monastic
Skellig Michael Monastery Kerry Atlantic at Kerry, Skellig Islands, Ireland is a Early Medieval ancient village of the Irish Monastic tradition, built c.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Southern Siem Reap Necropolis Central — Siem Reap (54-47)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Southern Siem Reap Necropolis Central — Siem Reap (54-47) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Upper Khajuraho Enclosure Central — Khajuraho (60-04)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Khajuraho Enclosure Central — Khajuraho (60-04) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Askut Island Fortress — Middle Kingdom Fortified Granary Mound
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Berenice Troglodytica Red Sea Port
Ptolemaic to Roman · Ptolemaic Roman Egyptian
Berenice Troglodytica Red Sea Port at Red Sea, Berenice, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman ancient city of the Ptolemaic Roman Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cuicuilco — Pyramid Ancillary Ramp North (Mexico City)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cuicuilco — Pyramid Ancillary Ramp North (Mexico City) in Mexico City, Cuicuilco, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to O…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Enkapune Ya Muto (Twilight Cave)
Middle Stone Age to Pastoral Neolithic (46,000–3000 BP) · MSA → LSA → Savanna Pastoral Neolithic
Mau Escarpment Twilight Cave Enkapune Ya Muto — 40,000-year-old ostrich eggshell beads at 2,400 m.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Upper Tigris PPN
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper at Siirt, Upper Tigris, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Upper Tigris PPN tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Harbet Suvar PPN Village Tek Tek
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler PPN
Harbet Suvar PPN Village Tek Tek at Şanlıurfa, Harbet Suvar, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Taş Tepeler PPN tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kilise Tepe
Late Chalcolithic through Byzantine; Hittite peak · Cilician Plain → Hittite Kizzuwatna frontier → Rough Cilicia Luwian
Göksu terrace tell with Chalcolithic–Byzantine sequence — Hittite pithos warehouses (Ura?), Luwian seals and buried industrial zone on plateau road.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Lake Tana Monasteries — Island Churches
Medieval Solomonic to Gondarine (1313–1748 CE) · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic / Amhara-Tigray
Lake Tana (3,000 km², source of Blue Nile) hosts 37 medieval island and peninsula monasteries (14th–17th c) with circular thatched churches, vivid murals and parchment libraries.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid at Abu Rawash — North Slope
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2680 BCE (Huni?) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Unfinished mound pyramid Lepsius I on Abu Rawash plateau north of Djedefre pyramid: enormous 215 m base, rock-cut foundation trench and core mound 19 m high, now limestone rubble hill.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Little Saqqara Platform A — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-27)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Saqqara Platform A — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-27) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.