🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Jonathan Creek Mound
Mississippian (Jonathan Creek phase) · Mississippian (Western Kentucky)
Western KY Mississippian village (1200–1450 CE) — 7 platform mounds on Tennessee River near Aurora.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Old Djenné-Jeno Reservoir Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-21)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Djenné-Jeno Reservoir Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-21) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic (regional) rock art of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Paykend (Paikend)
Achaemenid 4th c BCE → Sogdian 4th–8th c → Samanid 9th–11th c · Sogdian Bukhara (City of Merchants) → Samanid Islamic
Paykend — Sogdian–Islamic Silk Road city of merchants (4th c BCE–11th c CE) 50 km west Bukhara, excavated 1910s–2000s Semenov and Naymark.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Buried city
Aksum — Buried Palace Ta'akha Maryam North (Stela Field, Ethiopia)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Aksum — Buried Palace Ta'akha Maryam North (Stela Field, Ethiopia) in Tigray, Aksum, Ta'akha Maryam, Ethiopia is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) …
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
El Tajín — Pyramid of Niches North Stair (Veracruz)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El Tajín — Pyramid of Niches North Stair (Veracruz) in Veracruz, El Tajín, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Great Teotihuacan Reservoir South — Teotihuacan (56-09)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Great Teotihuacan Reservoir South — Teotihuacan (56-09) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Great Teotihuacan Terrace B — Teotihuacan (56-27)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Teotihuacan Terrace B — Teotihuacan (56-27) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) earthwork of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Inner Teotihuacan Platform North — Teotihuacan (56-26)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Inner Teotihuacan Platform North — Teotihuacan (56-26) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Little Nara Fortress West — Nara, Asuka (54-22)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Nara Fortress West — Nara, Asuka (54-22) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) megalithic of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Royal Djenné-Jeno Village Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-44)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Djenné-Jeno Village Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-44) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Royal Henan Village South — Henan, Erlitou (54-16)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Henan Village South — Henan, Erlitou (54-16) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Southern Yonaguni Citadel A — Yonaguni (58-47)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Yonaguni Citadel A — Yonaguni (58-47) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Watson Brake
Middle–Late Archaic (3500–2800 BCE) · Middle Archaic Watson Brake culture
Oldest North American mound complex: 11 mounds 5400 BP enclosing oval plaza, hunter-gatherer monument without agriculture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–1550 BCE) · Ninevite V → Hurrian → Old Babylonian → Mittani
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town is the 4.2-ha south terrace below the main Early Bronze mound on the upper Tigris west of Ziyaret Tepe.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Khajuraho Citadel II — Khajuraho (60-08) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) archaeological wonder of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop
Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop at Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey is a Palaeolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for obsidian workshop gollu dag trade.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Abu Rawash — Lepsius I
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Enormous unfinished 215 m base mudbrick mass at Abu Rawash — Lepsius I — late 3rd/early 4th Dynasty aborted true pyramid, oriented slightly off cardinal.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Rashid Kite Field (Wadi Rashid Basalt Hamada)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic–EBA onager hunters
Wadi Rashid hamada: 5 low-wall kites on open pavement with deep 2.4 m onager pits.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Western Teotihuacan Enclosure West — Teotihuacan (56-37)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Western Teotihuacan Enclosure West — Teotihuacan (56-37) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Little Hattusa Settlement Inner — Hattusa (60-01)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Hattusa Settlement Inner — Hattusa (60-01) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Lower Lalibela Fortress Central — Lalibela (59-24)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Lower Lalibela Fortress Central — Lalibela (59-24) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for fortress and associated settlement.