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🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Neolithic (Ġgantija phase) · Maltese Temple culture
Pair of cloverleaf temples with walls to 6 m high, coralline blocks >50 t, among earliest free-standing stone structures (c.3600 BCE), surrounded by massive outer wall on Gozo plateau.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Fortress
Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–200 CE) · Bactrian then Kushan frontier
Dilberjin Tepe — Balkh Oasis Fortress in Balkh Province, Afghanistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–200 CE) fortress attributed to Bactrian then Kushan frontier.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) Gonur (2400–1600 BCE) · Oxus civilization (BMAC)
Gonur North Extension — Margiana in Mary Province, Turkmenistan is a Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) Gonur (2400–1600 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Oxus civilization (BMAC).
🇩🇪 Germany · Earthwork
Hallstatt (600–400 BCE) · Hallstatt Celtic princely seat
Danube's Heuneburg excavated by Kimmig 1950–, mudbrick Mediterranean-style wall unique north of Alps, rich tumuli like Hohmichele nearby.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic (500–950 CE Bajío, El Bajío classical) · Peralta culture (Bajío polities, parallel Teotihuacan)
Peralta excavated by INAH 1990s, Bajío classic polities contemporary Teotihuacan north.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze IVA (2600–2300 BCE) archive · Early Syrian Eblaite
Mardikh excavated by Matthiae 1964–, 20,000 tablet fragments, bilingual Sumerian-Eblaite vocabularies and palace colonnade.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chandela period 950–1050 CE · Chandela / Bundelkhand Hindu and Jain
Eighty-five (25 surviving) sandstone temples (950–1050 CE) of Chandela dynasty, celebrated for Nagara shikharas rising in clustered peaks and intricate sculptures.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Archaic–Initial 2300–1200 BCE · Kotosh–Mito tradition
Crossed Hands temple 1800 BCE, 10 superimposed Mito temples.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000–2500 BCE; Aceramic 7000 BCE, Ceramic 5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh (pre-Harappan)
Bolan Mehrgarh excavated by Jarrige 1974–, 7000 BCE barley/wheat, 32,000 graves, earliest dentistry bow-drill.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN A/B 9600–8000 BCE · Taş Tepeler PPN
Umbrella for 12 PPN hilltop sanctuaries (Karahan, Göbekli, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe, Sefer Tepe etc.) being excavated 2019-present, revealing 250+ T-pillars region-wide, reshaping Neolithisation model.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Phoenician 8th c. BCE → Mauretanian Juba II 25 BCE → Roman Tingitana · Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman
Lixus excavated by Montalban & Ponsich 1947–, Atlantic garum capital of Tingitana.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Qarakhanid to Timurid 11th–15th century CE · Qarakhanid / Timurid Islamic
Eleven medieval mausolea (11th–15th c) lining narrow alley on Afrasiyab tell above Samarkand, enshrining Kusam ibn Abbas (cousin of Prophet) and Timurid royal women and generals.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) · Sumerian
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential in Dhi Qar Governorate, Euphrates, Iraq is a Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Late Natufian (c.12000–9600 BCE) · Natufian
Natufian open-air hamlet (c.12000–9600 BCE) at the Hula lake edge, excavated by Jean Perrot. Over 50 round semi-subterra...
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) · Chenla (Isanavarman I)
Sambor Prei Kuk N1 Tower Subgroup in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla (Isanapura) (616–635 CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Isanavarman I).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Intermediate 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya · Chachapoyas
Remote fortified town on Achil ridge between Utcubamba and Huabayacu tributaries of Marañón: 60 circular houses, watchtower 8 m diameter on ridge apex, and 150 m defensive wall with parapet.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) · Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos)
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos).
🇰🇵 North Korea · Tumulus
Han Chinese Lelang Commandery (108 BCE–313 CE) · Han Chinese colonial (Lelang)
Rangnang Lelang excavated by Japanese colonial 1920s and DPRK, 108 BCE Han colony after Wiman Joseon conquest.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) · Mureybetian culture (PPNA type)
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybetian culture (PPNA type).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cemetery
Early Bronze Age (c.2800–2300 BCE; cemetery c.2400 BCE) · North-Central Anatolian Early Bronze (Alacahöyük-Horoztepe horizon)
Extra-mural Early Bronze princely cemetery (2400 BCE) with Alaca-like bronzes at Erbaa.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Iron Age to 1239 CE (Latgalian principality) · Latgalian / Orthodox Rus'
Latgalian hillfort capital of the Orthodox principality of Jersika (Gercike) at Daugava's Tsargrad bend, a 75×100 m plateau 32 m above river with 12 m rampart, church foundations and 13th-c…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Scythian (6th–4th century BCE) · Scythian / Early Slavic (reuse)
Well-preserved Scythian promontory hillfort at Khotiv on Kyiv's southern edge (Vita valley), 48 ha with 3 ramparts and ditches enclosing a plateau with Scythian houses and later Zarubintsy reuse.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II–III · Ancestral Puebloan / Chacoan
Greatest great house of Chaco: D-shaped 800-room complex with 32 kivas, planned in stages 850–1150 CE, aligned to cardinal directions and Chacoan road system radiating 60 km.
