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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
Timurid 1420–1449 · Timurid / Islamic Golden Age science
Timurid astronomical observatory (1420–1429) built by Muhammad Taragay Ulugbek, grandson of Timur, housing 40 m radius sextant embedded in 30 m hill-rock and 11 m underground to measure solar…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1440–1532 CE, ushnu 1450–1480) · Inca (Pachacuti / Topa Inca – Vilcas province)
Imperial Inca stepped pyramid-ushnu (1450–1530, Pachacuti foundation) at center of Inca provincial capital Vilcashuamán (Vilcas, 22 sq km Inca city, 700+ buildings): Ushnu 30×30 m base 12 m high…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Siem Reap Platform A — Siem Reap (54-28) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Ashdod Yam — Temple Ancillary Courtyard (Tel Mor, Israel) in Southern, Ashdod Yam, Tel Mor, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Barrage? Actually Kasbah Taourirt Ancillary North (Tadla, Morocco) in Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Kasbah Tadla, Morocco is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Preclassic to Postclassic 300 BCE–1450 CE (peak Classic 600–800, Terminal 800–1100) · Maya (eastern Lowlands, Sian Ka'an sphere)
Vast lowland Maya city of ~80 km² with ~6,500 structures linked by 16 white-road sacbeob (raised plaster causeways totalling 70 km, longest Sacbe 1 100 km to Yaxuná near Chichén Itzá, 10 m wide),…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Teotihuacan Hilltop West — Teotihuacan (56-46) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Early Historic (regional) pyramid of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / 25th Dynasty, c.850-650 BCE (early Kushite) · Kushite (Napatan, 25th Dynasty)
El-Kurru ridge 13 km south of Jebel Barkal: tumuli and pyramids of early Kushite kings (Tumulus 1 → Pyramid Ku1 Piye).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2600 BCE–8th c CE; peak Middle and New Kingdom) · Ancient Egyptian / Greek
Thoth metropolis 15 ha with twin pylon-city and baboon colossi of Thutmose III in quartzite.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (650–850 CE, Rio Bec–Chenes peak) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Hormiguero style)
Most theatrical Rio Bec city (650–850 CE peak) with Structure II central 8-chamber palace-pyramid 12 m high, Structure V twin-tower pyramid and mask façades.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Late Classic Maya (550–900 CE) · Maya (Dolores valley – Petén southeastern)
Late Classic Maya kingdom capital (600–900 CE) in southeastern Petén mountains: 120 structures organized in 2 plazas, main Acropolis pyramid 18 m high, Group 2 palace, Structure 104 vaulted causeway…
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Khui Rat Buri? Actually Ancient Canal North (Ratchaburi, Thailand) in Ratchaburi, Khu Bua Canal, Thailand is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze · Cappadocia Chalcolithic
Kosk Hoyuk Bor Plain at Niğde, Bor Plain, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze ancient village of the Cappadocia Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell
Marksville — Precht Mound West Embankment in Louisiana, Avoyelles Parish, Marksville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulu…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Narhan I (2000–1400) → Narhan II (1400–800) → NBPW III (800–600 BCE) · Narhan / Sarayupar Chalcolithic → NBPW Iron Age
Type-site for Narhan culture (c.2000–600 BCE) on the Ghaghara alluvium in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh — white-painted black-and-red ware (BPB) and later black-slipped ware mound excavated 1984–89 by…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (2500–609 BCE) · Hurrian–Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian
Multi-period tell 30 m high on Khabur bend, capital of Shadikanni kingdom (1050–600 BCE) succeeded by Neo-Assyrian palace terrace (Adad-nirari II to Ashurbanipal).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB IV to Iron Age (2500 BCE–800 BCE) · EB IV Amorite → Middle Bronze Yamhad → Late Bronze Hittite/Mittani → Iron Age Luwian
Tell Tuqan Southern Rampart is the 12-m-high earthen rampart sealing the 35-ha Middle Bronze walled city 35 km east of Maarrat al-Numan.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Preclassic–Classic Maya · Maya (Mutal dynasty)
Classic Maya superpower (600 BCE–900 CE) — UNESCO 1979 Mirador-Tikal jantung dengan Mundo Perdido 30-m E-Group observatory (600 BCE–), North Acropolis dynastic necropolis 1000 year...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (c.11600–10200 cal BP) · PPNA (Natufian → PPNB transition)
PPNA megasite (c.11.6–10.2 ka, Structure O75 20 m amphitheatre, 40 pithouses) at Faynan oasis.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Windmill Hill
Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure Avebury at Wiltshire, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic of the Windmill Hill tradition, built c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (600 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Yaxhá–Naranjo rivalry)
Major Petén lakeside Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) between Yaxhá and Sacnab lakes, rival to Naranjo, covering 3 km² with 9 pyramids.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (800 BCE–950 CE) · Maya — Pasión trading port
Strategic junction town where Salinas + Pasión = Usumacinta, defining southern Maya lowlands trading hub, excavated by Harvard 1958–63 after Morley identification, revealing 12 stelae dated 455–849…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Neolithic · PPNB Jordan
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor at Ma'an, Beidha, Jordan is a PPNB to Late Neolithic ancient village of the PPNB Jordan tradition, built c.
