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🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) in Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Watson Brake, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classic Kerma (c.1750–1500 BCE, Kerma Moyen to Classique) · Kerma culture (Nubian, Classic Kerma)
Massive Classic Kerma mudbrick sacred mountain (c.1750–1500 BCE) in Kerma capital: 52×52 m base, 19 m high preserved with three-stage stairway on east, internal rooms with timber roofs, and ritual…
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Yue Harbour — North Breakwater Ancillary (Yangtze, China) in Zhejiang, Hangzhou Bay, Yue Harbour, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) subm…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Late Uruk (Susa A) · Susiana Elamite (Proto-Elamite horizon)
Chalcolithic high temple platform at Chogha Mish c.4000–3100 BCE: 27 m mound with proto-urban administration and early sealings, Susiana precursor to Elamite ziggurats.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) in Samarkand, Afrasiab Buried, Uzbekistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried …
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasties, c.1300-1050 BCE (Seti I–Ramesses II) · Ancient Egyptian
Amara West walled town on island 70 km north of Sai: palatial administrative capital of Kush under viceroy (King's Son of Kush) from Seti I to Ramesses IX.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork
Bronze Age to Iron Age · Irish Atlantic Bronze Age
Dun Aonghasa Aran Fort at Galway, Aran Islands, Ireland is a Bronze Age to Iron Age earthwork of the Irish Atlantic Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Alexandria Village B — Alexandria, Pharos (58-44) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial to Early Formative (Bagua-Jaén, Bracamoros) · Bagua-Jaén / Bracamoros culture (Marañón)
Jaén valley mound cluster Huaca La Ventilla (1500–500 BCE) near Montegrande: 40×40 m 15 m adobe-cobble pyramid — Bagua-Jaén phase dense temple field in upper Marañón.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Late Uruk (LC5) · Uruk colony cult centre
Uruk hill-citadel (c.3500–3300 BCE) perched 160 m above Euphrates on limestone jebel opposite Habuba — sacred twin controlling Uruk colony from above.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Karkemish — Outer Town Buried Lower Terrace (Turkey-Syria Border) in Gaziantep, Karkemish Outer, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic through Nabataean; Iron Edomite peak · Feinan Chalcolithic → EBA → Edomite Iron → Nabataean
Feinan copper smelting metropolis (10 ha slag fields, Iron Edomite fortress) — Chalcolithic to Nabataean copper metropolis, biblical Punon with 100k tons 10th c. BCE slag.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
32-tonne Herefordshire Cotswold-Severn tomb — nine uprights under 25 m mound on Golden Valley ridge.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
