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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neolithic to Iron (6000–1180 BCE) · Canaanite/Phoenician
Tell Sukas — Shuksi Port in Latakia Governorate, coast, Syria is a Neolithic to Iron (6000–1180 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Phoenician culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan
Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed) in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Teotihuacan Classic ancient village attributed to Teotihuacan culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Gupta–Kalachuri (530 CE) · Shaivite Hindu (Brahmanical)
Mandapeshwar Cave — Borivali in Maharashtra, India is a Gupta–Kalachuri (530 CE) rock_cut attributed to Shaivite Hindu (Brahmanical).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Middle Horizon (500–1000 CE) · Wari Empire
Wari Capital Core — Ayacucho Enclosure in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (500–1000 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari Empire.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Later Stone Age / Aksumite · Pre-Aksumite / Aksumite
45 m long granite shelter with paintings of plough oxen, humpless cattle and inscriptions, plus 13 ka LSA through Aksumite stratigraphy.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Must Farm Pile Dwelling in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) · EBA
Numeira — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA culture.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic pastoralist
Piklihal — Lingasugur Ash Mound in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic pastoralist.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Classical (c. 385 BCE Chian amphora cargo) · Classical Greek Chian wine merchant 385 BCE
Mazotos excavated by Demesticha Southampton, Chian cargo 385 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
Unique tidal double circle excavated by Le Rouzic, half-submerged at high tide revealing Neolithic sea-level, with horseshoe settings.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs · Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)
Sedeinga excavated by Francigny, 80 Meroitic pyramids 300 BCE–300 CE.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) · Roman
Baalbek — Heliopolis Trilithon & Temple in Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Lebanon is a Roman (27 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Roman culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) pyramid attributed to Sicán (Lambayeque).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Moriyan Anuradhapura · Sinhala
5th-century rock fortress-palace of Kassapa I atop 180 m column, frescoed Mirror Wall, Lion Gate, with summit palace, hydraulic gardens and moat. Short-lived capital 477–495 CE.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Bronze to Iron II (c.1400–800 BCE) · Central Plateau Iron Age (grey ware → red ware) → Median precursor
Iron Age I–II fortified town (12 ha, 12 m high) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban. Early Iron (c.1400–900...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Windmill Hill / Late Neolithic Wessex
Largest megalithic stone circle in Europe (11.5 ha), enclosing outer bank and ditch and two inner circles. Village of Avebury sits partially within the monument.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (c.4000–600 BCE; peak Late Bronze Kadesh kingdom 1500–1200) · Chalcolithic → EB → Mittani → Hittite vassal → Assyrian
Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) on Orontes is the Late Bronze city of the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) — largest chariot battle (Hittite Muwatalli II vs Egyptian Ramesse...
🇺🇸 United States · Megalith
Late Prehistoric 1200–1700 CE · Plains Indians
24 m medicine wheel 28 spokes, solstice alignments.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Maya super city Naachtun in Mirador Basin, triadic pyramids, Structure XXVII 30 m high pyramid, lidar 2022.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery · Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)
Mimbres excavated by Cosgrove 1920s, 800 Mimbres bowls with fish, human scenes.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–500 CE) · Jain (Kharavela)
Ranigumpha — Khandagiri Rear Cave Cluster in Odisha, India is a Mauryan to Gupta (200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Jain (Kharavela).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) · PPNB
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin in Rif Dimashq, Damascus basin, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB culture.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
BMAC Bronze Age (c.2400–1600 BCE; Togolok phase 2200–1800) · BMAC (Togolok temple of Gonur)
Togolok 1 is the BMAC temple-fort satellite of Gonur — 140-m square enclosure with corner towers, central bastioned cult fortress and fire ritual basin. Sariani...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
Kohunlich — Temple of the Masks 5×2 m stucco.
