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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Naqsh-e Jahan? Actually Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North (Iran) in Zanjan, Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Early PPNB · Upper Euphrates PPNB
PPNB ritual settlement (c.8400–8100 BCE) on the middle Euphrates, sister-site to Göbekli Tepe with limestone T-pillars, terrazzo floors, and anthropogenic limestone sculptures of humans and birds…
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Yonaguni Sanctuary Central — Yonaguni (58-16) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Phoenician to Ottoman (7th c BCE–present) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Islamic
Phoenician Emporion under Tripoli with 163 CE tetrapylon arch of Marcus Aurelius and silted harbour.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Phnom Bakheng — Ancillary Terrace North (Angkor, Bakheng) in Siem Reap, Phnom Bakheng, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attribut…
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Hypogeum Ridge B — Hypogeum, Paola (59-07) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Siem Reap Hilltop Central — Siem Reap (54-17) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Yamnaya → Catacomb → Srubnaya · Yamnaya → Catacomb Grave culture → Srubnaya (Timber Grave)
Kalmyk steppe Catacomb Grave kurgans (2800–2200 BCE) with shaft-and-niche chambers cut into Yamnaya mounds — post-Yamnaya chariot horizon and ‘caterpillar’ pottery.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Late Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Andronovo, Saka, Wusun, Turkic
Central tributary gorge of the Tamgaly (Tanbaly) UNESCO landscape 170 km NW Almaty, comprising 4.5 km of northwest-facing Chu-Ili schist panels with ~800 engravings.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze Age II–III (c.3000–2350 BCE) with MB II and Iron I–II reuse · EBA III Canaanite urban (Proto-Canaanite) — Jordan Valley city-state network
16 ha EBA III walled palace-city (2700–2350 BCE) with Palace B2 (6000 m²) — largest EBA town in Israel (Miroschedji).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Dynastic · Nagar / Beydar culture
Tell Beydar Nagar North Palace at Hassakeh, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Dynastic ancient city of the Nagar / Beydar culture tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for town with palace and eblaite tablets.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Thalai-adi — Ancient Harbour North Quay (Jaffna, Sri Lanka) in Northern, Jaffna, Thalai-adi, Sri Lanka is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) subme…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EB I–III → MBA → LBA → Iron Age (3000–700 BCE) · Syro-Anatolian EBA (Euphrates tradition) → Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite
EB walled town (3000–2300 BCE) with 20 ha lower town — Carchemish-Aleppo plain urban gateway, Mitanni/Hittite contested.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Uluburun Wreck — Ancillary Scatter West Ridge (Kaş, Turkey) in Antalya, Kaş, Uluburun Wreck, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerge…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna through Halaf and Ubaid (c.6000–5000 BCE); Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf early · Hassuna → Samarra–Hajji Muhammad → Halaf (Yarim Tepe facies)
Hassuna–Halaf type transition (c.6000–5000 BCE) with earliest updraft kilns and Halaf painted ware over Hassuna (Soviet Bader).
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Elamite Middle Elamite (1344–1300 BCE) · Elamite (Middle Elamite)
Largest Mesopotamian-related ziggurat outside Mesopotamia: Elamite holy city Dur-Untash by King Untash-Napirisha (1344–1306 BCE) for god Inshushinak.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient village
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Central Siem Reap Terrace A — Siem Reap (54-11) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient village of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Early Dynastic to Hellenistic (c.3000 BCE–100 BCE) · Sumerian → Akkadian → Babylonian → Hellenistic
Cutha (Tell Ibrahim, ancient Kutha/Gudua) is the Nergal cult centre on the Euphrates branch northeast of Babylon, famed in legend as 'Cutha of the Legend of Ner...
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Ex-Aeródromo — Geoglyph Ancillary Ray North (Iquique, Chile) in Tarapacá, Ex Aeródromo, Iquique, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia) in Al Madinah, Hegra, Saudi Arabia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Hierakonpolis — Locality 6 Ancillary Ceremonial Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar) in Aswan, Hierakonpolis, Kom el-Ahmar, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BC…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Neolithic to Medieval · Irish Celtic
Hill of Tara Royal Enclosure Meath at Meath, Brega, Ireland is a Neolithic to Medieval ancient city of the Irish Celtic tradition, built c. 3200 BCE for royal capital with mound of hostages 15 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon (Kotosh–Chavín) · Kotosh / Chavín (highland)
Highland ceremonial mound at Huaricoto — 30 m Kotosh-Chavín temple c.2100–500 BCE with hearth chambers, earliest Callejón de Huaylas cult center.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Early Bronze · Jiroft / Halil Rud
Jiroft Konar Sandal South Ziggurat at Kerman, Jiroft, Iran is a Early Bronze temple complex of the Jiroft / Halil Rud tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for stepped platform south mound tablet archive.
