🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Denghoog
Denghoog is a Neolithic passage grave dating from around 3000 BC on the northern edge of Wenningstedt-Braderup on the German island of Sylt. The name Denghoog derives from the Söl'ring Deng (Thing) and Hoog (Hill).
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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Roman (Augustan–7th c. CE) · Roman (Tripolitania)
Syrtic frontier fort at Bu Grada lagoon terminus of limes road.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Denghoog is a Neolithic passage grave dating from around 3000 BC on the northern edge of Wenningstedt-Braderup on the German island of Sylt. The name Denghoog derives from the Söl'ring Deng (Thing) and Hoog (Hill).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Mesolithic to Harappan (7000–1900 BCE) · Mesolithic to Harappan (Sindh lithic tradition)
Rohri Hills is a 1200×850 m chert quarry complex (7000 BCE–2000 BCE) atop the Sukkur limestone plateau, 40 ha of Harappan blade mines with 200+ pits (6 m deep) and debitage cones (10 m high)…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Ridge municipium controlling Dougga plain with triple arch and capitol.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles
Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Peak District
Arbor Low in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic Peak District culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Pharaonic to Byzantine (New Kingdom – 7th c CE; Ptolemaic port 300 BCE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Egypt's western gate on Mediterranean lagoon, Paraetonium began as Ramesses II's western chain fort, then great Ptolemaic lagoon port with Alexander–Cleopatra stopover tradition; l...
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg passage grave at Rimbeck near Warburg (c. 3400–3000 BCE), 18 m gallery with limestone orthostats, antechamber and 10+ burials.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
3rd Dynasty provincial (c.2670 BCE Huni) · Old Kingdom
Edfu-south small pyramid identified by Kaiser 1960s.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Predynastic to Ptolemaic (c. 3500 BCE – 30 BCE; peak 1550–1070 BCE) · Egyptian (Naqada – New Kingdom – Late)
Twin to Hierakonpolis, El Kab's double walls 12 m high enclose predynastic to New Kingdom town with rock tombs narrating Hyksos expulsion (Ahmose son of Ibana biography). Temple of...
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker West Group (TRB)
TRB West Group hunebed D13 at Eext (c. 3350 BCE), 18 m enclosure with 4 capstones on heath, one of 53 Drenthe hunebeds.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Ancient city
Axumite (1st c BCE – 7th c CE; Adulis port 1st c CE Periplus) · Axumite / South Arabian / Greco-Roman trade
Axumite Mediterranean port in Zula Bay where Paribeni and Sundström found Axumite church (5th c), Roman wine amphorae and glass, linking Axum to Roman trade; Periplus harbour descr...
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimú · Chimú (Chanchan)
Largest adobe city in world: capital of Chimú Kingdom (850–1470) covering 20 km² with 10 walled citadels (ciudadelas) with friezes of pelicans and lattice, reservoirs, adobe walls.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 in Egypt Region 12, Egypt is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Period Medieval · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Quarry Gallery Submerged 119 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Period Medieval · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 in India Region 10, India is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Bagyr is a former village that has been annexed by the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. It is presently a neighborhood of the capital city. Bagyr features archeological sites.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Rebordello (also spelled Rebordelo) is a former town and a historic and archaeological site on Caviana, an island located in the Amazon Delta in the Brazilian state Pará.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Rey is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Mayan culture, located in the southeast of Mexico, in the tourist resort of Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Archaeological wonder
The archaeological site of Ancient Pap (also known as Balandtepa) is located on the bank of the Syr Darya River in the Namangan Region of Uzbekistan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Grade I listed priory in Hambleton, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK
