🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Checta Petroglyphs
Initial Period to Late Horizon ~1500 BCE–1532 CE · Andean (Chavín-influenced to Inca)
450 boulder petroglyph field above Chillón River with 3,500-year rayed-head tradition.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Dahshur — Bent Pyramid Ancillary Causeway
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Dahshur — Bent Pyramid Ancillary Causeway in Giza, Dahshur, Bent Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–New Ki…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Delphi — Marmaria Tholos Ancillary Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Delphi — Marmaria Tholos Ancillary Terrace in Central Greece, Phocis, Delphi, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Giza — Queens' Pyramid G1-c Ancillary Chapel
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Giza — Queens' Pyramid G1-c Ancillary Chapel in Giza Governorate, Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Great Zimbabwe — Valley Enclosure North Wall Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Great Zimbabwe — Valley Enclosure North Wall Terrace in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Harran — University North Lecture Hall (Ruha)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Harran — University North Lecture Hall (Ruha) in Şanlıurfa, Harran, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hierapolis — Apollo Temple North Portico (Denizli)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Hierapolis — Apollo Temple North Portico (Denizli) in Denizli, Hierapolis, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇲🇦 Morocco · Megalith
Msoura Stone Circle
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1500 BCE) · Atlantic Megalithic / Bell Beaker
Msoura (Mzora) Cromlech is Morocco's sole Atlantic megalithic ellipse, 55×45 m of 175 menhirs encircling a 6-m tumulus, 25 km southeast of Asilah. Tallest monolith El Uted (The Pointer) 5.5 m.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Niaux Cave
Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian ~14–13 ka BP · Magdalenian hunter-gatherer
Magdalenian Salon Noir cave with 14 ka charcoal bison and ibex deep in the Ariège Pyrenees.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Patara
Bronze Age to Byzantine (peak Lycian League 168 BCE–43 CE and Hadrianic) · Lycian → Hellenistic → Roman → Byzantine
Lycian federal port with 1st-century parliament hall, buried Nero lighthouse and harbour silted 1 km inland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.3500–2200 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Early Transcaucasian/Karabaz
Altınova EBA cemetery-village (c.3500–2200 BCE, 47 cist graves, Karaz ware) by Lake Keban.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Wadi es-Sebua — Amenhotep III Temple North Court
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Wadi es-Sebua — Amenhotep III Temple North Court in Aswan, Wadi es-Sebua, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements de Lagatjar
Late Neolithic · Western Brittany Neolithic (Océan Atlantic Megalithic)
Crozon's triple stone rows — 72 menhirs (to 2.1 m) in three 200 m parallel alignments near Camaret.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Banteay Srei
Angkor Early 967 CE · Hindu Shaiva (Brahmin Yajnavaraha)
Pink sandstone Hindu temple (967 CE) dedicated to Shiva Tribhuvanamaheshvara, built by Brahmin guru Yajnavaraha — only Angkor temple not founded by king — miniature (base 500×500 m laterite…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Esna — Khnum Temple Hypostyle North Column (Esna)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Esna — Khnum Temple Hypostyle North Column (Esna) in Luxor, Esna, Khnum Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Lesconil Megalithic Necropolis
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Lesconil Megalithic Necropolis in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pergamum — Asklepieion North Stoa Ancillary
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Pergamum — Asklepieion North Stoa Ancillary in İzmir, Bergama, Pergamum, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Priene — Athena Temple North Column
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Priene — Athena Temple North Column in Aydın, Söke, Priene Athena, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Late Medieval to Modern (16th–20th c. CE; iron 16th c.) · Marghi–Wandala (Chadic)
Sukur is a Mandara Mountains hilltop settlement at 1,045 m, UNESCO World Heritage 1999, with dry-stone terraced fields 1,000–3,045 ft, paved pathways, Hidi (chief) palace with megalithic granite…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Taiz — Ancient Cistern North (Yemen)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Taiz — Ancient Cistern North (Yemen) in Taiz, Taiz Ancient Cistern, Yemen is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydrauli…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Timgad — Trajan Arch Ancillary Insula North (Thamugadi)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Timgad — Trajan Arch Ancillary Insula North (Thamugadi) in Batna, Timgad, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Timna Valley Copper Mines
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (~4500 BCE – 800 BCE; peak New Kingdom Egyptian 14th–12th century BCE) · Egyptian New Kingdom, Midianite/Edomite and early Arabah nomadic
Three-sided sandstone valley north of Eilat where 10,000 shafts and 1.5 million tonnes of slag mark one of the world's earliest industrial landscapes.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Yohualichan Tajín-Style Pyramids
Epiclassic (Totonac Veracruz) · Totonac (Tajín sphere)
Totonac Tajín-sphere city Yohualichan (600–900 CE): 12 m Pyramid of Niches Ome with 90 niches in Sierra Norte, bridge between El Tajín and highlands.