🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Membressa (Medjez el-Bab)
Punic to Modern (3rd c. BCE–present; bridge Roman) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Medjerda bridge town with 8-arch Roman bridge still in use.
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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake in Matmata, Tunisia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Modern (3rd c. BCE–present; bridge Roman) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Medjerda bridge town with 8-arch Roman bridge still in use.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) · Cretan Dorian / Venetian
Olous — Elounda Submerged City in Crete, Lasithi, Greece is a Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) submerged-city attributed to Cretan Dorian / Venetian.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Oven Cluster West in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Archaeic-Classical 651–409 BCE · Greek (Megaran colonists)
Largest Greek archaeological park with colossal unfinished Temple G.
🇲🇱 Mali · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Djenné, Mali is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Cerro Sechín Relief Wall in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Khami Ruins Outlier in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Mesa Verde Spruce in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Ollantaytambo Quarry Extension in Atacama, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Teotihuacan (100–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Giant stepped truncated pyramid in Teotihuacan, largest Mesoamerican structure before Spanish, built over cave-tunnel. Avenue of the Dead aligned 15.5° east of north. Faced with tezontle and plaster.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age · Cotswold Neolithic to Beaker
Neolithic-Bronze Age complex with King's Men circle, Whispering Knights dolmen and King Stone monolith on Cotswold ridge.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Spiro Craig Mound South in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) · Castelluccio culture
Castelluccio Di Noto — Bronze Age Site in Sicily, Italy is a Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Castelluccio culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker — Emsland
Emsland passage grave (c. 3300 BCE) near Meppen, 15 m hunebed with chamber and oval enclosure, TRB Emsland group. Capstones partly displaced but chamber well preserved in forest clearing.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Loess Buried Camp East in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Late Antique (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Byzacena)
Punic-Roman harbour colonia on Salakta peninsula with catacombs and oil port.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze Age c.3200–3000 BCE (Late Chalcolithic-EBA) · Levantine EBA / Ghassulian network
Jawa (c.3200–3000 BCE) – Black Desert basalt town with 4m-high gravity masonry dam impounding Wadi Rajil (Jawa Reservoir), 8 km canal network and 3-pool system capturing 31,000 m³.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Ridge-top Chachapoya defensive hill-fort, 1100–1470 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Lower Paleolithic 100,000 BCE to Early Historic 1st c BCE (Mesolithic art 10,000–5000 BCE) · Early Indian hunter-gatherer to Mesolithic
Seven hills of Vindhyan sandstone with >750 painted rock shelters spanning Lower Paleolithic to Historical (100,000 BCE–1st c BCE), including Auditorium Cave with cupules and Zoo Rock.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Tikal Twin Pyramid in Yucatán, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
