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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 444 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 731 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 816 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortress
Garamantian (200 BCE–300 CE) · Garamantian highland granary
Tahat granary surveyed by Liverani 2000s, Garamantian high storage.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Goya Museum (French: Musée Goya) is an art museum located in Castres, France. The museum was originally established in 1840 and was named after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, because it has…
🇵🇪 Peru · Submerged site
Classical · Classical
Classical submerged-city at Huanuco.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic submerged-city at Aomori.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Megalith
Pastoral Neolithic · Pastoral Neolithic (Nderit/ Cushitic)
19 basalt pillar alignments (2400 BCE) claimed as oldest archaeoastronomy in sub-Saharan Africa: pillars aligned to stellar asterisms (Triangulum, Pleiades).
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
900–1500 CE · Rapa Nui
Cross-ref quarry within Rapa Nui National Park main entry; tuff quarry with 400 moai in situ including El Gigante (~21 m).
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Contact Amazon 1542–1639 · Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish
Orellana 1542 densely settled Omagua longhouse chiefdom misread as gold kingdom Recorded context — Period: Contact Amazon 1542–1639; Culture: Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish; Field status: not applicable;…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 178 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 303 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 367 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 567 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 591 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Batroumine (Arabic: بترومين, romanized: Batrūmīn), also spelled Beitroumine, is a small Greek Orthodox village located in north Lebanon.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon pyramid at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇪🇸 Spain · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze Age · Magdalenian / Bronze Age
Karstic cave network in Navarre Pyrenees foothills with Upper Palaeolithic engravings and Holocene deposits, including Magdalenian mobiliary art and early Bronze Age burials.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) · Sikel
Cassibile Rock-Cut Necropolis in Sicily, Italy is a Iron Age (1000–700 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Sikel. 180+ chamber tombs along Cassibile river gorge cliffs.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Vinča
Vinča culture settlement at Pločnik (c. 5500–4700 BCE) on Toplica River terrace, renowned for earliest copper metallurgy (c. 5000 BCE), pit houses and Vinča figurines.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 371 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 438 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 614 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.